best way to work with what i have?

[AvoidTheClap]

ok. here's the room i built over the weekend.

what i have to work with is:

1 - 24x12" 3" foam panels
8 - 4'x6' sound proofing blankets
4 - 24"x12" bass traps

i'm not sure which wall to put the foam panels on. the fake or real wall.
the bass traps i suppose i'll do one in each of the corners straight ahead in the pic.

there is no ceiling, as you can see. & the floor will be carpet. so i'm supposed to put a wood ceiling up so one of them is reflective, yes?
what about the acoustic blankets, i'd put that between the studs & behind the wood thats the ceiling?

input apprciated

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

i'm not sure which wall to put the foam panels on. the fake or real wall.

Well it depends. First off, are you actually recording or is this just a rehearsal room. If you do record, what are you using? I mean, do you multitrack and mix, or just record stereo, or just jam and cassette it. or what. This will determine a lot. As far as the soundproofing blankets, well they won't do much in there. Thats another thing. Are you trying to soundproof the space?
Tell us a bunch more. Like for instance, what the hell your doing in there I ask because I only see a pa and band instruments. NO recording gear.
fitZ

 

[rweiss]

If you're going to put a ceiling in to reflect the highs that your carpet is absorbing (which you should do) - then you'd want to absorb as much low end in your room as possible, because it will be the most dominant. You CAN put heavy thick "whatever" in the ceiling, but it's gotta be dense - the thicker/denser, the lower the frequency it will absorb. As for the foam and blankets (single-layer blankets will only absorb high-mids+) you should space them equaly around your walls (rotate them equally spaced apart on both sides of your walls so one side will reflect while the other absorbs to eliminate standing waves more equally around the entire room). You would put the bass traps in the corner, of course. Provided that the traps are atleast 8" thick, try to leave a gap behind them in the corner - the larger the gap, the lower the frequency it will absorb. Also, consider the placement of your instruments - a guitar cab in the corner will emit more low end, for example.

And make it look neat.

And post more pics.

 

[AvoidTheClap]

Well it depends. First off, are you actually recording or is this just a rehearsal room. If you do record, what are you using? I mean, do you multitrack and mix, or just record stereo, or just jam and cassette it. or what. This will determine a lot. As far as the soundproofing blankets, well they won't do much in there. Thats another thing. Are you trying to soundproof the space?
Tell us a bunch more. Like for instance, what the hell your doing in there I ask because I only see a pa and band instruments. NO recording gear.
fitZ

the recording gear was covered up. heh. that pic was right when i finished painting the walls.

its rehursal & recording both
i do the mixing & stuff in a different room.

i record into a firepod.

as far as soundproofing goes. its a basement. so i'd like to keep sound from upstairs out of my recordings. people get mad when i tell them not to walk around. haha.

 

[rweiss]

The BEST affordable way to soundproof your ceiling is to put some heavy matting underneath the carpet on the upper floor. Use barriet mat or something similar. This might be out of the question, but it's the best option. Otherwise, start lodging some thick-arse insulation up into those ceiling panels. Oh, and make it as airtight as possible.