Snowman999
Active member
Besides my myriad of normal problems, I might be giving the wrong impression of how loud I'm going to be playing my home studio (when I eventually, if ever, decide to record again).
I'm not as much worried about bothering my wife. Because I've always recorded at night after she goes to bed. There's no way the sound will travel to our bedroom two floors above and down a hallway.
I'm really worried about sound traveling into the TH next door. If it did it would be in the foyer, where they probably wouldn't hear it anyway. But, I wouldn't want anything coming into my place. So, I sure don't want to be sending it into someone else's place. I've been in our basement quite a bit, and I hear nothing. The walls are concrete and thick. The only time our neighbor heard me in the basement, I was dragging a dresser that was filled with stuff (at least 200 lbs) across the floor. It was loud and annoying, and I could tell it was vibrating. So, it must have vibrated into their space.
Here's some things to clarify what and how I do things in my crappy little studio (computer and pro tools)
1. I don't use an amp. I plug my guitar into a Line 6, and then into the MBox. So, there's no guitar amp.
2. I have a Roland electronic kit. I don't think it's possible for me to pound hard enough for the hits to be heard through the wall. NO LIVE DRUMS.
3. Keyboard and Bass guitar are also direct into the Mbox.
4. The only live thing I can't modulate the volume is vocals.
Can a vocalist travel through cement walls?
I own one of those readers police use to hear if you're breaking noise ordinances.
Is there a level I should look for that would travel through cement walls?
The serious tech might be able to look at my set up and tell me if I'm worrying too much. Important, I don't use hip hop bass. Bass is a rhythm instrument, I don't crank it at all. I like it in the back of the mix, where it belongs. I do think that's the key. It's the bass that would travel, not the treble. That's why people could crank up their stereo without annoying the neighbors.
I have the MBOX 2. The volume output I usually keep at the halfway mark. Sometimes lower.
My power amp is a Samson Servo 170 - the specs say it's 85 watts per channel into 4 ohms
I imagine in such a tight space, I won't have it on as loud as I used to.
The speakers are EVENT 20/20
THANKS AGAIN!
I'm not as much worried about bothering my wife. Because I've always recorded at night after she goes to bed. There's no way the sound will travel to our bedroom two floors above and down a hallway.
I'm really worried about sound traveling into the TH next door. If it did it would be in the foyer, where they probably wouldn't hear it anyway. But, I wouldn't want anything coming into my place. So, I sure don't want to be sending it into someone else's place. I've been in our basement quite a bit, and I hear nothing. The walls are concrete and thick. The only time our neighbor heard me in the basement, I was dragging a dresser that was filled with stuff (at least 200 lbs) across the floor. It was loud and annoying, and I could tell it was vibrating. So, it must have vibrated into their space.
Here's some things to clarify what and how I do things in my crappy little studio (computer and pro tools)
1. I don't use an amp. I plug my guitar into a Line 6, and then into the MBox. So, there's no guitar amp.
2. I have a Roland electronic kit. I don't think it's possible for me to pound hard enough for the hits to be heard through the wall. NO LIVE DRUMS.
3. Keyboard and Bass guitar are also direct into the Mbox.
4. The only live thing I can't modulate the volume is vocals.
Can a vocalist travel through cement walls?
I own one of those readers police use to hear if you're breaking noise ordinances.
Is there a level I should look for that would travel through cement walls?
The serious tech might be able to look at my set up and tell me if I'm worrying too much. Important, I don't use hip hop bass. Bass is a rhythm instrument, I don't crank it at all. I like it in the back of the mix, where it belongs. I do think that's the key. It's the bass that would travel, not the treble. That's why people could crank up their stereo without annoying the neighbors.
I have the MBOX 2. The volume output I usually keep at the halfway mark. Sometimes lower.
My power amp is a Samson Servo 170 - the specs say it's 85 watts per channel into 4 ohms
- Servo-controlled stereo power amp in two rack spaces
- 85 watts per channel into 4 ohms
- Wide, linear 20 Hz to 50 kHz frequency response for superior audio performance
- Relay-controlled power-on circuitry prevents speaker "thumps"
- Front-panel Clip and Idle LEDs for both channels
- Balanced 1/4" TRS inputs
- Unbalanced RCA inputs
- Circuitry protection against overheating and over-current
- 1/4" and push-spring terminal outputs
- Independent left/right input level controls with 41 detents
- Bipolar amplifier design
- Convection-cooled design for quiet performance
I imagine in such a tight space, I won't have it on as loud as I used to.
The speakers are EVENT 20/20
- 7.1" Woofer, 1" Tweeter
- A total of 250W from Class AB power amps
- Frequncy range of 35Hz-20kHz (+/-0.2dB)
- Balanced XLR input
THANKS AGAIN!