Liam Watson Toe Rag Studios- Paper Ceiling Tile treatment

highway51 · Post by **highway51** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:53 pm

Did anyone notice that the toe rag recording studio seems to be treated with retro paper acoustic ceiling tiles? I have some in the ceiling of my basement and they definitely deaden a room a bit but not drastically. They are still sold at hardware stores has anyone treated their walls with them and found them useful at all?

http://www.armstrong.com/resclgam/na/ce ... emId=44646

digitaldrummer · Post by **digitaldrummer** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:30 pm

look at this:

http://iusapics.com/wp-content/uploads/ ... studio.jpg

and look at this:

http://www.tapeop.com/articles/88/liam-watson/

it looks more like those old perforated tiles like what was in Sun Studios.

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:54 pm

i loved that article. yeah i was wondering what that was too, is it like old school acoustics?

digitaldrummer · Post by **digitaldrummer** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:04 pm

I think we had them in my junior high band room too...

davepinkham · Post by **davepinkham** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:45 pm

not quite the same, but i started poking around and found these. i'm sure they'd only be effective for higher frequencies, but they have the advantage of looking cool!

http://mioculture.com/paperforms/acoust ... forms.html

hyde maintenance · Post by **hyde maintenance** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:40 pm

Yeah I remember them from Jr high band rehearsal rooms.
Look familiar?
http://www.silentsource.com/ceilings-ac-woodfiber.html
I think the key words are 'wood fiber'
Lots of sources out there...not sure how the products compare to one another though.
Lots of new cement/wood fiber ones around now, I think these look pretty sweet.
http://www.muuuz.com/en/2011/02/25/hexa ... h-love/en/
I'm guessing they may be a little spendy though.

digitaldrummer · Post by **digitaldrummer** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:46 pm

yeah, that silentsource wood fiber looks more like the stuff.

the mioculture stuff looks interesting, but essentially that looks to be high-fallutin fancy colored egg crates... would be interested to hear if anyone has actually tried using that for diffusion?

davepinkham · Post by **davepinkham** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:51 am

my suspicions are the same re: the mio wallpaper panels. the wood fiber panels are about the same price though, wonder what i could get out of them sound-wise. i'm working on treating a rehearsal/recording space currently... i guess i should probably stick to my mineral wool plan.

Dylan W · Post by **Dylan W** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:20 pm

Acoustic tiles/pegboard seem to have been used in RCA-designed studios, such as RCA Studio B (Nashville), Abbey Road, and Motown/Hitsville.

Here's Bob Olhsson on "the purple site" talking about absorption and reflection in Motown. Interesting.

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/studio-b ... ns.html#24

Dylan W · Post by **Dylan W** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:24 pm

I recall reading that acoustic tile is mainly absorptive in the speech range (2-4kHz), which would make sense given its intended application in office buildings. I'm considering making a removable panel of acoustic tile for my movable OC 703 gobos, to see if it carries an appreciable benefit for recording drums and vocals.

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