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Acoustics, and the Sound Proofing thereof!
Murago
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I'm moving into a new house. This houlse will have neighbors. My band will be rehearsing in this garage. I don't want to get the police called on me or my band. Something that might lessen my chances of a disgruntled neighbor is soundproofing the garage.
Does anyone have any experience or recommend anything in particular in order for me to pull this off. I want to avoid any extensive building, but i don't mind getting my hands dirty. I've read that if you build a room within the garage (with new walls that are about 6" in from the real walls) , the dead air in the 6" space kills sound. Well, i'm not really a handyman, and i don't think i could manage building a whole room.
What i will do is put down carpet. Cover and seal windows/cracks/openings. I will also try to put SOMETHING over the garage that still allows it to open. I also had an idea where i could go and buy some REALLY cheap comforters from the Salvation army or Goodwill or someplace, and hange them down from the walls and ceiling, nearly creating an alledged "room within a room".
If anyone is an acoustician, or has knowledge in this vein, i'd really appreciate it!
Does anyone have any experience or recommend anything in particular in order for me to pull this off. I want to avoid any extensive building, but i don't mind getting my hands dirty. I've read that if you build a room within the garage (with new walls that are about 6" in from the real walls) , the dead air in the 6" space kills sound. Well, i'm not really a handyman, and i don't think i could manage building a whole room.
What i will do is put down carpet. Cover and seal windows/cracks/openings. I will also try to put SOMETHING over the garage that still allows it to open. I also had an idea where i could go and buy some REALLY cheap comforters from the Salvation army or Goodwill or someplace, and hange them down from the walls and ceiling, nearly creating an alledged "room within a room".
If anyone is an acoustician, or has knowledge in this vein, i'd really appreciate it!
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maybe somewhere you can get foam cut to size? then put that on the walls, should help deaden things. These could also be put on the garage door so sound like they could be good for you
You can get acoustic foam that's basically the same stuff, and hang it on the walls.
For me it was my subwoofer. The first step was to move it out of the corner, because that's where subs generate maximum bass. Then consider putting a shelf over it or somehow directing sound out the front rather than the top, back, or sides.
Then I read this:
"Low frequency sound contains more energy, because a larger volume of air is being displaced to produce the long wavelengths associated with bass and sub bass frequencies. These low frequency sounds easily excite most common building materials like wood and 12.5mm thick plasterboard."
I considered these but never got them:
Acoustic dampening peel-and-stick material:
http://www.soundprooffoam.com/econo-barrier.html $133 for 4ft x 8ft
or
http://www.soundprooffoam.com/quiet-barrier.html $197 for 4ft x 8ft
There are also sub-carpet materials -- if you can tear up the carpet to do this.
You can also do sound-proofing inside the drywall -- if you can tear up the walls to do this.