[Joseph Wilkins]

Thank you SO much! 🙂

[Joseph Wilkins]

Thanks for the quick reply… so what are the lower courses made of?

My space is pretty darn huge.

Here is a video I shot for a curtain manufacturer.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v1oh15i2jzmrye2/IMG_6503.MOV?dl=0

The plan right now is to hang heavy theater curtains on the three walls where my stages will be, then cover the ceilings and back wall with these foam tiles:

https://www.amazon.com/FoamEngineering-Acoustic-Panels-Studio-Soundproofing/dp/B07HHWGNB1/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=96+foam+accoustic+panels&qid=1561589433&s=lawn-garden&sr=8-2

This is NOT an audio recording studio, I just need to stop the echo.

Budgets are already going over so I know this isn’t the best way, but do you think this will get me decent sound dampening?

Thanks again!

[Joseph Wilkins]

Ty… one more question.

Many forums and experts say you only need 65% coverage on the walls.

I’ve been told too much foam can make audio sound worse.

What is your reason for going with 100% coverage and how do I decide how much to go with ?

thanks!

[Joseph Wilkins]

Ty

This is AWESOME! Exactly what I was looking for.

A few questions:

1) Can you explain the different types of foam you used and why?

2) Where did you buy all that foam?

3) My studio will have four walls… one will be a green screen like yours and one and a half of them will be seamless corner white cove cyclorama, so while the other walls and the ceiling will be covered in foam, I was thinking of a thick theater curtain on a track that can be pulled over either the white or the green (whichever is not in use). Do you think this will work? Any thoughts on material I should use?

Thanks again

[Joseph Wilkins]

Thank you! Super useful info.

Bill, how thick was the MDF?

I think I will take you up on your advice.

[Joseph Wilkins]

Thank you Bruce for your thoughtful and detailed response.

I guess I have more homework to do.

The big problem here is that I’m not building a little studio room I can float. This studio will be 60 feet long, 36 feet wide and 16 feet tall. Floating a room of that size is just not something I have the ability to do financially.

Maybe I can set my expectations a little clearer.

I currently own a studio that is being knocked down to widen the freeway. It’s literally 30 feet from the busiest freeway in the state. It’s noisy outside. Dogs on one side, freeway on the other. The space is a converted garage unit downstairs with my editing suites in the office space above. On the side and back of the building it has a brick exterior and on the other side is another garage unit – separated by a cinder block wall. On the front is a garage door. Years ago I had a contractor layer a few sheets of drywall 3-4 layers thick in front of the garage door to block the sounds of the freeway.

Inside it is not perfect… we can still hear a slight hum of the freeway and clearly hear when a Harley goes by, or when engine brakes are applied, but that’s about it. For my needs, it works out just fine.

What I need to know before I break ground building my studio in my back yard is… will it be better or worse than what I currently have going on at my existing studio? I can live with the same.

So based on that description, what do you think I’ll hear with frame construction and drywall?

Or would it be better to build with Cinderblock? Or brick? I’m open to any suggestions.

Thanks again.

[Joseph Wilkins]

Food for thought Steve… have been thinking about buying that kit for my new C300mkii.

Todd… go for it. After months of debating the price, I just bought mine and really love the image.

Took it out the box and shot some test footage in my back yard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-MkhvV00oc&feature=youtu.be

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[Joseph Wilkins]

Thanks… I am using Premiere… so what settings would I apply to interpret the footage correctly?

[Joseph Wilkins]

Thanks… I am using Premiere… so what settings would I apply to interpret the footage correctly?

[Joseph Wilkins]

Yes, when I clicked on the watch folder’s file name that you click on to open the publish setting, there is only two options… FTP and creative cloud… no YouTube of Vimeo.

Any ideas?

Thx