Cheapest but best acoustic solution for bedroom studio?

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Hey all i need a few answers on acoustic solutions for my bedroom studio. Now let me make very clear, I am in no way a professional or plan to be extremely active in recording for many people. My main purpose is home use for my compositions and I do mix for a friend but that's it. I have a good sized room too.
Now I know how this whole forum is all about insulation panels or nothing at all. I've had some prick give me that crap before so I'm not looking for that answer again. I know it's the best but I really don't need the best. I need the cheapest but most effective and easiest to get ahold of. Meaning ordering online. I live in the Washington, D.C. Area.

I was looking at some auralex foam but its so expensive. Found some alternatives on ats acoustics and I may go that way. I also saw a video on YouTube from GarageBand and beyond on these blankets from vocal booth to go.com and I really like that idea. Except the size of the blankets. I was thinking of cutting them and framing them like a insulation panel would be.

So I'm sorry for the harsh intro and kind of long post but I really just want straight answers please. Again, can't stress enough, not looking for amazon stuff at high cost. I just need a general solution that looks decent and performs decent.
 
The basic answer is wrapped fiber -glass, rockwool' what have you, is per cu foot/which ever unit of control' you'd like to use to compare, the cheapest. All that needs to be added is some time and effort to do it.
 
And a good mention, building the wrapped rockwool/fiberglass panels are cheaper than purchasing Auralex or even acoustic blankets, that will not perform anywhere near as well. Just purchasing some OC 703, and leaning up against the walls, will be better than most any other acoustic treatment.

What is your budget? Have you looked into the prices of the recommended dense panel absorption? It really isn't that expensive man. Hell, I have 16 4" rockwool panels, and a 25X15' ceiling filled with the stuff, and I think I spent less than $600 including cloth and framing materials...

Is there an SPI near you?
 
mixsit said:
The basic answer is wrapped fiber -glass, rockwool' what have you, is per cu foot/which ever unit of control' you'd like to use to compare, the cheapest. All that needs to be added is some time and effort to do it.
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Bingo!.
 
I would use a polyester acoustic sheets and not fibre glass, then you don't even need to wrap it and there are no fibres to worry about.

Alan.
 
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Hang a bunch of these up:

leisure-suit.webp
 
I knew there would be some smart ar#e replies LOL, as I am in Australia I only know of Australian suppliers, however there would be a similar supplier in the US or UK or wherever you are (why don't people put their locations up).

The company in Australia is Tontine and the stuff to get is Acousticsorb 3, 50mm (2"). Here is the spec sheet. The stuff is rigid enough to stand up on its own, and 2 sheets of 50mm make a good bass trap across a corner. However if you order some get it cut to size as it is very hard to cut with a knife.

When looking for suppliers check out suppliers of insulation to hospitals, as hospital insulation cannot have loose fibres.

Alan.
 
Always smart ass comments around here! Keeps us entertained. lol

According to those specs, it does seem a quite viable product. What is the pricing for each 55mm 2400 X 1200mm sheet down under?
 
The price back in 2009 was $68.66 per sheet (50mm x 2400mm x 1200 mm, 2" x 94.5" x 47.25") plus GST (+10%) which worked out to AU$75.53.

However I did buy a lot of sheets previous so I was on a good discount (I insulated the whole studio with this stuff and built traps and absorbers, over $2000, as I was not going to build another studio with fibres), but it may have been a little cheaper on the east coast due to transport costs to WA. Cut to size and as many pieces as you wanted was free.

Alan.
 
Man, I would have loved to find something like this, that I didn't have to build frames for when I was getting my bass traps together. :cool:

On the othet hand, that is quite a bit more than I spent on my 20+ traps.
 
Yeah, I was around $30 per 4" 2X4" panel. Finding the time to do the labor was the biggest issue. Became much easier after buying a radial arm saw, pneumatic finish nail gun, compressor and staple gun though. :)
 
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