A couple layers of moving blankets are going to stop way more sound than one acoustic blanket that costs 6 to 10 times as much. For real density, consider sheets of rigid foam insulation covered with a moving blanket, maybe in a simple 2"x2" frame. (If the frame is in two pieces, the blanket can act as a hinge, & you can fold it.) That's primo and still way cheaper than one acoustic blanket.
Thanks, pal, that's definitely a sensible option if on a budget. I just worked out (I'm in Scotland) that a single Producers Choice acoustic blanket, bought from a uk company would be £54 (around $70) and the shipping for this blanket would take my total to £68 (around $89). I found I can buy 2 removal blankets, on the bay, for £13 ($17) - free shipping. One of those blankets folded would be big enough for my ceiling area, and I reckon 2 folded will defo cover the acoustic requirements of the ceiling. A simple timber frame would cost me around £10, probably less, bringing the overall cost to around £25 ($32) - helluva difference.
Only if an air gap of at least 2": is used between the blankets, actually. Same reason why blankets should never be placed directly on walls; that's what foam is for. This would require a fairly complex hanging solution, in most cases...Versus a simple box frame for an *actual* acoustic blanket with correct filling, thickness, and weight.
I compared the lab test results and concluded that sound of this video is at 2 tolerability level in stereo and about 8 in mono. Thats an objective 4 times increase in comfort and an estimated 3 times less blood loss through your ears.
Horrible. Why show the moving blankets if you're not testing them too? They're much cheaper and maybe actually get the most bang for the buck (as in sound absorption per price), but who knows when you don't test them :(
Moving blankets give almost no sound absorption. You must have mass that absorbs sound...sound absorbing blankets typically have heavy vinyl inside that catches and stops sound.
Hello Eric It makes total sense to show moving blankets because 1) people use them and recommend to others all the time, because they do jot know any better; 2) because moving blankets are seemingly cheaper, but to achieve the same sound absorption quality as producer's choice blankets you probably need to get three moving blankets instead of one Producer's choice; 3) acoustic blankets are actually an evolution of the moving blanket that was specialized to have better sound absorption. for example when developing Producer's Choice blankets we had to completely change the filler to make it a 100 % cotton, we also changed the pouter fabric to make it more porous for the sound. the weight of the blanket was almost doubled compare to the moving blanket. Plus we changed the quilt pattern from zig-zag to parallel stitching to allow the inside filler to expand more. all these changes allow us to increase the sound absorption efficiency of producer's choice blankets from about NRC 0.3 ( yes, we actually tested the NVE101) as in moving blanket to NRC 0.8 ( 80-% sound absorption) we have now for Producer's Choice blankets. see the acoustic test results here: www.vocalboothtogo.com/vocal-booth-sound-proofing-acoustic-room-treatment-articles/53-instructions-for-products/74-nrc-testing-for-producers-choice-sound-blankets
That seems a bit misleading. The NRC you're quoting for the moving blanket is with the blanket flat on the ground (Type A mounting), not in a Type G mounting with 3" of space between the blanket and the wall as you did with your product. If you want to quote specs to use them to pedal your products you should at least have the courtesy to use the same standards, or disclose that you're not making an equal comparison. For those who didn't understand this... that 0.3 rating for the moving blanket would most likely go up substantially if it was tested using the same methodology as was used for the product VocalBoothToGo is selling.
VocalBoothToGo I have a question. If they blankets aren't stretched out flat but rather, left bunched up like a curtain, will this improve their efficiency?
Agreed. This is the entire reason I watched this video. Is the blanket .3? .5? Perhaps I will just want to use that for 1/3 the cost. By the way... I cannot find the Producer's Choice for less than $60 now. So that is a major difference.
Thanks for this research. I hadn't heard of Audimute's products before. Glad to hear my investment in a Producer's choice blanket product compares well with other options.
You could have calculate the density for all of those blankets. It's a simple equation of square footage by weight. Also I'd like to echo everyone who said you should have tested the movers blankets. How much do the producers choice guys pay you for this review?
Doesn't know how to calculate density for a different size blanket so just omits the one blanket that people will consider first? This video gets a thumbs down. Moving blankets were in the title but it not in the video.
If I’m build a DIY booth could I put thick moving blankets on the inside and producers choice blankets on the outside or will I be good with just the producer blankets
Here is how you "compare" the blankets. Total area of each blanket. (LxW) then weight them then compute the ratio of weight per SqIn.. simple math maybe do an update
If "best bang for the buck" is $ per square meter of the material with given density, moving blankets are much more cost effective. You actually may buy 2 moving blankets for the price of 1 so called "acoustic" blanket, and the result will be much better.
Actually if you look around you can buy used moving blankets for about a dollar or two a piece. Stack them four blankets thick and you’re going to do much better.
