DIY Bass Traps and Acoustic Absorbers Pt.3 - Mounting & Overall Costs

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve written up about how I designed and constructed the acoustic treatment for my home studio.
Today I’m going to give you a quick rundown on how I fixed these panels to the walls and ceiling of my room and the overall costs involved in doing such a project.
Mounting
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DIY Bass Traps and Acoustic Absorbers Pt.2 - Construction

Okay, last week I went through the concept and design process and this week I’ll be running through the construction process.
Frames
As I said last week, all of the frames are made from 18mm x 38mm pine. It’s cheap, strong enough and easy to work with. To make it even easier to get square corners I [...]

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DIY Bass Traps and Acoustic Absorbers Pt.1 - Concept & Design

So I am a massive fan of DIY, as you will gather over the next few weeks. I have a general knowledge of how to build and fix stuff and love to go through the process of taking a concept, creating a design and then constructing a finished product. About a year ago, I built [...]

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Let’s Start With A Template

I’ve written about using templates once before. I explained what pops up when I start Ableton Live each day, what effects or sounds are on each track and why I chose them. Now today’s tutorial is going to be similar but over the last little while my template has changed. It has evolved and developed [...]

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