Sound proofing question

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Im trying to soundproof my garage. Im in a metal band so theres allot of fast kick and we have two 7 string guitars and a 5 string bass (lots and lots of low end). After looking into it it looks like the cheapest way is a 12 pack of moving blankets for around $200 (8 lb's each). Right now its just to quiet everything down so we can practice past 8, but i might be recording my drums in the future so i was thinking i could take down the blankets and hang them all around the kit to make a drum booth and put them back for normal practice. The drums are under rafters with open studs so its easy to nail hooks and stuff. Will this sound ok for recording? Will they even deaden the sound with all the bass? Thank you very much :)
 
joseph123 said:
Im trying to soundproof my garage. Im in a metal band so theres allot of fast kick and we have two 7 string guitars and a 5 string bass (lots and lots of low end). After looking into it it looks like the cheapest way is a 12 pack of moving blankets for around $200 (8 lb's each). Right now its just to quiet everything down so we can practice past 8, but i might be recording my drums in the future so i was thinking i could take down the blankets and hang them all around the kit to make a drum booth and put them back for normal practice. The drums are under rafters with open studs so its easy to nail hooks and stuff. Will this sound ok for recording? Will they even deaden the sound with all the bass? Thank you very much :)
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Nope that ain't going to do a thing. Save your money.

You'll need to build a room in a room for any hope of practicing pass Eight.
Even then bass has a way of really pissing of your neighbors even at a half a mile away.

Just find out you local noise ordinances most are until 10:00pm all the noise you can make.

As for recording just hanging blankets won't do much either maybe around the 2k to 4k a small bit of dampening.






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yeah, no simple/inexpensive fixes- If it's just a rehearsal space... go rent a space.. it'll save you ton's of money

If it's a long term endeavor- double walls and a lot of trial and error with the placement of traps, baffles and diffusers after the internal structure is up

and it's not hard to "kill" a room, so don't think putting acoustic foam everywhere will solve the problem... you'll end up with a dead sounding room and still have enough bleed the neighbors can hear

and I don't mean to be abuzz-kill... more the been there- done it... many $$$$$$$ later
 
I;m not looking to soundproof anything my only problem is since ive removed furniture and moved the drum kit the seems to be an echo coming from the floor tom and bass drum off the sheetrock. would hanging the blankets around the kit cut out the echo?

sorry to bleed into your thread joseph123 :o
 
kidkage said:
I;m not looking to soundproof anything my only problem is since ive removed furniture and moved the drum kit the seems to be an echo coming from the floor tom and bass drum off the sheetrock. would hanging the blankets around the kit cut out the echo?

sorry to bleed into your thread joseph123 :o
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Do you mean for practice or recording?







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<<quote from an other post>>........Carpet has an absorption peak around 3kHz average & only tends to make the room response lopsided. For balanced acoustics treat first with bass traps, then absorption to bring the decay down to optimal for the use of the room. Manage flutter with angled panels, polys, diffusors, or absorption panels.
Rule: never let untreated surfaces face each other.

A hardwood floor is the accepted 'best' due to the fact that we evolved hearing sounds reflecting off the floor surface... many instruments 'require' the hard surface of the floor to 'sound' right.

Check out my publications and also the articles on the GIK site and Realtraps site.

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moresound said:
Do you mean for practice or recording?







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while practicing it isnt a bother really, but in recording I'd like to try to contain the echo. It's not a horrible echo at all, which is why im sure it can probably be fixed if i know what to do... actually its more the echo coming from the bass drum and just overtones from the toms that some moon gel on the resonant heads would fix. I just figure if I can put up some blankets and make the drums sound a little tighter and like theyre "in the song and not in the room", why not?
 
moresound said:
Nope that ain't going to do a thing. Save your money.

You'll need to build a room in a room for any hope of practicing pass Eight.
Even then bass has a way of really pissing of your neighbors even at a half a mile away.

Just find out you local noise ordinances most are until 10:00pm all the noise you can make.

As for recording just hanging blankets won't do much either maybe around the 2k to 4k a small bit of dampening.






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alright well thank you anyway everyone. ill figure something out :)
 
rockwool

Ive just done my whole room in rockwool. i havent done it über correct, hjust covered it with calico afterwards instead of sheet rock. i paid alot my my industrial rockwool but at bunnings (home depot in australia) they have bags of rockwool for $50 these are 6 sheets to a bag and are 1000mm long by 600mm wide. These absorb sound. im in listening bliss right now. itchy but bliss at the same time. (ive still fibreglass on me)
 
The only way to soundPROOF is MASS and lots of it.

Think thick multiple concrete block walls with the voids filled.

Your blankets and garage walls are invisible to high db sound.

As Scotty from Star Trek would say, "Ya cannot beat the laws of physics..."
 
Frame 4 walls out of 2x4's and use a layer of 5/8 gypsum on the outside. Anchor the walls to the cement and seal it. You need a roof too. Insulation is next. Then, I used 1# mass loaded vinyl. Next, ISO clips and 7/8 channeling to mount the 1st layer of drywall inside. Then green glue to apply a second layer of gypsum inside. Get a solid heavy door. Isolation tape, Acoustic caulking, staples, screws, tape measure, drill, staple gun, etc. If you guys are serious you'll get your tools & go shopping. $1,000 at Home Depot & $2-3k in soundproofing materials.
The Rep at the Sound Proof supply place sent a contractor over who quoted $15,000 to do the job. I'm glad I did it with my friends. I never framed a wall or worked construction before either.
We can play anytime, day or night, with neighbors all around. The house is old and built cheap with thin windows & walls. If there is an earthquake, or a driveby, I hope I'm in my studio,,:)

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