Over the past few months I’ve been working on the sound of my drum room which currently is far from ideal. After some observations I have decided that due to the size of the room the drums sound too punchy and there isn’t enough excitement in the room. In order to counteract this I intend to install some diffuser plates consisting of sheets of wood convex to the incoming sounds that disperse reflections of the sound throughout the room. I am also removing some of the absorbers from the room to see what effect this has.
Here is my design for the plates.
The idea for this design came from my visit to Western Audio where Sam uses similar designs to shape the sound of his room. My hope for this treatment is that it will add a little bit of sonic excitement to the room. The wood will have a convex shape as it is cut at the same length of the base plate but set between sets of parallel screws to bend the sheet material outwards to the sound source.
Jordan Vaughan: Creative Sound Design 