Soundproofing a small room for drums

Hello I am a boy from Denmark who has a small room (260cm * 240cm and 260cm high) that I wan to soundproof so it can be used for practicing and recording drums. The room is 6.24 m2, it has a thin door and a small window. The floar is wood and the ceiling is made out of gypsum boards. A drumset makes a lot of noise in that small room so I need to get the sound under control and soundproof it so I dont disturb the neighbours. I dont know what would be the best solution. My buget is about 500 US dollars. PS. Sorry for my bad English :-)

Yeah, I am in the same boat!!! some people have responded to my other posts, check 'em out... http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread ... ost2982783 http://www.gearslutz.com/board/studio-b ... ost3144592 You need some dense insulation, and maybe some Mass Loaded Vinyl (MLV) to tack up. Is the place yours? or are you renting?

Yes some type of absorption wouldn't hurt, hearing protection is in order but mass loaded vinyl is not of any use to this room this boy lives in with his family.

Thanks. I still live with my mom but soon i will move to my own place. Just need a place were I can practise. tomorrow i get the book "build it like the pros" so I think that will help to. I will keep you updated. akat07enba

I think that in your situation, you would be better off purchasing an electronic drum kit for practice. As a percussionist, I cringe at just the mention of them, as nothing beats an acoustic instrument (no pun intended). However, you will not be able to sound proof (isolate) a room in a house for very cheap. At least not cheaper than what a half decent electronic drum kit sells for. Further more, you plan to be moving soon so any money (and it will be a lot, just for the proper tools) you sink into this is thrown away. Dense insulation and Mass Loaded Vinyl is NOT going to soundproof this room any where near enough to contain a drum kit playing at 'full orchestral strength'. I certainly don't want to poo on your parade. I do want you playing your drums, and not wasting your time and money.

I have actually been thinking about buying el drums so I have a kit to practise on in the apartment. But it would still be nice to have my old drumset at my moms house so I have a place to play real drums. So I have to make some kind of isolation. I thought about makeing a "room in the room" but I don't think there is enough space so I think I will put up something that will "kill" the sound.

I think vonrock nailed it. You can use that $500 for the kit and then when you get your own place where you can set up a better studio situation, you can use that electric kit as triggers for hip sounds (Just an idea).8) There are a couple of different ways to add decoupling to your single stud wall that will not take up as much space as a double stud (room within room). Though in your Pics, it looks like you have no room at all. Aside from adding another layer of mass to the existing surfaces there is nothing that I know of that you can "put up" on the wall that will attain any sound isolation. Whatever you put up on the wall (like foam panels) will help control the noise within the room, but they are not designed to stop sound from passing through them.