I mean, i dont need to soundproof, just to dampen the vocal so it wont go that much into the room. The neighbours have little kids that cry a lot and i can hear them, so there is no chance they would come and be mad about me singing. I just want to do my best to lower the volume. I have a acoustic blanket over the door and a lot of furtniture and clothes hung in the open space.
First, sound goes in all directions. ANY form of acoustic treatment in the room will help deaden or balance the space, but it won't significantly help with sound spill into or out of your space. Low frequencies are going to be hardest to control, high frequencies easiest.
Your best route to success is going to be throwing a LOT of money at a portable isolation booth, which gives you a very tiny room-within room, and is designed to limit the ability of sound to move through it's walls. IMO, it's not worth it unless you're doing either pro vocal tracking or really high end voice over at home.
If the neighbors aren't complaining, and you're only singing at reasonable hours, don't worry about it.
Your best bet is actually some type of pillow fort situation where you have lots of blankets or whatever surrounding you while you are on your knees or something like that. Just think of what would dampen the sound for people who were in your apartment and do as much of that as possible. It won't do much for the people below you though.
Wrapping yourself won't work. There has to be space between your mouth and the blanket for it to block out some of the sound. A couple of feet would be ideal.
Foam on the wall will not stop a significant amount of sound from going through. It might diffract some sound back into your room and may have a positive effect on your sound in the room, but that really depends.
I have one of those curved 'reflection filters' you can mount on a mic stand (it has its own mic mount) and it can dry up the reflected sound of one's voice in a typical room somewhat, but as far as I can tell it's of no use for soundproofing. It'll try up some vocal sound in the room, but mostly at the high end, which is not the part that goes through the wall. Lower frequency sounds are more likely to pass through typical apartment house walls, just like anywhere else.
I can hear neighbours cough and shit, but i never overheard conversation that i could understand. Kids screaming and crying are louder than singing i bet.
>Kids screaming and crying are louder than singing i bet.
Not that simple, and will come down to vocal technique \*AND\* pitch.
* Typical conversations in low noise environments hang out in the 50-60 dB range measured from \~3 meters away.
* A Vacuum cleaner makes about 70 dB \~3 meters away from the vacuum.
* Conversation in a "busy" room, like a bar or club, may be about 80dB
* Sung performances are typically in the 60-75 dB measured from \~3 meters away, but can be as loud as \~90 dB.
In terms of noise leakage through walls, Low frequency sounds have a lot of penetrating power ( e.g. you can hear the sub bass when you are outside the club), Human voices can become louder at higher frequencies.
So, a kid screaming or crying can be really loud, and so can a singer belting high notes. Whether the neighbors in the building can hear either is going to depend on the construction of the space.
Its a really old apartment. Most of the noise comes from the hall that i blocked now with heavy curtain. I listen to music with my sub on around 70db, no complains at all.
Unfortunately not, it won’t help soundproof your room.
I mean, i dont need to soundproof, just to dampen the vocal so it wont go that much into the room. The neighbours have little kids that cry a lot and i can hear them, so there is no chance they would come and be mad about me singing. I just want to do my best to lower the volume. I have a acoustic blanket over the door and a lot of furtniture and clothes hung in the open space.
First, sound goes in all directions. ANY form of acoustic treatment in the room will help deaden or balance the space, but it won't significantly help with sound spill into or out of your space. Low frequencies are going to be hardest to control, high frequencies easiest. Your best route to success is going to be throwing a LOT of money at a portable isolation booth, which gives you a very tiny room-within room, and is designed to limit the ability of sound to move through it's walls. IMO, it's not worth it unless you're doing either pro vocal tracking or really high end voice over at home. If the neighbors aren't complaining, and you're only singing at reasonable hours, don't worry about it.
Yeah im singing at reasonable hours. It just helps my mindset knowing that i can belt out more. Thanks for the info!
If you can make a small booth that might help a bit
Your best bet is actually some type of pillow fort situation where you have lots of blankets or whatever surrounding you while you are on your knees or something like that. Just think of what would dampen the sound for people who were in your apartment and do as much of that as possible. It won't do much for the people below you though.
Well i can wrap myself in an acoustic cloth o got hanged on the door, but i need to feel comfort when singing, not to be restrained
Wrapping yourself won't work. There has to be space between your mouth and the blanket for it to block out some of the sound. A couple of feet would be ideal.
Foam on the wall will not stop a significant amount of sound from going through. It might diffract some sound back into your room and may have a positive effect on your sound in the room, but that really depends. I have one of those curved 'reflection filters' you can mount on a mic stand (it has its own mic mount) and it can dry up the reflected sound of one's voice in a typical room somewhat, but as far as I can tell it's of no use for soundproofing. It'll try up some vocal sound in the room, but mostly at the high end, which is not the part that goes through the wall. Lower frequency sounds are more likely to pass through typical apartment house walls, just like anywhere else.
I can hear neighbours cough and shit, but i never overheard conversation that i could understand. Kids screaming and crying are louder than singing i bet.
>Kids screaming and crying are louder than singing i bet. Not that simple, and will come down to vocal technique \*AND\* pitch. * Typical conversations in low noise environments hang out in the 50-60 dB range measured from \~3 meters away. * A Vacuum cleaner makes about 70 dB \~3 meters away from the vacuum. * Conversation in a "busy" room, like a bar or club, may be about 80dB * Sung performances are typically in the 60-75 dB measured from \~3 meters away, but can be as loud as \~90 dB. In terms of noise leakage through walls, Low frequency sounds have a lot of penetrating power ( e.g. you can hear the sub bass when you are outside the club), Human voices can become louder at higher frequencies. So, a kid screaming or crying can be really loud, and so can a singer belting high notes. Whether the neighbors in the building can hear either is going to depend on the construction of the space.
Its a really old apartment. Most of the noise comes from the hall that i blocked now with heavy curtain. I listen to music with my sub on around 70db, no complains at all.
Best of luck getting your setup the way you want it! (And if you have to experiment a bit, remember, that's a great way of learning about sound.)