In your opinion....what is the best way to dampen the sound of a studio?
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Best ways to deaden a room?
- Thread starter xdjproductions
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Are you talking besides the normal foam applications?
In my home studio I bought up a bunch of ugly carpet for 44 cents a square and put that up on the walls, which are concrete block in my basement. That did help. It's not as dead as my work studio, which does have new foam, but the carpet also keeps the "life" in the room. So it's not so stale and flat. I also put up some foam scraps around the room at reflective points which does help.
I've also heard of but not seen a studio that was build with the corners of the walls just a quarter of an inch off, which directs the reflections differently, giving off a different sound to the room.
That Cardboard like tile, like a lot of older stations may still have on the walls, also does a fine job and you can get that at any home improvment store.
Still the best, if you can afford it, is foam.
I have some video of my home studio on You Tube, you can see the zig zag uglyness for yourself, just search for "Terry Dean Voicetracks" Good Luck!! I'm interested in hearing others with thier studio deadening expericences.
Terry Christensen
Production Director
NextMedia, Joliet
[email protected]
In my home studio I bought up a bunch of ugly carpet for 44 cents a square and put that up on the walls, which are concrete block in my basement. That did help. It's not as dead as my work studio, which does have new foam, but the carpet also keeps the "life" in the room. So it's not so stale and flat. I also put up some foam scraps around the room at reflective points which does help.
I've also heard of but not seen a studio that was build with the corners of the walls just a quarter of an inch off, which directs the reflections differently, giving off a different sound to the room.
That Cardboard like tile, like a lot of older stations may still have on the walls, also does a fine job and you can get that at any home improvment store.
Still the best, if you can afford it, is foam.
I have some video of my home studio on You Tube, you can see the zig zag uglyness for yourself, just search for "Terry Dean Voicetracks" Good Luck!! I'm interested in hearing others with thier studio deadening expericences.
Terry Christensen
Production Director
NextMedia, Joliet
[email protected]
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soloflyr1
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Kind of on the subject? I am doing some voice work in what is suppose to be a dining area of my home. This room opens up to the living room so I get all kinds of sounds off the vaulted ceilings & other open space. So what I have done is built a frame out of PVC pipe to which I attach movers blankets/pads. The frame cost me about $50 in material & the blankets/pads I scored off a friend of mine in the moving business.
It is 8' by 5' by 5'. It seems to be doing what I need but was wondering what your opinions might be on a setup like this. Any ideas on how I might improve it?
The plus is that I can set it up or tear it down in a matter of minutes if the wife wants to entertain.
By the way, until one of the kids moves out or I build on another room, I am stuck with this arrangement.
It is 8' by 5' by 5'. It seems to be doing what I need but was wondering what your opinions might be on a setup like this. Any ideas on how I might improve it?
The plus is that I can set it up or tear it down in a matter of minutes if the wife wants to entertain.
By the way, until one of the kids moves out or I build on another room, I am stuck with this arrangement.
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Hart
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terry Christensen said:Still the best, if you can afford it, is foam.
I used to believe that too. Try Owens Corning 703. It works better than foam and ends up costing you less.
You can read all about it in the studio section at www.recording.org or www.homerecording.org or even www.johnlsayers.com
Brian speaks the truth...703 is killer...705-FRK has even better absorption coefficients, but costs considerably more. For the best results, do most of your treatment with 703, treat corners and thin areas (doors, windows closets, etc.) with 705-FRK, and follow it up with foam treatments where direct reflections cause problems (front wall, monitor early reflections, ceiling above sweet spot, etc.).
If you want to spend more time, effort and money, build some panel bass traps and treat the whole room. You could even bust out the room-mode calculator and make some tuned "trash can" traps for your primary axial modes...But that's all a lot of work and will take considerable time and money.
Emmett
If you want to spend more time, effort and money, build some panel bass traps and treat the whole room. You could even bust out the room-mode calculator and make some tuned "trash can" traps for your primary axial modes...But that's all a lot of work and will take considerable time and money.
Emmett
terry Christensen said:Are you talking besides the normal foam applications?
In my home studio I bought up a bunch of ugly carpet for 44 cents a square and put that up on the walls, which are concrete block in my basement. That did help. It's not as dead as my work studio, which does have new foam, but the carpet also keeps the "life" in the room. So it's not so stale and flat. I also put up some foam scraps around the room at reflective points which does help.
I've also heard of but not seen a studio that was build with the corners of the walls just a quarter of an inch off, which directs the reflections differently, giving off a different sound to the room.
That Cardboard like tile, like a lot of older stations may still have on the walls, also does a fine job and you can get that at any home improvment store.
Still the best, if you can afford it, is foam.
I have some video of my home studio on You Tube, you can see the zig zag uglyness for yourself, just search for "Terry Dean Voicetracks" Good Luck!! I'm interested in hearing others with thier studio deadening expericences.
Terry Christensen
Production Director
NextMedia, Joliet
[email protected]
This may be an answer to a question not really asked, but I have a friend who ran cable into a linen closet and uses it as an announce booth. Try it, linens, towels & such make great sound deadening material...
A few months back, I had a similar question and Mike Bratton was kind enough to reply with pics and details about a vocal booth which he had set up in his home. I copied Mike's design and it has worked great for me (and has easily paid for itself).
To save you some scrolling, here's the link to Mike's site and pics of his vocal booth. I put mine together for under $300.
http://www.mikebrattonvoice.com/images_new/images_new.html
Thanks again Mike!
To save you some scrolling, here's the link to Mike's site and pics of his vocal booth. I put mine together for under $300.
http://www.mikebrattonvoice.com/images_new/images_new.html
Thanks again Mike!
Thanks for the great information guys! I really appreciate the help very much......
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