@@imherehello117 Yeah, a lot of sound blankets are $40-$60 USD, and you can find 5.5lb 72"x80" moving blankets for $10 each online, so you could buy 4-6 for each sound blanket and have much better results. Because let's be honest, sound blankets are just thicker moving blankets, and when you layer 2 or 3 moving blankets you're likely to get similar if not better results. I honestly doubt sound blankets have enough density that they're better than multiple cheaper blankets.
Is there a bass trap for corners that is NOT made of foam? I'm trying to avoid the chemical smell. This is a great idea. I need to block sound from the outside of my house coming in, a low frequency that has been going on since 2016. Not sure what the best option is. Don't care about looks haha
Which blanket abates barking German Shepard barking the most? I am spending a lot of money to have new vinyl triple pane windows installed, but one window is right next to my bed, plus the people will be able to see in during the night! So, instead of putting up blocking curtains there, I want to hang the best blanket there, since I never open it anyway. It is mostly for privacy - that is praying to god the new windows abate the barking dogs - so I want to Reflect the noise or do I want to absorb the noise, etc.? Thanks.
0/5: You get a strike for not testing the moving blanket and 4 strikes for mixing the audio wrong for this video. Don't know why the audio is more predominant on the left channel.
Appreciate your video, was researching this a good protion of the day yesterday. Once I saw your video it made clear I can't settle for anything other than producer's choice. Good video! Excited I can use my amp to record now instead of DI.
I happen to use the first moving blankets to wrap my studios insulation and guess what buddy it's none reflective lol and it was 40 dollars for 12 sheets. Now that's a producers choice 😈
Planning to buy 12 of these moving blankets from eBay for my DIY booth. I'm just confused as in the video this guy says they are reflective. What should I do?
Buying those cheap blankets at harbor frieght for $6 dollars each i was thinking i can buy twice as much and buy rolls of attic insulation and "sandwich" the insulation in between 2 blankets and seal them with velcro. Wouldnt that be better than those expensive producers choice sound proofing blankets for way less??? Someone? I have drums i want to play.
Hello Thereu, I actually kind of did something like that. I have a drum room I have been working on with sound deadening and I have a hollow door which I know doesn’t work to keep sound out or in. I took a moving blanket that I have from harbor freight and stapled it to the back of the door then folded it over with putting safe and sound insulation inside and stapling it over so the insulation stays in place and I got to say it cuts down a lot of noise. I have a dehumidifier running in the basement that’s probably around 40 to 50 feet away. Before I put the moving blanket and insulation inside it on the inside of the drum room door I could hear it clear as day. I also took some doorway rubber seal and put that around the doorway on the outside to seal any gaps which helped, but not the door itself. After I put the blanket and the insulation inside the blanket on the door it made a huge difference and cut down the noise down to where I can barely hear it. I still have a lot more work to do on the drum room, but I know it will be worth it. I hope this helps and sorry for rambling on. 🙂
feedback: 1. It is Audimute, not AudiOmute. 2. You said "one of the most important things about a sound blanket is its density and the way I want to show you that is to put them on a scale." Tthat could not be MORE wrong if you tried.... Density is NOT weight. Completely different terms. Density is compactness and weight is...weight. FIVE pounds of feathers in pillowcase is the same WEIGHT as five pound of feathers in a coffee cup. The difference is density. 3. A reflective surface, normally, has nothing to do with sound absorption. And "stop reverb" ?! Please... 4. There are different technologies you never mentioned. Some use fiberglass, some use recycled cotton and cellulose fibers and even silicone. 5. Sound absorption vs. blocking/barrier.
_"2. You said "one of the most important things about a sound blanket is its density and the way I want to show you that is to put them on a scale." Tthat could not be MORE wrong if you tried..."_ Well, his justification for comparing their weights was that they were the same size. If the volume is the same, yet one weighs more than the other, then one is more dense than the other.
What about the weight per unit area of the moving blankets? Can you get lab test results for the moving blanket coefficients? What about doubling up the moving blankets? Two layers would still be cheaper than the pro stuff.
How did you test them? Don't you think that is important enough to at least mention. Did you test regular Teri cloth towels? I witnessed a proper test that showed that they are MUCH better than inexpensive sound insulation panels. Do you know what is the absolute best material for sound insulation? It's not about opinions. There must be a place where one can get the numbers, as in a list of materials and the values of their coefficients. Talking about what blankets SEEM to be by looking at them hanging is not very valuable for someone wanting to seriously insulate a room. Just show us the numbers.
Thanks for the info! I would also like to know what transition the video people used was. I am PC, not Mac, so if I can obtain it for a PC please share.
Hey everyone. Thanks for the kind words! I am sorry for not responding back to your comments earlier. The lab tests were supplied to us by the blanket companies, but were aproved by the lab that had did them. So we did not have any tests from the movers blankets. There are a lot of different ways of going about treating a room. Most of our rooms are treated with custom built baffles which are nothing more than a frame with insolation in it covered with light fabric.
