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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:59 am
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Has anyone sound proofed a room in their home ? I`m wondering what this would involve. I know it depends on the size of the room, but I`m trying to figure out what materials are used and how much this would cost.

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No - but check this out:

http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/studio/acoustic-treatment/room_analysis.php

I have not used it but it seems interesting.

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:37 am
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That free analysis from Auralex is great, if you're trying to fix the listening problems in a room... standing waves, too much bass, high-end ringing, that sort of thing. I sent them a detailed drawing of my control room, showing where all the furniture was and where I expected to place the monitors, and they sent back a plan that dialed it right in. Best of all, theirplan didn't throw everything but the sink at the problem... it was a very economical solution (I mean, they could have tried to sell me a lot more of their product).

But let me ask you...a re you trying to soundrpoof a room? That is, are you trying to create a room that doesn't let outside noise in? Or is your goal the much more difficult "room that doesn't let inside noise out."

Because you can't do either one of these things by applying foam to walls. Soundproofing is a detailed and expensive deal... the only real solution is to build a room inside a room, with the inside and outside walls decoupled from each other so low frequencies don't pass through.


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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:43 am
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I don`t want the playing to heard on the outside of the room. I might have to do what you said and build a room inside a room in order to keep the noise level down. I`m trying to see whats involved. Thanks for the reply...

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:13 pm
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well the expensive part i did not want to hear, i have been wanting to do the same thing in my basement, i checked a few sites but yeah looks like its not gonna be cheap


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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:40 pm
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It depends on a lot of things...

- how sound-proof is that room already?
- how quiet do you need it? (acoustic guitar strumming, mild amp volume, drum kit blasting, etc). these all require VERY different measure to accomplish what you want

- Ideally, building a room within a room is the way to go. Keep in mind that heat ducts make sound travel too. You can have your basement hooked up so that the person in the next room might not hear you at too, but the bedroom on the otherside of the house can hear you wailing from the heat vents.

How loud you plan to get and how much money you're willing to spend are the two main factors.


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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:03 pm
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It depends on how much you want to spend. The majority of my work for the last 8 years has been soundproofing related.

British drywall systems have a system known as resilient bar. Its like a stud that fixes horizontaly across stud walls by screw fixing or onto block walls via hammer fixing and isolation bracket. It moves the finished wall off the studs with the only contact being diagonal and ridged it destroys soundwaves as they try to vibrate along the bar. Couple that with 3 layers of 15mm thick soundblock board and keep your partition walls isolated from the floor and your nearing recording isolation booth spec's.
http://www.british-gypsum.com/pdf/TI-032-02%20Resilient%20Bar.pdf

The cheap option is to go and buy a few boxes of damaged suspended ceiling tiles and cover the walls,floor and ceiling with them. Note you will have to re-floorboard the floor also. Only get ceiling tiles made of volcanic ash, their the only ones that work.

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:33 pm
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The cheapest way to go is to run down to GoodWill and buy a bunch of old used mattresses, line the room walls with that! Hang old blankets tacking the corners to the ceiling. 70s lo budget style :wink:

It goes without saying get the mattresses with the least amount of pee stains. :roll:

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Thanks everyone, this had been very helpful. Even the mattress` with the lemonade stains :shock:

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JPD wrote:
Thanks everyone, this had been very helpful. Even the mattress` with the lemonade stains :shock:


Imagine that room during a band practice at the height of summer. :lol:

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Except for vocals, you could record direct. Think of the money you'll save by not having to buy mics. :wink:


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Instead of diagonally mounted drywall brackets and reflooring with second-hand volcanic ash ceiling tiles, I went with a technology called "headphones"....

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EllenW wrote:
Instead of diagonally mounted drywall brackets and reflooring with second-hand volcanic ash ceiling tiles, I went with a technology called "headphones"....

:-)


My new headphones arrived from MF just yesterday!!


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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:36 am
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nikininja wrote:
JPD wrote:
Thanks everyone, this had been very helpful. Even the mattress` with the lemonade stains :shock:


Imagine that room during a band practice at the height of summer. :lol:
eeeewwww :lol:


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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:30 pm
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My room is double sound proofed, as well as having the wonderful foam. I got some off craigslist from Prime Acoustics that were about 80% off the original price (how could i say no?) They work really nice for me, but i can't remember what bass traps i use. I bought those seperately.

Its not necessarily just for the sound during the recording but also quiets down the room. I also drum and sing so once i save enough money to buy a mac i'd need more quality when recording the drums. Hate it when my snare echoes.


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