iso mat

[Tjhooker]

has anyone had any experience with these?

 

I recently got a harley benton one 

https://www.thomann.co.uk/harley_benton_amp_iso_2.htm

 

I'm really amazed at the thing!

 

on a hollow wooden stage it made a huge difference in sound and tone

[Hellzero]

Living in a very old house with wooden floors, I've been using the Auralex and then the Harley Benton with great success to tame the bass end of amps a lot.

[Tjhooker]

yeah it definitely does that.

 

on a wooden stage that I have played on a number of times I noticed that I would have to cut the bass on my amp to about 10 o'clock lock from 12 o'cloc... 

 

with the harley benton mat I found I could actually boost bass and it still sounded way cleaner / clearer with much less boom

[BigRedX]

I stopped using mine because on the one stage where it should have made a vast improvement to the sound, it was negligible but it did make my bass rig wobble about alarmingly in time with the kick drum pedal.

 

@Bill Fitzmaurice should be along with the science as to why they aren't really worth it. 

[BigRedX]

I have made a useful isolation platform for decoupling the acoustic noise produced by playing an electronic drum kit from the fabric of the building so my band could rehearse at my house without annoying the neighbours too much, but it was a significantly more substantial construction than a piece of plywood supported on two bits of "acoustic" foam,

[Jack]

I've never taken mine to a gig but I use a QSC wedge to practice at home. The old wooden floors could scratch the bottom of the wedge and they also vibrate. It's great. 

[Tjhooker]

14 hours ago, BigRedX said:

I stopped using mine because on the one stage where it should have made a vast improvement to the sound, it was negligible but it did make my bass rig wobble about alarmingly in time with the kick drum pedal.

 

@Bill Fitzmaurice should be along with the science as to why they aren't really worth it. 

interesting 🤔 ... the stage I'm talking about is a particularly wobbly one that the drummer REALLY hates...

but it didn't seem to get the collective synchronization millennium bridge wobble going!

 

I will look out for it on other gigs though.

 

so far I've tested it on that gigs / stage I know well and a new venue with a concrete floor that I'm unsure if the iso mat did anything at all to improve tone

[Hellzero]

13 hours ago, Tjhooker said:

interesting 🤔 ... the stage I'm talking about is a particularly wobbly one that the drummer REALLY hates...

but it didn't seem to get the collective synchronization millennium bridge wobble going!

 

I will look out for it on other gigs though.

 

so far I've tested it on that gigs / stage I know well and a new venue with a concrete floor that I'm unsure if the iso mat did anything at all to improve tone

Maybe it's because you don't have a 2 meter high powering tower...