Carpet Walls For Drum Recording

Hanging carpet on walls for soundproofing does it work.

Carpet walls for drum recording.

This wasn t a problem when recording drums as brett uses his roland v drum kit for that but when recording vocals he d had trouble with spill from the control room monitors getting onto the recording. Because of this a carpet treatment would only work at really high frequencies and not so well at mid to lower frequencies. Avoid placing the carpet directly against the studio walls. The rest will remain free to wander.

What to use for building a drum room. We decided that rather than paneling the van walls with wood we would carpet it to get a better finish and make it seem warmer. Carpets and rugs are much thinner than their foam and fiberglass counterparts. Doesn t do much for acoustics it s still a flat surface for sound to bounce off of.

Providing the carpet is porous not one with a sealed rubber backing it can be used to cover a cheap absorbing material such as medium density rockwool mineral wool slab 50 to 100 mm thick to create an effective mid high absorber with an attractive cosmetic finish that also prevents the mineral wool fibres from escaping. Building a drum room in your home can provide a dedicated space for your kit and offer the opportunity to build in soundproofing both you and your neighbors. Drums on a wood floor are fine though you ll most likely need a rug of some sort to keep them from sliding around as you play. Placing the carpet directly on the wall will roughly absorb only the highest frequencies.

You may have read about using egg crates carpets and even some. Build it like the pros cengage 2011 forget about building soundproof rooms they don t exist. It looks a lot cleaner has a nicer finish and also helps to further insulate the van and reduce condensation build up while cooking and sleeping. You will simply own an adorned wall with the same level of noise.

My studio has carpet on the walls. This was clearly going to. We used the kiravans easyliner 4 way stretch carpet in wheat to get a nice warm but light look to the van. As rod gervais says in his excellent book home recording studio.

It keeps the room warm as in temperature. For a 1 khz frequency place the carpet at 85mm from the wall. Any assembly will let sound through it just depends on.