Getting ready to cover the walls and garage door for insulation and acoustics, any recommendations to do it right and keep the cost down? I am new at this, will be recording and practicing in my garage at various times. I have been told mineral wool enclosed in a frame will help quite a bit? Comments welcome :roll:
2 car garage (20 x 20) to studio conversion
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 14495.
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Help with WHAT???? You didn't say what your problems are, what the room is for, what your levels are, how big it is, what your budget is, or anything else at all that would help anyone here answer your question intelligently. Basically, the way you asked is kind of like going into a hardware store, and asking "How long does a piece of wood have to be? I heard that ten feet is right."... :)I have been told mineral wool enclosed in a frame will help quite a bit?
Do you mean "insulation" or do you mean "isolation"? Insulation is what you do if you want to stop heat getting in or out. Isolation is what you do if you want to stop sound getting in or out. Very different. I'm assuming that you mean "isolation", and if so then I have bad news for you: covering your garage door and walls with mineral wool will do absolutely nothing at all to isolate your room. It will not stop sound. You can cover the entire room on all sides 6 inches thick with mineral wool, and it will not stop sound getting out or in. That would make the room sound very dead and lifeless and unpleasant inside, but it will not stop sound getting out. Acoustic treatment and acoustic isolation are two entirely different things. You cannot isolate a room with materials that are good for treatment, and you cannot treat a room with materials that are good for isolation. They do the exact opposite. So if you want to stop sound getting in and out, then you have to isolate your room. And if you want to make it sound good inside, then you have to treat it acoustically. Which one do you want to do? - Stuart -Getting ready to cover the walls and garage door for insulation and acoustics,
Well Stuart, Brickwalls do wonders for drum recordings. so in Theory you could 8)Acoustic treatment and acoustic isolation are two entirely different things. You cannot isolate a room with materials that are good for treatment, and you cannot treat a room with materials that are good for isolation. They do the exact opposite.