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sound-proof boxes (self made)?

11 January, 2008 - 21:23 — Julian Angel

Hi again,

has anyone of you made any experience with self-made isolation boxes?
It´s "just" a sound-proof case where you put either your guitar/bass amp or just the speaker into so you can crank it up and mic the speaker without annoying your neighbors (or your girlfriend who´s asleep at 3 am while you´re still recording cause you just can´t let go - I know it :-).

I am about to build one and was wondering if it is sufficient to just build that case of plywood (said to be quite sound absorbing because it is multi-layered), pad it with foam and use rubber door seals.

Okay, there might still be some noise coming through, I wouldn´t mind if it isn´t too loud. All I care about is cranking my guitar amp up at least over 50%, so I can record a rather powerful guitar (or bass) sound...

Any suggestions?

Thanxx and cheerz

Julian

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11 January, 2008 - 21:51 — ed
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yeh ive made a few boxes i find mdf (dont use thinner than 18mm) to be the cheapest and most often the best material , when soundproofing u can use foam or the insulation u find in roofs but thats itchy aas hell .. u can also use silicon on the joints to add to the soundproofing, hope this helps

11 January, 2008 - 22:06 — Julian Angel
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Thank you Ed,

hell yeah, I have stuffed out a roof with insulation material - I got the itch, hahaha...
Thanks for sharing your experience. Can you tell HOW sound-proof your boxes are?
Do they transmit any vibrations to the floor (so do I have to put them on stilts)?

Thanxx again,

Julian

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12 January, 2008 - 01:32 — ed
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i dont think u can ever stop the vibration but u can reduse it by using rubber feet on the bottom of your stands or box , they only need to be 20mm long but this helps alot if you have hard floors.

13 January, 2008 - 11:32 — bariga
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@ed
what should the thickness be with plywood? or is this approximatly the same as mdf ?
and how did you get the cables into the boxes?
should it help if i cris crossed it through the issolation?
and as a door it's probably best to take an mdf door?

damn that's alot of questions on a few lines :)
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13 January, 2008 - 16:56 — ed
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if you are using plywood you will need to buy hardwood ply which is a bit more expensive but dosent have holes underneath the surface and also dosent swell with humidity, you will need it to be 18mm 3/4 inch minimum thickness. the door can be the same material ,
I found this website to be very helpful
http://www.amptone.com/g234.htm

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14 January, 2008 - 19:54 — Julian Angel
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Wow, thanks for the participation.
As for the holes for cables, I think Bariga´s idea will work - at least that´s what I had in mind too. The holes shouldn´t cause that much of a problem. I will put them on the back of the box though...

P.S. @ ed: checked out your showcase. I´m not into that style, but like the sounds you use on "Demon" as well as the punchy but clear kick on "Psy Traveler". Well produced, man...

Cheerz

Julian

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15 January, 2008 - 05:27 — bariga
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ow yeah, another question popped into my head.
do you know what kind of glass i should use in case i wanted a small window.
this will probably cost a 'bit' more than withouth, but it seems handy to me...

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15 January, 2008 - 06:51 — ed
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yes use 6mm toughened ive know people to use purspex aswell though

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