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Moving to a Condo...Volume Issues
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| amartinathome |
I feel as though I have a small situtation on my hands. My current living location allows me to play my records as loud as I want, but come June I'll be moving into a high rise condo. Needless to say I won't be able to pound out the tunes at the volume levels that I currently use.
So I'm looking for suggestions how to make DJ'ing work in the condo.
I guess I'm looking at headphone mixing or maybe a new set of speakers that will be ideal for lower volume levels.
Can anyone provide some insight as to the best way to tackle my problem?
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| DFOP04 |
start collecting egg boxes mate!!!
serious, take a look at nunurg.it and look on the studio section, it obviously works!!!
max |
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| Liam |
I feel for you man, I live in a condo and am in a similar situation. First of all, does the condo have concrete walls (floor/ceiling as well)? That will make a huge difference. Unfortunately for me, I don't have concrete walls.
What I did though was talk to my neigbour... we did a sound test to see how loud I could have it before she could hear the kick drums through the wall. The only noise that travels through the walls for me is the bass. If you keep the bass down a little bit, you can turn up the music much louder. Speak to your neibours, they'll appreciate the courtesy.
When I buy my next condo, concrete walls will definitely be a priority. |
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| auujay |
| Liam brings up some good points. It is the long waves of the low frequencies that make it through the walls. This is why I don't have a sub, I don't want to spend a couple hundred bucks on one and just have people complain whenever I use it. When I mix with just my bookshelf speakers (they only go down to ~45 Hz) I can have it go real loud and hardly hear it outside. |
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| amartinathome |
| quote: | Originally posted by auujay
When I mix with just my bookshelf speakers (they only go down to ~45 Hz) I can have it go real loud and hardly hear it outside. |
So if I were to buy new speakers I'm looking for 45 Hz or lower? Afraid I don't know much about the science side of sound waves.
Liam, the walls are concrete, so maybe I won't have to worry. |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| I think your better off mixing in your headphones. You can go as loud as you can stand, and no one will ever hear it. |
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| Liam |
| quote: | Originally posted by amartinathome
Liam, the walls are concrete, so maybe I won't have to worry. |
you lucky bastard. :tongue2 |
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| ieko |
| quote: | Originally posted by DFOP04
start collecting egg boxes mate!!!
serious, take a look at nunurg.it and look on the studio section, it obviously works!!!
max |
I wonder how they got the clock and the records secured on the wall of egg cartons, did they just nails through it?
btw the link is www.nunrg.it for anybody who had trouble.. |
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| i got big pants |
| just a crazy idea...but why not just turn down the volume to where its still listenable, but not too loud for your neighbors??? |
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| Keith Chambers |
| I had the same problem. I never found a good solution. I bought some really nice Edirol studio monitors (can't find them on their site any more) with just a 5 1/4 driver. My neighbors still complained all the time. I ended up renting a practice space. Now I have two Mackie 18s and nobody complains. It's more fun to practice with 1800 watts of base anyway. ;) |
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| amartinathome |
Great info. Here's my plan:
-I'm going to look at getting some new speakers with a lowend response of 55Hz++
-I'm going to buy a bottle of Canadian Club for my neighbours
-I think the concrete walls will help quite a bit
-I'm ditching my friends and gonna start hangin' out with other DJ's who have the resources to rent pratice facilities
I think that about covers it.
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| Mike123 |
| Why don't you just murder your neighbors? |
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