This video is very encouraging. I'm looking to "soundproof" part of my basement for drums. I'm planning on doing the room within a room which should help tremendously. There was already a noticeable difference after the work you did and I'm essentially doing twice as much so I'm feeling a little more confident now. Thanks!
Good video. If you want to do it even better, use Rockwol safe and sound and two layers of 5/8 drywall. Also, resilient channel which acts like a shock absorber for your walls, and attenuates the low end of the spectrum
Hey Stephen, I'm curious to know how does it sound from outside the house? Are your neighbours able to hear anything? I'm moving into a house and would love to know it... also.. does your basement have windows?
This is honestly the much bigger concern for me. Would love another video addressing that. Even just about how they sound outside from different rooms in the house.
What about sound travelling through furnace air ducts? Not sure of your climate but we would freeze here in Canada if the was no warm air entering the room in the winter months.
If the goal was soundproofing you should have used blanket Batt insulation. Those foam panels are garbage ln comparison for soundproofing because they're solid, whereas the blanket Batt fiberglass and wool insulation is thich and less dense, so its much harder for sound to reverberate through. It's like the difference between yelling into a piece of fabric or a couch cushion.
I wonder if he treated the outlets and air ducts. I’ve heard those are both spots that people typically forget to treat and therefore a lot of sound leaks out and reduces the effectiveness of sound proofing a room.
Any tips for soundproofing an attached garage? it has a standard (not sure if metal or vinyl) scrolling garage door and a man door that leads to the kitchen of the house. This is a new house I'm buying so I have not been able to try anything yet.
Doors make a HUGE difference. I've been working on my house. I replaced the jalousie windows with impact windows and that obviously cut down on sound coming out of the house. Now the doors are the noticeable weak link in sound bleed. Great comparison video man. I'm sure this will end a lot of arguments on internet forums.
It's all about physics - using materials that lower the amplification of the sound waves. Hard surfaces do not take energy out but rather reflect them quite efficiently. May I ask why you didnt use Roxul Safe & Sound for your insulation, put insulation in your walls surrounding that room, or use either a suspended ceiling (lose about 3" of height but sound dampening panels are available) or use res bar to hang your ceiling board?
@@drummingninja1065 for sure it is expensive. I was just thinking though, for as much time and thought that he put into his studio (even using an exterior, thermal door with weather stripping) that he would have gone for the best stuff on the market. So yeah, was just curious.
@@noneofmybusiness9895 solid point. I have the same mindset. Might as well put the money and time into it for the best results. That's my hope at least for my basement. Doing an acoustic channel with two layers of drywall on the ceiling with the sound proofing insulation might be a tad much though for someone like me who isn't recording. Just playing.
Brilliant brother, that is so sweet. Since you're in a basement and the soundproofing is so extremely effective from DIRECTLY above the kit, I'm betting you could lay down tracks at 2AM and neighbors wouldn't hear dick. Now the wife may trip, I know mine would but it's gotta be exciting to know you can capture some drums exactly when the inspiration overtakes you. Great job ...
Great, well done man, thanks so much for doing that. Loads of misleading crap on the sound proofing topic, your experiment was very valuable. Thank you.
Bro you are dope and I’ve watched several of your videos. I am not a drummer at all I just want an acoustic set for my studio because they look nice but I am sure some clients will want me to mic them and record them. I just bought a brand new house and I’m thinking about adding another layer of drywall in the garage and building several 6 inch deep acoustic panels for absorption. My house is about 5 feet from one side of a neighbor and 3 feet from the other do you think I will get a lot of complaints? I will not be playing drums after 10 o’clock at night at all
Thanks for the comparison, that's a big difference! You didn't use your diy-tennis ball riser (th-cam.com/video/z0Kxoa5K1vg/w-d-xo.html), did you? Greetings from Germany!
