This is the first DIY-non-professional video on audio treatment I've seen that really shows what's happening and how you correctly go about it - with initial measuring and such. All other videos I've seen on YT are always only about building janky DIY acoustic panels to treat reverb. But nobody EVER mentions what kind of frequency are they trying control and what the results are other than "less reverb". But too much or wrong panels can make a room sound dull. So you basically create new problems. Good panels are "tuned" to the room and tackle problematic frequencies. The room should have less reverb - but also a flat as possible frequency response over the whole spectrum. Well done. Good job! 😎👍
having built a bunch of DIY panels myself heres a few more tips: Make sure to mount the finished panel off the wall/ceiling if space allows, something like its own thickness again will help as the sound will travel throught the panel, what is left over will bouce off the wall/ceiling and then back through the panel again. this helps with the longer base frequencies and increases the overall efficiency of the panel. Also, If you are on a tight budget a good fabric to use is called "Frost Cloth" and can be found in the garden section of you hardware store. its white, thin, very acoustically transparent for its price and REALLY cheap, like 10meters for $5 cheap.
Really well done. We inherited a studio when we moved into our new offices. It was very "alive" acoustically with many hard surfaces. I haven't had the time nor budget to do what you did but I bought a bunch of really cheap moving blankets for furniture protection. I put grommets in then on the edges and tie-wrapped them on to the old lighting grid above where most of the people we interview stand. I got a cheap, large rug from a big box store and put that on the floor below the talent. It's black so it doesn't effect lighting. Lastly, I hang sound blankets over C-stands and move them as close as possible to the latent. They too are black. All that has given us the same kind of sound control you mentioned, about 80% of the way to where we wanted it. It's great that we are all sharing these ideas.
I notice you don’t appear to have panels in your corners. Bass will build up on acute angles (wall meets floor, wall meets ceiling, wall meets wall - and of course, MOST especially where wall-meets-wall-meets-ceiling or floor). Try positioning a couple panels in a diagonal across a corner and see if that helps your low end reverb!
Amazingly well produced vid- good work/ lighting. A bit concerned about how thin the gussets (triangles) were that are used to secure / hold the ceiling panels- as they would be pretty heavy? (Or did you have a lot of them?)
Thanks Nifkin - glad you enjoyed it! The panels ended up being pretty light so we aren't too concerned - they are secured at 6 points. Off camera, we produced these with a qualified builder to make sure we did it all safely - pretty sure it'd take someone swinging off them to take them down. Could definitely make them thicker for your own build & peace of mind.
Nice video and build quality, but checking your description below and your blog post, I don't see any hints or extra links for the material build list. Could you help updating that?
Hey Igor - we dont have a detailed buy list as rockwool, ply and fixings sizes and availability is different country to country but you can find a downloadable PDF with our drawings and dims on the blog
Awesome! Such a great idea. Been looking at doing this in my studio. Can you please post an NZ shopping list for what you guys used? I found the Earthwool batts but not sure on the acoustic fabric
Hey Damien! I dont have a full buy list, but for acoustic fabric, we chatted to the guys at www.generalproducts.co.nz/ to find what we were looking for :)
I bought the sound panels guide. The cross section A-A in page 7 doesn't have dimensions, and by what appears in the exploded view, its dimensions are not proportional (Frame: 195 mm. Fabric frame: 50 mm). That is almost a 4:1 relation, but in the cross section doesn't appear to be so. Could you please add the dimensions to the cross section?
haha we did debate adding one but most of our stands are on rollers so opted for treating the ceiling instead. Definitely a nice budget-friendly option though!
@@SyrpLab Yeah we have the same problem. What we did is buy a small rug just for where we do the talking in our intro-outro. In theory, a thinner rug will work with rolling stands but it is not going to help with sound that much.
Only 0.5 seconds at particular Freq it's not bad.. You should see mine It's 1.2 seconds at 28hz Over 0.5 seconds plus till 40hz even with lots of treatments and still can't fix it out
This is the first DIY-non-professional video on audio treatment I've seen that really shows what's happening and how you correctly go about it - with initial measuring and such.
All other videos I've seen on YT are always only about building janky DIY acoustic panels to treat reverb. But nobody EVER mentions what kind of frequency are they trying control and what the results are other than "less reverb".
But too much or wrong panels can make a room sound dull. So you basically create new problems. Good panels are "tuned" to the room and tackle problematic frequencies.
The room should have less reverb - but also a flat as possible frequency response over the whole spectrum.
Well done. Good job! 😎👍
So glad you enjoyed it! Great explanation of what you should be trying to achieve with treatment
having built a bunch of DIY panels myself heres a few more tips: Make sure to mount the finished panel off the wall/ceiling if space allows, something like its own thickness again will help as the sound will travel throught the panel, what is left over will bouce off the wall/ceiling and then back through the panel again. this helps with the longer base frequencies and increases the overall efficiency of the panel. Also, If you are on a tight budget a good fabric to use is called "Frost Cloth" and can be found in the garden section of you hardware store. its white, thin, very acoustically transparent for its price and REALLY cheap, like 10meters for $5 cheap.
