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rehearsal room - DIY JOB - and PORTABLE POWER!

  • 03-05-2009 9:03pm
    #1
    MichaelJos17
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭



    Hey guys, I was wondering if you could help me, I'm currently making a rehearsal room for me and my band.
    Here's the situation, we've been allowed use a prefab for free for as long as we want really, and we want to turn it into a great rehearsal room.
    There are issues with it:
    1. It has no power and is no longer close to power - have any of you got any idea how we could power our instruments/mics etc? I was dreaming up something the size of a schoolbag that I could plug into the wall at work for 8 hours and then bring it up and it would work for 8 hours, but not sure if that exists! Any advice ideas on this?

    2. Sound insulation - obviously it is very poor in this regard - we want to make decent(not necessarily professional) sounding recordings in this room over the next year, and we are using a mac, have good mics and equipment etc - so would I be right in saying that if we insulated the place nicely we'd be on the right track to getting a good sounding recording?

    3. Any other advice on the important issues of setting up a rehearsal room would be great - it's my big project for the next few months, but wanna get the right information first.

    Especially with the power as that is the big necessity to just be able to hear the music in the first place!!

    Thanks guys,
    MJ


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  • #2
    Duff_Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Duff_Man


    the easiest way around the power thing is to buy a generator and hook it up to the fuse board....get someone competant like a sparks to do it though cause it can be dangerious enough!

    is there no way to get power to the room from another room close by? or is it like a shed out in a garden on its own? it could be cheaper to just wire from a near by room cause if you got a generator it could get pricey!


  • #3
    Stratocaster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭Stratocaster


    On sound proofing and recording an important thing to remember is you have to concentrate on keeping outside noise's from coming in. A lot of people think its the other way around.

    It would be very difficult to keep all the sounds from escaping but its easy enough to keep outside sounds coming in. The best method is to build a room inside a room. This leaves an air gap and air is the best substance to eliminate sound.

    Best to do a Google search on soundproofing as there's plenty of tips available online.


  • #4
    MichaelJos17
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭MichaelJos17


    No unfortunately it is basically 100metres from the nearest building, it used to be just for storage and daytime use and didn't need lights basically. So I could be in the market for a generator then?


  • #5
    MichaelJos17
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭MichaelJos17


    Thanks that's good advice, what kind of materials would you recomend for this?


  • #6
    Duff_Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Duff_Man


    MichaelJos17 wrote: »
    No unfortunately it is basically 100metres from the nearest building, it used to be just for storage and daytime use and didn't need lights basically. So I could be in the market for a generator then?

    yeh its either that or get a sparks in to wire from the building 100 meteres away...when u add up the cost of material and labour it would just be cheaper to get a genny....but remember dont hook it up yourself unless you know exactly what your doing....does the room have any lights/sockets inside?


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  • #7
    Stratocaster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭Stratocaster


    MichaelJos17 wrote: »
    Thanks that's good advice, what kind of materials would you recommend for this?

    You would need a good few lengths of 2"x4". A few rolls of insulation either fiberglass or rockwoll and some sheets of plaster board or soundboard. Its handy to build, you stagger your timber studs and the weave the insulation which is best described as a zig zag, the sheet it both sides. Thats for the walls and theres lots of different things you can do for the floor and celing.

    Just a quick search on google.. http://www.uhfmag.com/Issue63/soundproofing.html


  • #8
    me-skywalker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭me-skywalker


    its funny but the old reliables... egg cartons. the reason they work is because the shape and material holds this 'air' vacum for the sound. but that requires mountians and mountains of cartons as you can imagine.

    another cheap easy, not wholly reliable but adds up measure is long heavy bed sheets or curtains loosely hung on the wall. not nailed tightly just loosely draped on the wall.

    as for power you can buy a flux capictor in argos for this...


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