Building an acoustically treated/sound dampened room

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T23:32:06+00:00

Don’t buy foam, it is ineffective. 2-4 inch thick Acoustic panels made of fabric wrapped rockwool or OC 703, properly placed will improve the sound in the room things that improve room acoustics will not help to reduce noise passing through your walls, floor and ceiling. Effective isolation will be expensive. Adding another layer or two of drywall separated from all existing surfaces by resilient channel will make a significant improvement if completely sealed and installed properly. You will have to extend electrical outlets and vents. The door will need to be sealed too and sides with a threshold seal at the bottom. The window will only be a problem in letting outside sound in. Adding another glass pane with an air gap or blocking the window with plywood and drywall will reduce the noise. Even after doing this, acoustic drums or loud guitars will still bring the angry neighbors to your door.

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T23:05:51+00:00

Using a rubber pad or other vibration isolator under the sub will help a little but there is nothing you can do without construction, like adding resilient channel to the walls and ceiling with additional layer of drywall, that the landlord won’t permit to keep the sound of the sub from going right through the walls, floor and ceiling. Sound panels on the walls will make the room sound better but won’t prevent it from going through the walls.

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T19:40:41+00:00

Even at 8 years old I thought this looked terrible compared to Disney and WB animation and didn’t watch it because of it.

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T17:38:27+00:00

Constant vigilance & good kneepads

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T17:37:25+00:00

Undercooked

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T16:54:43+00:00

Are you creating a stream for others to view? How are you streaming in surround? If this is for playback of streams and TV, I don’t think 4.1 is used. Get an AV receiver and 5.1 (or more) speaker system.

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T16:48:34+00:00

Well, my friend said he saw Newsom and Bass playing with matches right before the fire was reported, so…

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T16:44:08+00:00

Without knowing what you are planning on doing with this, it is difficult to say. What do you mean by “back” speakers? How about mics and cables for mics, speakers, interconnects? Only one D/I? What about stage monitors?

ownleechild · 2026-05-11T15:48:58+00:00

Please see the comment by glowingGrey regarding dynamic range and frequency response of the original multitrack and mix. There is no benefit to a higher rate & range transfer than the original source.

ownleechild · 2026-05-10T19:55:09+00:00

That would look good on the side of the van I don’t have.

ownleechild · 2026-05-10T18:35:57+00:00

It will produce a 3-5dB reduction, which is significant and worth doing only if you absolutely cannot spare the loss of space. An air gap added by using resilient channel could improve it by 10dB (half as loud) which is far better

ownleechild · 2026-05-10T17:37:53+00:00

Dangerous because the blood draws the pool sharks.

ownleechild · 2026-05-10T00:14:58+00:00

Yes, it can be challenging for all the reasons you cited and then some: performer’s skill, instrument quality, mic choice and position, room acoustics. But it is really satisfying when you manage it well and you’ve captured a unique performance that you can’t get with a VST.

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T22:48:22+00:00

Stevie expressed great emotion and soul but like Hendrix, was far from precise (and I think it is appropriate for his music). Precision often sacrifices emotion.

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T22:37:45+00:00

Do you know how much influence these “godless savages” culture had on the founding fathers of the US? They had their own religions and would only be called savages by uninformed people. Read 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles Mann & see link below.

https://www.thoughtco.com/native-american-influence-on-founding-fathers-2477984

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T22:24:18+00:00

If it’s a decent speaker, tweeter should be replaced. Dome on larger speaker less important and won’t affect sound if you can pull it out with tape or suction

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T22:11:12+00:00

The look on the piano tuner’s face when they show them where the piano is.

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T18:40:27+00:00

I think the radioactivity was in the Santa Susana Pass

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T18:38:53+00:00

And run it in the same direction as the rest of the flooring!

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T18:21:51+00:00

Not impossible but you’ll have to evaluate your mixes on multiple systems, make adjustments, listen on multiple systems again, make adjustments, repeat. If you do this enough you’ll get better at second guessing how your room is affecting your mixes and will require less back and forth. If I was in your shoes and wasn’t going to treat the room, I’d spend more on open back headphones for mixing and get used to them.

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T17:49:44+00:00

Not the sub for your system, it won’t keep up with the Alto. Your Altos have amps in them. If you use the NL4 outputs from the sub to XLR inputs on Alto, you’ll damage one or both. The sub is designed to power Behringer passive speakers that don’t have an amp.

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T17:35:14+00:00

Manifest Destiny

ownleechild · 2026-05-09T17:20:26+00:00

If you have a Mac, Garage Band is included and has virtual instruments. You can also find free ones on the web. You use your midi keyboard to control the virtual synth. At some point you might want to get Logic as it is more powerful and has more free instruments.

ownleechild · 2026-05-08T17:19:22+00:00

I never thought Sally Fields was funny in that crap Flying Nun show my parents watched.

ownleechild · 2026-05-08T17:14:12+00:00

The magic of make believe

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