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FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic You read that right, vocal booth, the hallmark of any legitimate studio actually are bad for vocals. How you ask? In this article I will dive deep into the science, cite multiple reputable books and teach you what a vocal booth is really for.    1) What Are Vocal Booths Used For? To record vocals, right? No,...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop When I built my first studio I did not stagger my double wall studs for soundproofing my recording studio. This was a small mistake, but nonetheless a mistake. I am going to give you two reasons why staggering your studs is important with recording studio design.  1) Structural Integrity I had asked Rod Gervais, the au...

FREE Acoustic Treatment Guide: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic We often here that big rooms sound better, but why is that. Why can't we get a small bedroom to sound awesome. I mean, we see home studios that look awesome online all the time, so why do they have to be big to sound good?  This article will answer that question with the physics behind acoustics of small and large ro...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic QRD Calculator: http://www.mh-audio.nl/Acoustics/diffusor.asp One of the most effective and efficient types of diffusers are reflection phase grating diffusers otherwise known as Schroeder diffusers. A type of Schroeder diffuser is the Quadratic Residue Diffuser (QRD) and in this article I will teach you how the diffusers w...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop I recently had a great long talk with the studio designer JH Brandt. Brandt has been designing recording studios for decades and he mentioned how he never uses putty pads to soundproof. I love the idea and wanted to share how to do it in this article.    1) Minimize holes in your soundproof shell Now, I call this...

This week I am doing something a little different. I had a member of our community reach out and ask me to do a reaction video to Home RenoVision's youtube video "The MOST Effective Way to Soundproof any Room." Well, after the watching the video I knew this member was right. I had to chime in on what made know sense in this widely watched video.  This video goes over:  Why I think Sonopa...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop Last week I wrote about how to build a soundproof door part 1, however, after lots of thinking and designing I have scrapped a lot of what I taught in part 1 of this series. This is an iterative process for me as I am designing the perfect doors for my clients.  In part two of this series I will go over my new findings...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop I have done many articles over the years on soundproof doors. Lately, I have changed how I build them from my earlier videos. I am going to do a multi part series on door design and building over the next few weeks. Today will be all about framing the door and where to source your solid core doors.    1) Framing Y...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop I had done a version of this article before, but this one builds on the last and introduces a new mistake or two! In this lesson I will go over three mistakes I made when building my soundproof door that really didn't not become apparent until years into its use.    1) Where Did I Learn To Build My First Soundproo...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop There are many soundproofing underlayments on the market and one of those materials is Tecsound. Now Tecsound is sold in the UK and throughout Europe, so it doesn't apply to those of us in North America. That said this type of product is similar to MLV and other visco elastic polymers that add mass to a structure and dampen...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop I don't know about you, but life can be pretty stressful and chaotic. When I build and design soundproof home recording studios I try to make my job as easy as possible. This means eliminating as many decisions as possible and focusing on the overall goal of creating a quiet space that is enjoyable to work in.  What I...

FREE Acoustic Treatment Guide: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic Do you have mixes that alway have too much or too little bass? Does your low end sound muddy on your speakers? Most rooms have low end problems and even acoustic panels cannot fix them. We need low frequency pressure traps to attenuate low frequencies. This article focuses on one such bass trap known as a corner slot reso...

FREE Acoustic Treatment Guide: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic Low frequency issues are the biggest problem for soundproofing and acoustically treating a room. In this article I will discuss how to treat low frequency issues below 125Hz in your room using panel bass traps.    1) What Is A Diaphragmatic Panel Bass Trap? Low frequencies below 125Hz are hard to treat with acou...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop There are several acoustic drywall brands on the market and one is SilentFX by Certain Teed. This is a Saint Gobain company who also make Green Glue. In this article I will go over the pros and cons of using SilentFX drywall in your soundproof studio build.    1) What is SilentFX Drywall According to Certain Teed,...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop Recently, a member of our community asked me to make a video about ICF or Insulated Concrete Forms. I had never heard of it and so I did some research. I was pleasantly surprised to see that ICF would be a great building material for soundproof home recording studios. Let me tell you why.    1) Why ICF Is Great Fo...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop When we start to design a soundproof home recording studio there is always a deep fear in the back of our minds. What if I spend all this money and then it is not soundproof enough? In this article I will talk about the 5 biggest soundproofing mistakes you can make and how to avoid them.    5) Use The Wrong G...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop I have gotten so many questions about how to soundproof the outside exterior wall of a double wall system. This makes sense since all the double wall diagrams show two interior walls with sheetrock on both sides. This leads you to wonder, well how do I replace the sheet rock with an exterior wall material and still have it...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop Some of you may know that I do Soundproof and Acoustics Consulting through my program The Soundproof Studio Blueprint. Recently, one of my clients Colin of Tone Lab Studios finished the program. We did a full podcast interview and video on his entire build. In this interview you will learn some of the key aspects of soundpr...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop In my studio I have cathedral ceilings, these may also go under the name vaulted ceilings. When you vault a ceiling you have to worry about moisture issues developing under your roof sheathing. In this article I will describe to of the best ways to design and build a soundproof cathedral ceiling.    1) The Traditi...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop This is the final installment of a soundproof studio built inside a prefabricated shed here in Nashville. There are two other videos that document the entire build. You can watch all of them at this link -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ5pr-thcSKymQJ80Vg4Y1hkJf_9_Zkcv

FREE Soundproofing Budget Calculator: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/calculator If you are soundproofing a room one of the first questions you will ask yourself is how much will it cost. Unlike traditional construction, soundproofing requires some extra costs. I have a soundproof budget calculator that can help you figure out your soundproof room budget based on square footage or square mete...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop Many people come to me saying they will use Rockwool to soundproof their walls. First, this is not really necessary. Second, if you build a normal wall with Rockwool it will only marginally improve the sound isolation. In this article I will argue why the cheapest insulation that provides adequate climate control for your l...

Free Acoustic Treatment Guide -  www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic If you are reading this, you may be facing some room ratio madness yourself. If you are trying to find the perfect room ratio, reading obsessively about room modes and genuinely feel like you have gone down a rabbit hole then you are in the right place. In this article I will ease your stress around room modes, and room ra...

Free Acoustic Treatment Guide - https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic When acoustically treating a room we have two major forms of acoustic treatment. The first method is using velocity absorbers and the second method is using pressure absorbers. To fully treat and balance a room we need to use both tools for two different purposes. In this article I will go over what each absorber is and...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop A member of our soundproofing community recently asked me about a product called HushFrame Rafts. I had never heard of them before so I did some research. In this article I am going over the benefit of using HushFrame Rafts, the cost comparison to other similar products and what they are.    1) What Are HushFrame...