patlang12
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For the past two years I've been lucky to have a good setup for recording practicing. My room is large, has hardwood floors and is a corner house. There is some sound leakage (low end) but we don't have issues with the neighbors even when we play late. Best of all I think the room sounds real nice. Unfortunately it looks like I'll be moving out of this house and into a house where I'll have to set up a studio in the garage.
I've done a lot of reading around the forum and elsewhere but I'm still not really sure how I should try to treat the garage. My main concern is to reduce the sound leakage so we can use it often as a rehearsal space. I'd like to record in there too, but my budget is limited to around $600 so I want to focus on the leakage primarily. The house will be a rental and it is likely we will only be there for one year. I think the main issue is going to be treating the garage door. I don't need it to be able to open, but I'm not sure how well I can really stop sound going through without major construction that I doubt would be allowed. In addition to the budget I have 6 or 7 panels of 2 inch thick 703 (4x6 I think), about 10 2x4s and a few sheets of plywood. Any suggestions would be very appreciated.
I've done a lot of reading around the forum and elsewhere but I'm still not really sure how I should try to treat the garage. My main concern is to reduce the sound leakage so we can use it often as a rehearsal space. I'd like to record in there too, but my budget is limited to around $600 so I want to focus on the leakage primarily. The house will be a rental and it is likely we will only be there for one year. I think the main issue is going to be treating the garage door. I don't need it to be able to open, but I'm not sure how well I can really stop sound going through without major construction that I doubt would be allowed. In addition to the budget I have 6 or 7 panels of 2 inch thick 703 (4x6 I think), about 10 2x4s and a few sheets of plywood. Any suggestions would be very appreciated.