Soundproofing

[poitead]

Just finishing up the basement wich has a 48 foot by 14 foot room half is a game room and the other half is my theater room i have no doors just a archway seperating the two. I have looked into differnt soundproof items such as fiberglass pads, stud iso's, deadwall ect. But how effective is it goina really be to me without the ability to isolate sound from leaving my theater room? In your experince do you feel it would be a waste to do some of these steps or is there something that is a must do even given my room layout? thanks in advance.

 

[Johnd]

Well, your theater "room" isn't a room at all...it's half of a room open to the game room. The benefit would be: 1) create some deadness for acoustic reasons, and 2) to prevent/minimize the sound from being heard outside of the theater/game room. If the latter is a non-concern, the former can be achieved by treatments (within reason).

 

[poitead]

What would be the best thing within reason to create some deadness for acoustic reasons? Would putting up deadboard ( soundboard ) and do caulking around the drywall? Stud iso's? any tips would be great.

 

[Johnd]

Sound isolating clips with the rubber bushings. Period. I've not seen any great benefit with the green glue. An elevation/schedule would help.

 

[mtrycrafts]

What would be the best thing within reason to create some deadness for acoustic reasons? Would putting up deadboard ( soundboard ) and do caulking around the drywall? Stud iso's? any tips would be great.

How large is the archway between that long, echo chamber in the making?

You may need to deaden sound differently in each half and may need help from acoustic professionals.

For instance, you don't want the sound to reflect back to the theater as that long time delay will create a nice echo chamber. On the other hand, you don't want to deaden, totally, the theater as then that will sound awful.

 

[poitead]

Pms commin shortly.

 

[bpape]

The first thing to do if you're serious about even starting to keep sound in the room is to frame in the archway and put in a solid core door.

Bryan

 

[Johnd]

Received the pm poitead.

I would fisrt address the concrete floor. Acid washed or not, that will pose a huge problem. A thick carpet and pad will go a long way. Wall to wall would be best, but a rug and pad leaving a foot or two about the perimeter will be a close second.

As the Archway encompasses the entire width of the room (less two feet on either side), simply putting in a door is not a viable option. (I don't think bpape got the memo). But I don't see a huge acoustical problem with the acoustics of that openness with proper placement and treatment. And the understanding that you have more of a "space" than a "room" for your theater.

After the rug and proper speaker placement, you may want to consider one or two treatments as necessary. Imho, that should only be seriously discussed after the room is completed and the system properly installed and calibrated. Finally, per my first post, it is not that expensive to use sound isolating clips with extra drywall if you want to soundproof the space. I would install the clips and extra drywall if soundproofing is a concern.

Please keep us informed.

 

[bpape]

Nope - didn't get the memo. Had no idea that it was really more of just a post on both ends.

Bryan