auralex foam for practice room

[RANTARAVE]

My mom just moved my practice space to from the downstairs living room to a medium sized bedroom

i need to do something about the drum sounds they are really loud

i was thinking about buying auralex foam. would that help quit the room down a bit?

I was thinking about getting this

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Wedgies/

also how effective is this stuff if i buy 20 peices will there be no reverb/echo whatsoever? (what i am aiming for)

sorry for maybe double post

[Foreverain4]

rigid fiberglass is cheaper per square ft and MUCH more effective. check with your local insulation distributor for these products

owens corning 703
john manville 814

[DAS]

What do you mean by "really loud?" Do you mean they are loud to you, while playing in the room, or do you mean they are disturbing others in the house?

The solution to the first problem could be cheaply handled with ear plugs, and they'd be much more effective than any foam/fiberglass solution. If the problem is they are disturbing the rest of the house then you have a much more difficult situation.

Foam or fiberglass will help cut down on reflections in the room above their practical low frequency limit (which is pretty much dictated by the thickness of the material). Because neither of these solutions addresses the low frequencies you probably don't want to cover every surface and try to get rid of 100% of the reverb. Doing so will throw the room tonally out of balance with itself and cause the sound to be less pleasing than if you left a smidge of reverb in. If it's a typical square/rectangular bedroom you probably don't need to cover more than 50% to 60% of the surface area (depends on carpet to some extent).

Also, while fiberglass is more effective and potentially cheaper it is much harder to work with and install, especially if you want an aesthetically pleasing result in the end. Certainly not an insurmountable problem if you want to save some money, but you should go in with your eyes open on that.

[RANTARAVE]

i dont care about disturbing the rest of the house

i am not going to do the fiberglass route because it is TOXIC

i just want to cut down high frequincies of the cymbols and the echo of the cymbols

[Tarktones]

Yeah, you won't need to cover the walls completely. Just on the parallel walls. Should help cut down on the suckification of the room.

[michaelhoddy]

i am not going to do the fiberglass route because it is TOXIC

Really, you say?

More than all the outgassing from Auralex foam in an enclosed space?

Could you clarify some more what you mean?

Certainly, airborne glass fibers are bad. But that's why in studio use, fiberglass panels or baffles are wrapped with something else- like fabric. There may or may not be trace amounts of formaldehyde as well depending on what the fiberglass binder is made of. But these are very small amounts, and relative the toxicity is almost nonexistent compared to the amount of volatiles that foam will give off in a much shorter period.

As mentioned, fiberglass or mineral wool is far superior to foam in terms of absorption, especially at lower frequencies.

[Smithcok]

Unless you make a sandwich out of it, its not going to hurt you.

Just wear gloves (and additional protection, such as a mask or eye glasses) to make sure you don't get itchy.

[dpd]

www.realtraps.com

www.gikacoustics.com

lots more out there

[5454stevef]

Well, they may not look as cool, but plain old acoustic ceiling panels (the lay-in type) work great in the midrange to high frequency absorption range, are cheap (about fifty cents a square foot at places like Home Depot), easy to install and readily available. Nice, non-itchy mineral fiber material is a plus too. You can glue them to the wall, or just tack them up with small finish nails.

One package is more than enough - I like the 2x2 ones because they offer more flexibility in placement.

SF

[D4rkNoise]

here's another

http://www.satellitedesign.co.uk/UA/index.html

these guys are much better than Auralex.

hope this is helpful :)