How to Build DIY Tube Traps for Any Studio
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Tube traps are one of the best tools you can add to any room for recording, mixing, mastering, or high-end listening. The active absorption traps certain frequencies while diffusion scatters throughout the room.
This is a DIY tutorial on how to build a tube trap on your own in order to save time and money.
For questions, visit SOSstudio.co.
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Waiting for before and after room acoustic tests and measurements.
It would be awesome to scrape math and science. Great job!!!
Hello folks the math for my no Budget crew. That's is willing to just do it. Will be doing the rear trap then side walls ceiling too. For the cost of a store bought top brand name. Many brands to buy from as each one if them has their own little tricks. So the answer to this math question. Had something to do all winter and bought or save 10k by just doing the builds. Vs waiting fir poster to reply. You look old wait for the perfect one spider webs. Self doubt will always hold them back.
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you can use a router with a top bearing flush trim bit to cut the wood to the shape of the tube. It follows the contour of the tube and only cuts the wood outside of the tube. The tube will act as a template.
Eric from the TWD giving us DIY Tube Trap advice. Nice.
Please post a video in the studio with room testing software !!! Good job btw !
You can measure the circumference before you mark the 4 inches and adjust accordingly. If the circumference was 27 inches, for example, you would need to figure out a number that will work evenly all the way around.
How do you feel about your traps 5 years later? Your design I would’ve thought would catch on as it was more involved than the typical diy version using just the rolled up insulation and clothes. Any thoughts on how they’re doing or if you’ve moved on from these? Thanks!
Have you tested how much attenuation you get in the sub 100Hz range in dB? I've heard great things about tube traps being able to absorb low frequency energy without taking up the space and weight of a diaphragmatic absorber, but considering the amount of absorptive material in your finished product, it doesn't seem like it would absorb a lot of low frequency at all.
Excellent! thanks for sharing! this is amazing! Greating from Belgium
You're very welcome! Share photos of your tube traps with us when you're done!
We will put together a video-audio sample of before and after audio clips while recording. We don't have anything recorded for that now but they've already made a huge difference to the sound of the room!
Is this video up anywhere yet?
Thanks for making this video.
What Frequencies does the tube absorb? How would you build one to target a certain band of freq?
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Did you guys measure how much these tube traps changed the frequency response curve, when added to the listening room? E.g. did they decrease peaks and valleys in bass frequencies by 25%, 50%, 90%? And how do these compare to e.g. flat ones filled with fiberglass foam?
good point. in acoustics what you don't measure does not exists.
@@gerardoruiz72 depends what you measure with
@@sambac2053 by measuring I mean using Smaart, Rew or similar
These tube traps can be put in a living with something decorative on the top and maybe put some lights in them they can done in different colours I would put some panels etc up as well. I think in a living room it is good to try and disguise acoustic things so people don't think your being obsessive.
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So the half of paper on insulation will block the preesure (the bass frequencies) to go thru?? wau .. amazing
You guys are great! Thank you!!!
Is there a acoustic reason for using 1.5" holes spaced 8" apart? Can I just make random 2" holes around the tube, or is there a point when there are too many holes?
super cool project i like it very much! but i don't get what the 12'' concrete form does? it's a reflector for higher frequencies. isn't there a risk that the concrete form starts to vibrite at a certain frequency? it's like a flute, you know?
nice idea!
I think you are just building a tube shaped mid freq. absorber... ;-)
mate your`re fuckin right .. this stuff is nothing... better put 4x4 fiberblock instead of this fuckn tube. cheers
They look nice but in audio things don't work by the looks. Do you have any numbers on how low they absorb and how much ?
So it’s better not to stack them and put each in their own corner? Also is it better than super chunks?
Why not fill the tubes with sound absorption?
Thanks guy and Rob McElhenney
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Great project, guys. Much appreciate the DIY instructions. What were your findings after laying it all in and testing the room? Have you measured your tubes against something like ASC's tube traps specs?
Wouldn't that tube cover reflect the wave than absorb?
nice video haha thx !
Great video, and awesome build-out.
Is there a good bass tube trap calculator, or other calculator that you can recommend? If not, how did you determine the design parameters?
Thanks again for sharing the video.
Does it matter which way the paper side of the insulation tube is facing? Towards the corner? Towards the room? A little of both?
yes it does, you will need to experiment with different placements.
Nice video guys!
Have you made measurements and know in what frequency range it works?
Hi guys! Good job) What is the density (kg/m3) of fiberglass pipe insulation?
thanks!!!
Great Video thanks! Any other isolation material possible to use than fiberglass?
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Hey everyone, thanks for watching! If you have any questions, feel free to email me at Jordan@SOSstudio.co.
Why did you remove the foil on one side? Which side showing then to the corners? Probably the blank one without foil? Should the surface of the foil/paper reflect higher frequency content back to the room? Isn't it better to absorb it as well? Thanks for your DIY vid and I hope you can give me any answer to my questions. 😊
Are they useful for recording guitar home studio recording?
this kind of bass trap is specific frequency right? does the size matters?
what i should know if i'm trying to get rid of 48 hz
for that low end frequency problems you need helmholtz or diaphragmatic resonators tuned specifically
what is the frequency range that it absorbs ? Or what is the lowest frequency that it absorbs ?
