Recording studio window

[Ricardo Rocha]

Hi,

I've been building my new recording studio at a commercial area and, although I haven't posted any pictures or asked any questions yet, this forum has been my bible since the first day. All I can say is that every single picture I've been taking along the working process, I've been thinking that it's going to be interesting to post it on this forum later on.

So after reading loads of topics around here, I started wondering why I haven't found a topic on how to build one of those soundproof windows that we can usually find between the control room and the recording room.

If someone has already opened a topic talking about this subject, can anyone help me find it?

Cheers

[Soundman2020]

Hi there Ricardo, and Welcome!

All I can say is that every single picture I've been taking along the working process, I've been thinking that it's going to be interesting to post it on this forum later on.

I would really, strongly suggest that you post things here as you are doing them, not afterwards! That's the only way we can see if you are doing things right, and perhaps help you correct problems early on, before you get to far advanced. Several people have found out way too late that they did things wrong, when they posted photos days or weeks after they did something. Some have been smart enough to then take down things they already built and fix the problems, but that costs time and money. Doing that solved the problem, but it would have been much better to post each photo as it is taken so we can take a look and maybe spot issues early on.

The same applies to your design: You really should post the complete plans here before you start building, so we can take a look at those too. It's a lot easier (and cheaper!) to fix a problem by erasing some lines and re-drawing them, than it is to knock down a wall and rebuild it!

I started wondering why I haven't found a topic on how to build one of those soundproof windows that we can usually find between the control room and the recording room.

There are many threads where people have shown how they built their windows, but it starts out with designing the window first, and you can only design it properly if you know how much isolation you need, and what frequencies you need it at.

The window between the CR and LR is also not just one window, but two. One pane of glass goes in the CR wall, and the other pane goes in the LR wall. The glass must be of the correct type, and the correct thickness, plus the air gap between them must also be of the correct depth. The glass has to be totally sealed in place, all around, hermetically, the gap between them is closed off with Homasote wrapped in black fabric, and you also have to include some type of desiccant in the air gap (silica gel is the usual choice) to prevent humidity trapped in the cavity from condensing on the inside of the glass.

If you look around the forum at complete studios, you'll find examples of how people have done that.


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