Getting best quality out of a dorm room

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Ok guys heres a problem. I'm trying to get the best quality sound out of my dorm room. Anything i do has to be temporary. rooms has cement walls and tile floor. any tips for a cheap way to reduce the reverb? (poor college student :-p) Thanks

Biggie D
 
I can't think of much that is cheap or temporary that will actually work.

Ben
 
Do you think putting up a foam mattress cover on a wall would work? I've angled the dressers to try and reduce reverb a lil bit
 
Well anything does something. It just won't do much.

Ben
 
buying or making some panels like the one on the site just posted will make them portable. You can take them with you when you move out.
 
I used to record in my dorm room. The sound was fine. What makes you think you need treatment? if anything flip your matress up. what instruments are you recording? vocals?
 
Don't put foam on the walls! Chances are you'll buy the cheap flamible stuff, your drunk room mate will come home from the bars, light up a cigarette, toss the match at the foam, and the entire building will burn to the ground. (Remember Great White in Road Island?) In my opinion you shouldn't do a damn thing to the dorm room. Chances are you have a bed and your room mate has a bed, plus a couple dressers, a mini fridge, and a tv on a small stand, all crammed into a small room. That's more than enough stuff to absorb and diffuse sound and keep the standing waves down to a minimum. Wait until you graduate and buy a house to do any major changes to rooms. And when that time comes, buy some good quality studio foam.
 
SonicClang said:
Don't put foam on the walls! Chances are you'll buy the cheap flamible stuff, your drunk room mate will come home from the bars, light up a cigarette, toss the match at the foam, and the entire building will burn to the ground. (Remember Great White in Road Island?) In my opinion you shouldn't do a damn thing to the dorm room. Chances are you have a bed and your room mate has a bed, plus a couple dressers, a mini fridge, and a tv on a small stand, all crammed into a small room. That's more than enough stuff to absorb and diffuse sound and keep the standing waves down to a minimum. Wait until you graduate and buy a house to do any major changes to rooms. And when that time comes, buy some good quality studio foam.
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I must agree with everything here except for the last comment. Don't buy that manufactured "studio foam" if thats what he meant. This is expensive and stuff for almost half the price will get you better results (It just doesn't look nice and doesn't have to label itself "studio foam" to get people to buy it). SonicClang could have been saying exactly this for all I know, just wasn't clear to me.

Ben
 
By "quality" I mean something that won't incinerate you. :D
 
A DIY broadband absorber or two could be put in a dorm room (they hang like a picture).

But a better solution may be available to you. You are at a college right? The college has a music department right? The music department has practice rooms that can be reserved right?
 
naw i got a technical school. so theres no music store or recording space. I'm tryin to just get a space going. Got a single for the year so there aint that much stuff in here.
 
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