Recent content by devilsgirth

Awesome, thank you sir. I think I definitely will go with the plywood for recording.

Hey guys, I just finished building a room in my basement and I want to use it as a control room and a recording room. It has a cement floor but I recently covered that up with free carpet that I got from a friend, although now I am reading that a reflective floor is better for recording because...

Yeah that's what I was planning on doing, would be way cheaper. Just curious how good these liners work.

Do they work? I have metal return and supply ducts and I would like to reduce their noise without replacing them with flex duct (hear flex collects a lot of dust and breaks down) and duct board (haven heard good things about it). You can hear what goes on in the the basement in the bedrooms...

Nevermind this was a dumb question, I found my answer

http://www.soundproofingcompany.com/media/rsic-dc04/rsic-dc04-instructions.pdf There's a 1 inch gap, roughly, between the top of the wall frame and the bottom of the ceiling joist and I was wondering if you should put any insulation on top of the frame or if that will defeat the purpose? Just...

That's awesome thanks! I'm trying to decide if it is worth the extra hassle t worry about ceiling transmissions though because the room above this future studio doesn't get walked on a lot.

Ok thanks for the replies. Main reason I thought staggered would be good because it seems like I would be able to get a thicker wall for a cheaper price instead of having uniform 2 x 6's I could stagger cheaper 2 x 4's apart so the wall is just as thick as if it was a 2 x 6. Is that reasonable...

So I'm going to wall off a section of my basement and its going to require me to create two new interior walls to close off a corner section. I'm thinking of doing a staggered stud wall with 2 x 4's on top of a 2 x 6 base (and top frame). I'm just kind of lost on the proper spacing between the...

Great thanks for the replies guys. I plan on just using mud and tape to seal the corners and joints.

I'm gonna be walling off a section of my basement and I was hoping to not have to paint the new drywall because I don't care how it looks, I just care about sound. How does a painted wall affect sound? Positively, negatively, or is it neutral?

Alright thanks guys. Hey mjb I am still researching haha. I have definitely taken all your helpful advice into account but I just want to be absolutely certain and confident with my planning before I start spending money, I don't want to rush it. I'm still getting others opinions and reading a...

My basement isn't finished, so you can still see all the fiberglass (pretty sure it is fibre glass) insulation between the wall joists. I have a plastic sheet covering the walls and I was wondering what this insulation will do to the sound of my room because I have absolutely no idea, thanks.

Sorry to revive this thread there's just one question that has been bugging me. Won't the lack of symmetry in my basement be a problem if I go that route? I keep hearing how important symmetry is.

I'm trying to prevent sounds upstairs from coming downstairs as I don't live alone.