Soundproofing a music studio!?

Question

Hi - Whats the cheapest way of wall soundproofing for a music studio a.k.a bedroom?? and i dont want to spending anythig over 30GBP - any 'home made' ideas - of the way you done it, or any websites that offer it cheap.
[And yes i do live in the UK]
kind regards.

Answer 1

my husband sound proofs his studio aka our study when he's recording. quite clever- he bought pvc pipe (3/4") and made frames, about 4'x8'. the frames can be broken down and stored under a bed. he used 1/4" fiberboard, drilled 2" holes randomly (this helps deaden the sound without flattening it) and glued 2" egg crate foam to it (the kind that people will put on a bed for comfort). he used clips bought at the hardware store to clip it to the frames. he sets it up into a little room ( i call it the cave) when needed and it all fits under our guest bed when stored. he also will hang furnie pads (furniture moving blankets?) over it to help with the sound. i think in the end, it cost about $50usd. good luck!

Answer 2

i know nothing of what is available there or the terms you would use.
what is your main concern?
If you want to keep other household members from hearing the racket, you can use old blankets, bubble wrap with the bubbles not popped, layers of wadded up news paper, anything that creates static layers of air. how you install it will be up to you and your budget. foam of whatever variety you can get your hands on cheap will work, the less dense the better.

cover it all with the egg crate flats that restaurants get their eggs on, at least they get them that way here. have someone at some restaurants that do alot of eggs save them for you. this will help deaden the sound, and if you record will get just the sound you make, little or no echo or reverb, from the room anyway, unless you put it in electronically.

You may prefer a hard surface, so you get the sound like in a bathroom. any hard and nonporous material will work for that.

wood, will give you more resonance. the right widths and lengths of wood can be used to enhance the rooms acoustics, but you really have to know what you are doing to make it work. wood with a hard enamel on it gives you a little bit of both the reflective and resonant properties.

Answer 3

There are these large tiles called acoustic tiles that you can pick up in a instrument shop.... for a bedroom depending on the size you should only need maybe 5 or 6
they come in diffrent colors and you can draw on them so it goes along with your setting

here are some links:

http://www.soundsuckers.com/ceilingtiles.htm

http://www.soundprooffoam.com/?OVRAW=sound%20proofing%20tiles&OVKEY=sound%20proofing%20tile&OVMTC=standard

http://www.soundservice.co.uk/soundproofing_guide.htm

Answer 4

I dont know the size of your bedroom so I dont know if you will be able to do the job for thirty quid. You can buy rolls of polystyrene about 10mm. thick, glued to your walls and doors and ceilings if your in a flat should improve theaccoustics

Answer 5

try using that foam egg crate it works great to sound proof rooms should be able to get that most anywhere

Answer 6

Carpet deadens sound well, which you can panel over. Two or three layers is ideal.