Re: [AH] Studio Flooring Ideas

From Kenny Balys
Sent Thu, Jul 26th 2018, 14:51

My room now is a cement box with a nice view and fresh air but concrete floors. 
Planning
a birch floor this winter.

The bass situation is really rough. I have my sub on a thick rubber mat made from
recycled tyres.

When I do mixes, I must do them quietly and then check them again and again in a 
car.
I have learned to live with it but the bad acoustics really do get on my nerves.
Its tricky to get bass and lower frequencies sitting where they should.

Likely the sanest thing for me to do would be to put industrial carpet on the 
floor and
a large bass trap sofa on the back wall.

I am getting a lot of good tips from this thread (without giving any myself)


On 26.07.18 12:30 , skkatter wrote:
> I've had my studio in four different rooms over the years and from my
> experience room treatment is very helpful if you want to be able to
> hear and mix the low end frequencies properly during production.
> I've got quite a few bass traps around my current room from:
> http://www.gikacoustics.com/ Without them the bass is far too boomy in
> the room I'm in.
>
> -Stephen
>
> On 26 July 2018 at 13:09, DJ Maytag <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> It depends on the goal of your studio. If you’re doing it simply for
>> production, then I’m sure all the acoustic treatment could be dispensed
>> with. If your goal is mixing and/or mastering? Acoustic treatment might not
>> be a bad idea, and a room can see pretty decent results for under $400,
>> according to
>> https://mixedbymarcmozart.com/2014/11/06/room-acoustics-ghetto-style/ (note
>> that I haven’t done this, but I plan to try these tips).
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 6:54 AM Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> This may not be a popular opinion but I have reached the conclusion
>>> that the aesthetic of a studio is more important than the acoustic.
>>>
>>> My ideal environment is a bright room filled with art and light birchwood
>>> parket flooring with a view and space for everything. High ceilings too.
>>> Fresh air.
>>>
>>> Since this is a floor thread, I just love birchwood floors. They look
>>> great.
>>>
>>> I would take a beautiful space over a highly conditioned anechoic chamber
>>> with
>>> perfect
>>> stereo definition if those were the only choices.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26.07.18 11:35 , skkatter wrote:
>>>> Bobby Owsinski recorded a great talk about how to treat rooms,
>>>> starting with the basics like where to put speakers etc, and doing it
>>>> all on a budget: https://youtu.be/1d9WmjTJniI
>>>>
>>>> He made an interesting point that it's the walls and ceilings that are
>>>> the most important when treating, and most studios don't actually do
>>>> much to the floor at all because it's natural for us to experience
>>>> reflections from the floor as most of the time when we're hearing
>>>> things we're standing on a surface of some sort.
>>>>
>>>> -Stephen
>>>>
>>>> On 26 July 2018 at 00:10, Quincas Moreira <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>>>> I keep it simple: carpeting.  Helps absorb reflections, feels warm and
>>>>> cozy,
>>>>> and you can choose one that looks good with your decor. And whatever's
>>>>> underneath doesn't matter.
>>>>> Every time I move into a new house and choose the studio space, the
>>>>> first
>>>>> thing I do is order carpeting for it.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 2:44 PM negativesaucer
>>>>> <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sounds like a cheap man's isopuck
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 10:35 PM Eric Wood <xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’ve read somewhere about the hockey pucks and sand around them
>>>>>>> somewhere; I was gonna try it years ago when I owned my own home but
>>>>>>> never
>>>>>>> got around to it.
>>>>>>> Eric
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jul 24, 2018, at 9:02 PM, alt-mode <xxx@xxx-xxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 24, 2018, at 4:02 PM, David Bivins <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I always thought it would be cool to float a floor of panels and
>>>>>>>>> run
>>>>>>>>> all the cabling under it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I did this in a previous basement studio where I had a high ceiling
>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>> I had space for a raised floor.  2x6 pressure treated lumber was
>>>>>>>> used over a
>>>>>>>> vapor barrier on cement.  “Channels” were made to run down the
>>>>>>>> middle of the
>>>>>>>> floor and “hatches” were cut into flooring.  A durable carpet was
>>>>>>>> glued onto
>>>>>>>> the flooring.  The mistake was not to put the floor beams on
>>>>>>>> neoprene or
>>>>>>>> some other isolating material.  The raised floor resonated and
>>>>>>>> putting a
>>>>>>>> subwoofer directly on the floor was too much at certain frequencies.
>>>>>>>> Then
>>>>>>>> there was the problem of pulling the cables through the floor and
>>>>>>>> having to
>>>>>>>> move gear around to get to a hatch.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My current setup has the gear along the walls with “peninsulas" of
>>>>>>>> gear
>>>>>>>> sticking out so all of the cabling is either along the walls or in a
>>>>>>>> peninsula.  I can always get to the cables and I don’t have a floor
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> acts like a resonator at low frequencies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      Eric
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>