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Source for acoustic foam panels

The live room is too noisey.  There's too much reflection.  I've also exceeded my budget.  Aside from the ultra-cheap sound dampening technique of hanging blankets on the walls and always wearing my fleece jacket when playing, I'd like to build a couple of mobile 2' by 4' panels to attempt to isolate the drums a little.  Anyone have a vendor in mind for sonex or the like?  I'm in the US.  Actually, Rhode Island - home of the station fire, so I don't mind paying for fire inhibitive foam.


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Source for acoustic foam panels

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Used cardboard egg crates are the cheapest I know of.  Should be plenty in RI.  All the linguica and eggs served there would make it a sure thing.   
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Source for acoustic foam panels

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I did that in college.  It took many, many trips out to breakfast to do just one wall.  Looking for some a little more serious now.  In retrospect, that shit could have gone up easily with the many sparks around at the time.
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Source for acoustic foam panels

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Hmm...  One thing that might work decently if you can find it is called Egg-carton/crate foam.  When I was in college, I had this foam that had lots of foam spikes on it.  It worked well enough to 'deaden' a bass drum (a real bass drum, not a bass sound).  Though I don't know if Wal-mart sells it.  It's generally used as a sort of mattress pad, so you might wanna look in stores that sell bedding.

It's not audiophile grade, but it's cheap and will kinda work in a pinch.

Source for acoustic foam panels

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The live room is too noisey.  There's too much reflection.  I've also exceeded my budget.  Aside from the ultra-cheap sound dampening technique of hanging blankets on the walls and always wearing my fleece jacket when playing, I'd like to build a couple of mobile 2' by 4' panels to attempt to isolate the drums a little.  Anyone have a vendor in mind for sonex or the like?  I'm in the US.  Actually, Rhode Island - home of the station fire, so I don't mind paying for fire inhibitive foam.


mobius

Glass fiber wool normally used for heat insulation is also very good for sound dampening. It's also very fire proof, but unfortunately it creates lots and lots of dust. If you can cover it with some porous fabric it might be usable... It's used in some anechoic chambers. They have the walls, floor and roof covered by >1 meter long spikes made of glass fibre wool. Do you have a very big living room?

Source for acoustic foam panels

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Glass fiber wool normally used for heat insulation is also very good for sound dampening. It's also very fire proof, but unfortunately it creates lots and lots of dust. If you can cover it with some porous fabric it might be usable... It's used in some anechoic chambers. They have the walls, floor and roof covered by >1 meter long spikes made of glass fibre wool. Do you have a very big living room?

Tell, me that you're not talking about that pink insulation stuff that contractors wear gloves and masks for.

Edit: I just did a bit of looking around online.  Apparently, that stuff isn't as dangerous as I had thought (though it's still a popular misconception), but it still not that good to simply have around openly in close proximity to other people. It's hard to appreciate music when you're suffering from respiratory irritation.

Source for acoustic foam panels

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Actually, that pink owens-corning or whatever stuff made for a *very* dead room before the wallboard went up.  It was actually kind of nice... though very itchy on the back of a sweaty neck.  Should have made a few test recordings then.  Oh well.
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