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In one area of my apartment there can be too much feedback. In another area it's too dead. Would it help in either case?

But will that matter if the ceiling is what I'm worried about? I don't share the floor or any of the walls with any neighbor. It's only the ceiling.

I'm not doing any recording. I'm asking for the purposes of practicing singing in my apartment through my PA system. I don't have any room treatment. So I'm wondering if using a microphone isolation shield will improve the quality of the sound coming out the speakers of my PA system. Thanks.

Many thanks. My sofa is currently located not close to where I want to place the music room... Maybe I'll move it there and when I play I'll put the amp with the auralex stand on the sofa.... Or maybe I'll just stack some blankets or something like that. Also, I if you're saying this will...

Also, two more questions. 1) I mentioned that I was planning to have the music space where I labeled it in the diagram above because that area of my apartment is directly below the upstairs neighbor's bedroom, where it seems he rarely is during the time of day that I'll be playing. I assume...

What you're saying was basically my impression to begin with, but the article I posted about the blankets seems pretty convincing that when used correctly they can actually eat up a noticeable amount of the sound. But I know so little, so I'll probably avoid taking risks on blankets... Thanks...

I've tried modeling amps with headphones, and I really feel like the sound doesn't come too close to just playing through my tube amp. Even if I play through headphones and a modeling amp, that still leaves the singing (which tends to be louder than when I play guitar)... and practicing singing...

Thanks Rob. Yeah, adding a new ceiling is way over my head and budget. So, I've been thinking this through all day: The studio apartment is one big room: Luckily it's not a square or rectangular shape... and there is a column near the center of the room that when combined with the angling in...

Thank you! I have an auralex amp and monitor modulation attenuator that my amp always sits on. See here: Auralex amp and monitor modulation attenuator Will that work? Or better to put it on something else? Definitely planning to talk to the neighbor to figure out some compromises. Though would...

Thanks, but as mentioned in my post. This is not for recording purposes. I want to play my instrument and sing live and without headphones just for rehearsal.

Thanks. I am unfortunately dealing with a finished ceiling :(

Thanks, I realize that. I'm just saying that I would like to reduce some portion of the sound that travels to the upstairs neighbor (even if it's a small portion).

Please excuse my lack of knowledge with room acoustics... I'm moving into a basement apartment, and the only wall in my apartment I'll be sharing with a neighbor is the ceiling. Unfortunately the ceiling is thin and sound travels easily through. I'll be playing my electric guitar and singing in...

Thank you! Reassuring to hear!

Not really no... I record occasionally, but the recordings are just for me. It would be nice to be able to record in that room, but my only concern with this post is simply that I'll be able to play guitar and sing without excessive feedback and without loss in sound quality compared to my...

I'm checking out new apartments to move into. I saw one earlier today that's a great price but it's tiny (the room I'd be playing in is something like 8 ft x 7 ft x 6.5 ft). I play electric guitar and sing with a microphone in the current room I'm in, which is something like 12 ft x 10 ft x 10...

Got it, makes sense, thanks.

The calculator you sent is extremely useful. Thanks so much!

Thanks everyone for the responses. All of this making somewhat more sense now.

Thank you very much for taking the time to look at this. Very helpful. Yeah, what you say about hating to damage a nice pair of studio monitors is what's keeping me from doing it. I would get another Stagepas, but somehow the price of that PA system has doubled since I bought mine years ago...