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SO THE FOLKS AT READY ACOUSTICS did the sound treatment for my studio, and a while back I got a big ?

By Glenn Reynolds

SO THE FOLKS AT READY ACOUSTICS did the sound treatment for my studio, and a while back I got a big package from them with more cool stuff. Unfortunately, since my studio is now a TV studio I didn’t really have any place to deploy them. So I sent them to my brother, who offers the following review:

A little while back three tall boxes showed up here at the Rubber Biscuit Studio loading dock. They were plastered with “Fragile” stickers… but when we opened them up we found that they were a set of Ready Acoustics APS 2400 Acoustic Panel/Bass Trap stands. Now, our main tracking and mixing rooms are already decked out with Ready Acoustics panels and Mondo Bass Traps, so we are already fans. The idea of having some stands that would let us use the same panels as Gobos was a cool one… so we promptly set the intern to putting them together. At first he complained that there weren’t any instructions, but we told him that if he was expected to figure out a patch bay, then he ought to be able to figure out how to put the stands together. Within a half hour he had them all together. Each one came with a set of allen wrenches, too, and you can never have too many allen wrenches sitting around.

As soon as we looked at them, it became apparent that the whole “fragile” thing was unnecessary. These things are fit! The adjustable center portion of the stands could double as a mortar tube. Assembled, each one probably weighs in at 20 pounds. With the tripod feet, these stands are very stable. This is good, because having something fall over and take out one of our vintage C12’s would be a serious bummer. Overall, these stands are very well thought out. If you have the Ready Acoustics Chameleon panels, there is a spot on the metal frames that will screw right into the upper cross bar of the stands. Even the panels without the frames have loops that will fit right over the center tube. They can be mounted either vertically or horizontally, allowing you to use the panels as gobos for amps, pianos, or even as a portable vocal booth. Indeed, the beauty of these stands is that they can help adjust to a number of tracking or mixing situations. More and more studios are realizing the importance of quality audio treatments. Most, though, are fixed in place. These stands let engineers adjust to a number of shifting tracking and mixing situations. Such flexibility can help take your studio to a whole new level.

Any studio that is looking for a sturdy yet flexible audio treatment solution should look into these stands.

So there you are.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 06, 2010 (boomark / email).