Few people have the luxury of an acoustically treated room. Especially one to record in. I have tried to record my drum kit in my garage, and boy does the room sound horrifying. I thought about getting one of those isolation booths from clearsonic, and when I saw the price my head bout exploded. A grand for plexiglass and some foam? HOLY SMOKES
So i have decided to venture to the good ole Home Depot and get some materials to build my own. My plan is to get some plywood boards, probably 4 around something like 3x6 feet each, glue sheets of rockwool over the wood boards, which is basically the insulation used to insulate houses. You know, those grey rolls of that gritty foam stuff. I would use my plywood/rockwool panels, hinge them together, and kind of stand them up like a plexiglass shield. I would get a larger plywood/rockwool assortment for the roof, and one for the back wall. I don't need to see out of it really. Yes, it will probably get hot as an inferno in there, but I don't really care. I mainly just care about the sound.
SO do you think it will work? My main goal is to have as little reflections as possible, and isolate my drums from the outside world as much as possible, as to not disturb my family in the house when they are busy with the things that they do, and also to prevent their activities from interfering with my bodacious drum recordings. I'll probably just practice in that room quite frequently as well.
Any tips? advice? rebukes? your help is definitely appreciated.
So i have decided to venture to the good ole Home Depot and get some materials to build my own. My plan is to get some plywood boards, probably 4 around something like 3x6 feet each, glue sheets of rockwool over the wood boards, which is basically the insulation used to insulate houses. You know, those grey rolls of that gritty foam stuff. I would use my plywood/rockwool panels, hinge them together, and kind of stand them up like a plexiglass shield. I would get a larger plywood/rockwool assortment for the roof, and one for the back wall. I don't need to see out of it really. Yes, it will probably get hot as an inferno in there, but I don't really care. I mainly just care about the sound.
SO do you think it will work? My main goal is to have as little reflections as possible, and isolate my drums from the outside world as much as possible, as to not disturb my family in the house when they are busy with the things that they do, and also to prevent their activities from interfering with my bodacious drum recordings. I'll probably just practice in that room quite frequently as well.
Any tips? advice? rebukes? your help is definitely appreciated.