Do I need to change this?

Manfriday · Post by **Manfriday** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:18 pm

Ok, so I have been working on my basement studio in my spare time
and took a stab at building some slot resonators. Mobile boxes cuase these things may end up moving at some point.

So I get these things built and put up and then my buddy Bryan tells me "hey. that aint symetrical."
And of course it is NOT.
*sigh*
my question is is this a major deal.. do I need to build new boxes?
As you can see from the pics I got a little better at building them as I went on. the first one is pretty durn ugly.

my thinking when building these was that I wanted to make the most use of my space. On the east wall there is a ledge about halfway up.

So I built the three little guys up to the ledge and then I built the one big fella that goes across the top of them. It's like 14 inches deep. I figured a nice deep one would be good at cathin some of that low junk flying about.

On the other side I have a box that jsut goes from floor to cieling and is 8 inches deep.

So again, is this differnence in symetry a big deal? should a yank the big box and make everything symetrical?

sorry for my wordy post. I get like that.

http://www.blueroomrecording.net/s1.JPG
http://www.blueroomrecording.net/s2.JPG
http://www.blueroomrecording.net/s3.JPG

Post by **John Sayers** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:09 am

They look fine to me mate - appears though that they are all the same slot width - maybe some variation in the gaps would broaden the absorption??

how does it sound??

cheers
john

Manfriday · Post by **Manfriday** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:20 pm

well, my only basis for compairson is how it sounded before I began all of this. In contrast to the way it sounded before it is awsome.

There is a bit of a dip around 120 and a bit of a hump around 400 or so.

There is some variation in the slot width, but perhaps I need to go back and be a little more precise. I should be able to yank one of the smaller slats out of each box and reposition stuff.

thanks for the help!

jason

dymaxian · Post by **dymaxian** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:03 pm

The look of the place only matters if you want it to.

My studio is ugly as hell, but it sounds good. I'm recording sound, not video, so I don't worry about it much. *snicker*

Kase
www.minemusic.net