Hi All,
I'm about to construct a vocal booth, so I can do voiceover work from home. I've done a lot of googling and reading of forums such as this, and I do have a design I'm about to use, but as I am a total novice at this sort of thing (ie. construction and audiology) I would appreciate any comments/suggestions before I start.
I live in a rented apartment so the vocal booth has to be stand-alone. I'm prepared to spend up to US$1,000 on materials, as I'm hoping to have something I can use for professional work.
I need a vocal booth for two reasons, firstly to keep noise out. The room the booth will go in is unfortunatley the one closest to the road I live on. I'm on a hill, between two intersections, so whilst traffic can't get up that much speed, trucks are quite loud because they're in low gears (I do realise I won't be able to make it soundproof). Also I need to give my recordings a 'professional sound', even if I did have total silence the recordings wouldn't do because of the acoustics of the room. So I'm looking to construct a booth that reduces the sound as much as possible given my budget and location constraints, and provides a professional sound for voice work.
I found a design at http://www.digital-synthologie.de/gesangskabine/ , which the author has kindly put online. It seems to have worked for him and fits my requirements so I'm planning on using that. Diagram follows
My first question:
The author says he used 2cm particle board with "Rockwoll Planarock for acoustic insulation." on the outside. I can't source Rockwool Planarock here in Australia, so I've decided to use 25mm MDF, with Bradford SoundScreen Batts, and then covering it with 10mm Soundchek Acoustic Plasterboard
Perhaps putting them together as Dan Merrill did with his sound absorbers https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42708
So I'd have 25mm MDF -- rockwool -- 10mm plasterboard, covered with upholstery fabric. Is this a good choice for making the vocal booth walls??? Also would it be necessary to construct the ceiling in the same way??? (btw I won't find the construction that hard -> my brother in law's a carpenter
but I do need to tell him what to build 
)
My second question is about the door:
The author explains how to construct the door with the diagram below. I can follow the diagram, however he says he sealed it with 'Fenstermoll', once again I can't source this in Australia (the link he provided is dead, so I don't even know what it is). So using the design he has provided how would you go about sealing the door? Or is there a better way to attach a door.
My third questions is about the lining of the interior walls:
The author has appeared to have lined all walls and the ceiling with material designed to make it anechoic. I'm sure I can source a similar material, but does it need to cover all surfaces, I thought I read somewhere that it doesn't??? Also any suggestions on what material is best appreciated.
Once again I do appreciate anyone taking the time to reply to this post, I realise there are a lot of questions, links etc., and I'm lacking a lot of basic knowledge which may be frustrating...
Thanks
Ben
I'm about to construct a vocal booth, so I can do voiceover work from home. I've done a lot of googling and reading of forums such as this, and I do have a design I'm about to use, but as I am a total novice at this sort of thing (ie. construction and audiology) I would appreciate any comments/suggestions before I start.
I live in a rented apartment so the vocal booth has to be stand-alone. I'm prepared to spend up to US$1,000 on materials, as I'm hoping to have something I can use for professional work.
I need a vocal booth for two reasons, firstly to keep noise out. The room the booth will go in is unfortunatley the one closest to the road I live on. I'm on a hill, between two intersections, so whilst traffic can't get up that much speed, trucks are quite loud because they're in low gears (I do realise I won't be able to make it soundproof). Also I need to give my recordings a 'professional sound', even if I did have total silence the recordings wouldn't do because of the acoustics of the room. So I'm looking to construct a booth that reduces the sound as much as possible given my budget and location constraints, and provides a professional sound for voice work.
I found a design at http://www.digital-synthologie.de/gesangskabine/ , which the author has kindly put online. It seems to have worked for him and fits my requirements so I'm planning on using that. Diagram follows
My first question:
The author says he used 2cm particle board with "Rockwoll Planarock for acoustic insulation." on the outside. I can't source Rockwool Planarock here in Australia, so I've decided to use 25mm MDF, with Bradford SoundScreen Batts, and then covering it with 10mm Soundchek Acoustic Plasterboard
Perhaps putting them together as Dan Merrill did with his sound absorbers https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42708
So I'd have 25mm MDF -- rockwool -- 10mm plasterboard, covered with upholstery fabric. Is this a good choice for making the vocal booth walls??? Also would it be necessary to construct the ceiling in the same way??? (btw I won't find the construction that hard -> my brother in law's a carpenter
but I do need to tell him what to build )My second question is about the door:
The author explains how to construct the door with the diagram below. I can follow the diagram, however he says he sealed it with 'Fenstermoll', once again I can't source this in Australia (the link he provided is dead, so I don't even know what it is). So using the design he has provided how would you go about sealing the door? Or is there a better way to attach a door.
My third questions is about the lining of the interior walls:
The author has appeared to have lined all walls and the ceiling with material designed to make it anechoic. I'm sure I can source a similar material, but does it need to cover all surfaces, I thought I read somewhere that it doesn't??? Also any suggestions on what material is best appreciated.
Once again I do appreciate anyone taking the time to reply to this post, I realise there are a lot of questions, links etc., and I'm lacking a lot of basic knowledge which may be frustrating...
Thanks
Ben
