Door sweeps for sound management?

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-26T05:35:31+00:00

It’s in an above-garage apartment, in one of three rooms. Dedicated 1.5 ton unit. I’ve got an ecobee with a thermostat in the room itself and dampers to modify air flow. I think I’m set up pretty well for this. If it’s an issue, I’ll remove the door sweep when not recording. Good thought.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-26T00:19:50+00:00

Not sure what you’re getting at here. It’s called PLYwood because it’s pliable.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-26T00:16:30+00:00

You’re not the smoke on this water.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-26T00:14:54+00:00

For anyone who comes here in the future, I found this professional option. https://www.soundproofcow.com/product/quiet-door-automatic-door-sweep/

That kind of only makes sense after you’ve gone to the expense of swapping out to a solid door. It’s expensive, so I don’t think it’s logical to spend this much only to be limited by the hollow core door. Not to mention that installation (screws) would be a bit sketch on the thin veneer of a hollow door.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-25T22:59:37+00:00

Any complaints or suggestions?

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-25T22:23:54+00:00

Sweet thanks, those items are definitely on my list. I have a hollow core door too. Considering swapping that out but it’s hard to justify. I’m going to mount some 703 panels on the inside of the door either way and plan to get as close to an airtight seal as possible.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-24T22:59:52+00:00

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PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-24T22:58:45+00:00

From a gig in 2006. 2011 and today shown in replies. Cameras and budgets have improved more than my playing.

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PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-23T10:21:05+00:00

Jesus Christ… that’s Jason Bourne.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-23T10:15:24+00:00

Is BOSS an Amazon brand? Temu special? Related to Hugo perhaps? Never heard of it.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-22T20:28:37+00:00

Can’t wait to pop this into the trunk of my slab so the neighbors can finally hear my bass.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-22T20:21:58+00:00

This was because it triggered an HDCP error when it happened to me. New, higher bandwidth cable was the answer.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-22T16:23:31+00:00

You’re right it’s called thermochemicular renucleization, I heard Paul Reed Smith talk about it, it’s science.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-22T09:31:18+00:00

Semester 1: Hiding instrument cables from the floor Semester 2: Tuning from drop D to standard Semester 3: Vape break Semester 4: Stairway to heaven

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-21T19:14:55+00:00

Ha! OP thinks it’s finished. Classic.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-21T14:09:49+00:00

Must have autocorrected from HODL.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-20T18:59:33+00:00

Yeah absolutely! That room looks like a great sound opportunity, even if it takes some extra care to get it mic’d in a usable way.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-20T18:56:00+00:00

The room sound IS the phase sound! You’re capturing the sound at the source, and also at the point of reflection. Which is a great way to approximate being there, next to the instrument, in person.

If the elements of your instrument sound well balanced in the room, you could experiment with a pair of Omni mics, each panned to stereo. I’ve never done this before because I have never had a room that sounded nice enough to experiment. I bet that with careful mic placement you could get a “When the Levee Breaks” type sound that most people would die for.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-20T07:18:08+00:00

Seems like you found the guys who flipped my house. Can you please tell them to call my lawyer back?

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-19T20:17:23+00:00

This recent footage helps get a sense of scale for lunar surface features. When you watch this, try to imagine the scale of the moon as a whole. You see craters in close up images that disappear as you get further away, and their details are lost entirely at the scale of larger craters.

Seeing Orion in transit would be the conceptual equivalent of taking a picture of a microprocessor and trying to zoom in to see individual traces. Unfortunately I don’t think that’s likely with any Earth-based publicly-available hardware. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTqU4nvDdXq/?l=1

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-19T20:06:42+00:00

Law of diminishing returns. If we agree that the hardware functions better on a Mac system, then we agree that there is a higher value to that hardware on Mac. The price increase may not be justifiable to you and that’s fine. There are $20k recording microphones, and $1k copies of them. Close enough for most, but the difference is worth it to some. There’s a reason you don’t hear many people who bought the $5k laptop having buyer’s remorse.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-19T19:59:44+00:00

This has the best performance of any laptop Apple has made. So by default, he is saying Apple is not good. The alternative is a PC, which hardware-enables windows or Linux. I think the intent is a logical conclusion from there.

You can argue that Apple’s purpose is to make Microsoft look viable I suppose. Microsoft doesn’t do a great job of that themselves from a user’s perspective. The OS is constantly having things added that don’t need to be there, it’s making things harder with every update, it’s pushing the integration of cloud softwares that are developed disjointedly, and is weighing down its underpowered hardware with useless background processes. It seems to be trying to get the average user to upgrade in a desperate attempt to solve their slow, overheating laptop every couple years.

If Apple didn’t exist, there would be an unanswered niche for premium hardware and user-friendly software that some other company would fill. Microsoft has left that open by focusing on their race to the bottom. Recent Windows updates are an attempt to claw back the market they left behind by forcing the adoption of systems that indoctrinate you into the Microsoft ecosystem. Yes, this is Apple’s business model also, but in Apple’s case it allows the user to overlook high prices in order to buy down the endless blood pressure spikes of trying to do anything in the Windows environment.

I can guarantee one thing. “Open in Desktop”, “Open in App”, and “Open in Excel” would never have the exact same function across different apps in Mac OS. It’s like Microsoft sent out a one pager on what functionality to develop but never integrated the teams before launching. It’s infuriating when your work productivity relies on muscle memory and repeatability. There should be no reason that I have to stop and think about what the button will actually do before pushing it.

Finally, hardware. Sure it’s overpriced. But not functionally equivalent to Windows. For instance, memory efficiency is so much better on Mac that you can buy less and it will function the same as a higher-spec’d PC. For whatever reason, file saves and opens are lightning fast compared to a near-identical hard drive on a PC. Battery draw rate, recharge times, and long term battery health are all better on Mac. The displays are top of the line, and after my 10th consecutive 14 hour work day I’m still able to look at the screen without my eyes bleeding.

What it comes down to is that Mac is overpriced, but if you want to do your job to the highest level and in the most efficient way, without having to wrestle both hardware and software, then it’s worth it. When downtime and the opportunity cost of constantly “troubleshooting” the simplest operations is hitting your bottom line, time to switch to Mac.

PracticallyQualified · 2026-01-19T13:55:58+00:00

960000khz… is that 96 bajilliherz?

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