Thanks Jason! We did drop-mount the ceiling panels as much as we could and it definitely makes a difference. Great idea on the Frost Cloth!
Really well done. We inherited a studio when we moved into our new offices. It was very "alive" acoustically with many hard surfaces. I haven't had the time nor budget to do what you did but I bought a bunch of really cheap moving blankets for furniture protection. I put grommets in then on the edges and tie-wrapped them on to the old lighting grid above where most of the people we interview stand. I got a cheap, large rug from a big box store and put that on the floor below the talent. It's black so it doesn't effect lighting. Lastly, I hang sound blankets over C-stands and move them as close as possible to the latent. They too are black. All that has given us the same kind of sound control you mentioned, about 80% of the way to where we wanted it. It's great that we are all sharing these ideas.
What an incredibly well created video!!!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it :)
I spy with my little eye, a Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD. I use the same audio interface 😂 Nice work guys!
Such a nifty lil interface we * borrowed * from the sound room for this video 😅 Glad you enjoyed it!
I notice you don’t appear to have panels in your corners. Bass will build up on acute angles (wall meets floor, wall meets ceiling, wall meets wall - and of course, MOST especially where wall-meets-wall-meets-ceiling or floor). Try positioning a couple panels in a diagonal across a corner and see if that helps your low end reverb!
Awesome vid!
Thanks Esra!
Very well produced! Btw... Bass Traps in the corners.
Thanks Robert! Yeah long term we'll definitely need some
Amazingly well produced vid- good work/ lighting. A bit concerned about how thin the gussets (triangles) were that are used to secure / hold the ceiling panels- as they would be pretty heavy? (Or did you have a lot of them?)
Thanks Nifkin - glad you enjoyed it! The panels ended up being pretty light so we aren't too concerned - they are secured at 6 points. Off camera, we produced these with a qualified builder to make sure we did it all safely - pretty sure it'd take someone swinging off them to take them down. Could definitely make them thicker for your own build & peace of mind.
Where did you get the acoustic fabric & Rockwall materials (in NZ) awesome video btw! keep them coming
Hey Bruce - glad you enjoyed it! For the Rockwool/insulation we got this from Bunnings and then the fabric from the guys www.generalproducts.co.nz/
An Audio Post Production video would be a great follow up! Now that you’ve gotten the sound to 80%, will fixing it in post bring it closer to 90%?
Might you be able to do a video regarding home made DIY bass reduction panels? Cheers.
Could be a great future video Christopher! Thanks for the suggestion :)
Nice video and build quality, but checking your description below and your blog post, I don't see any hints or extra links for the material build list. Could you help updating that?
Hey Igor - we dont have a detailed buy list as rockwool, ply and fixings sizes and availability is different country to country but you can find a downloadable PDF with our drawings and dims on the blog
Awesome! Such a great idea. Been looking at doing this in my studio. Can you please post an NZ shopping list for what you guys used? I found the Earthwool batts but not sure on the acoustic fabric
Hey Damien! I dont have a full buy list, but for acoustic fabric, we chatted to the guys at www.generalproducts.co.nz/ to find what we were looking for :)
@@SyrpLab legends! Thanks!
Maybe don't use Rockwool but Basotect ... much higher absorption rate on higher frequencies
Thanks for the suggestion Karim! Wasn't aware of it but looks like it could be a great option
Your studio is freaking sexy! Good work Syrp Squad.
Thanks Olly!
I bought the sound panels guide. The cross section A-A in page 7 doesn't have dimensions, and by what appears in the exploded view, its dimensions are not proportional (Frame: 195 mm. Fabric frame: 50 mm). That is almost a 4:1 relation, but in the cross section doesn't appear to be so. Could you please add the dimensions to the cross section?
Thanks for sharing this! super useful..
Cheers Nestor! Glad you enjoyed
Great video! What software did you use for the 3D animation?
Hey Miguel! We do all our visualizations in Blender :)
where is the cart from that you wheel your computer on?
Hey Camerin! Pretty sure it's from good ole bunnings www.bunnings.co.nz/ultimate-730-x-490-x-950mm-storage-tool-trolley_p6120455
Its a nice build but you are missing a rug...
haha we did debate adding one but most of our stands are on rollers so opted for treating the ceiling instead. Definitely a nice budget-friendly option though!
@@SyrpLab Yeah we have the same problem. What we did is buy a small rug just for where we do the talking in our intro-outro. In theory, a thinner rug will work with rolling stands but it is not going to help with sound that much.
@@IddoGenuth Sounds like a pretty good work around :)
Only 0.5 seconds at particular Freq it's not bad..
You should see mine
It's 1.2 seconds at 28hz
Over 0.5 seconds plus till 40hz even with lots of treatments and still can't fix it out
8 seconds or so in and you can hear obvious noise reduction process artifacts…
sorry but book shelves are NOT ideal, well quite horrible. The chance they will help is connected to chance.