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That sounds like a great deal on the 703. I'd snap that up. It's fine to stack multiple layers to get the thickness you need. You can certainly use grille cloth. If you want something a little beefier behind it, try muslin fabric from Hancocks or JoAnn's or whatever your local fabric store...

Agree with Ethan. Also, consider something over your mix position to help with height related bass issues. Bryan

This software will identify specific frequency response and impulse response issues as well as showing decay times. Identifying what is causing them and how to deal with them is a different story. They can be very helpful when doing your setup to maximize frequency response via pure...

Agreed on the 4" For recording the drums, you're going to need to kill behind you, above you, and directly to the sides due to proximity. Bryan

Nice. Make sure you put in the lit disco floor when you're redoing it! ;) Bryan

703 will work just fine. For a gym, you'll need to make sure that the fabric used is Class A fire and smoke rated or has been treated to be such. Bryan

At all? Sure, they'll do something. What? No idea how deep they'd reach or how efficient they'd be. It's better than a bare corner but not as good as a real dedicated absorber. Bryan

Truly soundproofing those spaces will not be inexpensive and needs to be done during the framing stage. You also need to consider electrical 'holes' and HVAC as part of the solution. Bryan

In a larger space like that, the design goals are very different. Baffles hanging vertically from the ceiling coupled with strategically placed panels on the walls can do quite a bit. When you have bands, the large number of people covering some of the hard floor surface will do a lot...

Couldn't agree more. When you're that small and it's not a cube, get as much space as you can. Bryan

Can't say without specific test results. If it's open-cell instead of closed-cell, it will do SOMETHING, hard to say what though. Honestly, mineral wool and DIY'ing some coverings would do a better job for you. Bryan

Adding mass works in 2 ways - it simply is more to get through - AND - it drops the resonant frequency of the assembly which means less of the music is going to excite it. Also, if you are building a room in a room as Rod suggested (good idea) then you wouldn't want any drywall on the outside...

Should be OK. For reflections, just turn the foil toward the wall. If doing chunks, it should be fine as is. Bryan

Adding a little extra mass would help but don't go overboard. Part of the isolation is also the cavity depth which drops the resonant frequency. Bryan

While the extra mass can help, quite honestly, you'd get better results with insulated cavities and a real drywall ceiling instead of acoustical drop ceiling. It'd probably cost you less than the drop ceiling too. If you want some extra decoupling, use slats running perpendicular to the...