evaporateddwarf
New member
I'm in the process of building a studio in my garage (or rather, my parents are paying for it, and me and my dad are building it). We're putting up heavy cotton insulation, which is supposed to be a lot better than rock insulation, sound clips and the metal sheets that go across the wall, then putting tape on those, then we're putting a sheet of foam glued to soundboard, then vinyl and finally sheetrock. We're adding all the minor things like sound caulking and lead tape along the way.
My real question is acoustics. My dad's a contractor so he's good with building, and has read up a lot and talked to people about soundproofing, but we haven't gotten much into working out the acoustics. I was wondering what types of foam and soundboards etc. and stuff that you guys recomend. The studio is for my band and myself. I've already bought enough for decent quality recordings, and am slowly gonna add on as money permits, because I pay for all of my equipment. It's mainly going to be a practice room, but then when the band records, or i record my own stuff and record other people a couple times a month.
My real question is acoustics. My dad's a contractor so he's good with building, and has read up a lot and talked to people about soundproofing, but we haven't gotten much into working out the acoustics. I was wondering what types of foam and soundboards etc. and stuff that you guys recomend. The studio is for my band and myself. I've already bought enough for decent quality recordings, and am slowly gonna add on as money permits, because I pay for all of my equipment. It's mainly going to be a practice room, but then when the band records, or i record my own stuff and record other people a couple times a month.