[Dynagroove] Re: Soundproofing????

[GettinDeepDownInOC _]

Check into airline surplus... boeing, douglas, .... I lived in Seattle for a 
couple of years and we were able to sound proof our studio for $100 (not 
including the cost of building a room with in a  another ($1000), but we 
bought the same glass panes they use at airports ). The material we 
purchased from Boeing was the same high density foam and leaded vinyl they 
use to sound proof and static ground airplanes..... $.25 per pound and they 
had huge bins full of it.....another added feature of the leaded vinyl is 
that it kills all RF from entering your space if you seam carefully and have 
no windows.


BOEING Surplus
Retail Store
20651 84th Ave S.
Kent Washington
(425) 393-4065

Good luck.
benjamin


>From: Will Yardley <william+dynagroove at hq.newdream.net>
>Reply-To: william at newdream.net
>To: dynagroove at reelhouse.net
>Subject: [Dynagroove] Re: Soundproofing????
>Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:45:00 -0800
>
>Orlando Rios wrote:
>[this is kind of OT; i've set the Reply-To address to my own, so please
>respond off list unless you think your comments will really be of
>general interest to the community]
>
> > My friend and I want to look into sound proofing his garage.  Any info
> > on materials and know-how would be very helpful.  hook a brother up if
> > you can. thanks :o)
>
>this is a really difficult thing to do properly (it's also fairly
>expensive). i would suggest going to the library and searching through
>back issues of home recording magazines.
>
>a few things to consider (this is kinda OT, so let's keep further
>discussion off-list):
>
>1) acoustic foam does NOT reduce the amount of sound coming in or out
>by a great amount. the primary function of acoustic foam is to treat a
>room, not to reduce leakage one way or the other.
>
>2) bed foam or eggcrates are NOT acoustic foam, even though they look
>similar.
>
>3) treating a room is a lot more complex than "stick up a lot of
>acoustic foam".
>
>4) air is your enemy. sound is vibration, so if you can keep air from
>getting in / out as much as possible, that will help.  windows, doors,
>and other openings are the main place where sound is going to get out.
>
>5) physical contact is also your enemy.  a well isolated studio has a
>second room literally built inside the first, but with minimal physical
>contact. for instance, the floor might be floated on neoprene biscuits,
>and the walls would be constructed so as to have little or no contact
>with the outside walls.
>
>this is the Right Way to do things, but might require more money, time,
>and effort than you are willing to expend.
>
>6) high density materials like sheet lead and special acoustic board
>(not the kind you get at home depot) are your friend.
>
>a quick google search turned up this page:
>http://homerecording.about.com/library/weekly/mprev98.htm
>search for "studio construction" - there's an 8 part series.
>
>i haven't read this, so i can't vouch for its quality.
>
>there are some good books on this subject as well.
>
>for specialty items, you might check out:
>http://www.markertek.com/
>
>they have acoustic foam, sheet lead, and lots of other recording /
>broadcast type stuff.
>
>--
>William Yardley
>GnuPG public key: http://infinitejazz.net/will/pgp/gpg.asc
>
>
>
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