Soundproofing 101 with Itchy Tasty Records Acoustic treatment - 101- for sound isolation, Acoustic tuning, Acoustic education and best sound acoustic methodology for apartments, studios, dorms and homes

Soundproofing 101 with Itchy Tasty Records Acoustic treatment, sound isolation, Acoustic tuning, Acoustic education and best sound acoustic methodology for apartments, studios, dorms and homes.

I have been doing this for a long time now and after thousands of hours of labor and research the following is the best and most cost effective methods i have come up with for the best sound isolation, blocking and room acoustics. 

Lesson One Will Talk about

1 Why are room acoustics important and Why we need acoustic treatment

2 .What needs to be treated. 

3. Box in a Box Theory

1 Why are room acoustics important Why do i need soundproofing to be a music producer? 

Music producers have a job that requires us to create, mix, and master tracks that sound good on every type of system. 

In order to do this we need the sounds that come out of the speakers to be freshest of fresh sounds from the tracks (ie sounds heard as they are played in the mix)  

If the sounds stick around in the room or listening space to long, these reverberation cause interactions and coupling of sounds with the newest fresh sounds that are coming out of the speakers. This will  interrupt and impact our ears  in a way that will make us mix and master like a piece of shit producer. 

Coupling occurs in an untreated room. Meshing your sounds into one inaccurate ball of lies.

Coupling is a problem in music production. it means “make as one” - ie in speakers and soundland this means -  2 speakers interfering with another meshing the sound of both speakers into one jumbled inaccurate sound.

If your room, desk, floor, ceiling has to much vibration, coupling occurs and you speakers will give you shit feedback.   

We want to de-couple the sound – where there is absolutely no relationship. float the left loudspeaker  isnt shaking from the impact of the right loudspeaker. Tshus isolation occurs and a more accurate sound can be heard. 

So as producers we need to hear in a flat as possible manner. Flat as in most basic true sound without color from a room, interface, or speakers in order to and accurately judge, create, design, mix or master the task at hand.  

Good room acoustics make the listeners position as accurate and flat as possible. The freshest sounds are heard and gone before the next waveforms interupt the mix.  

Without proper acoustics, you will produce shit mixes and sounds no matter matter what speakers, interface, power, daw, or golden ears you have. 


same reason they make open canned headphones like sennheiser 650 hd for mixing in.  no headphone on the market today is a great enough substitute for a pair of studio monitors and a great room. These elements are essential for every producer. Headphones are like a second reference to check the mix,  just as an avatone is used for. 


2 .What needs to be treated. 

windows
doors
Vents
outlet
walls 
ceilings
floors  
power

For windows, doors, vents, outlets, treatment isolation and sound blocking is quite simple.

For the walls, ceilings and floors sound gets harder to treat so i have designed a 3 layer system that will give you the best acoustic results .

3. Box In a Box Theory

An idea construction for soundproofing is a box in a box theory - everything is floating for best isolation. Also i must add speakers, interface, screen, desk, power, is also floating for best results. ill get into that later. 

If you building your studio from scratch ie building a house or studio on a blank piece of land Mason Uk has the best products and methods around for this Mason Uk Official recording studio methods

Again this is the solution if you walls, floors and ceiling are all ready built. not a guide for fresh contruction sound isolation. If your building the whole place from scratch there is a lot more you can do than this which is much better for clean power, clean sound, acoustics, sound isolation and absorption, but still cost a bundle. However most of us are in a place in which the walls have all ready been put up. So this guide will most likely help you a lot. 


These Few Itchy Tasty Records Acoustics 100 Courses are  the cheapest and most efficient ways to treat your studio. How to treat, isolate, sound proof and create a great listening space/environment for when the walls, ceilings, and floors are all ready built when you get the place!!1 

Stay Tuned for Itchy Tasty Records 102 - 
How to treat - Windows, Doors, outlets, cracks and where the sound leaks.

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