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| f0s_man |
Didn't find anything on the search...
Eh I was wondering if anybody has got any tips on Soundproofing. CHEAP way.. i mean, other than living in a vaccum... are there like materials that i can pick up from the local hardware store or even better from the dump pile? I was told that egg crates make good insulation.. ideas? |
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| dj chex |
| There's also the dark grey soft-foam that is used as packaging. It seems very simular to auralex soundproofing foam. Coming to think about it, years ago when i worked at baskin-robbins, they used that type of foam for padding for their waffle cones. They probably still do that, so you actually might wanna call a store manager and ask if you can have some of that foam when they're gonna discard it. |
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| wee_rooney |
you can also use fibre-glass or concrete!
fibre-glass would be ur best bet i recon. |
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| the_rev_jt |
| how about putting carpets on the wall?egg crates could be a good tempory solution but carpets would be better. |
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| the_rev_jt |
| how about putting carpets on the wall?egg crates could be a good tempory solution or matress foam maybe? |
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| wee_rooney |
a thick carpet might work, give it a go an see what happens :)
polystirene(sp?) would be better i think, u can get big sheets of it pretty cheap, but if uv got some spare carpet then give it a go. |
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| Trance Nutter |
theres a foam, I think its what chex was getting at. Its a spongy stuff thats flat on one side and has a wave/pockmarked pattern on the other. Stick that stuff up and it should work a treat. Go down to your local rubber store, as soon as you see it you'll know what I'm talking about.
Looks like this
Or just ask for Acoustic foam, they should know what it is. |
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| f0s_man |
So egg crates do work eh?.. well i'm living in a dorm/apartment kinda thing, so it's a temporary thing. I graduate in about 7 months.. need something temporary..:-P
The foam thingy, it kinda looks like the ones that we put between the bedsheet and the mattress.. kinda like mattress foam?
I was wondering.. styrofoam isn't gonna work will it???
Also, the same cardboard-y material that separate the oranges/apples in crates.. you know those purple ones or whatever colors they come in, they're kinda similar to egg crates.. will those work? |
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| zizack |
I just got through soundproofing my closet and I used a few different methods...all very cheap. I actually work in a resuarant, so I asked them to put aside their egg cartons and those work well. I'd say I used about 40 or so. I also went to The Rag Shop and they sell all types of foam rangin in thickness. I used 4 inch foam on the walls that I shared with neighbors as well as parts of the cieling, and 2 inch foam for the concrete walls and less problematic areas.
Another really great buy that i wish I came across earlier was this mattress foam that I found at K-mart....here's a picture of it... a King size bed piece of it was like 16.99 and it works great. Its the bumpy yellow stuff on the right hand side...
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| CosmoKid |
| quote: | Originally posted by zizack
I just got through soundproofing my closet and I used a few different methods...all very cheap. I actually work in a resuarant, so I asked them to put aside their egg cartons and those work well. I'd say I used about 40 or so. I also went to The Rag Shop and they sell all types of foam rangin in thickness. I used 4 inch foam on the walls that I shared with neighbors as well as parts of the cieling, and 2 inch foam for the concrete walls and less problematic areas.
Another really great buy that i wish I came across earlier was this mattress foam that I found at K-mart....here's a picture of it... a King size bed piece of it was like 16.99 and it works great. Its the bumpy yellow stuff on the right hand side...
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Zack,
How did you incorporate the "set of 20 hangars" on the floor? |
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| richg101 |
you could put up some old curtains around the room just using a temporary fixing method. the eggbox foam would be great but its really expensive. i take it your trying to minimise standing waves/echos and not isolate sound? any thick curtainy fabric will absorb echos and you ll get a more studio sound on the cheap.
just an idea:) |
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