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DIY: How to build a Studio GoBo
Posted by Acoustics First in Absorption, Articles, Broadcast Facilities, Diffusion, DIY, HOW TO, Multipurpose Rooms, Music Tracking Room, Product Applications, Recording Facilities, Recording Studio, Studio Control Room, Vocal Booth, Voice Over on April 18, 2013
DIY Project: Diffuser Array/Absorber GOBO
By: James DeGrandis
Mobile DIY option for creating new spaces with GOBOs!
As studio spaces get smaller, and budgets get tighter, we like to find new ways to maximize our budgets and our spaces, without removing quality. One issue with small room recording is getting sufficient separation between instruments – and here’s one DIY project to help you master your space without compromise.
Stuff you need:
4’x 6’ sheet of 3/4” Plywood (This can be scaled up or down depending on need.)
32 sq/ft of 4” Cutting Wedge® Classic Acoustical Foam (Or similar absorber)
4 x Art Diffusors® – Model C (or Model F, Quadrapyramid™, or other comparable diffuser)
Construction adhesive
6-8 Hook and loop straps (To attach to Mic Stands – one option)
2x Mic Stands (unless building frame)
2”x4”x10’ wood for frame construction (optional)
3 x Low profile Casters for rolling frame (optional)
Assembly instructions
A simple “no-frame” construction method is first described to give you the quick and easy option of just attaching some straps to a couple mic stands.
Use Construction adhesive to attach the Cutting Wedge® Foam to the back of the panel in a checkerboard pattern (each panel 90° rotated from adjacent.) Then flip the panel and attach the 8 Cutting Wedge® panels to the bottom of the front. (the bottom of the gobo creates a corner with the floor, we want to put absorption there to limit the bass.)
Use Construction adhesive again to attach the 4 Diffusers to the top and front of the Plywood (Follow the installation instructions for adhesive placement)
If you with to attach to mic stands, just attach the hook and loop straps to the panel along the edge, roughly where the diagram to the right is indicating, and you are done…
If you would like to create a simple rolling frame, a design for one is shown in the bottom diagram on the right. Other frame designs can be used; they can even be hung from the ceiling if you are going to keep reusing the same configuration, or if the configuration is going to be used long term.
One of the great benefits of building gobos is the flexibility you have in your use and placement of them. They can allow for your space to seem much larger, by creating separation between instruments. They are easily made, easy and quick to set up, they can be stored away, or just lean up against a wall or corner to provide more acoustic treatment when not in use.
Create a mini vocal booth.
Use as a giant corner bass trap.
Enclose your noisy drummer.
Gobos have hundreds of uses.
Make your own today!
This simple DIY project is provided as a way for our customers to learn better ways to use our products and get more value out of the products they buy. If you are looking for more ways to use the products you have, look to Acoustics First for Ideas. http://www.acousticsfirst.com
A little History…
If you embark on this little construction project, you will be constructing studio elements that have remained basically unchanged since at least the early 1970’s. Handmade Gobos have been used in many of the top studios for effective noise control for over 40 years – These versions pay homage to those early pioneers who built what they needed, because it was the only way to get exactly what they needed.
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Acoustics First Corporation supplies acoustical panels and soundproofing materials to control sound and eliminate noise in commercial, residential, government, and institutional applications worldwide. Products include the patented Art Diffusor®, sound absorbers, noise barriers, acoustical fabrics and accessories. Acoustics First® products are sold for O.E.M applications, direct, and through dealers. For more information on acoustical materials and their application, please visit www.AcousticsFirst.com or call Toll Free 1-888-765-2900 (US & Canada).
DIY: Isolation Stand for Speakers and Instrument Amplifiers
Posted by Acoustics First in Articles, Broadcast Facilities, DIY, Home Entertainment, Home Theater, HOW TO, Music Rehearsal Spaces, Music Tracking Room, Product Applications, Recording Facilities, Recording Studio, Studio Control Room on March 21, 2013
DIY Project – Float your Loudspeakers and Monitors
Keep your Amps and Monitors from shaking the house down!
Instrument amplifiers, loudspeakers, and studio monitors all have the potential to cause structural vibrations. These vibrations can have an adverse effect on the listening environments, and can bleed into other microphones and instruments. Here’s an easy DIY project for floating those noisy guitar and bass cabinets (this project can be scaled up or down – from studio monitors to subwoofers).