In theory tube traps (Helmholtz resonator) absorb one specific frequency. Question is how many dB it can absorb on tuned frequency? By the way to what frequency this one tuned? And is there any falloff in absorption???
Helmholtz resonator? These tube traps are not Helmholtz resonators. They are round absorbers with diffusion on the opposite side. Sound pressure is absorbed within the first layer of fiberglass. Longer waves pass through with the help of spaced holes and are reflected and absorbed inside, and absorbed again, when reflecting back out of the holes or the waves are long enough to pass entirely through the trap. Though 18 -24inch diameter is needed to work on the lower frequencies. Check out gearslutz for a great DIY on a Helmholtz resonator example. Karumba has instructions in german and english. Nice job on the how-to SOS studio.
I can't really see this working for anything below 120hz or so. It's a great design but I wouldn't think it'd be the most effective in a corner like most "tube" designs imply, right?
what is the most effective way to tame a ~30 Hz node ?
Could this be done with 12" PVC pipes instead instead of the concrete form?
No numbers?
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Where do you get the OC 703 12"x1" insulation? Can't find it anywhere. Thanks!
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I get that
Where were you able to purchase the fiberglass in circular form, a/c supplier?
Means nothing if not measured.....
What was the cost of the materials?
Hi quick question. Why tube traps instead of triangular bass traps?
would work better if you cut rock wool in circles and filled tube, could have just siliconed lids on top and bottom, the wood in the middle doesn't help much probably makes it more vulnerable to the lids shifting. No need to cut holes in tube.
is there a reason you dont build them from floor to roof?
test would be nice
Hey there, Is the size & hole placement in accordance to a certain room size?
wouldn't it be easier to just use a regular hand wood saw on the concrete form just to have a cleaner cut?
I’m wondering why you wouldn’t go one step further and simply fill the tube with rock wool?
In the original tubetrap, the absorbing material (rockwool in this case) is inside the structural exoskeleton. If you wanted to build something based on the official patent you should put the rockwool on the inside of the cardboard tube not on the outside. I'm not saying it is better like that, because I haven't done any measurements of them side by side.
I think it would reflect some higher frequencies when the rockwool is inside, because the cardboard has a harder and closer surface as the wool. This will smaller the range of the absorbed frequencies - less highs. It is better when you want to keep them, and just want to absorb lows , because you don't want your room to sound to dry.
Hello folks I like your way of thinking. Thing is knee your done building your bass traps now it's time to build the side wall traps or rear bass traps. Now have you seen a room all done up look at the ads of other manufacturers best ideas can be found there. After all we're trying to copy them.
Tube trap is similar compared to a transmission line speaker.
The lining or stuffing purposes is to slow down the speed of the back wave to match the front wave of the bass 20 hz wave. 20 hz wave is like 44' long the duct is a 1/4 of this note long
CROWS! and then that look ,, I laughed outloud and smilling as I type ... funny!
where can i find the fiberglass tubes?
Is it tuned to frequency? Can I use it in any studio?
What was your budget per trap?
can it be rock wool instead?
This sounds expensive by the time you are done. And you are running all over town to collect all the pieces. It makes me think that maybe it's not such a bad idea to by pro/pre-fabbed sound absorbers.
Do you have any measurements by any chance??
How have they worked for you guys at the lower frequencies?
Hello folks: yes they do work I have build for two high end audio retailers and they taken them to the audio industry trade shows. Good reviews
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Why is the tube trap only 36 inches?
The trap will absorb low frequencies regardless of whether the wrapping is burlap, fabric, or even hard solid wood. You dont need to breathe thru the wrap. All that does is allow the trap to absorb higher frequencies and deaden your studio. Deadened studio = not a good studio. A damped studio for bass, and diffuse reflective studio for hi frequency is a good studio.
but surely SOME absorption is good, no?? I mean in general in a studio , not specifically when it comes to these traps.
@@LetMeDieLord It depends on the room. If its highly reflective then yes.
Why not just fill the tube with rock wool??
I wonder if the tube with no holes or even no cardboard would work better as a broadband absorber that attenuates bass frequencies if filled entirely. This one is a tuned design but I'm not sure what range it is tuned to.
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Nice try on the glue catch.
And I can still hear her screaming at me to take the garbage out...
And this is why you buy products that are independently tested by Laboratories or third parties
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In the Uk it is impossible to get some concrete tube...
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Hundred questions , "What Frequencies does the tube absorb?" and no answer .
These aren’t even built REMOTELY correct. of course there’s no responses and no proof of anything.
@@snapascrew any guides on how to build them?
@@franktamber3018 and he/she (snapascrew) didn't respond either right?
Putting the cardboard inside the foam will drastically decrease the efficiency... better off just wrapping the insulation tube by itself if its rigid enough...
I think these are meant to be bass traps, and the cardboard makes these perform better for isolating and trapping bass problems. The issue here is that they are not REALLY bass traps and they are also not REALLY Absorbers either.
These are really really good: Diffusing Mid-Trap absorption deflectors, lol
what is with the .... cute little hat ?? oh.. it is so fly !! Ha!
no measurements, no point...
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This will not work with the hard tube in the center. Its all wrong sorry guys. Nice attempt though.
Actually it may works only because of hard tube witch can resonate on calculated frequency. All insulation/foam works great at 500 Hz and higher.