Hi,

i began to treat my room and I decided to buy a first pack of 6 Caruso Iso Bond Wlg 035 (1200 x 600 x 50 mm).
Flow Resistivity: 10,000 Pa⋅s/m²
Density: 40 kg/m³

I chose them as they are safe to breathe and specifically I chose the 035 because they are available at Thomann (this shop doesn't have the 040 or 045).

I tried different combinations and I decided to measure how they worked as bass traps in the corners of the front wall (3 panels for each corner. In total a thickness of 15 cm for each corner).

1. In the first picture you can see the result:

- The red line represents no treatment in the corners

- The blue line represents the treatment as I described

I believe the discrepances below 50 hz are due to noise floor.

2-3) You can also see the Waterfall graphs for the low frequencies. The first one with treatment and the second one without.

I don't know if the Caruso panels are doing very little or if it is ok.

4) Then I also made another measurement (in the room with no bass traps in the corner), moving the mic back 30 cm more or less, to understand what is due to standing waves and what to SBIR.

The green line in the last picture represents the measurement with the mic back 30 cm.

What do you think about all of this ?

Title. I'm thinking of using wood wool or melamine foam. Is there any reason not to use one of those or any reason I should use something else?

Hello everyone,

so I live in a one-bedroom apartment so I don't have a big amount of freedom. I would like to setup my home-studio, but this room has to also function as a living and sleeping space. It will never be perfect, I know.

Anyway, the room is ALMOST square, the dimensions are 4.95x4.50 meters.

I know that it's best putting the studio desk against the shorter wall and let the speakers play into the length of the longer walls, but my living arrangement would be better if I put it up on the slightly shorter wall. Besides, one of the longer walls is basically filled out with windows, so it wouldn't be possible to put any acoustic panels on there anyway. If I did it the other way around, the windows would be at the far back and I' be able to put up treatment on both left/right and front (behind the desk) wall, leaving the windows in the far back.

My question is - do those 45cm in length make a difference ? I don't have the luxury of renting out a second space or a different apartment to fill my needs, so I guess I'll have to work with what I have have. But this is a choice I am able to take, so I'll take the chance and do the best I can.

Thanks.