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Mike H · 5th January 2007

I have two adjacent rooms in my home dedicated to studio use (no more spare bedrooms

):
(1) One for computer, racks, gear, tape deck, amp heads, etc.
(2) One for cabs and mics.

The cab/mic room is thermally insulated (in 2x6 walls), but not sound insulated. This has worked, but as we get more traffic along our road (we are in the county, with cities starting to encroach), the car/truck noise has become a problem when tracking. So, I need to keep the noise out.

I really don't want to tear into the walls. I'd like to install sheets of something on the inside walls, as well as over the one window in the room. I'm thinking covering the (double pane) window will get 80+% of the problem.

I looked at the Auralex website
http://www.acoustics101.com/walls.asp
and they basically recommend a layer of their SheetBlok (1/8" dense vinyl rolls, 1 lb/sq ft) covered with one or two additional layers of sheetrock.

Maybe, as a first step, I'll just hang a couple of 4 ft wide rolls of SheetBlok over the window, to see if this solves most of the problem. It won't look too great, but it would avoid a lot of work.

Is the SheetBlok/sheetrock approach the way you'd go?
Anything easier that wil get me most of the way there?

5th January 2007	#1
Mike H Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Oregon Thread Starter	Best sound insulation for mounting on inside of walls? I have two adjacent rooms in my home dedicated to studio use (no more spare bedrooms ): (1) One for computer, racks, gear, tape deck, amp heads, etc. (2) One for cabs and mics. The cab/mic room is thermally insulated (in 2x6 walls), but not sound insulated. This has worked, but as we get more traffic along our road (we are in the county, with cities starting to encroach), the car/truck noise has become a problem when tracking. So, I need to keep the noise out. I really don't want to tear into the walls. I'd like to install sheets of something on the inside walls, as well as over the one window in the room. I'm thinking covering the (double pane) window will get 80+% of the problem. I looked at the Auralex website http://www.acoustics101.com/walls.asp and they basically recommend a layer of their SheetBlok (1/8" dense vinyl rolls, 1 lb/sq ft) covered with one or two additional layers of sheetrock. Maybe, as a first step, I'll just hang a couple of 4 ft wide rolls of SheetBlok over the window, to see if this solves most of the problem. It won't look too great, but it would avoid a lot of work. Is the SheetBlok/sheetrock approach the way you'd go? Anything easier that wil get me most of the way there?