The holes on the side is very interesting. I haven’t seen that anywhere else. It definitely makes sense. This was super impressive- MDF intimidates the daylights out of me just because I’ve seen the gluing stages be very up & down. Super cool builds and I appreciate this- super helpful!
Thanks so much! I wish I could take credit for the idea, but I had seen holes on another build somewhere. And don’t be afraid of MDF - it’s actually very easy to glue up. Of course the fibers won’t hold as well as actual wood, but for most things it’s more than strong enough. Especially on something like this that only really needs to bare its own weight. Thanks so much for watching!
It looks good and you put a lot of effort in so congrats, you managed to modulate some frequencies however, all those reflections are from the wooden frames and the material itself, its tricky thing to get it spot on.
I guess that’s the hard thing about using Rockwool - they need to sit in a frame. The only way I can think of to do something about that would be to wrap the wood frames or something like that?
@@JackofAllMinistries Oops, my bad, I meant _bulk_ cotton wool - the fabric is doing the wool contention, or use a small mesh net under the fabric if it is not tough enough. If you're gonna test it, then you could also test wood wool, it might be even better but there are chances that the thickness need to be increased, which may be a problem in such a small room (make sure it was processed with an anti-fire solution, security first - we don't wanna discover in the press that you ended as a hot dog plugged on a drum stick ! 😋).
Great video!! What are the strips behind the panels on the drywall? Did I miss hearing about them in your narrative? I've used French cleats to hang headboards that I built for our bedrooms. Great idea using narrow ones for the panels. Also, have you produced a video on how to control bass frequencies from 100 Hz and lower? If so, please provide the link. Many thanks!
Thanks so much! Honestly those strips are double-sided tape left from the temporary panels I had on there before. Just didn’t feel like peeling and then fixing the paint. I haven’t posted the low-freq video yet. I’d love to get to it but I have so many Summer projects I’m trying to finish and even more videos that need to be made about them. Hopefully I can get that over the winter!
@@JackofAllMinistries Sounds good and thanks for explaining about the strips. You sound like me 🤣. I Subscribed and Liked. Can't wait to hear what you do for those lower frequencies. I've listened to all of the Dennis Foley videos from Acoustic Fields. He considers his technology as the only one that works but I believe there are other ones that are as effective. Plus, his prices are crazy high. Thanks again! Stay well...
Whenever I get to it, you’ll see I basically reworked his idea with mixed results. I also added some tuned tuned traps that were interesting… Thanks so much for subscribing! Hopefully my stuff will be able to help out a little.
Sorry, but the time I got that far I was so tired I didn’t care about filming anymore. The little clip in the build video I made is all I have. It’s not a lot but may help. You can see that here ua-cam.com/video/8BQ4zd2gHPo/v-deo.htmlsi=YxV9E9yIffWXG8ei
Hey Dan, thank you for the entire series! Lots to learn, and a thoughtful approach. I have a question for starting out. I’m not flush with cash, so I’m curious if I can approach a VO space from the point of view of the most advantageous steps I can take shy of a complete remodel. I’ve got a 9x12 basement room with a 7 ft ceiling height. I’m thinking of a dual-wall booth in one corner. Any advice from your experience on how to approach planning and executing that (i.e., gotchas I might look out for?). Thank you for any help. This series did a lot to motivate me!
Thanks so much for watching! Since you’re main soundproofing issue will probably be sound coming in versus going out, I’d pay extra close attention to decoupling to prevent footstep sounds and other impact noise from getting in. You can build a decent room within a room pretty inexpensively if it’s small. For sound treatment, you probably won’t need much effort on the low end for just voice overs, so that is a definite space saver. Focusing treatment at the mic level may help increase results. Remember you don’t want it totally dead in there, it’ll sound unnatural. Let me know if there’s any thing else I can do to help!
I had never really thought about it, but a quick Google search says the glue contains formaldehyde so I’d say you’re probably correct! That’s a little scary…
So no room testing to see what issues you had to address and therefore not a tailored solution to these unknown issues. Therefore you are kinda guessing.
That’s not exactly true. You’ll notice I used RT-60 and waterfall graphs that had measurements taken before the project. I didn’t overly tailor the panels because I preferred symmetry, but the surface coverage percentage I calculated using a room mode calculator wasn’t off by much. Since these were primarily made to address middle frequencies I didn’t stress it or bother including it in the video. The more tailored approach was reserved for lower frequency issues where I used two frequency specific tube traps for two of my three worst problem frequencies. Then I built a couple of knock off ACDA’s hoping to tackle my lowest problem frequency, but I admit that was a bit of a shot in the dark. That’s because I know they are supposed to be a broadband solution, but I had no real data to work with. All I had knew was the guy from Acoustic Fields told me what I would need to buy from him, and the requirement to fill the need was just too unrealistic. Think 15 huge and heavy (not to mention expensive) units in my little space. So I made two and found mild results in that arena. So the room was tested, and although there was some guessing, everything was mostly planned for. It just wasn’t covered in this video because middle frequencies are easy and I didn’t think it fit the content of the video. When I discuss my low frequency fixes in another video it will be more in depth. Thanks for watching and giving some feedback!
The holes on the side is very interesting. I haven’t seen that anywhere else. It definitely makes sense.
This was super impressive- MDF intimidates the daylights out of me just because I’ve seen the gluing stages be very up & down.
Super cool builds and I appreciate this- super helpful!
