DIY sound panels to improve your music cave

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Sharing my experience, a recent project to upgrade my music cave.

TL;DR - Magnets are cool :slight_smile:

Edit: Adding a few links, as they are not clickable in the PDF

Best regards,

Gino

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Thank you very much for sharing,
I’m taking notes :slight_smile:

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thx
I’m also taking notes :wink:

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Interesting! Where did you get the acoustic tiles?

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I got them from Home Depot. You can get a case of them, which has eight 2’x4’ tiles for less than $50.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Armstrong-CEILINGS-Fine-Fissured-2-ft-x-4-ft-Square-Edge-Tile-64-sq-ft-case-922A/202562692?

If I were going to do it again, I’d try to get some of these. They absorb 85%.
But they are also $200 for six of them, ooof!

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thank you for this, gonna try it for sure. did you already have the towels or did you buy those specifically?

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I bought them as I didn’t have 8 towels the size I needed.

These are the ones I got:

Ariv Collection Premium Bamboo Cotton Bath Towels - Natural, Ultra Absorbent and Eco-Friendly 30" X 52" (Grey) (4 piece set)
by Ariv Collection
Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N1UETP6/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Q11BSEY938024RTCA9M5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

If I did I it again I’d try to get thicker towels, but they get expensive.

The towels serve 2 purposes. They absorb more sound and keep the panel edges from dropping debris.

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Thanks for the info mate.
Did you end up putting any panel up on ceiling? Those are the ones I’d be worried about

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I didn’t add them to the ceiling (which is funny as they are ceiling tiles :slight_smile: )

They would work there as the tiles are fairly light and the magnets are very strong.

I did consider it, but decided to add rugs on the floor to soak up sound bouncing from the ceiling.

Note I wasn’t going for a completely dead room, as I’d have to cover all surfaces to get that.

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This is great stuff, I’ll try to build some panels soon. The only thing is I am not too keen on seeing towels on my walls, will think of something to cover them, black cotton sheet maybe

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Interesting stuff here! I have decided to change up what I am doing with sound and I am going to move on from “trying to produce music” to sound design, field recording and foley work.

I am looking into gear (of course) and how to make a “dead” room for recording.

Found this project from a few years back.

There is a video (timelaps) from the building proces too.

If you have personal experiences in this please share.

thx