Sound Proofing?

Fatalmasterpiece · Post by **Fatalmasterpiece** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:16 pm

I am looking for some economical soundproofing solutions for my current band's rehearsal space and my private home.

Obviously, those squares of acoustic foam look great but I don't have that kind of money. I have seen some blankets that can be lined up and are supposedly designed for sound deadening. I wonder if those work. Also, I hear that cardboard egg cartons work well en-mass but where can one buy a ton of those anyways?

Any ideas?
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JonSolo · Post by **JonSolo** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:45 pm

When I built my first studio I found two things which worked fantastically. The first was ceiling tile. I happened by a fire station that was helping a local company renovate (read "tear down") a building. They had all of this ceiling tile, most of it in mint condition. I stacked it and packed it into the walls of my isolation booth. You could barely hear someone screaming at the top of their lungs in there...and only then because of the vents that ran out of there (which were looped several times to dampen the sound).

The second thing was carpet squares I got leftover from a local carpet outlet. I "lucked" in because they gave me several hundred 1'x1' squares that were all identical dark grey. I lined my control room walls with these squares.

Both rooms were so dead, and the carpet was perfect for catching bass in the control room.

Anyway...two cheap ideas for you.

Jon

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:09 pm

A very very cheap and unusual solution are cartons of eggs...
Not that "professional", but they work!

I agree carpets are goot, too.
BTW, be carefull not to overload the room of sound-stopping materials, you should have bad turnbacks on the final sound.

Regards

Post by **Sharp** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:50 pm

Having the walls pumped is a lot cheaper than buying Acoustic Tiles. I got my entire studio pumped for 800 euro at the time.

Still, acoustic tiles are not really about sound proofing anyway. They are more about deadening the echo and bounce of sound in a room. The will only marginally reduce the sound you can hear in another room.

Carpet is a great choice to do that though. Dirt cheap and if you get a really good Shag Carpet, it will preform almost as good a the best acoustic tiles money can buy. You don't have to put the carpet on the wall either. Just make up a frame that you can move around as needed.

Regards.
Sharp.

Fatalmasterpiece · Post by **Fatalmasterpiece** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:37 am

Thanks for all the info guys.

Mostly, I am thinking for a house which I do not own and thus cannot make any huge changes too.