SoundProofing techniques

[xoRockstarxo]

Hi guyz...i'm wanting to soundproof my room....
and i've hear roomers that egg boxes do the trick....
can u guyz tell me sum more tricks and techniques....

thnx Bruce

[frederic]

eggcrates do nothing acoustically, and offer a good method of burning your house down.

Acoustical foam eats higher frequencies, and passes the lower frequencies, for a disgustingly boomy space.

Rigid fiberglass is your best best for overall broad-frequency absorption. Since we know nothing about your space dimensionally or how things are setup, that's the best advice you can hope for at this point.

[punkin]

There's a lot of info here...do a search first for egg crates and see how many knocks you find on that material. Then do a search for sound proofing then another for acoustic treatment (they're different btw).

Like Frederic said...don't use egg crate unless you're looking to void your homeowners insurance when it comes time to cash in on the house fire!

Stay safe.

[Dags]

I don't have the most soundproof room in the universe, but I was able to really deaden the space by nailing up double bed ripple foam in a strip halfway up the wall around the room. Got rid of most of that hard-surface reflection.
Now if I can only quieten my windtunnel G4 Mac!

Dags

[xoRockstarxo]

yea hey i got this weird idea of flatning just normal boxes..amd creating a wall of fltened boxes........do u guyz think it'll work ?
cause i'm just looking for soundproofing.nuthing else..i dont mind a slight echo or sumthing.i just dont want my neighbourz t hear me.or my parentz

[Innovations]

Originally Posted by xoRockstarxo

yea hey i got this weird idea of flatning just normal boxes..amd creating a wall of fltened boxes........do u guyz think it'll work ?
cause i'm just looking for soundproofing.nuthing else..i dont mind a slight echo or sumthing.i just dont want my neighbourz t hear me.or my parentz

No.
You are barking up the completely wrong tree. Soundproofing takes mass and having all paths of escaping sound blocked. There aren't any ways of doing it both well and cheap, and you certainly aren't going to do it with cardboard, eggcrate or otherwise.

[punkin]

Soundproofing is going to take construction efforts. There is nothing you can do by hanging or stacking stuff in your work space.

Again, do a search for Soundproofing.

[xoRockstarxo]

ok guyz i really dont have alot !! of money that's why i'm looking at all the cheap ways........but now i have a cool idea.........i saw a add on t'v about " Noise Control Blanket " , and they said it makes the room sound proof...now........my walls already have sumthing like that in.and yea it it kinda sound proof until i blast my stereo to full volume......but i was thinking if i cover my walls with another sheet of Noise Control Blanket.......do u guyz think it'll work ?

[Blue Bear Sound]

The laws of physics don't give a damn about your "budget".......... you want to stop sound transmission in or out of an area? That requires specialized construction. Period.

And throwing up elaborate moving blankets is NOT considered specialized construction...

There's no such thing as "cheap" soundproofing...............

[pandamonk]

The blanket wont make much of a difference, it is more for the acoustics(the way the room sounds), which is a whole different thing. They are false advertising it. The best place to start, i believe, is sealing all the places where air will leak, ie. around doors with rubber seals, and if your doors are really light i suggest adding a layer of MDF, (like the picture). Secondly if you have any windows block them up. If you can't permenantly, make a plug out of MDF, with rubber seals round, the exact size of the window frame, so that it just slots in(like pic). If your windows don't allow for this, make "shutters" out of MDF with magnets strips all the way round them and on the windows(like pic). If you have any holes or gaps in the walls or round borders/frames fill these with caulk. You sound now have an airtight room, which should help in soundproofing, not fully, but it may be enough for what you need. If not, you will have to add mass, eg. a second wall, (made from drywall) which is separated from the existing wall with an air gap, which means lots of work, effort, and money. Ok, so if what i first suggested is sufficient, then great, only thing is, you will have to breathe. I will let someone else handle the breathing problem, as i am unsure.

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

The laws of physics don't give a damn about your "budget".

Doggone Bruce, you've finally become an "grumpy old fart" member, regardless of your age. Welcome to the club. Don't worry though, there are "remission" days.

[Blue Bear Sound]

Originally Posted by RICK FITZPATRICK

Doggone Bruce, you've finally become an "grumpy old fart" member, regardless of your age.

Crap - you're right!

(But what I said was true, regardless!)

[chris-from-ky]

Originally Posted by xoRockstarxo

and yea it it kinda sound proof until i blast my stereo to full volume......

I don't think you should be doing that. Your ears will start ringing and there's no cure that I'm aware of. Are you "soundproofing" for purposes of recording loud sound sources such as drums or gutar cabinets or do you just want to blow your ear drums without anybody knowing?

[frederic]

Originally Posted by xoRockstarxo

ok guyz i really dont have alot !! of money that's why i'm looking at all the cheap ways........but now i have a cool idea.........i saw

I can't afford a mercedes benz, however I'm not going to buy a skateboard and expect it to perform, handle and accelerate like a mercedes benz either.

[xoRockstarxo]

Hey come and buy a mercedez hear in new zealand really !!!!!!!! cheap !!!!! well basicly all the carz are extremely cheap hear..........
but the reason why i want to soundproof is that i dont wanna bother other people.......!

[giraffe]

http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=179563

info on stuff

[xoRockstarxo]

hey guyz what i noticed today was that.when i close my windows and everything.......and go outside and stand by my room.i noticed that the walls sum how basicly mute the music.but not the vocalz...how on earth does that work ?

[frederic]

Originally Posted by xoRockstarxo

but the reason why i want to soundproof is that i dont wanna bother other people.......!

Right, and that takes mass, and sealing as has been said several times. That's why the audio isn't transmitting through your walls - mass.

But that doesn't cut down the reflections inside...