Hi guys! I?m starting my home studio and i need to know much "noise" i can produce with my drums.
How much dbs can make a drumset?
I mean, i need to know that in order to choose which materials to buy.
Thanks!
Juli?n,
Drums unfortunately make a lot of "noise". I've measured rim shots with Hot Rods at 140 peak dB SPL (and it really didn't sound that loud when I was playing). Get a really great sound absorption system and wear your earplugs!
Practice safe sound,
Andy
i'm not sure i understand the question.......buy auralex foam or similar and put it on the walls, or furniture blankets. drums and cymbals produce loud frequencies and can be carried thru the walls and or glass real easy. Especially if you tune your drums wide open and not deadened.
The foam and blankets helps with some of the higher frequencies, but the only way to stop the low frequencies (the ones that your neigbors call the cops about, trust me...) is by having materials with alot of mass (stone, sheet rock, etc....)
The low frequency from my bass drum went right through the wall of our house, across the yard, and through my neighbors's wall and into her living room when she was watching TV.
Also, windows are a huge source of noise leakage. You can sound proof your whole room, but if you have windows that are not sealed up properly, the whole effort is largely wasted.
If you look on the web, there's alot of info. You basically want to create a "Room within a room" to really get the best isolation.
Of course you can go with lower soundproofing, and just arrive at an agreement with your neighbors too. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Fuse,
The air pocket idea is from an acoustical engineer (PhD type) that I had consulted. He said that you can get a lot of low frequency attenuation with these. A solid medium can actually help transfer the low frequency sounds throughout the 'hood.
Andy
[img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img] , AV. Makes sense.
["Robbin' Hood," Benny...as in, "practice-robbin' "] [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 19, 2004 02:02 PM: Message edited by: fuseU1 ]</font>
Thanks guys! I already have an insolation plan... The classic room whitin a room approach. It includes new gypsum walls filled with rockwool (50kg/m3)... if anyone is interested, i can share my plan with you.
I know how to treat low frecuencies, all i wanna know is how much dbs should i spect to create when playing a drumset... this value will affect the density of the mineral wool, the size of the air gap, etc.
Thanks!
Air pockets work well as low frequency traps. An example would be a room within a room set up with air spaces between the walls.
My acoustic kit is set up in the front of the garage right now. High, arc'ed, 'wide-opem,' wood timbre ceiling.
Without the foam ear plugs it's absolute carnage.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Obvious rule: peeps shouldnt watch TV. [Esp with a drummer in the 'hood.] That'll learn her to sit on her tuckus & waste time watching Springer, As the World Turns, the Botchelor, Fear Factor, Shmoe Millionazz or the like...Instead of lettin' you practice [...something more constructive]. [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]The low frequency from my bass drum went right through the wall of our house, across the yard, and through my neighbors's wall and into her living room when she was watching TV
Andy - so those air pockets [space between the 'room within the room'] help add the optimum desired effect to the sound dampening, ay?
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 19, 2004 12:41 PM: Message edited by: fuseU1 ]</font>
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