Building A Vocal Booth - With Photo's (Need Your Advice)

[Smooth Poetic]

Hi every one i have been checking out this message board for a while and reckon there is some great information on some post's . Anyways im Smooth Poetic and im an up and coming Emcee/(learning) Producer from Sydney, Australia.

The reason why i need you help is that i am building a vocal/recording booth in my garage out back and need to know if im moving in the right direction....there has been heaps of reasearch put into this project so i am just following my instinct or my jedi force.

here is the info :-

Room Size : 264 x 172 (2.6 x 172 metres)

Windows : There is a split beam or stud cause its need for extra support.....Window 1 : 89 x 110 and Window 2 : 79 x 110

Framing is on the corner wall is hard wood studs and the other small wall and window area is metal studs

There is thick special sound proofing insulation in the walls. its called sound screen i think ?...damn the **** was expensive.

The actual walls are 1.5 cm thick MDF or chipboard panels..what ever you call it.

here's a couple of photos to get an idea:


The Insulation



now what i was also worried about was that are the window sections to big ?
there gonna be done with lamnated glass with the inside window on an angel facing down with foam in between the gap

Plus what im gonna be adding to the walls is gyprock or sheet rock on top of the walls with a 1 cm gap inside for sound to be traped(small air space).The Booth will then be finished off with acoustic foam covering the walls and ceiling.

Well i guess thats about it for about now....your knowlegde and advice will be much apricated

Peace

Smooth Poetic

[Smooth Poetic]

come on....any one ?

[Electro-Voice 664]

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[daveaux]

if you use double pane windows (you should) with airspace between the panes, it's be good if one pane is tilted so there's no parallel surface (less wave transfer). Use as thick as is practical.

G'Luck

[Smooth Poetic]

Thanx

[helmuth]

You'll get shitloads of help over here: http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/index.php

[SKEETER]

In my opinion, sound proofing is not the goal in a studio. The main goal I have is sound deadening. I try to use materials that cause there to be few reflections off of the walls. You can have a room so soundproof that a marshall stack will not be heard outside of it, and it be a room that sucks sonically, because the room is too live. The idea is to have surfaces in the room that break up sound rather than reflect sound. I made my vocal area very small, and as dead as I could get it, I want artificial ambiance, and as little wall reflection as I can get for vocals. It really works well for me, I really get some pretty in your face vocals that cut through the mix without being loud.

[superpenguin79]

You'll get shitloads of help over here: http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/index.php

yep, good call... I was going to reccomend John's boards over there. Also, one alternative would be a company called clearsonic which is at clearsonic.com. For about a grand you can get a portable vocal booth to fit into your room. Good for people that don't own space atleast like if you are in an apartment, parents house..etc.... *shrugs*