Hanging Bass Traps On Wall

Stacking two 4 tall corner mount bass traps such as the primacoustic maxtrap one above the other in the corner can affect all room modes since the tri corner location will also be covered in a standard 8ft ceilinged house.
Hanging bass traps on wall. Namely turning an entire wall into a bass trap and specifically not building hanging or corner standing traps. This creates a gap behind the panel where the bass wave has a chance to bounce against the wall and pass back through your trap a second time. In fact the best place to put your insulation material bass trap is where pressure is lowest for any particular frequency. In a standing wave sound pressure is at a maximum where sound velocity is at a minimum because they are 90 out of phase.
I think this project has specific concerns that generic bass trap projects don t. Most pro studios have the bass traps hanging like paintings on the wall isn t it better to have space in between the wall and the bass trap or will there be a huge difference. Followed by those a center ceiling corner trap cloud. Lastly the remaining panel on the larger portion of the back wall.
Basically yes when spaced off the wall it will absorb more low end. We ll call these the power corners. We hang all panels with a gap behind them for this reason. Bass traps acoustic wall paneling the home depot store finder.
Get free shipping on qualified bass traps or buy online pick up in store today in the lumber composites department. Start by looking at the wall to wall corners labeled 1 2 3 and 4 in the above drawing. You d hang them so they straddle the corners like pictured above. But when using broad band panels it is best to straddle the corner to get the best bang out of them.
Locate the built in key hole slot on the side of the soffit bass trap with the staples. For example putting electrical outlets within the traps isn t something i ve seen close documentation of. You can make a big impact to your room by adding floor to ceiling bass traps to those four corners. Placing a bass trap in a wall wall corner will affect the main length and width modes and some of the height modes.
The soffit bass trap is perfect for wall to ceiling corners or placed horizontal along wall to floor corners. Then panels on the left right first reflection points. Best locations for mounting bass traps in a rectangle room 12 dihedral corners 8 tri corners. Floor to ceiling bass traps in the front corners 4 panels.
It s the most efficient way to use these traps especially when you re on a budget.