chewbacaface
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Due to some unfortunate flooding, my friends and I are building a new studio. We found a pretty cool space. It is a 15x12' office attached to a 15x20' storage unit. We don't have to worry seriously about the noise because we will only be in there recording bands after normal business hours. That said, we'd like to both lower the outside noise generated by playing and also improve the sound and aesthetics of the inside. We were fortunate in that out last room as done before we got there and was pretty well setup to begin with. So, we know a bit about building stuff but not a ton about noise reduction. Here is our plan...
We are going to build a room inside of the storage unit with 8' walls and a vaulted ceiling. The unit has an insulated roof but there is a 10' door on one side and metal wall on the others. Fortunately, one wall is already drywalled because it is attached to the office. We planned to use 4x8' drywall panels and 4x8' insulation panels and frame these up with 2x6" against the I-beams in the storage unit. My question is this. Will this make a reasonable difference in the volume of the music outside of the building? Are there any other tricks? I've heard that one of the most important things is to make sure that all of the interior edges of the new room are caulked well so that there is no room for the sound to escape. Is drywall the best thing to use? What about soundboard? Is that better than drywall? I've heard mixed opinions.
Any help would be great. We're not looking to spend a ton because this doesn't need to be completely soundproof but we'd like to make an improvement if possible.
Thanks,
Ryan
We are going to build a room inside of the storage unit with 8' walls and a vaulted ceiling. The unit has an insulated roof but there is a 10' door on one side and metal wall on the others. Fortunately, one wall is already drywalled because it is attached to the office. We planned to use 4x8' drywall panels and 4x8' insulation panels and frame these up with 2x6" against the I-beams in the storage unit. My question is this. Will this make a reasonable difference in the volume of the music outside of the building? Are there any other tricks? I've heard that one of the most important things is to make sure that all of the interior edges of the new room are caulked well so that there is no room for the sound to escape. Is drywall the best thing to use? What about soundboard? Is that better than drywall? I've heard mixed opinions.
Any help would be great. We're not looking to spend a ton because this doesn't need to be completely soundproof but we'd like to make an improvement if possible.
Thanks,
Ryan