Soundproof Your Studio

FREE Acoustic Treatment Guide: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic   Home recording studios are notoriously small in acoustic terms. These small rooms tend to have big problems with the low frequencies and not enough space for proper diffusion.  In this article I will explore why we need to be careful when adding diffusion to our home recording studios.    1) What is...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop This is a great podcast for those looking to install soundproof door seals. You will see what I did right...and what I did wrong and get my final take on what door seals I recommend for your soundproof doors. 

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop This is a question someone in our community asked me on youtube. Well, I made a video to answer that exact question.  In this video I will go over:  The ambient volume db in my studio  The SPL when I play drums The SPL outside my door at 5ft and 20ft the SPL from two spots directly behind the drums on the oth...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop This is part two of my series on Philip Newell's control room design. In this podcast I will go over the acoustic interior system. We will cover:  - How much space room acoustics use up - Ceiling Isolation System - The Acoustic Ceiling System - The Ceiling Wave Guide Panels - Back Wall Acoustics  - Side Wall Acous...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop It's time for another reaction video, this time I am reacting to one of Acoustic Fields video's on the "half truth" of the double wall system.  In this video I go over:  Why mass and springs matter for an isolation system to work.  How air space affects isolation. How more mass helps with low end isolation. T...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop We can't all build professional control rooms, but we can learn a thing or two from how they are built and hopefully apply it to our own control room design. This will be a multi-part series in which I go through a control room design by world renowned studio designer, Philip Newell.    1) Site Selection Professio...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop One of the least sexy topics in soundproofing is fire stopping. Okay there may be no sexy topic in soundproofing, but this one is not fun, but important. In this article you will learn what firestopping is, why we need it and how to incorporate it into your soundproof wall system.    1) What is fire stopping Fire...

FREE Acoustic Plan: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/acoustic Are you going crazy trying to find a way to absorb low frequencies in your recording studio? Look no further. Finally there is a way to absorb low frequencies using a broadband absorber. Let's dive in!  1) The Genius of Philip Newell If you haven't heard or read any of Philip Newell's books, I suggest you do. He has been buildi...

FREE Soundproofing Workshop: https://www.soundproofyourstudio.com/workshop Over the past three years I have recommended the DIY Mr. Cool ductless mini split as a viable option for home studios. In this article I am going to explain why I no longer think this is a good option.     1) Three Weeks of No Heat at 4 Degrees  Every once in a while we learn from experience rather than books...

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...