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Building a Basement Drum/Practice Room

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I need to set-up a proper basement drum/practice/jam room before my wife sends me packing...

Been reading a ton of info on the net on soundproofing music/jam rooms. I would be interested in hearing from anybody who has successfully built a music room(not a studio) for tips/ideas...especially what products to use(read alot about the quietrock drywall w/safe and sound insulation..thoughts on use of these products)...

Also...would like to know what the ideal climate conditions(ie humidity/temp) needs to be for a vintage set of Rogers(67 Headliners WMP with matching wood DynaSonic).

Would appreciate any and all thoughts from the forum.

Thanks and Happy New Year to all.

Roggie

Posted on 13 years ago
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Best to think of this as a boat hull. Any small non sealed hole means sound leakage. And only thing that really stops sound tranmission is MASS. Foam helps with frequencies but little for total volume, like bass notes. Make a small platform to put drums on to stop floor transmisson. Seen a plywood platform with tennis ball foundation that was remarkable effect for floor/bass drum transmission issues.

Likely doesn't need to be totally sound proofed for domestic harmony. Depends on basement - garage - spare room location for design as well. Seal around door is very effective for leakage to upstairs.

Posted on 13 years ago
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Check this link for some information...

http://www.soundproofing101.com/index.htm

Also I found that McMaster-Carr carriers a decent amount of sound proffing material. I bought some for an area at work before I went vacation but haven't been back yet so I'm not sure how well it worked out.

Posted on 13 years ago
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