Build a studio
My friend Charlotte mentioned on Facebook that she's building a "soundproof studio" in her garage and was curious as to how it would work. At least one commenter mentioned the fabled "egg cartons" solution (I hope in jest) but I knew this is nowhere near good enough. Egg cartons and acoustic foam on the walls will not soundproof anything. Acoustic foam is for sound treatment INSIDE the room. To build a "sound proof" studio you need a floating room.
A quick google around turns up some interesting links:
A quick google around turns up some interesting links:
- On this page there is a link to an "Instructables" PDF: http://createdigitalmusic.com /2009/03/12/instructable-how-to-build-a-music-studio-in-an-apartment/
- This is the first in a series about building a home studio: http://revolutionaudio.ca /store/2006_09_01_archive.php#6886430431023584036
- This is an interesting article about 'flanking noise', i.e. noise transmitted through gaps and vibrating structures: http://www.greengluecompany.com /understandingFlankingNoise.php
- If you got some spare land then you're interested in this guy's thread about actually building an actual studio building from scratch: http://www.gearslutz.com /board/photo-diaries-recording-studio-construction-projects/ 161575-manifold-recording-studio-construction-thread.html
Re: Build a studio
yes, true a room in a room is the way...and its different types of substances that slows sound, not just one thick layer...and layers of air...
this was best displayed when i went to the annechoic chamber in east lindfield in sydney many years ago... what a head fuck... it was a massive concrete cube that had been built suspended in subsequent concrete cubes and mounted on massive springs and rubber mounts supporting hundreds of tonnes of concrete.
so cool. the ultimate recording studio. or insanity room.
it was so dead quiet in there all i could hear was the blood running in capillaries in my ears. the only decent thing to do in there was to fucking scream.
so there really is no such thing as silence.
ND.
this was best displayed when i went to the annechoic chamber in east lindfield in sydney many years ago... what a head fuck... it was a massive concrete cube that had been built suspended in subsequent concrete cubes and mounted on massive springs and rubber mounts supporting hundreds of tonnes of concrete.
so cool. the ultimate recording studio. or insanity room.
it was so dead quiet in there all i could hear was the blood running in capillaries in my ears. the only decent thing to do in there was to fucking scream.
so there really is no such thing as silence.
ND.