I'm sad that you had the opportunity to open up the walls, but didn't bother adding 2lbs/foot mass loaded vinyl which is the one thing that would have actually created a noticeable difference. It really can stop about half of that low end energy from travelling through structures. That's what ya need, and if anyone else gets a chance to build out a music room start with 6" safe and sound, followed by 2lbs MLV followed by double drywall with green glue in between. It will work very well. The MLV is the key ingredient though.
My room is small but no too small so I have a really good thick carpet in the floor that already came with the house a tall skinny book shelf and a bed is that good enough to soundproof my room or do I need those things to put in the wall
Thank you for the vid, it does help me out. Now o know I need one more layer of drywall for the ceiling of my drum room in the basement. I do have a question though. Does it make a difference if the floors in the house are all hardwood, no carpeting at all?
do one more layer of 5/8ths drywall on a floating system!!!!, a quality brand, and then go upstairs, put a rubber mat in the kitchen above with a rug ontop of it. You can get those 3/4" thick gym mats or something lower profile. For what you did here, I'd just go even further as it's not that much more work and you may as well go all out! Plus it's a fun challenge you have to admit. Thanks for a great/well done and thought out video. I honestly hope there's a special place in _____ for home builders that have decided nobody needs any sleep or privacy and they use the worst possible drywall they can find.
This video is very encouraging. I'm looking to "soundproof" part of my basement for drums. I'm planning on doing the room within a room which should help tremendously. There was already a noticeable difference after the work you did and I'm essentially doing twice as much so I'm feeling a little more confident now. Thanks!
Good video. If you want to do it even better, use Rockwol safe and sound and two layers of 5/8 drywall. Also, resilient channel which acts like a shock absorber for your walls, and attenuates the low end of the spectrum
Hey Stephen, I'm curious to know how does it sound from outside the house? Are your neighbours able to hear anything? I'm moving into a house and would love to know it... also.. does your basement have windows?
This is honestly the much bigger concern for me. Would love another video addressing that. Even just about how they sound outside from different rooms in the house.
What about sound travelling through furnace air ducts? Not sure of your climate but we would freeze here in Canada if the was no warm air entering the room in the winter months.
Had the exact same question.
How do you think it would've been with ceiling tile? Would you get significantly more sound leakage?
If the goal was soundproofing you should have used blanket Batt insulation. Those foam panels are garbage ln comparison for soundproofing because they're solid, whereas the blanket Batt fiberglass and wool insulation is thich and less dense, so its much harder for sound to reverberate through. It's like the difference between yelling into a piece of fabric or a couch cushion.
I wonder if he treated the outlets and air ducts. I’ve heard those are both spots that people typically forget to treat and therefore a lot of sound leaks out and reduces the effectiveness of sound proofing a room.
Thanks for the vid my dude, building my own studio so this helps a lot.
Any tips for soundproofing an attached garage? it has a standard (not sure if metal or vinyl) scrolling garage door and a man door that leads to the kitchen of the house. This is a new house I'm buying so I have not been able to try anything yet.
Doors make a HUGE difference. I've been working on my house. I replaced the jalousie windows with impact windows and that obviously cut down on sound coming out of the house. Now the doors are the noticeable weak link in sound bleed.
Great comparison video man. I'm sure this will end a lot of arguments on internet forums.
Why do you use dedicated tom stand?
God damn your playing is solid.
So, you aren't going to use the practice, low volume drum set anymore?
If your space had soundproofing that effective wouldn't you play real drums over some dinky low volume set up?!
Thanks for that! How is your basement ventilated?
Good question!
It's all about physics - using materials that lower the amplification of the sound waves. Hard surfaces do not take energy out but rather reflect them quite efficiently. May I ask why you didnt use Roxul Safe & Sound for your insulation, put insulation in your walls surrounding that room, or use either a suspended ceiling (lose about 3" of height but sound dampening panels are available) or use res bar to hang your ceiling board?
If I were to guess, and I can't speak for him, I bet price had a huge factor. I know Roxul can be pretty damn expensive.
