I wasn't sure if this should be posted in the garage or not, but basically a friend of mine records vocals and he's sick of it sounding like it was recorded in somebody's basement due to a lack of a soundproofed studio. So we've been throwing around the idea of building a recording booth that would greatly increase sound quality (given the level of equipment he has).

Some things to consider:

it has to be able to be moved. Maybe not easily, but my buddy lives in an apartment and will eventually move out, so he's gotta be able to take it with him.

what insulation material? I've heard a layer of egg crate insulation? dynamat?

build the walls out of plywood or something? Then drywall? I mean the budget would be perhaps $500 at most, preferably less (is that really unrealistic?). It's not going to be the most professional thing, but I'd rather not have it be too ghetto. I don't know a whole lot about this stuff so everybody throw out some ideas.

1/16/2008 11:50:42 AM

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"it has to be able to be moved."

dont waste your time doing anything other than some egg crate stuck to some plywood that you can bolt together

[Edited on January 16, 2008 at 11:54 AM. Reason : 

1/16/2008 11:53:28 AM

True soundproofing is very expensive. I looked into it because I thought about buying a condo and soundproofing a room. You'd basically need to build a separate wall with as little attachment as possible to the wall you want to soundproof (i.e. a floating wall.) You need a platform subfloor as well. The insulation is what's really expensive though.

Once you have it insulated you also really need someone who knows how to "tune" a room. You know those expensive squares of egg crate looking foam that they sell in music catalogs? Basically, a good sound engineer can strategically place those to remove the sound that is bouncing back off the wall and towards the mic.

Egg crates do break up some of the reflectable sound, but there is no density to them to stop the sound. I have seen people build a sound room and line the walls with carpet, carpet padding, blankets, etc. to try to absorb the sound; but I don't know how well the results turned out.

[Edited on January 16, 2008 at 1:25 PM. Reason : l]

1/16/2008 1:25:00 PM

Terrance Howard and the skinny kid from Road Trip could probably help you out

1/16/2008 1:36:53 PM

^ lol....WHOOP THAT TRICK

1/16/2008 1:43:25 PM

http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=89503

1/16/2008 7:31:35 PM

That's pretty cool Igor.

1/16/2008 7:42:52 PM