RTP-area local music and culture

[nebulax <nebulax AT earthling.net>]

On Aug 28, 11:27=A0am, david gourley <davidg.nospam.n... AT verizon.net>
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> gmiller... AT gmail.com (Gary Miller) put forth the notion
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> > Hi Jeff,
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> > I think the key issue as it relates to cost is going to be the size of
> > the room. =A0My answer to that would be to suggest that you frame out a
> > smaller "room within a room" and then pad the heck out of that sucker
> > with carpet.
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> > I did this at my house in a bedroom. =A0The room was 12x12. =A0I built =
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> > smaller "box" (6x6) within that room to house my drums. =A0I spent mayb=
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> > $175 to $200 on lumber. =A0I then got free carpet from craigslist and
> > completely covered the inside and out of that smaller
> > room-within-a-room.
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> > It's not "soundproof" per se. =A0But, I can bash away, and my wife can
> > barely hear it if she walks 10 feet from the house.
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> > Good luck!
> > Gary
> > p.s. After doing this, then go tell the neighbors to stop being such
> > douchebags. =A0:)
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> > 2008/8/28 Jeffrey Herrick <herrickjeff... AT yahoo.com>:
> >> Hey All,
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> >> My sister lives in Durham and asked if me or my friends know anything
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> about soundproofing.. which I don't. =A0I did an obligatory search of
> alt.music.chapel-hill to see if this has been addressed before.. My weak
> searching skillz didn't come up with much. =A0So I throw out to the
> collective knowledge. Links or whatever are much appreciated.. The kid
> plays in a room above a garage. =A0So I think there are some windows that=
 may
> be>> the main problem, they have tried some sort of sound proofing to the=
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> >> but I don't know what... and the neighbors still called the cops.. see=
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> the neighbors annoyed by the drums are not very willing compromise. =A0My
> sister's query is below...
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> >> **
> >> Our neighbors across the street are having a terrible time with the
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> >> neighbors behind them regarding their sons drumming. =A0They have now
> called
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> >> the cops twice. =A0And the cops have basically said if anyone finds it
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> >> disturbing then he can't play- Ever! (and the 15 yo will get the
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> >> citation and have to go to juvenile court) It is certainly audible
> outside
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> >> the house but we think reasonable for daytime noise. They have taken
> some
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> >> efforts to sound proof the room and would like to do more but they thi=
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> it
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> >> will cost $3,000 with the materials they are researching. =A0Any cheap
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> >> solutions would be appreciated!***
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> >> I'm a bit suspicious of durham's finest interpretation of the law.. bu=
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> I really know nothing of the legalities of the situation either...
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> >> Please help the kids to keep rock'n..
> >> Jeff
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> You need massive layers of sheetrock to cut off bass freqs, as carpet is
> only good for mid-high freqs. =A0
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> Real soundproofing is a costly exercise, and the electonic drum idea may =
be
> best for a house surrounded by other houses. =A0The 'room within a room' =
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> good to a point, but if you can't 'float' it you're almost in the same
> boat.
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> david- Hide quoted text -


Here's a link to some soundproofing tips from a drumming website -
http://www.drumdojo.com/magazine/magazines/Soundproofing.htm

-Neb