cheap, cheap soundproofing material

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Not sure if this will work or not, but I remember reading about this in Tape Op some time ago. Technically these are baffles, but it might be worth a try. Go buy two solid core doors and mount them to a rectangular piece of plywood with brackets so the doors are standing straight up. Wrap some egg carton foam around the doors and secure with construction glue or some other type of caulkable glue that will stick forever.

Like I said, these are baffles but they might stop enough sound to prevent your neighbor from hearing. Good luck!
 
Those are good for isolating instruments (basically gobos) but won't keep sound from getting outside due to flanking. True soundproofing requires isolation of all potential flanking paths to work properly. The neighbors will still be disturbed.
 
I use some packing blankets directly in front of my cabinet to kill some noise during recording, but they won't be very effective to keep sound from escaping the structure. To keep sound from emulating from the structure you will eventually have to modify the structure... :)
 
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