Can you please help me?

[Good Bob]

I'm going to move into a new house next week, and I'll have 2 adjacent bedrooms that I can use as a home studio. One room will be a "live" room and the the other a home office/control room. I have a total budget of about $2000 to get things squared up, and I need to know:

What can I get so I don't have to run cable (1/4", headphones, and XLR) down the hallway. I want to be able to go straight through the wall with connections. I've head of Whirlwind stuff, but I honestly don't know what I need. I guess I'll use no more than 6 mic's at any given time, and probably no more than (4) 1/4" cables at once. I also have a 4-output headphone amp.

AND

I'm considering getting Auralex for the live room to minimize outside noise, as well as keep my new neighbors from going totally batshit when I record guitars and drums. I know I'm not going to get miracles, but I'd like to get the room to sound as good as it can. Is this stuff worth it? The "live" room has some pretty crappy dimensions--it's almost a cube, 12x12x10, with a large window on one wall, and a closet with mirrored sliding doors across from it. I don't want to glue anything to the walls, but I don't want to keep setting things up/breaking things down every time I record, which I plan to do pretty much all day, every day. I need semi-permanent solutions, if you catch my drift. Time is on my side.

I know I'm not going to be producing "the next big thing", but I'd like to try to make my hard rock/blues/pop/punk and otherwise eclectic music sound as good as I'm able to. I'm pretty "entry level" with this stuff, and I appreciate any advice you're able to lend. Thanks in advance!

[Innovations]

If you are not going to be going with a massive construction budget then my recommendations would be to go up, through the attic or joist space, and then down through the ceiling of the other room You really don't want to be punching holes straight through since that makes for an easy path from one room to the other.

Now for the really bad news. Neither Auralex nor any other product like it is going to keep your neighbors from going batshit when you record guitars and drums. These products are intended for controling the way sound bounces around inside the room, not how much of it gets out through the wall. To really get meaningfull isolation you have to pretty much do room within a room construction.

And for its purpose, and not gluing anything to the walls, you will do better with some covered semi-rigid fiberglass or rockwool panels. Thick ones across corners (including ceiling corners) to control bass and thinner ones on walls to reduce mids and cut slap reverb.

[Good Bob]

Thank you!

Actually, the MAIN reason for the Auralex is to control the sound inside the room. I noticed a lot of 'ringiness' inside the room ( I've walked through the identical room in the builder's model). I still have to wait to to see what the one in my house will sound like, once I get some gear/furniture moved in, but I'm failrly certain the room's sonic characteristics will be very similar. I understand that the isolation will be fairly minimal. Sorry, neighbors.

Where can I find out more about covered semi-rigid fiberglass or rockwool panels? Are there "name" brands I should look for? I know nothing about this stuff...

[hookiefree]

Originally Posted by Good Bob

Where can I find out more about covered semi-rigid fiberglass or rockwool panels? Are there "name" brands I should look for? I know nothing about this stuff...

http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html

[Good Bob]

Thank you! Lots of info there!