soundproofing tiles

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i have a small booth which i want to fit out with soudnproofing tiles however ones on 'propper' music websites were out of my budget, so i carried on looking and found these; http://www.efoam.co.uk/acoustic.html

i was thinking of perhaps purchasing the 3rd option down. would these suffice? the booth is for recording vocals, of which i will get pictures up later, i was thinking perhaps i could fit it out with these and then also purchase one of those portable booths from Se Electronics a few month down the line, perhaps sooner dependant on cash flow.
 
Thanks for posting this site. I will see if they will send to my neck of the woods. Best of luck.
 
Well,

to begin with - you need to tell us what you intend to do with this........ you refer to wanting to soundproof.

The manufacturer you send us to is not only a rip off - but they are ignorant to boot.

No foam products are soundproofing materials.......... for that you need mass - and foam doesn't have that type of mass.

The materials you show us are used to treat a room AFTER the sound isolation is complete......

Again - start at the beginning and tell us what you need to acheive.......

Rod
 
Rod Gervais said:
Well,

to begin with - you need to tell us what you intend to do with this........ you refer to wanting to soundproof.

The manufacturer you send us to is not only a rip off - but they are ignorant to boot.

No foam products are soundproofing materials.......... for that you need mass - and foam doesn't have that type of mass.

The materials you show us are used to treat a room AFTER the sound isolation is complete......

Again - start at the beginning and tell us what you need to acheive.......

Rod
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well in all honesty its not a booth, its a wardrobe with the door off, put the mic in there with the stand and its a bit echoy so i wanted something to stop the echo, then as i said il buy the Se reflection filter later on. so would these foam tiles actually help much?
 
You are talking about acoustic treatment, which is completely different to isolation/'soundproofing'.

Lightweight foam will only help out with higher frequencies, and not provide enough low-end absorption for it to be very useful. It would be better to look at broadband absorption panels instead.

Other than this, why do you need to record in a little wardrobe/closet anyway? The acoustics of your larger room are probably a lot better and easier to control with acoustic treatment - if you treat your larger room then it will help with mixing as well as tracking. If this booth isn't for isolation, then what is it for?

Don't feel you have to record in a booth, just because that's what the "pro" studios do. People too often see that, and try to copy by shutting themselves in a cupboard! The vocal booths in pro studios are probably the same size as your average home studio live-room anyway.
 
mattr said:
You are talking about acoustic treatment, which is completely different to isolation/'soundproofing'.

Lightweight foam will only help out with higher frequencies, and not provide enough low-end absorption for it to be very useful. It would be better to look at broadband absorption panels instead.

Other than this, why do you need to record in a little wardrobe/closet anyway? The acoustics of your larger room are probably a lot better and easier to control with acoustic treatment - if you treat your larger room then it will help with mixing as well as tracking. If this booth isn't for isolation, then what is it for?

Don't feel you have to record in a booth, just because that's what the "pro" studios do. People too often see that, and try to copy by shutting themselves in a cupboard! The vocal booths in pro studios are probably the same size as your average home studio live-room anyway.
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i used the booth partially because i thought it was more 'pro' and also to maxise space.
 
So is there actually anything to limit you from recording in your "main room" (just assuming to be talking about wherever your home studio is located, as most people have one-room setups)?

If you invest in acoustic treatment for your larger room, then it will help with mixing as well as recording. It saves you money, improves your monitoring setup and probably sounds a lot better than recording inside a wardrobe... its a win-win situation :)
 
mattr said:
So is there actually anything to limit you from recording in your "main room" (just assuming to be talking about wherever your home studio is located, as most people have one-room setups)?

If you invest in acoustic treatment for your larger room, then it will help with mixing as well as recording. It saves you money, improves your monitoring setup and probably sounds a lot better than recording inside a wardrobe... its a win-win situation :)
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well when i was recording it in the middle of the room it was ok i guess, just the wardrobe scenario gave me more room i guess thats why i chose that.
 
Can we not make a sticky with this question?
I mean, its basically asked in here 2/3 times a week.
 
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