Stuff you will need:
- 2 – 2’x2’x3/4” Plywood (whatever size you want)
- 2’x2’ Carpet Underlayment (Same size as Plywood)
- 2”x4”x8’ Lumber for frame (More if scaling larger)
- About 1 cu.ft. Clean Dry Sand (Sandbox Sand)
- 3’x3’ Industrial Carpet (Enough to cover platform)
- Vib-X Pad to cut at least 4 – 2” Squares for feet
- Construction Adhesive
Simple assembly
- Create Frame and attach to bottom Plywood
- Attach Vib-X feet to bottom
- Fill with Sand
- Attach Plywood top
- Adhere Carpet Underlayment to top
- Carpet Box
This plan is for a 2’x2’ platform. You can scale these or use more than one. Scale with caution – the sand makes these extremely heavy. What you are building is a floating platform. Keeping the sound from being transmitted into the floor below effectively decouples the speaker, making it “float”. In essence, the vibrations are being absorbed before getting to a solid surface, allowing for a more transparent listening experience and keeping the vibrations from interfering with other instruments in the area.
This simple DIY project is provided as a way for our customers to learn better ways to use our products and get more value out of the products they buy. If you are looking for more ways to use the products you have, look to Acoustics First for Ideas. http://www.acousticsfirst.com
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Acoustics First Corporation supplies acoustical panels and soundproofing materials to control sound and eliminate noise in commercial, residential, government, and institutional applications worldwide. Products include the patented Art Diffusor®, sound absorbers, noise barriers, acoustical fabrics and accessories. Acoustics First® products are sold for O.E.M applications, direct, and through dealers. For more information on acoustical materials and their application, please visit www.AcousticsFirst.com or call Toll Free 1-888-765-2900 (US & Canada).
Acoustics First’s acoustical wall fabric saves $Green$ while being Green!
Posted by Acoustics First in Art Galleries, Auditorium, Broadcast Facilities, Classrooms, Fitness, Government, Gymnasium, Home Entertainment, Hospitals, Medical Facilites, Multipurpose Rooms, Museums, Music Rehearsal Spaces, Offices, Press Release, Products, Recording Facilities, Restaurants, School & Educational Facilities, Studio Control Room, Teaching Rooms, Teleconferencing, Theater, Universities, Vocal Booth, Voice Over, Worship Facilities on October 18, 2012
For Immediate Release
Acoustical wall fabric saves $Green$ while being Green!
Sound Channels® acoustical wall fabric is manufactured from 100% Post-Consumer Recycled material, making this a quick ship, easy, no thought acoustic solution.
Sound Channels® is applied directly to vertical surfaces, is easy to cut and installs like wall carpet. This absorptive wall fabric is a great choice to moderate speech frequencies in any application. Great to soften sound in conference rooms, distance learning, offices, and day care facilities, this material can also be used as a base layer in home theaters, recording studios and broadcast facilities.
Not only is this economical acoustical treatment available in countless colors, it is manufactured from recycled materials, reducing environmental impact!
Sound Channels in manufactured using Eco-fi fibers. Eco-fi is a high-quality polyester fiber made from 100% certified recycled plastic bottles. It can go into any textile product such as clothing, blankets, carpets, wall coverings, auto interiors, home furnishings, and craft felt. Eco-fi can also be blended with other fibers, such as cotton or wool, for enhanced qualities.
AN EASY GUIDE: 15 bottles = 1 yard of wall covering
Why buy Eco‐fi products?
We have the capacity to keep billions of plastic bottles out of the world’s landfills each year by using post-consumer plastic bottles instead of virgin materials in the fiber manufacturing process. By doing this, we can lower harmful air emissions and save millions of barrels of oil from being used which, in turn, reduces the harmful effects of acid rain, global warming, and smog. Fabrics made from Eco-fi fiber are chemically and functionally nearly identical to those made from non-recycled fiber. The difference is that Eco-fi fiber is made without depleting the Earth’s natural resources. With properties such as strength, softness, shrinkage-resistance, and colorfastness, market applications for Eco-fi products are expanding every day.
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Acoustics First Corporation supplies acoustical panels and soundproofing materials to control sound and eliminate noise in commercial, residential, government, and institutional applications worldwide. Products include the patented Art Diffusor®, sound absorbers, noise barriers, acoustical fabrics and accessories. Acoustics First® products are sold for O.E.M applications, direct, and through dealers. For more information on acoustical materials and their application, please visit www.AcousticsFirst.com or call Toll Free 1-888-765-2900 (US & Canada).
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