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BenWils The Thirteenth Floor
Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1324 Location: In a Flyover State
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:24 pm Post subject: What Is This??? |
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Okay, I thought I knew what OC 703 looked like until today. I looked at a picture online to see if the panels I had in my basement were the stuff and it turns out I have something else.
Here is what I have:
Another angle:
Does anyone know what it is that I have here and will it work as well as OC703? It is in 2x4 sheets that are 1" thick. Any ideas? I wanted to add some to my 4x4 booth after covering with black burlap. Should I just order some OC703?
Thanks! _________________ Ben
"To be really good at voiceover, you need to improve your footwork and hip snap." |
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Moe Egan 4 Large
Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 4337 Location: Live Free or Die
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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Silly Ben.
Those are obviously very large Rice Crispy treats.
Yum. _________________ Moe Egan
i want to be the voice in your head.
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ricevoice Cinquecento
Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 532 Location: Sacramento, CA
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking more along the lines of Frosted Not-So-Mini Wheats. Gonna need a bigger spoon.... _________________ Chris Rice - Noisemaker
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TQuinn Contributor
Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Washington, DC
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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Graham crackers? But you'll need quite a few marshmallows and reallllly big chocolate bars. |
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asnively Triple G
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Jacob Ekstroem Club 300
Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 317 Location: A padded room with no windows somewhere in Scandinavia
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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I can tell you what they're called in Denmark... but that wouldn't really help you, would it (sorry, don't know what they call them in your part of the World).
But what you have usually goes in ceilings. They are definitely not an alternative to OC703. They arent' completely useless, but are not suitable for bass-trapping. _________________ Regards,
Jacob - Danish Voice Overs (try it... it sounds really funny, too!) |
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bransom DC
Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 650 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like the World's Largest Ball of Twine has been sliced into slabs. _________________ Bob Ransom
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Edo Guest
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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I recognize these as boards of straw. They're made with some very heavy glue or paint under high pressure. It does not absorb sound the way 703 does, it is however a common thing on the inside of voicebooths in nearly every television studio post production room to date I've spent time doing VO in... Its open yet sturdy structure does dampen reflections quite a bit without making the room sound too dead. I do hate the look of it though, and it is also my experience that you can get some nasty scratches from the stuff. I used to always cover them with cloth or burlap. |
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Bailey 4 Large
Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 4336 Location: Lake San Marcos... north of Connie, northwest of the Best.
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Ben... That stuff reminds me of the packing they used in shipping crates when I worked at the DOD. Large aircraft parts, air surfaces, landing gears... stuff like that. Sometimes the material was preformed for more protection during shipping. I don't know if it has applications for sound reduction or absorption, but I also saw it being used to insulate exterior walls from the cold weather. _________________ "Bailey"
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Mike Sommer A Hundred Dozen
Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 1222 Location: Boss Angeles
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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It's the stuff my little honey puts in my lunch box everyday.
Amazing what one can do with a Hello Kitty cookie cutter.
As Edo stated, it is a sound board material, knocks down refections.
I've seen it used more in colleges and schools. It's pretty durable stuff which is why it's used there more.
Side note: I was at the USC Keck School of Medicine a few months back, and I was surprised to see that the lecture rooms were actually using 703 soft walls. The rooms sounded very nice. _________________ The Blog:
http://voiceoveraudio.blogspot.com/
Acoustics are counter-intuitive. If one thing is certain about acoustics, it is that if anything seems obvious it is probably wrong.
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asnively Triple G
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Mike, that is awesome! _________________ the Amy Snively family of brands for all your branded thing needs.
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Deirdre Czarina Emeritus
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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I know OC 703, and that's no OC 703. _________________ DBCooperVO.com |
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Lee Gordon A Zillion
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:33 am Post subject: |
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At the radio station where I used to work, the walls of all the studios and the newsroom were lined with this stuff. It had a name rather than a number, but I can't recall what the engineers who built the studios called it. In the studios it served as an underlayment over which was glued an additional treatment. Below chair rail height it was acoustic carpet, above chair rail height was Sonex foam. _________________ Lee Gordon, O.A.V.
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Jacob Ekstroem Club 300
Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 317 Location: A padded room with no windows somewhere in Scandinavia
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:23 am Post subject: |
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Lee Gordon wrote: | At the radio station where I used to work, the walls of all the studios and the newsroom were lined with this stuff. It had a name rather than a number, but I can't recall what the engineers who built the studios called it. In the studios it served as an underlayment over which was glued an additional treatment. Below chair rail height it was acoustic carpet, above chair rail height was Sonex foam. |
Did he by any change call them "Troldtek" or something? Thats what they are called in Scandinavia. As I said earlier it's usually something you put up as ceiling acoustic treatment. I guess you could use them on the walls, but only for hi-band absorbtion, they won't do diddly squad in the low bands. Not completely useless, but again, not an alternative to OC703. _________________ Regards,
Jacob - Danish Voice Overs (try it... it sounds really funny, too!) |
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Edo Guest
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:51 am Post subject: |
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So this morning I made a phone call with an engineer of one of the tv stations in The Netherlands I used to narrate news broadcasts for. The material used is a combination of hemp and vlax fibers, coated and glued together with a type of paint containing gypsum. It helps making the panels fire proof. Underneath a picture of said voice booth at RTL Television. You can clearly see the fiber panels on the inner walls.
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