Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Welcome!

Hey everyone!........Welcome to my Blog!!

I have created this blog for a way to gain a firm knowledge base on the world of sound & soundproofing when it comes to Residential homes.

There are many applications in which soundproofing is ideal, for me, I have a music room that I would like to soundproof. I'm sure my neighbours would be happy to know that this is part of the plan... :) Also, with a continuous increase in population and a lack of space, many today are entertaining the idea of multi family dwellings and smaller more condensed living.

This is where I turn to my peers and the general public to learn more about the topic and what others find important when it comes to the things that we hear. I plan to research the materials out there for soundproofing & gain samples to test myself, and eventually install a product in my own music room.

Sound is such a huge part of our world so please feel free to share any experiences that you've had, any information on my topic, your thought's or ideas, etc. I'd love to hear from you! .... no pun intended haha


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6 comments:

  1. Unknown12 March 2013 at 18:26

    Hey there!
    I found a site that lists effective materials and advice for soundproofing floors, ceilings, and walls.
    http://www.soundisolationcompany.com/
    hopefully this helps!

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    1. Unknown14 March 2013 at 10:52

      Thanks so much! I will definitely check it out!

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  2. Jon3 April 2013 at 18:33

    I'm not too familiar with soundproofing as far as materials go, but I know that the shape of the room can have a large effect. One soundproofed room that I've seen had the walls angled slightly inwards at the center of each wall (so each wall was slightly v-shaped as opposed to a straight wall), thus causing sound to deflect to the sides, avoiding resonance and echo, which can be almost as bad as the initial sound itself! Hope this was helpful!

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    1. Unknown3 April 2013 at 22:52

      Hey Jon,
      Ya that sounds a lot like most Auditoriums, where they carefully place objects on the roof, or tilt the walls toward the audience in order to control the sound reflection, sort of acting like a mirror to the soundwaves. One thing I found interesting is they focus less on soundproofing and more on sound reflection since audience members absorb a lot of the sound and also to control echos/reverberant sounds in the concert hall!

      Thanks very much!
      The angle of the wall definitely has an effect when your trying to control where the sound is going, something to consider when I build the wall back up.

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  3. Unknown5 April 2013 at 01:11

    Hey Kristyne...

    Heres a link that is something along the lines of what you mentioned above. http://www.kineticsnoise.ca/interiors/ovation.html

    Hope it helps you. Good luck with your project.

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