Existing jam room

[gwayms]

Ok guys I know I have asked similar questions before but I have come to this conclusion. I am not able to build a new jam room, so I dont have any option but to use the one I have.
It is a 10x10 extra bedroom, I know that size is terrible. But it is all I have. It has one small window but I dont think that is to big of a deal. I am thinking of going as far as removing the existing sheetrock and filling the walls with insulation and installing new sheetrock. Then placing the rigid fiberglass I already have back on the walls. My wife is only about 20 feet from the jam room, so I am trying to not kill her with the sound. The room is mainly a jam room, drums, bass, and 2 guitars. Let me know what you think.

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Let me know what you think.

10 x 10 with wifey 20 feet away? I think you might wear frying pan protection. You could have a foot of concrete around this and STILL not isolate it. Thats what I was trying to tell you. Even if you add 2 layers of drywall AFTER removing and filling stud cavities with insulation, I seriously doubt if it will do very little. I'll give you a clue right now. Isolating drums is a fucking chore. Don't expect much with what you are planning. The BEST you can expect is maybe a 4 or 5db increase
in transmission loss, and thats using TWO layers of drywall after filling the cavities with insulation. Figure drums are about 110 db at a foot away......well, I think you can see what I mean.

gwayms, you need to understand that isolation construction REQUIRES certain conditions to exist. Without them, then you have to build differently. Under your present set of circumstances, I seriously doubt if you can do much. Your best bet is to build a floating "platform" to decouple the drums from the floor, but then you STILL have weak link syndrome. Your walls, ceilingss, HVAC ducts, doors, and windows are ALL weak links. Sorry to rain on your plans, but its better to know the facts than spending time and money only to be disappointed at the results. This stuff is NOT intuitive. Its either ALL or nothing.
fitZ

 

[frederic]

In that situation, I'd recommend:

A pile of headphones.
Multi-channel headphone amp.
Direct out boxes.
Speaker dummy loads for the amps.
A small mixer, with one input channel per band member, two for drums.

Electronic drums make it even more quiet.

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

In that situation, I'd recommend:

Where there's a will there's a way, huh frederic? I agree 100%

 

[gwayms]

existing jam room

OK, thanks guys. I knew it was going to be a chore. My wife use to work until 10. Her schedule has changed to where she gets home at 7 now. That really puts a damper on the jamming situtation. I already made the wall facing the neighbors house pretty good, they said it sounds like a band in the distance. So as of now I am kind if stuck. I just bought a new Gibson Firebird and our drummer has a 2 month old set of Gretsch drums. so we are dying to play all of the time. Maybe we will have to get a rehearsal studio. Just feels safer having all the stuff here rather than somewhere, I dont know what is going on.