basement constuction help needed (cement walls/floor, stud ceiling)

[freakkguitarist]

construction on my basement is going to start this month and im curious as to what would be best. i know hard floors are better then carpeted floors, but what about the walls. i know idealy non parallel walls would be best. we CAN do that to my basement, but it would cost alot more. would putting up some foam/diffusers/absorbers work just fine? the basement is going to be devided into 3 seperate rooms,

control room

vocal/amp room

drum/live room



what conditions should i be striving for, for each room? since the basement is cement floor, and cement walls right now, i can do anything, but the CHEAPEST way possible is needed

 

[freakkguitarist]

keep cement floors and walls and put up foam?
wall everything, framing sheetrock everything, and use non paralell walls?
what kind of ceiling should i use? how should i construct the walls for cheapest/best sound isolation?


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[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Hello freakguitarist, been one myself in my youth Ok, what is your plan. Or do you have a plan yet. One thing you do NOT want to do with this sort of construction is fly by the seat of your pants. Room treatment is afterthe fact, but isolation success depends on PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAILS. And you can't detail something if you have no plan. Many things have to be taken in to consideration. Room height, doors, jambs, glass, seals, hvac, air gaps, acoustical sealants, thresholds, latches, blocking, resiliant isolators, and many other little details....like they say, the devil is in the details.

So, I'd be glad to help, not that I'm an expert at studio construction, but I AM an expert at planning and detailing as that is my profession. But in order for me to help, you need to provide a set of "as built" sketches. In otherwords, you need to measure(accurately) your space, length, width and height. And then sketch where your spaces are going to be. Also you need to provide as much information as to what exists, the materials that exist, and any other pertinant information, such as what is above, noting existing ducts, hvac, stairs, etc. We can tell you what you have to do, but you need to help us by giving us info. Ok, for now thats it. Except this. You NEED to go here:
http://johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=d403e4b0b19b52c251263572335b92f8

read all the "stickys" you can, and then REREAD them Sound attenuation is NOT intuitive, and requires understanding of some principles in order to succeed. Unless you have time and money to waste.

fitZ