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Old 3rd July 2009   #1
kizm0
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Arrow Help me - Using my bedroom as a control room? 1-room studio for creating music.

Here is a video of my room:

zSHARE - My room.wmv



All I did was stand in the middle and take photos as I rotated myself 360 Degrees.

This is all the equipment\software I am\will be using to make music in my studio.


Equipment:

--Self-Built Desktop PC:
-790FX Motherboard
-Amd Athlon 64X2 6000+ 3.0GHz
-8GB RAM
-HD4870 Graphics card
-500W Power supply
-Audigy 1 Sound card (Will upgrade to Delta 1010)
-500GB HDD
-1TB HDD (Will have)
--Acer 20" Monitor
--Sonic-Cell(Will have)
--Motif-ES8 Rack(Might have)
--M-audio Keystation 88ES(Will have)
--M-audio Keystation 25
--Akai MPD24 or Maschine(Will have)
--KRK VXT4, 6 OR 8 (Will have)


Software:

--Windows 7 RC
--FL Studio 8 Producer(Getting this week)
--Cubase 5 (Will get)
--Komplete 5(Will get)
--Real Guitar 2(Will get)
--EWQL Goliath(Will get)
--Trilogy(Will get)
--Ivory(Will get)
--(Omnisphere(Will get)


As you can tell, this setup is not going to take up much room at all, since I wont have a hardware mixer right now. Basically, my main goal is to soundproof this room, and to make it sound nice inside without making it look too odd.

Ideally, I would want as little sound to escape as possible. Behind my house is a cornfield, so some sound can escape through my window. I need to cover my ceiling, door, left side, and window \ window side.


I need help on what material to buy to soundproof my room, and make it sound nice with the KRK monitors I'll be buying.


EDIT:

I cannot take apart my room, install isolation material between the drywall and use Green Glue to attach it. That will be so much work \ money. I'm trying to get it so that nobody will complain\hear me making music outside of my room.

I plan on using KRT V4, 6 or 8 Monitors. I don't know exactly how loud they will be. Only as loud as I need them to be able to mix\create really well.

So.. I was thinking of making (12) 2' x 4' x 2" Fiberglass panels to fit around my room. Save up a month or so more and then getting the corners with "Super Chunk" Bass traps.

EDIT 2:

I just read a bit more. It looks to me as if treatment is good for getting true sound, but not for "soundproofing" or "sound isolating". The question remains though.

EDIT 3: It looks like I won't get good soundproofing without taking apart my drywall. If anybody knows a solution that doesn't involve taking apart my drywall please post it.

EDIT 4: I'm going to save up for GreenGlue + Drywall.

Panoramic view of my room attached:
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