A good customer is having a 30’x60′ Morton pole barn put up.
One end, 15’x30′, is to be partitioned off for use as a music studio (he plays bass). The rest is for a shop.
The first question is, what is a good acoustic treatment for the walls in the studio??
The next question concerns the concrete floor in the shop area. He is considering putting down an epoxy coating at no small expense (I believe the material cost is around seven hundred dollars). Are there better alternatives.
I believe the inside of the interior walls will be finished with metal, but there is the question of the partition wall. The side facing the studio I assume would be drywalled and then covered with the acoustic treatment??
And the side facing the shop?? Drywall again? Or is there something better??
Thanks.
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I found two acoustic products in stock at a large drywall supplier. One of them was high end and the other was an inexpensive 1/2" fiber board.
Is it recording studio or jammin? Egg crate walls are the norm, but the wall needs the shops side GLUED with what I'd prefer for a shop, Ply or osb.
You get a tympannic effect ( esp, with a bass) and the resounding wall fluctuations can really screw up a recording..like a false harmonic..the wall becomes yet another sound board. Ya gotta either "tune" the wall ( a long process of membrane attachment, like a drum head) or "dead" it..homasote and eggcrate or foam.
Ohh..this fest thingy..if kids under five are free, I'll take two boys and a girl..I needs a lawn team.
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Edited 5/31/2008 6:08 am ET by Sphere
"Is it recording studio or jammin?"Jammin. He may do some recording just for kicks, but nothing serious.
Rich Beckman
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The partition wall could be built with 2X6 plates and 2X4 studs. The studs alternate front to back essentially a party wall. The only acoustic connection between the rooms is the plates. You could insulate the wall to improve sound deadening. This is more for reducing sound traveling from one room to the next. I would also treat the studio side of the wall with fabric wrapped homosote.
As for the floor I would use VCT.
"It is what it is."
"I would also treat the studio side of the wall with fabric wrapped homosote."Does the homosote go on top of drywall, or directly to the studs?
Rich Beckman
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On top of the drywall. Homosote IMHO is not strong enough to prevent dings or someone going through the wall. Think of them as panels you can hang like paintings. You don't have to cover the entire wall. The larger the panel the more sound it will deaden. It is a poor man's soundproofing......
"It is what it is."
You can easily punch your fist thru Homosote. I've used it for sound reduction on bathroom/bedroom walls behind the drywall.http://grantlogan.net/
But you all knew that. I detailed it extensively in my blog.
"Ya gotta either "tune" the wall ( a long process of membrane attachment, like a drum head) or "dead" it..homasote and eggcrate or foam."
I don't think we'll be doing any tuning. I've never dealt with homasote. Does it need drywall behind it? Or just the homasote on the studs and then the eggcrate?
Rich Beckman
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Rock it first, a cheap backstop for the Homasote.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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"We strive for conversion,we get lost in conversation, and wallow in consternation. "Me.
we rebuilt one of these damaged in a fire about 10 years ago. the building was surrounded by residences and the owner was very clear about how quiet it had to be.
also that the guitarists often cranked it to "11" for that extra "oomph"
we built two separate 2x4 framed walls about 12-14" apart and filled with fiberglass
all holes were air sealed
interior walls were covered with 2 layers of 5/8" rock.
no special soundproofing products.
it was pretty impressive how quiet it was. even more cool was that the rooms had NO form of heat source as in electric baseboard or radiators. the electric amps supplied enough that the players would come out of the rooms sweating in january with it below freezing outside.
carpenter in transition
Last year I worked on a house where they did a basement recording studio. They used these methods for soundproofing, SSP clips and special RC channel & green glue as shown at this website;
http://www.soundproofing.org/options_in_sound_isolation.htm
If your situation is just jamming and already an isolated situation, I think it is important to stay away from a square box. Use hex corners and unsquare shapes to avoid bouncing sound. The unusual look may also be inspirational to the artistic type.
Mike
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