Thanks so much! I wish I could take credit for the idea, but I had seen holes on another build somewhere. And don’t be afraid of MDF - it’s actually very easy to glue up. Of course the fibers won’t hold as well as actual wood, but for most things it’s more than strong enough. Especially on something like this that only really needs to bare its own weight.
Thanks so much for watching!
It looks good and you put a lot of effort in so congrats, you managed to modulate some frequencies however, all those reflections are from the wooden frames and the material itself, its tricky thing to get it spot on.
I guess that’s the hard thing about using Rockwool - they need to sit in a frame. The only way I can think of to do something about that would be to wrap the wood frames or something like that?
Hi Dan, may be you would have a better amortization of lower frequencies with cotton wool instead of rock wool.
Apparently cotton doesn’t perform as well at lower frequencies but I honestly don’t know from experience. May be worth testing!
@@JackofAllMinistries Oops, my bad, I meant _bulk_ cotton wool - the fabric is doing the wool contention, or use a small mesh net under the fabric if it is not tough enough.
If you're gonna test it, then you could also test wood wool, it might be even better but there are chances that the thickness need to be increased, which may be a problem in such a small room (make sure it was processed with an anti-fire solution, security first - we don't wanna discover in the press that you ended as a hot dog plugged on a drum stick ! 😋).
Great video!! What are the strips behind the panels on the drywall? Did I miss hearing about them in your narrative? I've used French cleats to hang headboards that I built for our bedrooms. Great idea using narrow ones for the panels.
Also, have you produced a video on how to control bass frequencies from 100 Hz and lower? If so, please provide the link. Many thanks!
Thanks so much!
Honestly those strips are double-sided tape left from the temporary panels I had on there before. Just didn’t feel like peeling and then fixing the paint.
I haven’t posted the low-freq video yet. I’d love to get to it but I have so many Summer projects I’m trying to finish and even more videos that need to be made about them. Hopefully I can get that over the winter!
@@JackofAllMinistries Sounds good and thanks for explaining about the strips. You sound like me 🤣. I Subscribed and Liked. Can't wait to hear what you do for those lower frequencies. I've listened to all of the Dennis Foley videos from Acoustic Fields. He considers his technology as the only one that works but I believe there are other ones that are as effective. Plus, his prices are crazy high. Thanks again! Stay well...
Whenever I get to it, you’ll see I basically reworked his idea with mixed results. I also added some tuned tuned traps that were interesting…
Thanks so much for subscribing! Hopefully my stuff will be able to help out a little.
👍@@JackofAllMinistries
Hi do u have video for the window plug
Sorry, but the time I got that far I was so tired I didn’t care about filming anymore. The little clip in the build video I made is all I have. It’s not a lot but may help. You can see that here ua-cam.com/video/8BQ4zd2gHPo/v-deo.htmlsi=YxV9E9yIffWXG8ei
Hey Dan, thank you for the entire series! Lots to learn, and a thoughtful approach.
I have a question for starting out. I’m not flush with cash, so I’m curious if I can approach a VO space from the point of view of the most advantageous steps I can take shy of a complete remodel. I’ve got a 9x12 basement room with a 7 ft ceiling height. I’m thinking of a dual-wall booth in one corner. Any advice from your experience on how to approach planning and executing that (i.e., gotchas I might look out for?).
Thank you for any help. This series did a lot to motivate me!
Thanks so much for watching!
Since you’re main soundproofing issue will probably be sound coming in versus going out, I’d pay extra close attention to decoupling to prevent footstep sounds and other impact noise from getting in. You can build a decent room within a room pretty inexpensively if it’s small. For sound treatment, you probably won’t need much effort on the low end for just voice overs, so that is a definite space saver. Focusing treatment at the mic level may help increase results. Remember you don’t want it totally dead in there, it’ll sound unnatural.
Let me know if there’s any thing else I can do to help!
I don't know if the glue in mdf has moved on but in the UK it's a big no no to breath that dust in.
I had never really thought about it, but a quick Google search says the glue contains formaldehyde so I’d say you’re probably correct! That’s a little scary…
Use an electric turkey cutter. Super straight cuts and it takes 2 seconds
Great tip!!!
So no room testing to see what issues you had to address and therefore not a tailored solution to these unknown issues. Therefore you are kinda guessing.
That’s not exactly true. You’ll notice I used RT-60 and waterfall graphs that had measurements taken before the project. I didn’t overly tailor the panels because I preferred symmetry, but the surface coverage percentage I calculated using a room mode calculator wasn’t off by much. Since these were primarily made to address middle frequencies I didn’t stress it or bother including it in the video. The more tailored approach was reserved for lower frequency issues where I used two frequency specific tube traps for two of my three worst problem frequencies. Then I built a couple of knock off ACDA’s hoping to tackle my lowest problem frequency, but I admit that was a bit of a shot in the dark. That’s because I know they are supposed to be a broadband solution, but I had no real data to work with. All I had knew was the guy from Acoustic Fields told me what I would need to buy from him, and the requirement to fill the need was just too unrealistic. Think 15 huge and heavy (not to mention expensive) units in my little space. So I made two and found mild results in that arena. So the room was tested, and although there was some guessing, everything was mostly planned for. It just wasn’t covered in this video because middle frequencies are easy and I didn’t think it fit the content of the video. When I discuss my low frequency fixes in another video it will be more in depth. Thanks for watching and giving some feedback!