Hip Hop Studio

[GhOsT RyDeR]

I will be moving into a new house in a couple of months. I will have an extra room to put my home studio in. I plan on soundproofing the closet for a vocal booth. Do I really need to do anything else to the room? I mean there's not going to be a live band playing in the room or anything. Thanx for your help...

[GhOsT RyDeR]

Anyone?...

[LAZI]

What's up Ghost? I guess they just can't see you... Not cuz you're a ghost it's because you said hiphop . You should holla at the cats in the Hiphop/ Rap/ Beats area.

You can save loot on the sound proofing by getting scrap carpet (go ahead a shreek studio geeks). You can get it for free if you check at the local carpet stores. Around me they throw away leftover new carpet all the time. You can use a heay duty staple gun and layer it up like shingles on a roof. i don't have anything setup like that yet but I helped a freind do it and it's dope. You can also make some panels out of it and place them in the mixing area to kill some of the extra crap bouncing of the walls.

Plan a way to ventilate the space. It'll get hot as hell real quick with a light bulb and the bodyheat building up.

Or you can take some of the others advice. Oh wait... Nobody else is giving any.

Good luck. Peace.

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

I plan on soundproofing

To what extent?

You can save loot on the sound proofing by getting scrap carpet

After its installed, go into adjacent room and listen.
After you tear it out, ask a studio geek.

I helped a freind do it and it's dope.

Please include an interpreter

Not cuz you're a ghost it's because you said hiphop

Hmmmm. If hiphhop sound employs a different set of physics, perhaps you can describe these for us. And how carpet works with these. Unfortunately, this geek utilizes solutions based on the physics of this universe. IF you determine these will qualify, give us a holla.

[GhOsT RyDeR]

Thanx for the reply, I think I'm going to use foam. I work in a wherehouse so I will be able to get it for free. I gotta find out a way to kept the heat down too. I use my headphones mostly for the mixs. Then I listen through the mointers. I have the cheap Studiophile SP-5B =)

[c9-2001]

just to let you know foam and carpet don't SOUNDPROOF... it takes a lot of soundproof...you can line a closet with the foam and keep the monitors kinda low for tracking...
you can buy a soundproof booth, but they aren't that cheap..

[GhOsT RyDeR]

Yeah, booths are like $1500 and up. But I think it will work for what I want to do. When I record I listen through headphones aswell as the person in the booth. I just wanted to keep outside noise down. If that makes sense...

[LAZI]

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After its installed, go into adjacent room and listen. After you tear it out, ask a studio geek

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He asked you studio geeks to begin with. Haha

No seriously though... I just said some of that stuff to get dude some help. It's funny how his question was ignored for days. Then when I say it's cuz he's hiphop and call people geeks it gets a few hits. HMMmm??? Feeling guilty now? Haha.

No harm meant. I know it's some pros and semi pros and studio geeks running around here with good ideas that know a few things. Just figured I pull a few chains and get a bark.

And my fault... I didn't mean carpet for soundproofing. I was thinking more on killing the sound bouncing off the walls. In a closet you can end up sounding like you are in a box. Carpet would help kill some of that. As far as soundproofing that's kinda hard with out having the space and/or the loot to do it

[c9-2001]

if your gonna use a closet, and you want goos sound isolation.. use carpet padding.. the stuff called oder eater from carpet depot.. it works damn good with 1 layer.. 2 layers.. you won't pick up any outside noise...

[GhOsT RyDeR]

Thanx I'll look into it...