I have a man cave, which is great (if you dont have one, convince your wife you need one). The only problem with it is that when I sit here and play ukulele, it sounds HORRIBLE, much like sitting in a tin can. It's a small rectangular room, as seen in the pictures attached.
I am not very inclined to move the ukuleles from the wall in front of the computer, because I like looking at them there.
Since I play everyday, but never in my cave (which is actually on the second floor), I feel I need to do something about this. Now, acoustic treatment can be super-expensive so from reading up a bit, I decided to go the DIY-route.
I've used these articles as references:
http://ehomerecordingstudio.com/acoustic-treatment-101/
http://ehomerecordingstudio.com/bass-traps/
Here's my plan (and yes, my monitors extend beyond my desk ):
Green means bass trap panels, blue diffusers.
On the 3D sketch: The plan is to put the panel traps between the wall and ceiling at an angle. Is this necessary?
For bass trap panels I will be using this (styrofoam), covered with black fabric and protruding 1" away from the wall (to create a space behind it). Roughly 100cm high (39"), and 25-30cm wide (10").
For diffusers, I will be using two panels of carpet seen here.
80cm high (31"), 40cm wide (15").
Can all you people with tons of more experience in this area help me out? I am very much a noob in these matters!
I am not very inclined to move the ukuleles from the wall in front of the computer, because I like looking at them there.
Since I play everyday, but never in my cave (which is actually on the second floor), I feel I need to do something about this. Now, acoustic treatment can be super-expensive so from reading up a bit, I decided to go the DIY-route.
I've used these articles as references:
http://ehomerecordingstudio.com/acoustic-treatment-101/
http://ehomerecordingstudio.com/bass-traps/
Here's my plan (and yes, my monitors extend beyond my desk ):
Green means bass trap panels, blue diffusers.
On the 3D sketch: The plan is to put the panel traps between the wall and ceiling at an angle. Is this necessary?
For bass trap panels I will be using this (styrofoam), covered with black fabric and protruding 1" away from the wall (to create a space behind it). Roughly 100cm high (39"), and 25-30cm wide (10").
For diffusers, I will be using two panels of carpet seen here.
80cm high (31"), 40cm wide (15").
Can all you people with tons of more experience in this area help me out? I am very much a noob in these matters!