So... a carpet... as the ceiling... yes?

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As weird as that sounds... I'm on the tightest budget imaginable. Virtually there is no budget, so whatever free materials I can use to help with my quote-unquote studio, I try to use in some way.

SO! I have a little "room" that's carpeted on the ground, and has 6lb moving blankets on the 4 walls. It's about 6x11 and I only use it for recording drums in. The ceiling right now is just the wood and insulation that was down there since the basement was built. I was thinking that carpeting the ceiling, as weird as that sounds, would help to drown out some of the sound that goes upstairs into the actual house, which can sometimes bug the hell out of my parents.

Now I haven't read up on acoustics or anything yet, hence why I'm going to ask all of you if this would help with sound AT ALL. If not then I'm going to have to find another use for this random carpet I have.
 
If not then I'm going to have to find another use for this random carpet I have.
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Find another use. First off, its PLAIN DANGEROUS!! If anything, the BEST THING YOU COULD DO, PERIOD, is come to grips with one concept. SOUNDPROOFING IS NOT FREE, NOR IS IT CHEAP. However, for the size of your room, the cheapest and BEST thing you can use is DRYWALL. PERIOD. For the price of six 5/8"- 4x8 SHEETS(about $50-70) you could improve the transmission loss to the upstairs significantly. But here is the reality. DRUMS are the worst offenders when it comes to soundproofing. Because they produce HIGH SPL impact noise at Low frequency(Bass drums), stopping this type of sound from transmitting through walls and cielings is a lesson in physics. There are only two ways. MASS, and DECOUPLED MASS. Hence the use of drywall(gypsum board) as it is the CHEAPEST MASS on the planet.

If you want to know HOW to use it correctly, let me know and I'll do my best to explain it. But only if you are truely interested. And don't tell me about budget. Its taken me 20 fucking years to build mine so spare me. :rolleyes: At about $10 a sheet, figurre out how to make $10 a week and buy one sheet. In six weeks ....VOILA!

fitZ :)
 
RICK FITZPATRICK said:
For the price of six 5/8"- 4x8 SHEETS(about $50-70) you could improve the transmission loss to the upstairs significantly.
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add some caulking to that shopping list and take it even further. think of soundproofing as "leakproofing", where sound is water. anywhere the water will leak out of your room, so will sound. cracks, holes, gaps in window or door frames... these will all leak sound. seal that room up! but don't forget to open the door every once and a while so you don't suffocate :D
 
Well, I figured he would start asking questions and I'd SLOWLY inform him of those things. I didn't want to overwhelm him at once. You know, once you start reading about "soundproofing", then stuff starts adding up. Like..
Solid core doors.
Heavy Duty Hinges.
Seals.
Thresholds.
Latchsets.
Insulation.
Rigid Fiberglass
Fabric.
Acoustical Caulk
Hardware.
HVAC
Ducting
Grills.
Floating floors
Decouplers
RC
RSIC
Pucks
GREEN GLUE
Diffusers
Absorbers
Bass Traps
Hemholz Resonators
Space Couplers

:eek:
AND On

AND ON

AND ON!
:D
 
You guys are all joking about lava lamps right? I think I'm missing the sarcasm or something...
 
Hey Brian, no home studio is complete without a Lava lamp or two. :) I have four. :)
 
I have to agree...I used to think a disco ball and smoke machine was where it's at but, the lava lamp added way more to my recordings than anything else. :D
 
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