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Originally Posted by Lucian
Opinions on Bass trapping vary but for the most part the two most popular types of bass trap are the superchunk and 4" panel straddling a corner. I then ran across this idea. Have any of you heard of it or have any initial opinions?
http://www.heartsoffireproductions.c..._Bass_Trap.htm
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The former is known as broadband bass trapping, whereas this "trapcan" is a type of narrowband trap.
As a rule of thumb, when the broadband traps have done a reasonable job, but there are specific frequencies or single frequency that really could do with taming further, narrowband (tuned cylinder, box, etc) traps can be tuned and placed to just absorb that offending mode. Think of it as a sharper tool to do a finer job.
Sometimes a particular room and setup will have unfortunate ratios and this can be one way of leveling out its response without adding broadband trapping to the level of turning it into an anechoic chamber
This is a novel way of making a cylindrical trap, here the resonant frequency happily coincided with a problem frequency in the room's acoustic. Just make sure that you build one to suit the acoustics of
your room
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