Sound Proofing
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Posted on Nov 24, 2003 08:44 pm
GhAnToUs
Member Since: Nov 23, 2003
does anybody kno a good website to buy sound proof windows, doors, walls, and cieling tiles... thanx.. that doesnt have to be a specific qeustion.. do you kno a good site or not.. if so then post please... ~1~
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WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Nov 24, 2003 08:58 pm www.musiciansfriend.com has soundproofing and sound couditioning material. Also, you might stop by a used business furnature outlet and pick up a few "cubie" walls. You know used cubicle panels. Lightweight, retilitively portable, sound insolation panels for setting up sound blocking between instruments. Also look here in recording tips. There are some real good tips on building a physical studio. Most studios are built by contractors that specialize in building soundproof rooms.
Nov 25, 2003 04:44 am You don't need to buy anything special for simple sound proofing, windows, perhaps, but your best bet there is to find a windowless corner of your basement to build a room. Everything else just has to be doubled up, build a room within a room, so the bass gets trapped between the double walls...
tuning a room and sound proofing a room are two different things tho, you need to tune the room to. There is a series of articles about building a studio in our tips section under "Do-It-Yourself".
flame...bringing sexy backMember
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Nov 26, 2003 07:55 am your topic titles look holla-weird with that caps, no caps thing...
Nov 26, 2003 07:57 am Hell, I edited this topic title cuz it was totally unreadable with all the stupid characters in it...
dude, this is a forum, not the side of a building or rail car.
Nov 26, 2003 10:07 am Soundproofing,
I did a my whole studio. I learned a lot of what to do and not to do. To think you can just build double walls is a mistake. Sound is vibration so the vibration must not be transmitted thru wall, ceilings etc. Soundproofing is a science. Tiles do not reduce sound eminating from a room, they actually AMPLIFY it. What they do is reduce the bounce of the waves inside the room which improves the sound quality INSIDE the room only.
Sound Barriers reduce the output of sound from a structure or room. The thicker the barrier, the better, think concrete. (Not feasible in most cases). However, sheetrock mounted on resilient channels (available at your local building store, not home depot) cause the sheetrock to vibrate (it still is very secure) reducing the sound output greatly... Combined with thick rubber matting behind it, you can greatly reduce sound output. I am a relatively loud drummer and converted my garage to a music studio, outside the sound is barely audible from the street, any other instrument is inaudible except LOUD bass and guitars. The low freqs are the ones that cause the problems. Doors become the major cause of soud leakage, and any venting leading outside, etc. (my garage is separate from my house). If you do a search on google.com for soundproofing, you will find a site in Southern Ca that sells all the stuff. There is an excellent government manual that they will sell you that covers all possible soundproofing needs and is really helpful...do a lot of RESEARCH before you start, and do it right! Trust me, I know the trials and tribulations of this stuff!!!
flame...bringing sexy backMember
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Nov 26, 2003 10:11 am Quote:
dude, this is a forum, not the side of a building or rail car.
that made me chuckle...
TheTincanbugsloppy dice, drinks twiceMember
Since: Aug 05, 2003
Nov 26, 2003 12:24 pm ,.`'+~!#)))kEwL(((#!~+'`.,
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 26, 2003 11:00 pm TiNcAn, your gonna get spanked. :-)
WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Nov 27, 2003 12:12 am OOooh Babbbby! Can I take pigures?
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Nov 27, 2003 02:55 am dB, did you edit it? Because when I checked it was still all weird looking, so I went back and edited it.
Nov 27, 2003 06:55 am I didn't edit the letters themselves they were still all ghetto lookin, what I did was took out some wacky characters on either side of the letters...it looked like he was righting some PHP scripting variables or something...
LokiCone PokerMember
Since: Apr 07, 2002
Nov 27, 2003 07:43 am ah. I went back and took out the stupid looking caps no caps pattern... that was bothering me
flame...bringing sexy backMember
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Nov 27, 2003 11:12 am like i said in the other post...put some demos together without spending a load, cos if ya havent got the natural talent, all the equipment in the world wont help.
sucky music and musicianship will be sucky on whatever setup...
