[Trombone-l] Small Room Sound Absorption

Steven Gamble swgamble at hotmail.com
Sun Mar 28 14:44:31 CDT 2021


Hi Gil,

I have a little experience with this. The trick is to use as little acoustical treatment as possible.  Is there room for a stuffed chair or couch in your space? Sometimes that is all you need to break up the reflections.  Different placements will give you different results.   There are 3 pairs of opposing surfaces, start by dampening one surface of each pair with a minimum of squares.  Try a few different placements.  You'll be surprised at how much effect a little change can have.   Crossing the line from an even, resonant sound to dull and muffled comes kind of suddenly.  Remove that last square, and fine tune by experimenting with the placement of the remaining squares.  Sometimes dampening the corners is a good place to start.

Steve Gamble, 6680 E Calle La Paz, Unit D, Tucson, AZ 85715  520-991-7056 swgamble at hotmail.com

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Subject: [Trombone-l] Small Room Sound Absorption

Quick question to the group…especially those with smaller practice spaces. Mine is 9’x11’, 8’ ceiling, Pergo floor and one area “throw” rug.

When I play, it’s loud…like reflection loud. Looking to put some sound treatments on the walls. I’ve seen these foam squares (12x12x1-1/2) for like $30 for a 12 pack. Price is great, but seems like if you get what you pay for, will these actually be any good. I’m thinking maybe 24 - 36 squares as well as corner bass traps.

My question to the group: What kind of quality are these inexpensive ones on Amazon and can anyone direct me to what they’ve used that is effective.

Not looking to make a recording studio (though I do a fair amount of recording), mostly looking to quiet the room so I can actually “hear” what my sound is doing. If it traps some sound from getting out so my wife (a composer) can be less interrupted, so much the better.

Thanks in advance…

Gil  Estes
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Trombone Ensemble - Director
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