Trance android: He is a prick! good thing you noticed, some seems to blame me for everything I am a good girl, I really am, and I don't play loud!

I've tried to settle with him, I put a note in his mailbox trying to settle an appoitment so I could go into his flat and listen and see what I could do, but he never rang although I saw him few days after and asked him he just said that he'd call me. Never did. All people hate him here

My house is really old, like 1906 or something, and the walls are made fo stone but since I live in the old attic the floor between me and him can be thinner than the other ones..

But I talked to a guy at work who knew about stuff like this and he said that the best way is to build "a room in the room" so that you put boards up with some material that kills sound up on the orginal ones with some space in between so the walls become so called "flowing". Same goes for ceiling and floor. He said it basically should kill all the sound that currently flows through the walls, it's a larger project to do but, hm, worth having a thought..

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Last edited by Kixx on Nov-30-2006 at 15:53

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Originally posted by DannyO My final peice of advice, which I have personal experience with, is when you have someone complaining about the music, you turn it up or add more speakers to the mix, I suggest a nice big ass bass bin, something like this 60 inch woofer below.. then you can show that ****** what is really LOUD music.

FTW!!!!

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Originally posted by Kixx But I talked to a guy at work who knew about stuff like this and he said that the best way is to build "a room in the room" so that you put boards up with some material that kills sound up on the orginal ones with some space in between so the walls become so called "flowing". Same goes for ceiling and floor. He said it basically should kill all the sound that currently flows through the walls, it's a larger project to do but, hm, worth having a thought..

your friend is right...the only way to really kill sound is to have the "room within a room". you need the airspace on ALL sides to maximize any sound reduction. over here it's called cavity walls and a floating floor. barring this idea, the 2nd best way is to add mass to all sides, i.e. new floorboards, new walls, and make it as thick and dense as possible. but either of these options are not cheap and involve a lot of construction that have to be done properly.

the common belief of using egg carts, adding carpet, just isn't enough...those options absorbs and deflect sound, but only at high frequencies which is rarely the problem anyway. unless you line your walls and floor with very thick curtain/carpet, have bass traps in all 8 corners of the room, the walls/floors behind it will still dictate how much or little people will hear. and by then...your music will sound shitty with the low reverb time.

your best bet is what people here have said...discuss it NICELY with the guy...show him that you aren't trying to piss him off. if it doesn't work...you either gotta build your own room/floors, or move your studio. if it ends up in court, i'm afraid more often than not, you will be the one suffering as nobody in the adult world likes a noisy neighbour.

everyone has already brought up things you could do..minimise speakers, cut the bass, etc. i'm just reinforcing everything. i work as an acoustic consultant in the UK...and while it sucks to say it..it's true that there is no physical way to really work this situation out. i've been on both sides, as a dj pissing off neighbours, and as a resident pissed off at neighbours... and now as a working adult trying to sort it out for others. you just have to play it nice, minimise the noise as much as you can, and let him know that you are making changes so hopefully you can come to a compromise.

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Originally posted by Trance Android If you were my neighbour we would come to blows. And you would come off worse

Fighting words eh?

I dunno if you'd win man, my home setup, isn't what you would call a "home" setup.

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Originally posted by DannyO Fighting words eh? I dunno if you'd win man, my home setup, isn't what you would call a "home" setup.

I can concur with this... Not your "typical" home speakers...

turn it up really loud for a week or so then go back to normal. the guy will think u turned it down

thats what has worked for me

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