Wild Idea of Minimising Sound!!

[bryanlim]

hi guys,

please pardon me for my lame and wild idea. i was thinking how i could minimise my drums sound. as we all know, it would cost alot to soundproof. and carpets, curtains do help to a minimal amount. i was thinking about using..


WATER!!


have u guys ever talked underwater? it seems to be very muffled to me. if we could like add a little layer under my drums or around the room, u guys think will it work? ignore problems like leaking, dengue, blar blar.

wat u guys think!?

 

[Indigo_blues]

no, won't work. Unless you want more dengue in Singapore. :lol:

 

[bin4christ]

hey if tt dengue fever thingy bothers u,u can put FISHES in the water so the mosquitoe eggs will be eaten!!!

hmm,wont tt be cool..drumming with FISHES swimming around u...

 

[BlackMoo]

Have you heard of the term 'short-circuit'? hehe.

 

[bryanlim]

hehe, well it was just a wild idea.

as in the room is covered with a layer of water. doesn't it fufills the citeria of a room within a room?

NO DENGUE!! no place for them to LAY!! =)

 

[bryanlim]

well,

CAN I HAVE SUM CREATIVE MINDS!! i think that it might "just" work.

 

[soft]

well, first of all, you must understand how does sound behave and how to sound proof a room.

your idea can work provided you can enclose the whole room first. the 'water layer' is the added insulant.

 

[BlackMoo]

in that case,

you can install vacuum cleaners on the walls to suck up the sound.

 

[soft]

vacuum would be the best insulator. but will be so expensive to construct.

 

[bryanlim]

arhx.. lame idea.. i actually tot of putting a layer of water under my bass drum carpet. hoping to minimise.. :roll:

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

well, styrofoam helps...

time to collect old styrofoams!

 

[KMA]

here are few options but expensive

http://www.clearsonic.com/sorber.html

http://www.stack.nl/~erwint/multi/drumroom.html

We need to address two issues here. Make a small plateform for the drum set. minimise the contact of the plateform, with the floor, by raising the platform; and using synthetic rubber foot for the platform. this will prevent the sound tranmission through solid.

Second enclose the room using rockwool. or OC703 [Ovens Corning] sheets.

third DIY make bass traps to absorb all the low frequency sound.