Photos and sound samples of DIY Slat Resonators

lex · Post by **lex** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:29 am

Would anyone like to post their photos and sound samples of before and after making their resonators? It would help me get an idea of what I can expect with mine.

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:53 am

Lex, have you checked out the pix of Laptoppop's studio? He built some of the wall units for his. There are other slats in pix in the studios under construction link, just click on the John Sayers Productions logo in the upper right corner and select the link... Steve

lex · Post by **lex** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:10 am

Found it thanks, under update 2. Those look pretty cool. I see he did the Blue Bear method.

laptoppop · Post by **laptoppop** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:22 am

Before I put the resonators and other treatment in the room, it had horrible echos. The walls are a sandwich of wallboard/plywood/wallboard that works well for me for containing the sound, but increased the echos.

Because of the angled slots, the resonators both take care of frequencies that were chosen for my room (Thanks again Steve!), and they keep the reflections from bouncing off each other.

The best description of the sound is "smooth". I need to do more precise measurements, but it works great for me.

I'm sorry, I don't have particular samples to post right now -- I've done various overdubbing in the room, but because of its size, I don't usually use it for the whole project. Its great for mixing though.

-lee-

lex · Post by **lex** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:28 am

Thanks for the feedback Lee. I'm looking for materials now. It looks like you used plain wood for the sides instead of MDF and got good results. I think I'm going to use wood as well. I found a place that sells Knauf fibre glass in my area.

I see you used a lot of sealant. Is that glue or some kind of caulking material? Did you end up putting the Fibre glass at the back or front?

lex · Post by **lex** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:09 am

I like the computer box. Cool design. I was thinking of doing something like that but was worried about overheating. Have you had any problems with overheating or have the holes and fans kept the temperature down well enough? The back is completely closed off right? Those are just computer case fans right?

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:48 am

Just to "butt in" a bit - as with any noise, the easiest way to get rid of it is to not generate the noise in the first place - to that end, unless you've already done this part and want MORE silence you might check out PC Power and Cooling's site for quiet power supplies, and google "quiet computer fan" and "quiet hard drive" for companies that offer those products - there are special mounting rails, drive covers, differently shaped fan blades, etc, all of which can make enough difference in computer noise to nearly eliminate the need for doing more than putting the box under the desk instead of on top of it.

Sorry, back to waiting for LTP's answers... Steve

lex · Post by **lex** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:24 am

I actually custom built this with all quiet components but it's still a problem, so I keep in the hall and close the door as far as it will go. I think I probably need to replace the case fans with even quieter ones that came with this supposedly quiet case. That or use the water cooling systems, or build a box like laptoppop's. I have to wait till I get the funds though.

lex · Post by **lex** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:53 pm

Did a little research and found this. This is probably what I'll get when I do it.

http://www.water-cooling.com/reviews/xice600/page1.php

fido · Post by **fido** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:45 pm

This page is in German, but I think you´ll get the idea:

http://brummsuse.ram.rwth-aachen.de/~ti ... ts=menucss

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:41 am

The review of the Xice unit sounds "veddy British", have you found a US based supplier? Steve

lex · Post by **lex** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:35 am

So far, the only place I've found is their own website. Newegg and other places don't carry it. Try this link. Their shop is screwed up. You'll probably have to contact their US representative. Ask for the right socket type. Information is screwed up as well. It's too bad, they might lose potential customers.

If you have a Graphics card with a noisy fan, you'll want the full kit with both a CPU and GPU water block.

http://www.xice.de/eng/index_e.htm

Neat design on that other box.

laptoppop · Post by **laptoppop** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:08 pm

I agree - its easier if you just don't make noise in the first place.

On the other hand, my little box has worked out fine. It is VERY quiet, and the CPU temperature inside the box only went up by 3 degrees C, according to SisSandra -- still just fine.

I use 3 fans to push cool air into the inside area, and 3 fans to pull hot air outside of the area. The cool air is put in low near the front, and the hot air is pulled out high near the back. The fans are rubber mounted. They are 12 volt Enermax fans powered from the computer power supply.

-lee-