The blankets we picked up are used for video shoots, our practice spaces and around the studio to control different acoustic setups. For all those looking to have something that works, doesn't take up much room space, is heavy or will hurt your walls these are great. For someone that asked about the SE Reflextion filter, we do have one and love it, but we have gotten the best sound combining it with other acoustic room treatment. Like foam/baffles or blankets.
I don't know if I would say a difference 0.1 in the ratio of absorption to reflectivity is enough to say that one product is 10% more absorptive than the other. If one product reflects 5% of the sound energy and absorbs 20%, then its ratio of absorption is 0.8... If another product reflects 7% of the energy and absorbs 21%, then its ratio of absorption to, then its ratio of absorption is 0.75... But that second product is actually absorbing - relatively - 5% more energy than the first, and it just so happens to be reflecting (relatively) 40% more energy than the first. The absolute ratio makes it look like it's a 5% loss, but it can actually be more stark than that in reality. I mean... I think bath towels are actually pretty close to complete absorption by this measurement because their fuzzy surface texture makes them pretty poor reflectors (maybe some degree of scattering occurs?) Also, since you can't expect any material to absorb/reflect exactly the same across the entire spectrum, one has to assume that the ratio is based on means across the entire spectrum. What if, because you might already have some other degree of acoustic treatment, you are only interested in performance within a specific band because your existing treatment has poor performance within a certain frequency range? Wouldn't more information be valuable here?
Buys Moving blankets to compare to audio blankets...........compares audio blanket to another audio blanket........keeps moving blanket in shot to show he has it. says to buy audio blanket. never test moving blanket.............Video sponsored by producers Choice blankets............
No demos. Also your percentages are off. And What about loft? A nice thick sleeping bag for example? Interesting how the very surface finish with no weight at all is reflecting or not. I guess the energy has to get absorbed in the mass after that. So it's got a theory to it as well.
The heck with spending so much when you can just purchase a lot of cheap blankets and just double layer that’ll save you hundreds instead of getting ripped off at music stores
Yea harbor freight or the canadian one both have random sales on moving blankets for like 5$ each.. compared to u-haul@40$ Lowes/HD@45$ Amazon@20$ all for a smaller one than the 5$ 72”x80” heavy moving blanket.. i mean yea they might rip easier but are just as dense as any other one.. i would perimeter with blankets and put a stack of old couch cushions in a corner and make a small zig zag block about a foot apart from eachother to dampen by the door. Throw a few isolator pyramids on the ceiling and a Padded carpet on the floor and just as good if not better than studio quality acoustics as well as sound proofing. And warm too.. could house a fart in there for an hour..
Thank you for your video! After doing some research, the Producer's Choice blankets are fill with recycled cotton. Cotton as a whole is considered to be one of the world’s “dirtiest” crops, covering 2.5% of the world’s cultivated land and accounting for 24% ($2.6 billion worth) of the world’s insecticide market. If you are in your home studio for hours on end, or sleep in that room with Producer's blankets, just know that blanket loaded with cotton may be debilitating for your health.
dude,, wash the thing and disinfect it,, Geez,, that's just goin way too far,, It's INSIDE a strongmaterial,, wash it,,, are you like a germaphobe or someting,,
@@JustMe-gs9xi DUDE YOUR THE MORON. HE'S TALKING PESTICIDES NOT GERMS. YOUR AN IDIOT. AND SO IS THIS PUNK WHO SAYS HES A SOUND ENGINEER. YOUR BOTH ABSOLUTELY UNEDUCATED IDIOTS
So how about the moving blanket numbers? How about showing the tests? Seems you are just spouting something off a marketing sheet. Having used Moving blankets, I can tell you THEY DO deaden the sound quite a bit. It would be nice to know what the number is... 0.3? 0.5? Perhaps at 1/3 the cost, that is good enough for my purposes. Or perhaps if they are only 0.3 it might make me interested in checking them out. Also... you cannot get these Producers Choice anywhere I can find for less that $60 which is a considerable amount more. Also... you say the the moving blankets are a reflective surface, vs the others being woven. I have got some news for you... All 4 of those blankets are woven. How about some tests to show what makes you feel they are reflective? Again... having used them... they sure are a LOT less reflective than my drywall walls.
