I'm moving into my apartment a few months from now and am starting to think about the possible eviction and noise violations I'm going to have due to my practicing. How do you guys get around this? I've got a corner unit... meaning I don't share a wall with anyone on one side of my apartment, but there are people above me. Aside from insulation, is there anything I can do to prevent the noise from bothering people (like suspending my speakers or keeping them from touching the wall or something?). Anyone else in a similar cirumstance?

This could suck pretty bad.

dont turn the volume up that loud

Well I mean dood, you have to be able to hear what the hell is going on, and I need my shit reasonably loud.

The first thing you do is go introduce yourself to your neaibors. Tell them you like to play music between 5-9 and if there is any day that they need quiet they should call you DIRECTLY. And give them your phone number. People will be more inclined to ask you to quiet down instead of calling the landlord.

ah yes.. the dreaded noisy neighbor... im proud to be one.. i only practice during the day.. sometimes this is hard because i used to go to school all day and then work and then i woudl only practice on weekends.. but since i lost my job, i can practice during the day now.. its all about respect brotha.. i wouldn't really practice after it gets dark unless your neighbors are cool about it.. and if you are on an upstairs unit u might want to invest in some of that egg carton looking foam pads.. they are usually used to go on top of ur matress but under your sheet, or like to lay under a sleeping bag.. anyways put that under your speakers and it will kinda deaden the noise that goes into the ground.. other than that.. don't turn the volume up obnoxiously loud and keep it w/in reasonable hours.

you dont' need to have your system ridiculously loud

like my dad works from home 80% of the time, and there is usually somebody in the basement watching the satellite in the other room (only a door seperates the room where my tables are and where the tv is)

my dad's office is above me and you can feel the rumbling of the bass even though i have my speakers on the concrete floor and they aren't loud

ive managed to have it low enough where i don't disturb my dad or people watching tv

i dunno why people think they need their speakers blaring when they're only practicing?

i suggest putting eggshell cartons on the roof, place your speakers on cushions/put them on speaker stands and keep the bass down
i mean you can have the bass at -24db and still hear the kicks perfectly...that's all you need to practice

Generally speaking you shouldn't set the volume to extremely loud levels... unless you're practicing for your first club experience, in which case you need to turn it up as loud as possible

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a tip is to keep the bass really really low buy turning the bass all the way down on the amplifier. Turning down the bass keeps the annoyance level down for people near you so they dont just hear thump thump thump thump thump. Cause i know its annoying to hear that if you cant hear the music with the thump thump.

Turning down the bass provides adequate practise for rough beatmatching conditions too!

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well, the way I see it, you can do one of three things.

1. Buy a house far away from civilization.

2. Buy a lot of cork board and soundproof your dj room.

3. Mix in your headphones!

I'd choose #3. I do it that way too If you can set the volume between 100% cue and 100% live like most mixers can then you can do it

just use ya headphones?!?!

just use ya headphones?!?!

i.e. do it all in ur headphones, as long as ur mixer supports it