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HELP! Using a cellar room for mixing sessions (Pics, Plans.)

Started by silicon on 25 November 2012. 1 reply.

Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 17989.

silicon
Hello Pro´s, i´m new here at John Sayer´s and watching and reading for a few months now alot about accoustics, studio plans, etc. etc. I´m the owner of a 25 sqm cellar hobby room in the flat building of my house. 25 qm is a nice space, but i´ve trouble with the actual acoustic, the absorbtion to the ground floor flat (i hear my neighbour coughin) and there are heating pipes in about 2 m height which unfortunately would transportate the sound through the whole building. my plans: - mixdown, listening to electronic dance music (a lot low freq.) - rarely vocal recording (in last instance in the mixdown room) size: 5,70 m width 4,30 m length 2,50 m height floor: since march a 10 mm thick standard industry floor. filling: an ould corner couch, clothes, boxes with different stuff in it, studio tables, some chairs, window/heating: two windows and a heater under the windows on the side to end of the building. challenges: - room size - build a wall to split at the heighting pipes? or not split just insulate the heighting pipes - calculating a good room size - heighting pipe: a heighting pipe in 2 m height, from left to side wall - how to handle the pipe - Budget: 500 - 750 EUR (970 USD, 930 AUD) for insulation etc. sounds: very bad! alot of reflections in the corners, especially sitting in the mixing positions. Any tips or tricks getting good acoustics, easy and cheap walls, maybe a theater curtain around the mixing room? I´m very open for modifying the room, just need small space for boxes and season clothes, everything could be packed away for a good solution. Would be great to read some tips or tricks! thank you! Dany
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Soundman2020
Hi Dany. Please read the forum rules for posting (click here). You seem to be missing a couple of things! :)
i´ve trouble with the actual acoustic, the absorbtion to the ground floor flat (i hear my neighbour coughin)
That is a problem with isolation, not with treatment. They are two different things. Absorption by itself will not help at all to isolate your room, although it might help to make it sound better.
floor: since march a 10 mm thick standard industry floor.
What do you mean by "a 10 mm thick standard industry floor"? - Stuart - - Stuart -