Hi Thomas Which other blankets? Moving blankets? Moving blankets have no acoustic test results. also, as he said in the video, they were much smaller than the Audi mute or VocalboothtoGo.com blankets. This is why they were eliminated. it would be unfair comparison to weigh blankets that are smaller in size. I can give you the stats on the moving blankets blankets: the Black/Blue economy blanket: MS-01. size 72 x 80, weight 5.2 lbs per blanket. outer fabric - nonwoven material ( polypropylene ), inside filled - recycled cotton/poly mix. The Reddish/Gray blanket is Professional Moving Blanket NVE101, size is approximately70 x 78 ( technically 72x80, but after it is bound it ends up to be less that the cut measurements). weight is approximately 6.8 - 7.2 lbs per blanket. Outer fabric - mixed quality fabric, usually Cotton/poly blend, Very dense fabric. Inside filler - recycled cotton/poly. Both blankets are available from www.MoversSupplies.com
VocalBoothToGo He's saying he wants audio test results, this isn't a fair comparison without results for the moving blankets. For a hobbyist the moving blankets may be fine but we can't get an accurate comparison without actual tests.
VocalBoothToGo The difference in size can EASILY be accounted for in density calculations and test measurements. It only takes half a brain to figure it out.
Tony C Hello Tony: Thank you for commenting. Yes, you are right, for someone who uses only half the brain it might appear that the difference in size might account for the test results, But if you can turn on a little more than half a brain you might realize that "Density" is a physical characteristic and "Tests" designed in a way that they provide universal results for material as a whole, not a particular piece of blanket. Please reeer to the actual test results here: www.vocalboothtogo.com/vocal-booth-sound-proofing-acoustic-room-treatment-articles/53-instructions-for-products/222-vb-blankets-test-95-sound-absorption
Chris Allnutt Hello Chris: Thank you for pointing out the meaning of "test results" question. I might have misunderstood the question. But there is no standardized test for "Audio test results". Even if you record exactly the same track "Audio" will depend a lot on the recording equipment , how you process it and the whole set up of the studio. In theory - yes we could simply record couple of tracks with and without blankets. But we wanted to have an independent professional industry standard tests, that could be compared to other materials cross the range of all available sound absorption materials, not just blankets, but acoustic foam, fiberglass panels, gobos and so on. People often buy one or two blankets first, test them and then buy more. So based on customer's feedback we are sure that the Producer's choice acoustic blankets do a pretty good job. Jeff.
Not sure biased is the word. Maybe this comparison doesn't prove the point, but there are three or four factors that cause the moving blankets to be less effective.
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You never compared the moving blankets and how well they absorbed sound.
Double up the moving blanket and you will get better sound absorption. It will save you lots of money.
100%, brother does that with his home theater, Im doing this in my basement gym.
thank you.
Tan thank you 🙏🏾
You mean the one with a shiny surface?
How many would it take for me to be able to scream and no one hear it?
A couple layers of moving blankets are going to stop way more sound than one acoustic blanket that costs 6 to 10 times as much. For real density, consider sheets of rigid foam insulation covered with a moving blanket, maybe in a simple 2"x2" frame. (If the frame is in two pieces, the blanket can act as a hinge, & you can fold it.) That's primo and still way cheaper than one acoustic blanket.
Thanks, pal, that's definitely a sensible option if on a budget. I just worked out (I'm in Scotland) that a single Producers Choice acoustic blanket, bought from a uk company would be £54 (around $70) and the shipping for this blanket would take my total to £68 (around $89).
I found I can buy 2 removal blankets, on the bay, for £13 ($17) - free shipping. One of those blankets folded would be big enough for my ceiling area, and I reckon 2 folded will defo cover the acoustic requirements of the ceiling. A simple timber frame would cost me around £10, probably less, bringing the overall cost to around £25 ($32) - helluva difference.
Only if an air gap of at least 2": is used between the blankets, actually. Same reason why blankets should never be placed directly on walls; that's what foam is for.
This would require a fairly complex hanging solution, in most cases...Versus a simple box frame for an *actual* acoustic blanket with correct filling, thickness, and weight.
Thank you for doing the test of the different sound blankets.
I compared the lab test results and concluded that sound of this video is at 2 tolerability level in stereo and about 8 in mono. Thats an objective 4 times increase in comfort and an estimated 3 times less blood loss through your ears.
Horrible. Why show the moving blankets if you're not testing them too? They're much cheaper and maybe actually get the most bang for the buck (as in sound absorption per price), but who knows when you don't test them :(
Moving blankets give almost no sound absorption. You must have mass that absorbs sound...sound absorbing blankets typically have heavy vinyl inside that catches and stops sound.
Hello Eric
It makes total sense to show moving blankets because
1) people use them and recommend to others all the time, because they do jot know any better;
2) because moving blankets are seemingly cheaper, but to achieve the same sound absorption quality as producer's choice blankets you probably need to get three moving blankets instead of one Producer's choice;
3) acoustic blankets are actually an evolution of the moving blanket that was specialized to have better sound absorption.
for example when developing Producer's Choice blankets we had to completely change the filler to make it a 100 % cotton, we also changed the pouter fabric to make it more porous for the sound. the weight of the blanket was almost doubled compare to the moving blanket.
