$20 DIY Acoustic Panels or

It sounds a lot better to my ears in the shop! How do you think the sound difference came across on the video?

Rockwool is not safe & sound!

Doesnt sound much better

You have to predrill and counter sink MDF if using screws.

i cant with u matching the stables and beat

Great job.... Happy 2024

Small rooms do NOT have echo problems, they have reverberation/reflection problems. At least use proper terminology. But for applications where frequencies below 100Hz are produced, small rooms also have unwanted low frequency problems which require pressure based absorption.

not going to lie. in the video i can BARELY tell a difference.... :x

You''re going to want to seal that MDF if you live in a humid part of the country because if you don't, in a few years one of those might just land on your head.

Styrofoam sheets are cheaper, faster, and do the same. Or get the foam squares 👍

Just made my own panels but I used recycled coton as Insulation. Very nice to work with, no need for a mask or gloves. Dont use those nasty fibers people!

But great work, I love the hanging system. Easy and effective!

That completed box probably weighs fifteen pounds. One quarter inch plywood would have worked just as well, sheets that come in large egg cartons would work much better.

Or spend $0.. and just click a button in ANY modern day video editor to noise cancel and parametric EQ the audio.

It does sound better, however, if we are talking about affordable and sound dampening; think light with lots of air in it like studio foam panels. I use cheap foam pads covered in fabric, a new queen size foam mattress topper with turn a small bedroom into a studio easily and I've seem used camping pads to work well. still, cardboard boxes work best for both factors; cut them to fit at about 2-3" depth and cover them with fabric. Ive never experienced it but the end-cut wood panels look cool but surly heavy as heck.

Audio sounds better. Nice!

You really need to implement irregular shapes on the panels to help absorb sounds of different wavelengths.

That is an awesome idea. The sound is better. Tell your editor, "Great job lining up the stapler with the beat of the music." I can't wait to get "big" enough on YT to be able to concentrate on my projects.

Sound waves have nothing to do with air gaps and very little to do with the materials used in the panels. Sound waves bounce off of parallel surfaces. If you want to soundproof a room, you need to create uneven surfaces to break the sound waves. Egg crate foam is even cheaper and it works great every time.

I don't why I'm watching this. I don't have 1/10th of your tools, nor I know how to use them.

This is a good job, great build, but you're much better off using bass traps to catch early reflections and acoustic reverb. Panels do very little to reduce reflections, they simply dampen lower frequencies and anything over 8-12k. If you really want to minimize reflections, sibilance or trill/tremolo frequencies (saws, squeals, etc) you need to trap them where they occur, in the corners. Cheers!

lol.
How to make Acoustic panels for $20....
First get $10,000 worth of equipment, a large,vented work space, 15+ years experience, and have 3 days to spare.
Then spend $20 on materials to work with. easy.

No, you are not neurotic for vacuuming up the dust after each assembly. If you didn't you would be trying to work in a ridiculous mess.

vibration in your shop could easily cause those absorbers to migrate to the point they disengage from the cleat resulting in a drop on your head

It's all very interesting to watch. But you know , not everyone has such equipment for woodworking in their garage. So buying such gear and materials to make cheap panel might cost the same as actually buying professional panels. So use of this tutorial is not DIY because it is for lets say semi professionals in home workshoping.

Yeah, I wouldn't put that rock wool just behind that thin fabric, right above my head.

Nice build! also leaving a space equal to the thickness of the panel behind each panel will do twice the job. In music studios the space is applied to wall, ceiling and corner panels. Sometimes quadrupling the effect. Catching both high frequency and mid frequency. If the panel is 6" or more thick, it will absorb low frequencies. For thicker panels you can use r19 insulation.

Can I use particle board in place of MDF, if I’m hanging it on the wall?

How to do something for just $20.... 1. you need $350k fully equipped woodworking workshop...

