styrofoam soundproof

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i was just wondering has anybody ever heard of strofoam soundproof in a vocal booth.
 
The only styrofoam I could imagine being useful for a vocal would be as shipping/packing material.
 
I take it you mean the white stuff that breaks when you bend it,or maybe the flexible packing foam.If you mean the latter then depending on the density it might be useful. Most packing type foam is of the wrong type to effectively use for sound. Sound needs to get trapped inside the medium,the smaller the air gaps the better the sound is trapped. Thicker peices of the foam are going to offer better absorption. If the foam has closed off gaps you wont get much of anything. I would check ebay if you are looking for good foam.
 
djsharkbite said:
i was just wondering has anybody ever heard of strofoam soundproof in a vocal booth.
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It does not have any value for sound proofing whatsoever.

It lack the mass required to be effective.

BTW - the suggestion to use shipping foam is insane - that is what caused the death of all those people in Rhode Island a few years back.

That plus it has zero value for soundproofing as well (even less mass than the rigid foam boards).

If you want soundproof - the cheapest route you can take is multiple layers of drywall on each wall face - better if you have seperated walls and seperated structures - flanking paths can kill you as well.

Rod
 
And here it is, the question that comes from the myth that bugs people like us the worst! Styrafoam does not do anything for sound proofing anything!!! :D I have to correct people all the damn time at work when they're talking about construction. They think if you put styrafoam behind the drywall it'll sound proof the room. Over the years I've just learned it's not worth trying to break this myth. Somehow it's so engrained in peoples' minds that foam soundproofs that it would impossible at this point to convince them otherwise. It's because somewhere along the line someone saw foam inside a studio which is used for controlling the sound within the room, and assumed it must be to keep the sound from traveling outside the room.

GRRR.... :confused:

Ok I'm done. :)

Hey Rod, you mis understood him "BTW - the suggestion to use shipping foam is insane " He said "the only thing styrafoam is good for is packing material". He wasn't suggesting to USE packing material in the guy's room.
 
SonicClang said:
Hey Rod, you mis understood him "BTW - the suggestion to use shipping foam is insane " He said "the only thing styrafoam is good for is packing material". He wasn't suggesting to USE packing material in the guy's room.
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lol, yes, actually, what I meant to say is" The only thing I would think styrofoam would be useful for would be as packing material". Didn't come out the way I was thinking it, my bad..... :)
 
okay thanx but what is some good but cheap stuff for a hip hop vocal booth in a bedroom.
 
djsharkbite said:
okay thanx but what is some good but cheap stuff for a hip hop vocal booth in a bedroom.
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The bedroom can be effective vocal booth. Simply open up all the closets wide (assuming they're stuffed with clothes). Pick one of the closets and put your mic stand against the clothes and have the mic just a little bit away from the clothes. You stand in the bedroom facing the closet and sing into the mic. When you sing towards the closet, about half of your voice will be absorbed by the clothes. The rest will bounce around the room, but a good chunk of it will find the other closet, the bed, and other absorptive materials. The reflections that actually make it back to the make are minimal, so you should have a workably dry vox track.
 
Most of us have done the "vocal mic in the closet" thing before. do what he says.
 
apl said:
The bedroom can be effective vocal booth. Simply open up all the closets wide (assuming they're stuffed with clothes). Pick one of the closets and put your mic stand against the clothes and have the mic just a little bit away from the clothes. You stand in the bedroom facing the closet and sing into the mic. When you sing towards the closet, about half of your voice will be absorbed by the clothes. The rest will bounce around the room, but a good chunk of it will find the other closet, the bed, and other absorptive materials. The reflections that actually make it back to the make are minimal, so you should have a workably dry vox track.
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so your saying not to close the door to the closet. in other words dont close yourself in the closet?
 
yeah, he's saying leave the closet open, and sing into the closet from outside.
 
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