Plus we changed the quilt pattern from zig-zag to parallel stitching to allow the inside filler to expand more.
all these changes allow us to increase the sound absorption efficiency of producer's choice blankets from about NRC 0.3 ( yes, we actually tested the NVE101) as in moving blanket to NRC 0.8 ( 80-% sound absorption) we have now for Producer's Choice blankets.
see the acoustic test results here: www.vocalboothtogo.com/vocal-booth-sound-proofing-acoustic-room-treatment-articles/53-instructions-for-products/74-nrc-testing-for-producers-choice-sound-blankets
That seems a bit misleading. The NRC you're quoting for the moving blanket is with the blanket flat on the ground (Type A mounting), not in a Type G mounting with 3" of space between the blanket and the wall as you did with your product. If you want to quote specs to use them to pedal your products you should at least have the courtesy to use the same standards, or disclose that you're not making an equal comparison. For those who didn't understand this... that 0.3 rating for the moving blanket would most likely go up substantially if it was tested using the same methodology as was used for the product VocalBoothToGo is selling.
VocalBoothToGo I have a question. If they blankets aren't stretched out flat but rather, left bunched up like a curtain, will this improve their efficiency?
Agreed. This is the entire reason I watched this video. Is the blanket .3? .5? Perhaps I will just want to use that for 1/3 the cost. By the way... I cannot find the Producer's Choice for less than $60 now. So that is a major difference.
You can compare them, just divide the mass/weight by the volume/size/area of the blankets to get the weight/mass per square or cubic inch or whatever.
Thanks for this research. I hadn't heard of Audimute's products before. Glad to hear my investment in a Producer's choice blanket product compares well with other options.
why you dont make a video with the blanket out and in your room to test it
Totally information that is useful. Thanks. Producers choice is the way to go. Thanks for doing this video.
THIS WAS GOLD!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Really needed it right now!
This video shows me everything that I wanted to know. THANK YOU!
You could have calculate the density for all of those blankets. It's a simple equation of square footage by weight. Also I'd like to echo everyone who said you should have tested the movers blankets. How much do the producers choice guys pay you for this review?
Doesn't know how to calculate density for a different size blanket so just omits the one blanket that people will consider first?
This video gets a thumbs down. Moving blankets were in the title but it not in the video.
Exactly wtf did he even include the moving blanket for it he wasn't gonna give us the result
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If I’m build a DIY booth could I put thick moving blankets on the inside and producers choice blankets on the outside or will I be good with just the producer blankets
Here is how you "compare" the blankets.
Total area of each blanket. (LxW) then weight them then compute the ratio of weight per SqIn.. simple math maybe do an update
Yeah, shitty review from some jerk.
If "best bang for the buck" is $ per square meter of the material with given density, moving blankets are much more cost effective.
You actually may buy 2 moving blankets for the price of 1 so called "acoustic" blanket, and the result will be much better.
Actually if you look around you can buy used moving blankets for about a dollar or two a piece. Stack them four blankets thick and you’re going to do much better.
@@imherehello117 Yeah, a lot of sound blankets are $40-$60 USD, and you can find 5.5lb 72"x80" moving blankets for $10 each online, so you could buy 4-6 for each sound blanket and have much better results. Because let's be honest, sound blankets are just thicker moving blankets, and when you layer 2 or 3 moving blankets you're likely to get similar if not better results. I honestly doubt sound blankets have enough density that they're better than multiple cheaper blankets.
What about comparing to an Old Heavy winter quilt??? I use one and I throw it over a Mic' d amp and it works unbelievably....
Is there a bass trap for corners that is NOT made of foam? I'm trying to avoid the chemical smell. This is a great idea. I need to block sound from the outside of my house coming in, a low frequency that has been going on since 2016. Not sure what the best option is. Don't care about looks haha
Which blanket abates barking German Shepard barking the most?
I am spending a lot of money to have new vinyl triple pane windows installed, but one window is right next to my bed, plus the people will be able to see in during the night!
So, instead of putting up blocking curtains there, I want to hang the best blanket there, since I never open it anyway. It is mostly for privacy - that is praying to god the new windows abate the barking dogs - so I want to Reflect the noise or do I want to absorb the noise, etc.? Thanks.
Thanks for this information I have been looking for sound proofing for my recording room and this information is just what I need!
0/5: You get a strike for not testing the moving blanket and 4 strikes for mixing the audio wrong for this video. Don't know why the audio is more predominant on the left channel.
Detailed and straight to the point!
should've thought about sound blankets before.. now i can cover up my windows with good reason lol
Appreciate your video, was researching this a good protion of the day yesterday. Once I saw your video it made clear I can't settle for anything other than producer's choice.
Good video! Excited I can use my amp to record now instead of DI.
