Building a Soundproofed recording studio in your home | Is it possible?

BEAUTIFUL job!

the Idea to cover the insulation with thick fabric just solved a big problem for me. I don't have the money to buy all the materials needed like drywall so this idea is a gold mine.

@Scott If I may drop my two pennies. In order from one room to another: drywall, rubber sheet 1/4 inch, rock wool, again rubber and drywall. No matter if its a wall, ceiling or a floor. It stops air movement completely ergo soundproofing completely.

Thanx alot Scott. I sing both western and Indian music and I would like to build a home studio in my home for me to use and also for other musicians to use to record their music.

You have no clue how to build a studio and your studio looks wack😂 get a grip

Wait a second.. did you NOT use screws on your second layer of drywall? You know green glue is not really glue, right?
From GreenGlues FAQ:
Q: Can I use the Compound as an adhesive/glue?
A: No, the Compound cannot be used as a glue and requires screw pressure, spaced per building code, to function.

Tai Lopez lookin ahh but as a musician

Surely the ideal solution would have been to create an entire sub-ceiling to decouple it from the floor above?? Doing that in addition to your insulation and double thickness plasterboard would only allow transmission of very very low frequencies.

Can you see the insulation or 2x4 outlined in the canvas like a phone in your pocket or is it thick enough it looks virtually flat in person.

any concern about micro particles of rock wool leaking through thr fabric there is a video by accoustic fiels he says to avoid rock wool for helath reaons.

"no sounds comes through concrete". boy did i wish that were true

This was awesome
Thank you

I'm in the process of planning a similar space. Is there a reason you used regular r30 insulation in the ceiling instead of the same soundproofing insulation you used for the walls?

Lmaoo you aren’t handy at all my man. Wifey was putting you to shame in those time lapse vids 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂

$8,000 is much cheaper than I thought.

Cool, this looks exactly like the type of set up that I think might work out for me. Thanks.

Granted the cost would have increased almost exponentially, however, did you consider using QuietRock or Sonopan on the ceiling? Either might have had more of an impact than two sheets of regular drywall.

Regardless, great video! Thanks for sharing your journey!

Wheaten terrier?

Adding a false ceiling would have cut down on all that work needed to sound proof the floor above. This makes the studio separate from the house floor.

I love the idea of the fabric walls, but I sincerely hope that you doused them in fire retardant.

Hey man that square I saw in the middle of the room before you finished the studio that square you can turn that into a vocal booth or a overdub booth that would be sick to do

I get the idea about the walls but that stuff 100% cotton. Flammable as hell. That would go so fast bro. Be safe but I don't think that is code ✌

cost estimate?

Just subbed. Great video. Thank you for sharing. I am building a studio in a small garage. I was going to plaster the walls then try and do something about the sound bouncing around. Your way is much better and I think less expensive. Thank you.

Thanks for this great overview! So nice to hear about the shortcomings and for you to run through the cost breakdown.

I'm surprised you didn't use quietrock..instead of reg. Drywall..

Thanks so much, Scott. It's pretty much exactly what I wanted to know, so I'm happy to find your video.

Did putting just Safe n Sound on the walls and no addional drywall...did it still help with the sound proofing? If so how many dB of reduction did you approximately get from it?

With the current build that you did, do you turn your music up loud and also do you have a lot of low end frequency coming out of your studio monitors? I'm trying to get an idea of what i need to do to prevent noise from escaping the room as well as entering. I also am planning for a basement studio build as well. The type of music I create has more of the low end frequency range being the most prominent sound 60hz-160hz

nice room really cool, might want to chill on saying actual tho.

so just to clarify, the second layer of drywall, u didnt use screws. All you did to get the drywall to stick was use green glue

This is great! Super cool stuff

Great video! Thanks

Thank you so much for your help!

Decoupling the wall and ceiling is a far better way to go and much easier. Results would be exponentially beyond what you have with fabric.

two things i have on top of what you've done, was to staple rolls of acoustic rubber before the gap, just before double drywall, then used compressed rockwool tiles as the ceiling.

Hi Scott, might be a silly question but did you screw the bottom layer of dry wall on the ceiling or just green glue it? Also did your basement have any humidity, efflorescence or damp issues to begin with? Cheers Dan

Hey how about you put carpet on the wood floor

Do you charge bands to record ?

A little tip I learned from a contractor, use different thicknesses of drywall when applying multiple sheets, or on either side of a wall. The different thicknesses resonate at different frequencies and help to reduce amount of sound getting in/ out.

Green glue is a ridiculous rip off that does absolutely nothing

Great content! I was wondering though, what about ventilation? I live in a very hot area and I’ll probably sweat to death while recording anything in the kind of setup you have lol. Jokes aside i’ve thought about installing a/c in the room before proceeding with sound proofing but i don’t know if the a/c will defeat the purpose, what do you think?

what are the exact materials you used on those walls ..?

Scott I’m building a home and essentially the attic level (3rd level) will be a finished room. If I were to use your method of drywall and glue for the ceiling of the 2nd level, do you think sound from Yamaha HS8s and the sub would would be super audible if the studio was on the attic (3rd level)?

I think you could have skipped the green glue and just built a new roof to your isolation booth. That way you would have an air buffer between the two ceilings. Looks good though. 👍

Why didn't you build a room-in-a-room system? That'd be the best sound proofing.

Soundproof panels on the ceiling

Great video! Wondering if you thought about adding MLV after the insulation ?