Soundproofing my room

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i want to draw my room up on auto cad or photoshop or something but i dont hvae the time right now .. but ive been thinking about sound proofing my room. How much does it typically cost to soundproof?

are those Aurlex designer kits for $99 a bad idea??
 
For now ill just take some pictures to give you an idea of how my setup is ... it cant be good that there is a wall directly behind me... right?

First one here is a view from the back of my desk

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This one is taken from the top of my monitor

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And here is a side view

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i would say if your room is already pretty insulated on the inside of the walls that 99 dollar kit would be a decent buy and also the size of your room affects the setup for soundproofing. i got 2 sheets of Aurlex right behind me on my back wall. it made a hell of a difference on my mixes. also those corner bass traps help a lot if you mix stuff with a lot of low basses.
 
You're not going to soundproof anything with those thin auralex foam pads.

You need mass.
 
Nick The Man said:
i want to draw my room up on auto cad or photoshop or something but i dont hvae the time right now .. but ive been thinking about sound proofing my room. How much does it typically cost to soundproof?

are those Aurlex designer kits for $99 a bad idea??
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Soundproof or improve the acoustics?

Two very seperate things. Auralex claims to do the latter.
 
dirtydoo said:
i would say if your room is already pretty insulated on the inside of the walls that 99 dollar kit would be a decent buy and also the size of your room affects the setup for soundproofing.
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Wrong. Insulation, foam, bass traps, all improve the acoustics on the inside of a room but do nothing for soundproofing. Like the post before, to soundproof you need mass. Decoupled mass is best. Search for mass-air-mass, read up on that.
 
technominds said:
Soundproof or improve the acoustics?

Two very seperate things. Auralex claims to do the latter.
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Very true.

Nick, what are you trying to achieve? Better sound within the room or less transmission of sound into/out of the room?

If you can't move further away from that wall you'll definitely need some diffusion behind you.
 
iqi616 said:
Very true.

Nick, what are you trying to achieve? Better sound within the room or less transmission of sound into/out of the room?

If you can't move further away from that wall you'll definitely need some diffusion behind you.
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you guys are right i should have specifiyed ... im tottaly new to acoustics so bear with me lol

what i do want is better acousitcs ... things that will help my mixes ... i want to change the sound of my average room...
 
In that case there's two angles to this. You want to control the frequency response of the room by utilizing bass traps and other absorbers. You also want to disperse reflections.

For the latter I try to imagine that each wall and the ceiling is a big mirror. Wherever you would be able to see the reflection of the speakers from your listening position, that's a place to consider putting a diffuser. Start with the closest wall to your head and work outwards and don't forget the ceiling.
 
it seems like room treatments are a TON of money how much money do you think would go into my set-up to make it acousitcally better?
 
Nick The Man said:
it seems like room treatments are a TON of money how much money do you think would go into my set-up to make it acousitcally better?
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I'd say about $200 at a bare minimum. That should be enough to make a noticable difference. Another two or three hundred bucks on top of that, though, would make a really big difference. Well worth the money. Those numbers, however, assume you're going with DIY rigid fiberglass panels rather than Auralex.
 
yeah about that rigid fiberglass ... Ive been looking all over these insulation places and they all have fiberglass but how do i know if its rigid or just standard fiberglass insulation


and also once i do obtain some rigid fiberglass how do i prepare it to fit into my studio .. cut my own bass traps and what not?
 
Talk to an HVAC company. They don't use the rigid fiberglass anymore for duct work, but if you ask them, they should still be able to order some for you.

Oh yeah, and it looks like your room is pretty small, I'd say diffusers and bass traps would be your best bet. But I don't know what you're going for.
 
Cult_Status02 said:
Talk to an HVAC company. They don't use the rigid fiberglass anymore for duct work, but if you ask them, they should still be able to order some for you.

Oh yeah, and it looks like your room is pretty small, I'd say diffusers and bass traps would be your best bet. But I don't know what you're going for.
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i disagree about diffusers. The should only be used if you have at least 6' behind the mixing position, otherwise they may cause more problems than they solve, i believe.
 
pandamonk said:
i disagree about diffusers. The should only be used if you have at least 6' behind the mixing position, otherwise they may cause more problems than they solve, i believe.
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If he has a small room he may have some flutter echo that he'll want to get rid of. For this, it would be best to include some diffusers because all absorption would make the room completely dead, which may be what he wants, if that's the case than I guess e will absorb everything. I, however, am a fan of diffusers to give a small room a slightly live, controlled, sound.

However, I agree about the mixing position, I wouldn't put diffuers behind him, it wouldn't hurt, but they would be in the way. But, if he tracks in that room, diffusers would be very helpful. Nick, do you only want to treat around the mixing desk?
 
well in the future id like to do my whole room .. but for now i am just talking about the mixing area ... whats best for mixing in my situation, absorbtion or diffusion??
 
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