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soundproofing

CubedDrummer	Date: December 30, 2007 @ 3:34 AM i need to know if fanning cardboard and putting it on walls is an affective way to sound proof a room
Thaspian	Date: December 30, 2007 @ 4:35 AM Do you mean soundproof as in lessen room reflections so you can get a cleaner recording or soundproof so there's less sound on the other sound of the wall? If the former, maybe. If the latter.. you've got to be kidding me.
pog	Date: December 30, 2007 @ 5:40 PM Yes, that about covers it. If you wish to set a room up so that the recorded sound gets less reflection, then curtains and random angles in cardboard along a wall can be quite effective. If you wish to "soundproof" the room so the neighbors don't throw rocks on your roof and call the police with noise complaints, then you need to consider something more drastic like mattresses/cardboard egg cartons covering all of the walls.
leedsquietman	Date: December 30, 2007 @ 5:40 PM Use rockwool or good quality foam or space diffusers.
Thaspian	Date: December 30, 2007 @ 6:01 PM foam and diffusers are great for getting a better sound from the room, but not for preventing the neighbors from hearing your drums.
leedsquietman	Date: December 30, 2007 @ 6:09 PM this is true ! I guess I should have read the question better...
zedsalt	Date: December 31, 2007 @ 10:25 AM We've only been talking about half the idea behind soundproofing, right? I mean, I have to assume Cubed is also concerned about outside sounds making their way onto his recordings. It's less of a concern if he's close-miking everything, but I can see how it could still be an issue. All the suggestions so far are good ones, but y'know, the occasional unplanned sound can be a real plus, too. (This coming from someone with a naturally great sounding room that happens to be about 110 yards from a highway and train tracks)
Distilled1	Date: December 31, 2007 @ 7:23 PM we used to have our studio in a small town of plano IL downtown across the street from the tracks. we were in a all brick building maybe 1902 era we would have to stop recording when the trains ran if it was vocals otherwise it was ok ... Eric did have a band use the train on some tracks used to have a place in a pole barn metal warehouse behind the trains no way to stop it at all lol. sound deading all the above are great ..but to sound proof as in an isolation booth it cant be done with any ole stuff... you have to isolate all 6 sides of the room that means floating the floor etc and having traps for the sound etc in all walls. its very costly and the best bet if you are trying to keep your neighbors from complaining is to move where ther are none close.. heck I get complaints from the sub on my surround sound during movies
zedsalt	Date: January 1, 2008 @ 10:26 AM One drastic, but not hugely expensive option: nail 2x4s to every beam (thin side to the wall or ceiling), cover plywood with carpet scraps on both sides, nail plywood to 2x4s. It doesn't make for a perfectly soundproof area, but it's close. The most beautiful solution I've seen was back when I attended art school. A friend of mine arranged wedge-shaped leftovers from a sawmill into a big spiral, nailed them all together, put a thick coat of poly over the whole thing, then cut it into a rectangle slightly smaller than their ceiling, and hung it overhead.