Wouldnt carpet be better for deadening the sound? Why use wood flooring in a studio?
beginner question about flooring... why use wood?
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 8981.
Deader is not necessarily better.
For recording acoustic instruments, Ethan Winer argues in his Acoustics FAQ that our ears are used to hearing early reflections from a floor, and a reflective floor just sounds more natural for our ears.
I'd say it really depends on what else is happening in the room. If you are building from scratch, hard, reflective floors (ie, wood or stained concrete) with treatments on the walls and ceilings are a proven design.
thanks so much!!
Actually, i wont be doing a whole lot of live recording other than some podcast stuff... othe rthan that, i do everything with keyboards, computer, and some electric guitar.
I have a perfectly square room im workign with in a basement, built from scratch... my only issues i have with it so far, is I need to build a custom desk to fit all my hardware, computer, keyboard, mixer etc etc....
Thatll be fun
thans for a GREAT forum and a GREAT resource!
I think wood has other benefits as well.....easier with rolling chairs, less static electricity than crapet, and easier to maintain.
Visually speaking I also prefer wood ! :-)
Wooden floors which have been the fashion of late are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. I would say have a carpet which is far more cosy, remember your house should be a home not a show house out of a magazine. Do what you want not the thing advertisers tell you. Be an individual.
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when using carpet don't use a synthetic carpet - use a cotton or wool carpet as synthetic carpets produce static electricity - not good.
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Carpet can be a great choice for mix rooms. A hard ceiling and floor combo is surely an invitation to flutter. Few of us can Cloud the whole ceiling so......
In modern setups without a mixing desk it is possible to have a clear reflection path from speaker to floor to ear. This will comb filter. Carpet will kill at least the upper part of that combing spectrum.
Seems all good to me.
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Even the lack of a mixing desk as a physical item does not remove the desk you have all your monitors setting on.
But if you want carpet, even after most will say, unless all the properties are known for all the materials so all factors can interact properly, then you get carpet ;)
But a hard floor and a soft ceiling is an acceptable practice, world wide.
What seems good, sometimes isn't. Carpet is akin to egg crates: Both certainly do have an effect on the acoustics of a room, but it probably isn't an effect that you want! And unless you did some extensive lab testing, or otherwise have reliable figures on the acoustic properties of the specific carpets, you have no idea what "effect" they might actually be having. If you do plan to use carpet, then at least use one that has known acoustic properties, and make sure that those properties make sense for your specific room. But in any event, leaving a hard ceiling and just a thin carpet on the floor is probably not going to be a good solution: It won't do much for the low end at all, which is where all of your problems are likely to be anyway (in a small room), and apart from that it gives the room an unnatural sound. - Stuart -Seems all good to me.