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Soundproofing home studio
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| pactdonkey |
hi
i have just moved house and the new house has got a spare room that i am going to turn into a studio, the problem is tho its an attic type room with only some wood panneling/tiles that stop the sound leaving the room. As the neighbours are pretty close i want to some how sound proof it and reduce the volume going out...
anyone done this before on the cheap? would like some advice/ideas on how to get cheap/effective sound proofing!
Cheers in advance |
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| Ry Thomas |
| You need to build a room within a room, floors,walls, ceiling |
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| alanzo |
"cheap" if you are a good enough carpenter to build a room in a room, as the above post suggests. You can't just throw some on the wall and have no sound leak out.
But unless you share an apartment building with a bunch of other people, you would have to turn it up pretty damn loud at late hours to piss people off. Whenever I look for a place to live, I make sure there are no more than two other apartments in the same building. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by pactdonkey
would like some advice/ideas on how to get cheap/effective sound proofing!
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
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I did this four years long while in college... but wouldn't recommend it. I did my most popular track on a pair of Sony MDR 7506s and a Nord Lead 3... but I always feel like the track would have been a lot better had I used proper monitoring. |
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| cryophonik |
| I agree with alanzo when it comes to the final mix, but if you're just in music creation mode during hours when the neighbors can't be disturbed, it's a great option. Then, do your final mixdown on your monitors during the day, etc. And, check your mixes on your nice headphones. Much cheaper and easier than building room isolation. |
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| Eldritch |
There is no such thing as complete soundproofing. To get the maximum sound isolation you have to build a room within a room as mentioned earlier in the thread.
However, great results can be achieved by just strengthening the inner leaf of the wall/ceiling/floor with a double layer of sheetrock. And then get all the seams air tight using acoustic caulk (Plain latex caulk works too, but has a tendency to crack more easily).
For sound isolation mass and air tightness is important. Alot of people think you can "soundproof" by just throw in some auralex stuff, but that is acoustic treatment and is a completely different thing. |
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| Kismet7 |
| Some of my favorite tracks i've started early creation on headphones, and then mix on monitors when there is no issue with volume, and then back reference with headphones. Also the early creation helps in creating sounds that will sound good in headphones, since everyone seems to have an ipod or some other mp3 player these days. Another thing I do is produce at low volume, which is beneficial in letting me focus more and actually helps in creating sounds that stand out. |
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| pactdonkey |
thanks for all your replies there all good!
I do try and do as much as possible in my headphones (HD25) and usually end up doing the mix down in them but would really like to do it through monitors.
I have some old thick padded duvets spare, would taking them to the ceiling/wall help prevent the sound leaking out? |
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| Subtle |
Dude, you`re lucky.. to have an actual house.
I live in an apartment building with 6 other people. and i play music LOUD, and OFTEN.. havent got a complaint in 2 years.
But generally you shouldnt, or wouldnt want to have ur music so loud when ur actually just making it.. its in the mixing stage things gotta be pumped up a bit. |
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| djsphere |
| i would do what cryophonik said ;) |
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| Tom Scott |
Surprisingly enough I get away with blasting my PA speakers pretty damn loud with a police officer next door :haha:
Edit : +1 with the 'use headphones when your just messing around with ideas' statement. Sound quality isnt particurlarly important at this stage. Unless you have damn good headphones you wanna use proper monitors for the mixing and mastering though. |
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