@@drummingninja1065 for sure it is expensive. I was just thinking though, for as much time and thought that he put into his studio (even using an exterior, thermal door with weather stripping) that he would have gone for the best stuff on the market. So yeah, was just curious.
@@noneofmybusiness9895 solid point. I have the same mindset. Might as well put the money and time into it for the best results. That's my hope at least for my basement. Doing an acoustic channel with two layers of drywall on the ceiling with the sound proofing insulation might be a tad much though for someone like me who isn't recording. Just playing.
I'd still divorce you.
The low frequencies are trully a nightmare for isolating a room...
I really like , your videos you inspire to play drums 🤟🤟
Brilliant brother, that is so sweet. Since you're in a basement and the soundproofing is so extremely effective from DIRECTLY above the kit, I'm betting you could lay down tracks at 2AM and neighbors wouldn't hear dick. Now the wife may trip, I know mine would but it's gotta be exciting to know you can capture some drums exactly when the inspiration overtakes you. Great job ...
Great, well done man, thanks so much for doing that. Loads of misleading crap on the sound proofing topic, your experiment was very valuable. Thank you.
Roxul Safe n Sound then resilient strips and then 2 layer's of 5/8 drywall will make a better difference.
I hated living with anyone that played instruments. Drums are the absolute worst of course.
Bro you are dope and I’ve watched several of your videos. I am not a drummer at all I just want an acoustic set for my studio because they look nice but I am sure some clients will want me to mic them and record them. I just bought a brand new house and I’m thinking about adding another layer of drywall in the garage and building several 6 inch deep acoustic panels for absorption. My house is about 5 feet from one side of a neighbor and 3 feet from the other do you think I will get a lot of complaints? I will not be playing drums after 10 o’clock at night at all
Thanks for the comparison, that's a big difference! You didn't use your diy-tennis ball riser (th-cam.com/video/z0Kxoa5K1vg/w-d-xo.html), did you?
Greetings from Germany!
Wow, great video. It was simple and you gave examples along the way. This helps me a lot. I play the dhol so that is pretty loud. Thanks 🙏.
Hi Stephen, does it matter what kind of rug is put under the drums? Or will any one be beneficial at absorbing sound and preventing slippage - thanks
Drum riser, or nah?
Great video. Did you use a resilient channel for the drywall?
That's great comparison. A simple test is sometimes the best
you need some food or you wont be able to drum dude
I like the examples, thank you.
I'm sad that you had the opportunity to open up the walls, but didn't bother adding 2lbs/foot mass loaded vinyl which is the one thing that would have actually created a noticeable difference. It really can stop about half of that low end energy from travelling through structures. That's what ya need, and if anyone else gets a chance to build out a music room start with 6" safe and sound, followed by 2lbs MLV followed by double drywall with green glue in between. It will work very well. The MLV is the key ingredient though.
Very helpful appreciate it
Congrats , sounds and looks good
some floating floors will help with the low end
My room is small but no too small so I have a really good thick carpet in the floor that already came with the house a tall skinny book shelf and a bed is that good enough to soundproof my room or do I need those things to put in the wall
You have no idea of Acoustics. I recommend you read Philip Newell.
thanks for pointing out that author, I'm reading his book "recording studio design" right now - it's exactly the information i needed
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Thank you for the vid, it does help me out. Now o know I need one more layer of drywall for the ceiling of my drum room in the basement. I do have a question though. Does it make a difference if the floors in the house are all hardwood, no carpeting at all?
No. It will not.
can I just slide a mattress in front of the door after closing it
do one more layer of 5/8ths drywall on a floating system!!!!, a quality brand, and then go upstairs, put a rubber mat in the kitchen above with a rug ontop of it. You can get those 3/4" thick gym mats or something lower profile.
For what you did here, I'd just go even further as it's not that much more work and you may as well go all out! Plus it's a fun challenge you have to admit.
Thanks for a great/well done and thought out video. I honestly hope there's a special place in _____ for home builders that have decided nobody needs any sleep or privacy and they use the worst possible drywall they can find.