I’m going to look at some wooden laminate flooring tomorrow (nothing too expensive, just the click-it stuff) for my ‘all-in-one’ control room/drum recording room.
Is there anything that needs to be done differently when installing wooden floor for musical purposes, than if it was for a living room/bedroom? I’m thinking perhaps about underlay, etc (I am a beginner and know nothing about this).
The bare floor is just concrete ATM.
Cheers,
Tom
Quick question about floors...
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Do a quick browse on hardwood floors here. There's some great info about this.
From what I have been told, be sure to put the padding under the floor. It's a special padding designed for laminate hardwoods like Pergo, etc. There's 2 different types the Home Depot carries. Their price was abot $30 for 50 SF. I think it was green in color. It has a little more sound dampening from what I was told.
Is the concrete floor in a basement or above ground? If it's a basement, be sure to check and make sure you have no moisture problems.
From what I have been told, be sure to put the padding under the floor. It's a special padding designed for laminate hardwoods like Pergo, etc. There's 2 different types the Home Depot carries. Their price was abot $30 for 50 SF. I think it was green in color. It has a little more sound dampening from what I was told.
Is the concrete floor in a basement or above ground? If it's a basement, be sure to check and make sure you have no moisture problems.
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1. So, the laminate floor underlay that is sold in my local DIY shop for everyday home use will suffice for a small studio room, right?
Nothing needs to be done differently for recording/control rooms?
2. Also, I don't have any neighbours so sound pollution outside isn't a problem. Do I understand correctly then that there is no need to float the floor, or does this technique affect internal balance of frequencies as well?
Note - It's a ground-floor room (nothing above it) - concrete floor is roughly 12 inches thick and has no moisture problems.
It's an 11x16 foot room - used as both a 'control room' and drum practicing/recording room.
It's not at all been acoustically treated - that's the next step!
Appreciate any help.
Cheers.
Tom.
Nothing needs to be done differently for recording/control rooms?
2. Also, I don't have any neighbours so sound pollution outside isn't a problem. Do I understand correctly then that there is no need to float the floor, or does this technique affect internal balance of frequencies as well?
Note - It's a ground-floor room (nothing above it) - concrete floor is roughly 12 inches thick and has no moisture problems.
It's an 11x16 foot room - used as both a 'control room' and drum practicing/recording room.
It's not at all been acoustically treated - that's the next step!
Appreciate any help.
Cheers.
Tom.
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1 - correct -
2 - You may find that you have too much boominess with drums directly on the floor, in which case you can either buy a prefab "floating drum riser", or build one - it would sit on your floor with EPDM or neoprene pads and be insulated between frame members (kills resonances) - the good news is, you can try without the riser and put it in later if you want better acoustics/recording quality from your kit... Steve
2 - You may find that you have too much boominess with drums directly on the floor, in which case you can either buy a prefab "floating drum riser", or build one - it would sit on your floor with EPDM or neoprene pads and be insulated between frame members (kills resonances) - the good news is, you can try without the riser and put it in later if you want better acoustics/recording quality from your kit... Steve