Temporary sound proofing for bedroom

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Im currently building my studio in my bedroom so i cant realy sound proof easily (or cheaply). What i was thinking of doiwn was putting some thick ruber or foam on some plywood boards and using these boards for isolation. To begin with ill just get some small boards and use them around my guitar amp but eventualy it this works i'd get some bigger boards and use them for a semi permanent vocal/acoustic guitar booth. Would this work? What material should i use, how thick should it be?
 
CA,
I can't remember if you said where in Oz you are......BUT contact a timber/hardware that handles a lot of MDF or plywood (someone like Mister Ply and Wood Pty. Ltd.) and see if they sell the "cover-sheets" off the large packs they receive.
I know locally Mr. P and Wood sell 2400x1200 cover sheets for about $10 each.....sure they are crappy looking but they work.
Obviously the thicker the better and while MDF is denser than ply it is also heavier to handle.

Good Luck........ChrisO :cool:
 
Ok i'll use MDF. Should i get foam or rubber or something else to deaden the sound/ reduce background noise ect? How thick should it be?
 
The only foam worth considering is proper "Acoustical Foam" but it is bloody costly. I guess it all depends on what you want to achieve..........I would honestly be guessing if I tried to be too specific, cos' I don't EXACTLY know what your situation is. All you can do is start with amp isolation and grow from there.

Good luck.........:cool:
 
But any thick foam ought to help somewhat, right?
 
Not necessarily.........some foams ( thick or thin) wouldn't stop a fly's fart.

:cool:
 
Is there any kind of cheapish foam (i can afford to spend up to $AU250 on foam for a small vocal/acoustic guirat booth) that i could get? I was thinking of getting it from Clarks Rubber (i dont know if they have them in NSW, ausrock.
 
Not necessarily.........some foams ( thick or thin) wouldn't stop a fly's fart.
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Ausrock... that has got to be one of the best lines yet...

well done :)

I scored some Auralex foam for free... a place I work with was doing some lesson studios... they lined the drum rooms in that foam (for whatever reason) and gave me all the scraps...

I've got 30 or 40 2x3 ft pieces, as well as a bunch of odd sized ones.

Velvet Elvis
 
Cold...

Not sure where we got ours, but if I remember right it was like $250 (US$) for a box of 5 4x8ft sheets.

That might be way off... but I seem to recall that's what I was being told as they handed me the scraps :) Just so that I could truly appreciate the gift they were giving me :) hehehe

Velvet Elvis
 
CA,
If what you are trying to achieve is stop sound getting out, then increasing wall density (adding a layer of THICK MDF) is your best option, especially if you can mount it off the surface of the existing wall with minimal direct contact. Foam and Rockwool will absorb some but not all of the sound and should be considered "acoustical treatment" not prevention.

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Yeah this is basically ill i want. The main thing i want to do is to stop noice getting in eg from cars going by outside or birds that wont shut up. Will it stop this aswell?
 
CA,

Yes it will help with that as well... but remember that the sound proofing of the room is only as good as its weakest link. If there is a hole in the wall somewhere (even a small small hole) then sound can get through. If you treat the walls, but not the floor and ceiling, then sound can get through etc. You would most likely remove direct sound (leaking through the walls etc), but unless you can decouple the room on all sides you will most likely stilll hear some noise.

Am I right guys?

In my current control room, I just put up sound absorbing materials to deaden the room. Its not a permanent install and I didn't want to spend the money doubling/tripling walls etc in this location.

Velvet Elvis
 
Yeah but im not touching my walls im just going to use MDF boards that will be standing up (no on the walls) and moving around
 
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