Sound Proofing???

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I have my studio in my office in the basement of my 1-story ranch home. The problem is my office/studio is directly beneath my wife's office. There is duct-work that runs through my ceiling through her floor which is an amazing sound conduit, much to my wife's displeasure. She is a fine artist and cannot work with distractive noises like the ones I record! :) Especially after transferred through the ductwork.

When I had my office built, I had them use double dry-wall and insulation on the walls. The ceiling is a drop ceiling so i can get to wires and pipes if need be. It has accoustic properties, but probably not the best. The ductwork runs below the ceiling and has been covered over with 1/4 inch drywall (quite thin).

Any suggestions? I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem. Aside from the obvious like covering over the duct work better or looking into better accoustically deadening ceiling tiles, is there anything else that can be done? How about a truly soundproof booth and how would I go about building that? My office/studio is 14'x20' (quite big) so I have room to build a one-person booth of some sort.

Please Help! My recently blooming home recording career is in peril!
 
This is a typical problem I keep hearing. The main prob appears to be that none of the HVAC ductwork is insulated. It therefore has to be sealed up with insulation and drywall. There is acoustic ductwork available so you could possibly replace the ducts to your wifes work room to start with. Check out longsoughtfor's studio and watch his progress at:

http://www.locall.aunz.com/~johnsay/Studio/index.htm

cheers
John
 
all i did was keep a couple of the remnants of my primacoustic foam and stuff it into the air duct that is in the studio.

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i only do that when the wife is upstairs sleeping while i'm recording. i'm shopping for a new house, and my studio is going to be over the dining room/living room since no one is ever on that side of the house.

the house is structured such that my wife's office will be on the opposite side of the dining room, so that will be great too!
 
Good suggestions. I will try to do what I can. Perhaps the studio will have to move if all else fails.
 
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