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Posted by lucaslight on Jun-01-2004 21:44:

I'm too loud for my neighbors.....HELP!

well, today I received a bitchy note in my mailbox from my neighbors saying that they don't like the "thump, thump, thump" of my music when I practice. how do you all practice if you live in an apartment with neighbors next to you? this fking sucks, cuz I hate it when the people below me bump hiphop all night, so I sympathize with whoever wrote the note.....any advice/help??

Posted by Wildfir3 on Jun-01-2004 21:45:

if you have one: get rid of the subwoofer

Posted by lucaslight on Jun-01-2004 21:49:

all I have are two panasonic bookshelf speakers.....they got some bump to them, and the walls are thin around here....are there a lot of "soundproof" apartments out there, and are they really expensive??

Posted by Shudder on Jun-01-2004 21:54:

Re: I'm too loud for my neighbors.....HELP!

quote:
Originally posted by lucaslight
well, today I received a bitchy note in my mailbox from my neighbors saying that they don't like the "thump, thump, thump" of my music when I practice. how do you all practice if you live in an apartment with neighbors next to you? this fking sucks, cuz I hate it when the people below me bump hiphop all night, so I sympathize with whoever wrote the note.....any advice/help??

are the people complaining the ones turning up the hip hop? cause if they are just tell them you're not gonna change unless they do.. well thats what i would do anyway....

Posted by Freak on Jun-01-2004 22:18:

Stop playing loud

Get your girl (or a girl) over and ride her HARD- make as much noise as possible- get her to scream the place down at 3am. Make the bed bounce on the floor and the headboard smack against the wall.

Bet they dont complain about the music after that

Posted by _-MIl0 on Jun-01-2004 23:04:

not much you can do bro, best thing would probly just be to turn it down lol, or just keep doing it nothing can really happen till they call the cops on you once, iv been complained about 5 times (4 of them were from the building acrose the street) and i havent had shti done to me yet lol

Posted by BeatSMiTH on Jun-01-2004 23:49:

I'm pretty familiar with this situation. All I can say is do it while the sun is still up so they can't really complain about not being able to sleep. At night, do it at a respectable volume. Don't go cranking up the volume till their walls shake during the afternoon though... apparently neighbors don't like it. Trust me, I know

Posted by Dervish on Jun-02-2004 00:27:

Why not try soundproofing google soundproofing. LINK

Posted by Dmatrox on Jun-02-2004 00:39:

turn down the bass, and dont practise at night at a volume thats loud enough to be heard

Posted by stevebutabi on Jun-02-2004 00:45:

i've always been paranoid about my neighbors calling the cops... with the pot/bong/etc in the house and all

Posted by payne on Jun-02-2004 00:51:

mix in your headphones

Posted by ��|E on Jun-02-2004 00:57:

u dont wanna move, put reasonably thick foam on your walls, or carpet, or any material is better then none.

my mate put foam on every wall of his bedroom to stop his parents bitching, works amazingly well!

Posted by DJ Kibon on Jun-02-2004 01:01:

My suggestion would be to look at setting things up so that you can practice entirely in headphones, at least for the times of day that your neighbours won't particularly appreciate your music.

My set-up at home has the output from my mixer running through my computer, and the outputs from both my computer and headphone out jack on the mixer go into an A/B switchbox, which my headphones then plug in to. This allows me to switch between listening to the cueing on the headphone and listening to the master out coming from my mixer. Of course, this would be somewhat redundant if you own a mixer that allows you to select between cueing and master out on your headphones directly...

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jun-02-2004 01:58:

there are a million of us in the same spot man. it sucks. I'm at the point where i do all my mixing in my headphones... but i play out 10-15hrs on the weekend, so for me its not that big of a deal. u'd be surprised how well u can mix when ur just using ur headphones

Posted by Boomer187 on Jun-02-2004 02:12:

yeah all I do is mix in my headphones then record it everytime on my computer. Then I listen to it later and critic it.

Posted by Rememberence_ on Jun-02-2004 02:19:

Same here, I mix entirely in my headphones. Unless you have good sounding speakers and the ability to play them loud enough, often I find it hard to hear the music well enough to mix properly. In the headphones it's clear as fuck and as loud as I want! Wish my parents would piss off occasionally though, I didn't buy monitors to collect dust with

Posted by D Dubya on Jun-02-2004 03:02:

I have pretty thin walls in my townhouse and to tell you the truth, I just play everything through my computer speakers with the bass turned down and it works out just fine. I haven't received a single complaint. You might just want to tone it down a little. The problem is, now that you have annoyed your neighbors once, if you do play it quieter and they still notice it, they're still gonna be annoyed.

Posted by Kamikaze Badger on Jun-02-2004 03:07:

Like others said, either do it in your headphones or soundproof the apartment. I suggest buying a bunch of insulation from Lowes or Home Depot, and then layering the area that you spin at with it.

Posted by rafale on Jun-02-2004 04:14:

my neighbour blasts shit like DJ Aligator back at me when i play too loud. Best thing is.. he's like 60 something
hehe

Posted by Scottaculous on Jun-02-2004 04:19:

Some bass traps in the corners of your apartment will help. Move your speakers and subwoofer away from the walls and elevated.

Posted by DJ MADNESS on Jun-02-2004 04:47:

THINK ABOUT THIS!!!!

I am a DJ, and love to spin all the time, but I also have to work shift work to make ends meet. Have respect for your neighbors, how would you like to work a 12hr shift and be woke up from a dead sleep because someone is booming the bass. I suggest lose the sub, and play at lower levels. It does not have to be 140DB to mix music.

I sympathize with your neighbors, be respectful. There is a place for loud music. ITS CALLED A CLUB!!!!!

((DJ MADNESS))

Posted by Tranc3 on Jun-02-2004 06:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Scottaculous
Some bass traps in the corners of your apartment will help. Move your speakers and subwoofer away from the walls and elevated.

Yep I was looking for someone to mention bass traps. Additionally, you could also lower the bass response on your monitors, as those are the frequencies that travel more easily through walls and such.

Posted by subtledreamer on Jun-02-2004 06:24:

1. just turn it down.

2. turn it down a little more.

3. if you have a sub, then toning the down the bass alone would help a lot already. bass travels in all directions and with cheapo drywalls in the US, there isn't much you can do other than soundproof materials (which cost a crap load, mind you) and close your windows/doors.

4. simple: mix through your headphones at night

5. TURN IT DOWN, geez!

Posted by djtrinity on Jun-02-2004 10:44:

ask them politely to move?

Posted by Nemesis44 on Jun-02-2004 11:02:

As some of the other posts have said, just have a little respect for other people. Even go around and apologise to them if you have to. You will be surprised what that can do, you may even find them willing to compromise in some way.
In most countries there are some really strict laws against how much you can harass your neighbours with sound especially at night. In most cases you can be evicted quite easily.

Just something to think about.

Cheers
Nem

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