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Slava
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Wussup guys, did any of you try to ever soundproof your rooms with the plastic bubble wrap( the things that pop)? did anyone put it on thier walls? what were the results?
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dmind
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nope you need something that will absorb the plastic will just keep sound bouncing
messyman
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hey there
Bubble wrap? forget it. If you want to sound proof a room i.e. you want to stop sound escaping & annoying your neighbours etc then the only thing that works is MASS & lots of it. That is, you need something big & heavy & thick. Forget bubble wrap, forget egg crates, forget carpet, forget matresses and all that, they do NOTHING!
The best that egg crates etc do is very very slightly cut down the higher frequencies, and the chances are that the frequencies you need to stop escaping are bass noises. If you want to stop bass noise, the best thing to use is a solid brick wall.
Use the search function on this site for posts about building studios & vocal booths. Both topics (which cover roughly the same territory) have been discussed many times.
MM
Bubble wrap? forget it. If you want to sound proof a room i.e. you want to stop sound escaping & annoying your neighbours etc then the only thing that works is MASS & lots of it. That is, you need something big & heavy & thick. Forget bubble wrap, forget egg crates, forget carpet, forget matresses and all that, they do NOTHING!
The best that egg crates etc do is very very slightly cut down the higher frequencies, and the chances are that the frequencies you need to stop escaping are bass noises. If you want to stop bass noise, the best thing to use is a solid brick wall.
Use the search function on this site for posts about building studios & vocal booths. Both topics (which cover roughly the same territory) have been discussed many times.
MM
Messyman's right that surface treatments are for cutting down on bounce rather than reducing the bleed of sound through the studio wall (or vice-versa).
Dense, homogenous materials actually transmit vibrations better than less dense materials -- so what you really want is something that combines layers of mass with spacer transitions into low density materials (like air). That's why a double window with air between the panes bleeds less than the same two panes of glass sandwiched toghether in a two layered 'safety glass' style pane.
I forget the precise science of it, but it's my gut sense that dense layers sandwiched with 'spacers' is a less 'efficient' transmitter (and this time that inefficiency is good) than the same material would be without the spacers, with the layers directly coupled.
Dense, homogenous materials actually transmit vibrations better than less dense materials -- so what you really want is something that combines layers of mass with spacer transitions into low density materials (like air). That's why a double window with air between the panes bleeds less than the same two panes of glass sandwiched toghether in a two layered 'safety glass' style pane.
I forget the precise science of it, but it's my gut sense that dense layers sandwiched with 'spacers' is a less 'efficient' transmitter (and this time that inefficiency is good) than the same material would be without the spacers, with the layers directly coupled.
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Fiberglass insulation is the overall best bang for the buck soundproofing material when combined with proper building techniques such as floated walls double gypsum board and offset stud spacing. The STC is almost equivalent to more expensive alternatives.
Airspace is good but equals premium dollars since it is sqaure footage lost. There is a thin material that is equivalent to lead for soundproofing, but damned expensive.
Anything else is wasted effort.
None of the above has anything to do with controlling the acoustic properties of a room. That is a totally different aspect of studio design.
Airspace is good but equals premium dollars since it is sqaure footage lost. There is a thin material that is equivalent to lead for soundproofing, but damned expensive.
Anything else is wasted effort.
None of the above has anything to do with controlling the acoustic properties of a room. That is a totally different aspect of studio design.