| You see, soundproofing a home studio is just one | | | | picture hanging kits) to attach them to the wall. We |
| more way our home recording studio can become a | | | | want to be able to re-position the foam tiles as |
| money-pit that recording studio equipment | | | | needed, so we do not want to glue the foam tiles to |
| manufacturers work hard to encourage. You can see | | | | the wall. There is no need to mess up the walls with |
| why. They know that "where there is great interest | | | | glues or adhesives. |
| and big dreams, there is money to be made." | | | | Don't forget to soundproof the mic stand |
| How to soundproof a studio at home - Why is it | | | | I use a single foam tile under my microphone stand to |
| necessary? | | | | insulate resonance from the floor that can travel up |
| Our goal is to dampen and absorb sound and | | | | the mic stand. It works like a charm and does not cost |
| randomize the shape and surroundings of the | | | | much at all. Surprisingly, these exercise matts actually |
| recording home studio environment. In other words, if | | | | look really cool on the walls of the studio. |
| you are recording at home, you're probably setting up | | | | Effective household materials for soundproofing studio |
| in a bedroom, the living room, or recording in the | | | | floors |
| garage. The square corners and hard walls and floor | | | | - Wall to wall carpet (often ugly, but effective) |
| surfaces in our homes create the problem of sound | | | | - Multiple shapes and sizes of area rugs. Nowadays |
| ricocheting and bouncing all over the place and | | | | you can get inexpensive fake oriental area rugs or |
| messing up our ability to accurately listen to, judge, and | | | | modern designer knock-offs that create a nice vibe |
| ultimately mix our recordings. | | | | and do the job of dampening and absorbing sound |
| How to soundproof a studio - Walls | | | | reflection off the floor. |
| This is a method I use myself and it is a dirt cheap | | | | - Foam exercise tiles as described above. You could |
| way of soundproofing for studio walls and floors at | | | | potentially tile your whole home studio floor with these |
| home. | | | | snap together foam tiles. |
| I actually discovered the perfect acoustic material for | | | | Tip for buying soundproofing for a home studio: Instead |
| soundproofing my home studio by accident. I was in | | | | of getting these mats in the home gym section of your |
| the hardware store and I happened to see these | | | | sports store, the identical product is available even |
| foam tile-type exercise mats. These foam, two foot | | | | cheaper in the tool section of the hardware store, but |
| squares, each fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces. | | | | they market them as mechanics mats. In a followup to |
| This enables you to put them together in any shape or | | | | this article we'll talk about how to make a wickedly |
| size needed. | | | | effective vocal recording booth in seconds... AND it will |
| To soundproof walls in your studio, simply drive very | | | | cost almost nothing. |
| small brass nails through the mat (like those found in | | | | |