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Hello everyone-- I'm setting up a practice/studio room in my basement and in addition to interest in software/hardware, I'm also looking for ideas for soundproofing and making acoustics of the room as good as possible (on a low-to mid economy budget).
I think I have the soundproofing part down--double walls with acoustic insulation, acoustic insulating in ceiling using metal hat-tracks to attach wall board (also to attach wall board to walls--this isolated the walls/ceiling from the studs), double doors and tight framing, etc. Other ideas?
Of course a soundproof room can be dead inside so looking for inexpensize ideas for acoustic treaments--baffels, reflectors, etc. The room will be about 16X12X 6 1/2 ft (high), 3/4 below ground, two thich concrete wall the other two double walls one being on an angle, and a cool open space about 4 ft off the floor and 4ft wide and 5-6 feet deep under my kitchen knook (the entire room is under my kitchen) that can act as a baffle or something?
Any ideas or good internet sites? Thanks! Bob rdketter@comcast.net
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Joined: Mar 2002
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Probably the most important thing you can do is avoid parallel walls. I know that sounds impractical, but only because we take rectangular rooms for granted. If you are building the walls you can build them however you want. Try a slight trapezoidal shape. In other words, make one of your long walls slightly off parallel to it's opposite wall. The end walls (the shorter walls) can be vertically tilted slightly so as to not be parallel. By avoiding parallels, you avoid standing waves that sound lousy, and encourage rendom reflections that result in a pleasing room tone. Just type "soundproofing" or "acoustic treatment" into Google. You'll be amazed how much free info is out there. Try this... http://www.uhfmag.com/Issue63/soundproofing.html
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