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Originally posted by Bedlam-UK well I go through 3 girls a week and some of my quilts wouldn't be nice to look at stuck on the wall lol...this is a crazy discussion

Thats always good to know.
Thank you for contributing that useful and insightful information to the board.

Quilts or foam won't do much at all for soundproofing. The bass will still escape through the walls and door. You would have to build thicker walls or create a "room within a room". Maybe bass traps would work though? I'm not sure.

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Originally posted by Eldritch Quilts or foam won't do much at all for soundproofing. The bass will still escape through the walls and door. You would have to build thicker walls or create a "room within a room". Maybe bass traps would work though? I'm not sure.

I am not talking about sound proofing I am talking about room treatment.
The neighbors will still have a problem with him if he cracks up the gain but the room will have a far more accurate low end and will sound less tiring.

Hi.

Some great advice in this thread. When starting to do anything you should really keep focus on your goal with the room and treatment, i.e. do you want to use it for vocal tracking, control room monitoring or is the purpose only to make sure that no sounds from inside get out and vice versa. Anyhow, this is a great article with some good advice:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul...faqacoustic.htm


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Originally posted by harriz I am not talking about sound proofing I am talking about room treatment. The neighbors will still have a problem with him if he cracks up the gain but the room will have a far more accurate low end and will sound less tiring.

But the thread is about soundproofing.

Wow! some great ideas from all of you i Reallllly appreciate the help. Ill sort out all the posting ideas and come up with something in between.. obviously in a perfect world id be able to proof it properly and what not but really im just looking for the most effective way to treat my room so i have as little noise overflow and whatnot into the rest of the appt (i.e. so i dont piss off my roommates... haha) this appt is so fuckin flimsy (college appts... fuck em) that even with my monitors on 20% theres a fair amount of reverberation and distortion which is a big problemo if im trying to produce professionally hahaha

AGAIN: thanks so much fellas, reallly appreciate the help! and yeah i agree this actually turned into quite a good forum thread!

hey,

stop putting down blankets you guys. Blankets are cool.

But yeah, it doesn't do anything for the bass. but like i said, u'll just have to turn that down, as it's not that necessary to practice with. Just a little bit of bass should be enough.

Personally, i use the blankets. I think it works, and ppl living in the flats around me says it makes it quieter.

Or you could just mix in your headphones.

But yeah dude, if u have the money, just get the insulative material. The stuff is a lot more effective than blankets, judging from my experiences with it in uni.

Seems to be a distinction here, there are decorative quilts and there are quilts you roll around on in your bedroom, I wouldnt suggest putting those on your walls.

But being from the south there are quite alot of quilts available that look really nice and wouldnt be the kind of thing you'd lay on your bed and get stains all over.

I really should get some pics of mine, I use them for decoration rather than sound treatment though.

Putting treatment in the room will help to give the room a flatter response, however it will not prevent the spill into the next room. The only way to achieve soundproofing is to get issolation which is costly and pointless if the room is not 'yours' (ie college dorm).

I guess we brough up treatment rather than soundproofing because people so often talk about both of these issues at the same time. If I was worried about other people getting annoyed by my tracks, I'd move out in the country, but that is alot easier to do here than it is in most cities.