I happen to use the first moving blankets to wrap my studios insulation and guess what buddy it's none reflective lol and it was 40 dollars for 12 sheets. Now that's a producers choice 😈
Planning to buy 12 of these moving blankets from eBay for my DIY booth. I'm just confused as in the video this guy says they are reflective. What should I do?
the sound paning is making me dizy on this vid
If only there was a sound guy that could fix that problem.....
@@marvinpues LOL right!
Still a great video!
I thought my headphones were messed up. Thanks sound guy
Did you eventually find what the nrc rating of those moving blankets were?
for someone invested in audio, you guys sure like my left ear lol. no offense, just trying to get a laugh :)
Excellent information, thank you so much!!
Excellent review and very appropriate detail. Single most concise and helpful video I've watched while building my home studio!!
Buying those cheap blankets at harbor frieght for $6 dollars each i was thinking i can buy twice as much and buy rolls of attic insulation and "sandwich" the insulation in between 2 blankets and seal them with velcro. Wouldnt that be better than those expensive producers choice sound proofing blankets for way less??? Someone? I have drums i want to play.
Hello Thereu, I actually kind of did something like that. I have a drum room I have been working on with sound deadening and I have a hollow door which I know doesn’t work to keep sound out or in. I took a moving blanket that I have from harbor freight and stapled it to the back of the door then folded it over with putting safe and sound insulation inside and stapling it over so the insulation stays in place and I got to say it cuts down a lot of noise. I have a dehumidifier running in the basement that’s probably around 40 to 50 feet away. Before I put the moving blanket and insulation inside it on the inside of the drum room door I could hear it clear as day. I also took some doorway rubber seal and put that around the doorway on the outside to seal any gaps which helped, but not the door itself. After I put the blanket and the insulation inside the blanket on the door it made a huge difference and cut down the noise down to where I can barely hear it. I still have a lot more work to do on the drum room, but I know it will be worth it. I hope this helps and sorry for rambling on. 🙂
@@drummerjoey003 That's a great idea. You say you have a lot more to do...what else did you do? Thanks.
It’s less expensive in materials but remember you’re paying for the labor as they are handmade. The same as you taking the time to handcraft your own.
feedback:
1. It is Audimute, not AudiOmute.
2. You said "one of the most important things about a sound blanket is its density and the way I want to show you that is to put them on a scale." Tthat could not be MORE wrong if you tried....
Density is NOT weight. Completely different terms. Density is compactness and weight is...weight. FIVE pounds of feathers in pillowcase is the same WEIGHT as five pound of feathers in a coffee cup. The difference is density.
3. A reflective surface, normally, has nothing to do with sound absorption. And "stop reverb" ?! Please...
4. There are different technologies you never mentioned. Some use fiberglass, some use recycled cotton and cellulose fibers and even silicone.
5. Sound absorption vs. blocking/barrier.
_"2. You said "one of the most important things about a sound blanket is its density and the way I want to show you that is to put them on a scale." Tthat could not be MORE wrong if you tried..."_
Well, his justification for comparing their weights was that they were the same size. If the volume is the same, yet one weighs more than the other, then one is more dense than the other.
Fiber glass ? U mean quilted fiber glass ?
So relevant and well done! Thank you.
What about the weight per unit area of the moving blankets? Can you get lab test results for the moving blanket coefficients? What about doubling up the moving blankets? Two layers would still be cheaper than the pro stuff.
Most informative I've seen yet, thanks.😉
Thx for doing this video.
Can it be made bass traps out of these blankets by piling them up .
Thx
Straight to the point, no Bullshit video!
great video, thanks
That grey one had a more open, mesh like fabric on the opposite side. I’m sure that is meant to go inward and would likely work much better
If Jesse Eisenberg and Michael Cera had a baby it be you lol cx thanks for the review dude
How did you test them? Don't you think that is important enough to at least mention. Did you test regular Teri cloth towels? I witnessed a proper test that showed that they are MUCH better than inexpensive sound insulation panels. Do you know what is the absolute best material for sound insulation? It's not about opinions. There must be a place where one can get the numbers, as in a list of materials and the values of their coefficients. Talking about what blankets SEEM to be by looking at them hanging is not very valuable for someone wanting to seriously insulate a room. Just show us the numbers.
Why your video sound is continuously doing left right left right sound guy?
Thanks for the info! I would also like to know what transition the video people used was. I am PC, not Mac, so if I can obtain it for a PC please share.
You could calculate the weight by square footage to make the weight comparison with the less expensive moving blankets.
Hey everyone. Thanks for the kind words! I am sorry for not responding back to your comments earlier.
The lab tests were supplied to us by the blanket companies, but were aproved by the lab that had did them. So we did not have any tests from the movers blankets. There are a lot of different ways of going about treating a room. Most of our rooms are treated with custom built baffles which are nothing more than a frame with insolation in it covered with light fabric.
Thank you. This was a very helpful video.
MANNN!!! YOU'RE NEEDED ON TH-cam.
NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL REVIEW.
Great video, and very helpful. Thanks!
My guess is the moving blankets would do about 0.5 or 0.6, but that data was conspicuously missing.
I want white but everything is so dark like a cave. Makes me ready to fall asleep.
The blankets we picked up are used for video shoots, our practice spaces and around the studio to control different acoustic setups.
For all those looking to have something that works, doesn't take up much room space, is heavy or will hurt your walls these are great.
For someone that asked about the SE Reflextion filter, we do have one and love it, but we have gotten the best sound combining it with other acoustic room treatment. Like foam/baffles or blankets.
Great vid
where can I get this blanket? I looked up producers choice and can't find where to buy them? thanks
It would have been helpful to list retailers. Describing dimensions and weight are not.
I don't know if I would say a difference 0.1 in the ratio of absorption to reflectivity is enough to say that one product is 10% more absorptive than the other. If one product reflects 5% of the sound energy and absorbs 20%, then its ratio of absorption is 0.8... If another product reflects 7% of the energy and absorbs 21%, then its ratio of absorption to, then its ratio of absorption is 0.75... But that second product is actually absorbing - relatively - 5% more energy than the first, and it just so happens to be reflecting (relatively) 40% more energy than the first. The absolute ratio makes it look like it's a 5% loss, but it can actually be more stark than that in reality. I mean... I think bath towels are actually pretty close to complete absorption by this measurement because their fuzzy surface texture makes them pretty poor reflectors (maybe some degree of scattering occurs?)
Also, since you can't expect any material to absorb/reflect exactly the same across the entire spectrum, one has to assume that the ratio is based on means across the entire spectrum. What if, because you might already have some other degree of acoustic treatment, you are only interested in performance within a specific band because your existing treatment has poor performance within a certain frequency range? Wouldn't more information be valuable here?
Buys Moving blankets to compare to audio blankets...........compares audio blanket to another audio blanket........keeps moving blanket in shot to show he has it. says to buy audio blanket. never test moving blanket.............Video sponsored by producers Choice blankets............
Thanks, great video!
It's actually 14.3% more absorbent, not 10%. Thanks for the video.
Thanks. Very useful.
no link to any of these? geez.
Thanks for the video review
thanks, extremely thorough & useful.
They are good we need in Mexico of those to wrap furniture
great video!
thanx for the review.
Regular duvets do a great job.. bigger & thicker tog the better!
Strange. not sure why he put audio on the left channel of his video. No so pro.
No demos. Also your percentages are off. And What about loft? A nice thick sleeping bag for example? Interesting how the very surface finish with no weight at all is reflecting or not. I guess the energy has to get absorbed in the mass after that. So it's got a theory to it as well.
Thanks, helpful.
I live an hour East of Toronto, can I order these through Long and McQuade?
I thought moving blankets were for sound proofing and not treatment?
Moving blankets are for protecting furniture.
were can I buy the producers choice blanket ?
www.vocalboothtogo.com/product-category/acoustic-sound-blankets-sound-absorption-panels-producers-choice/ 6 years late lol
The heck with spending so much when you can just purchase a lot of cheap blankets and just double layer that’ll save you hundreds instead of getting ripped off at music stores
Yea harbor freight or the canadian one both have random sales on moving blankets for like 5$ each.. compared to u-haul@40$ Lowes/HD@45$ Amazon@20$ all for a smaller one than the 5$ 72”x80” heavy moving blanket.. i mean yea they might rip easier but are just as dense as any other one.. i would perimeter with blankets and put a stack of old couch cushions in a corner and make a small zig zag block about a foot apart from eachother to dampen by the door. Throw a few isolator pyramids on the ceiling and a Padded carpet on the floor and just as good if not better than studio quality acoustics as well as sound proofing. And warm too.. could house a fart in there for an hour..
OH GO ITS HAPPENING! WHY IS 2012 STARTING TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS PART OF THE 90s or 00's?!?!?!
Is that Matt Saracen
THANK YOU MAN!
Thank you for your video! After doing some research, the Producer's Choice blankets are fill with recycled cotton. Cotton as a whole is considered to be one of the world’s “dirtiest” crops, covering 2.5% of the world’s cultivated land and accounting for 24% ($2.6 billion worth) of the world’s insecticide market. If you are in your home studio for hours on end, or sleep in that room with Producer's blankets, just know that blanket loaded with cotton may be debilitating for your health.
dude,, wash the thing and disinfect it,, Geez,, that's just goin way too far,, It's INSIDE a strongmaterial,, wash it,,, are you like a germaphobe or someting,,
@@JustMe-gs9xi DUDE YOUR THE MORON. HE'S TALKING PESTICIDES NOT GERMS. YOUR AN IDIOT. AND SO IS THIS PUNK WHO SAYS HES A SOUND ENGINEER. YOUR BOTH ABSOLUTELY UNEDUCATED IDIOTS
guys Im looking for blankets but nobody are making them in EU or Im wrong?