Will this work outside

I used to stretch canvas by hand as a kid, I've done thousands of them (artist's canvas). Basically the same operation as you're doing in the video. The best way to do it is to put one staple in the middle on opposite sides, doing them in pairs. Then tack down one side, going from the middle staple out to each corner; then go to the opposite side and stretch, tacking out from the middle staple. On a larger canvas sometimes you might need to stretch out to the corners, alternating ends.
Next, tack down the middle of the other two sides with one staple and stretch again, repeating the operation, working towards the corners from the middle staple. Start with the long sides first, and finish stretching with the short sides.

Always start with two staples in the middle of the opposite bars, then work out from the middle staple, stretching as you go. Of course the first side doesn't hold a stretch, it's not attached to anything yet, so you need only stretch starting with the second side.

If you get a kink in the canvas, and there's room for another staple on either side of the kink, you can pull the canvas out and stick in an extra staple in between the two outer staples. Otherwise you may need to pull out one staple and restretch that kink, putting in two staples on either side of where the pulled out one was. If it's extremely bad, you should just pull out all the staples on that one side, your middle staple must have gotten pulled the wrong way, so you need to re-do the middle staple.

There are special canvas pliers you can get, if you're really going to get into it.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the content, keep up the good work.

Great job, many things to learn!

is it fireproof?

I like the edit you made to make the staple gun go to the music

Hi. I am a student in Greece and I am trying to build a home studio. My room needs this type of acoustic treatment. Its difficult for me to make those sooo. Is it possible that I buy the materials you need to make the panels and pay you to build them?

I think you have used mdf that is way too thick. I would say these could have been made from 1/4 inch tempered hardboard and have been much much lighter and cheaper yet just as durrable with a few mid section braces

Lots of people making a lot of great suggestions. First, a bit of caution, especially since you have asthma: I'd put a sheet of poly batting between your fabric and the panel to help prevent the fibers from falling through. Safe n' Sound was made to be installed INSIDE the wall and the fiberglass can destroy your lungs.

Second, sound is all about wave lengths and as several other folks have mentioned, creating a 2 in gap between the ceiling and the clouds will improve their effectiveness incredibly. You can also pitch them at slight angles causing more wave disruption.

Last, while no where near as effective as actual acoustic panels, the guy in the video you're referencing has hexagonal "sound dampeners" on the wall behind him. You could install simple square panels on the faces of your cabinets.

Anything you can do to get rid of right angles will help. Your lumber stacks were making great diffusers. If you noticed a huge impact when you installed the clouds, you will find an even greater impact if you put some on the walls (as others have said).

A real life example for why you should add some poly batting (especially to clouds) is if you've ever shaved or trimmed your beard without a shirt on, then worn a shirt. How quickly do your trimmings start coming through? Not just sound vibration, but everything you've got going in your shop is going to jostle those fibers through the "t-shirt" you've covered the panel with.

Actually you WANT them slightly asymmetrical

What Echo?? I didn't hear any difference.

Since when is rockwool dangerous to your lungs?

where can i find the plans with the measurements please

Concerning the use of MDF, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Of course, traditional joinery is useless with MDF because it's made of wishes and smashing.

Nice. What about a vertical hang? Audiophiles like to put treatments on walls. Supports to keep the insulation from settling? What interval? Stapling?

How much effort was it to get the nailing lined up with the music?
Great video

with 11 ft ceilings would you not want to wire suspend these bass traps at angles in correlation to your voice and tools while i can appreciate the cleats performance would be better that way im sure.

Missed opportunity to hang them and drill holes on the sides. There's not much difference through your mics and your mic placement. All that work for very little gain. Mic choice, mic placement are the first steps to better audio. And before anyone asks, I'm listening to this video jumping between legit studio monitors (Old Tannoys with reference amp, small KRK's and Adam A7X's - sub not on).

Sadly, the rock wool is very expensive here

Looks great and so simple! Thanks for sharing this straightforward design.

I would have added a small center support for the rock wool as I think it will sag over time if you do not have that. :)

You could have achieved sufficient sound damping by just draping acoustic quilt fabric from hangers on the ceiling. Take it down occasionally and wash but otherwise, the result would be similar with very little effort.