Thomann offers acoustic curtains made by HOFA (but pretty expensive though) www.thomann.de/de/hofa_akustikvorhang_studio.htm
need to be carefull with them mines that I got came in terrible shape
So how about the moving blanket numbers? How about showing the tests? Seems you are just spouting something off a marketing sheet. Having used Moving blankets, I can tell you THEY DO deaden the sound quite a bit. It would be nice to know what the number is... 0.3? 0.5? Perhaps at 1/3 the cost, that is good enough for my purposes. Or perhaps if they are only 0.3 it might make me interested in checking them out. Also... you cannot get these Producers Choice anywhere I can find for less that $60 which is a considerable amount more.
Also... you say the the moving blankets are a reflective surface, vs the others being woven. I have got some news for you... All 4 of those blankets are woven. How about some tests to show what makes you feel they are reflective? Again... having used them... they sure are a LOT less reflective than my drywall walls.
thank you SOOOOO MUCH
WTF this dude thinks that visually reflective is the same as audibly reflective *face palm*
It just so happens that the material used to create the visually reflective sheen on the moving blankets DOES reflect sound also.
A surfaces ability to reflect light has nothing to do with how well it reflects sound.
So this guy is 10 years older now I hope he's 10 years wiser
I'm in Calgary where to buy this stuff.
These ones, those ones.
Links?
What's with the panning on the audio? Also, you didn't test any of them.
PUNK KID says he's an audio engineer. What a DUMB ASS. A SERIOUS DUMB ASS
he doesn't mention the coefficient for the industrial moving blankets....
Perfect!
You can compare them using division. It's simple math.
Same comment as many... Give the stats of the other blankets!
Hi Thomas
Which other blankets? Moving blankets?
Moving blankets have no acoustic test results. also, as he said in the video, they were much smaller than the Audi mute or VocalboothtoGo.com blankets. This is why they were eliminated. it would be unfair comparison to weigh blankets that are smaller in size.
I can give you the stats on the moving blankets blankets:
the Black/Blue economy blanket: MS-01. size 72 x 80, weight 5.2 lbs per blanket. outer fabric - nonwoven material ( polypropylene ), inside filled - recycled cotton/poly mix.
The Reddish/Gray blanket is Professional Moving Blanket NVE101, size is approximately70 x 78 ( technically 72x80, but after it is bound it ends up to be less that the cut measurements). weight is approximately 6.8 - 7.2 lbs per blanket. Outer fabric - mixed quality fabric, usually Cotton/poly blend, Very dense fabric. Inside filler - recycled cotton/poly.
Both blankets are available from www.MoversSupplies.com
VocalBoothToGo He's saying he wants audio test results, this isn't a fair comparison without results for the moving blankets. For a hobbyist the moving blankets may be fine but we can't get an accurate comparison without actual tests.
VocalBoothToGo
The difference in size can EASILY be accounted for in density calculations and test measurements. It only takes half a brain to figure it out.
Tony C Hello Tony:
Thank you for commenting.
Yes, you are right, for someone who uses only half the brain it might appear that the difference in size might account for the test results,
But if you can turn on a little more than half a brain you might realize that "Density" is a physical characteristic and "Tests" designed in a way that they provide universal results for material as a whole, not a particular piece of blanket.
Please reeer to the actual test results here:
www.vocalboothtogo.com/vocal-booth-sound-proofing-acoustic-room-treatment-articles/53-instructions-for-products/222-vb-blankets-test-95-sound-absorption
Chris Allnutt Hello Chris:
Thank you for pointing out the meaning of "test results" question. I might have misunderstood the question. But there is no standardized test for "Audio test results".
Even if you record exactly the same track "Audio" will depend a lot on the recording equipment , how you process it and the whole set up of the studio.
In theory - yes we could simply record couple of tracks with and without blankets. But we wanted to have an independent professional industry standard tests, that could be compared to other materials cross the range of all available sound absorption materials, not just blankets, but acoustic foam, fiberglass panels, gobos and so on.
People often buy one or two blankets first, test them and then buy more.
So based on customer's feedback we are sure that the Producer's choice acoustic blankets
do a pretty good job.
Jeff.
Thanks, very useful! And please get rid of those BCF2000's!
Why do all these blankets have to be black or dark-colored? Not flattering to a room.
You're confusing density and weight...
this seems oddly biased due to lack of results for the normal moving blankets
Not sure biased is the word. Maybe this comparison doesn't prove the point, but there are three or four factors that cause the moving blankets to be less effective.
Wtf is with that doppler on your mic.
egg crate mattress toppers work great. And they are cheap.
Reflective service means it reflects sound..... LOLOLOLOL
He needs to check his math
lol. thanks for trying....this was bad