Home Studio Soundproofing

and should you in low light photography for example?

here is the thing- when you use the in camera noise reduction, you have to wait for it to process for as long as whatever your shutter speed is. if you are shooting at 1/120th then thats how long you will have to wait after you take the picture, but if you are taking a 10s exposure then your actual exposure will take 20s. also, the reason why you get noise is because of heat on the sensor, and so as I found out the other night of a shoot, the longer your exposure, and the longer you spend taking pictures at one time the heavier your noise will be and the noise reduction wont do much anyways ( so if you are taking 10 second exposures you can bet that after the 30th 10 second exposure you will see more noise than on the first exposure.

also the noise reduction is throwing info out of your image and that is always bad to let your camera do. the very best thing is to learn MANUAL techniques to fix it in photoshop, OR learn to love it like we used to love film grain.

I have noisy neighbors and I hear them all night through my bedroom window. I have some styrofoam insulation panels and wonder if that would make a good sound barrier if I cut them to fit inside and outside my window.

it will be much better than you have now

i want to re-do my in home "recording studio" and i’m not sure what color i should paint it, im going to be putting up soundproofing foam, but i wanna paint the walls before, what color do you think would look best?

If you are aiming for a contemporary feel, then use bold colors such as reds or oranges teamed with a heavily contrasting color like black or silver to give an edgy modern look. For a blues or mellower theme, choose lighter more soothing earth tones, like muted greens or blues.

A. Noise reduction increases with an increase in the transmission loss of the wall separating the two rooms.
B. The stiffness of the wall has little effect on noise reduction
C. To improve noise reduction, you should place absorptive materials on both sides of the all
D. An increase in wall area separating the two rooms is detrimental

A. Noise reduction increases with an increase in the transmission loss of the wall separating the two rooms.

yes, increasing sound losses means less sound is transmitted

B. The stiffness of the wall has little effect on noise reduction

false, a stiff wall can vibrate easily

C. To improve noise reduction, you should place absorptive materials on both sides of the all

true, absorptive materials reduce sound

D. An increase in wall area separating the two rooms is detrimental

detrimental to what? Increase in wall area allows more sound t be transferred.

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Hello I just moved in and a soundproof room is empty which I can use. I want to build a hip hop home studio. My budget on a computer/laptop is $900 before tax, which should I get and what type mac/pc I want to make beats also I have a akai xr20 and fl studio 9 and a casio keyboard wk3300 I play piano. I am thinkin to getting pro tools for recording, my budget on the studio is 1000-1500 not including the comp/laptop.
Monitors? M-audio bx5?
Mic? Mxl?
Interface fastrack pro?
Mpd32? Would I need a 8 track digital recorder like tascam? A mixer?
Synthesizer? Midi? I already got some good headphones, sound proof, filter,
I want to make beats, record good quailty! I play the piano and make some basic rap, reggaeton beats. What do I need? Give me info links prices, please even if its alil over my budget. Thanks sooo much 10 points

Hey there! Here’s a wonderful article on the topic: http://www.audioneeds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208

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Okay, so I just bought a 1080p HDTV. There’s a setting in the menu called "DNR." I tried looking up info over what it is. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s "Digital Noise Reduction." From what I’ve researched though, no site offers a clear explanation over what it really does. Does anyone know what this setting is really for? I can set it from "off," to "low" all the way to "high."

It helps remove noise, mostly in old analog cable signals.
Unless you still have analog cable, set it to off or low.

If price is a problem, I’ll go with a PC. In fact, both cases I’ll go with a PC. Why? You’ll find great free software out there, PC is cheaper, many upgrading alternatives. If you want to upgrade a Mac, you’ll have to buy a new one. So…

random question. i was just doing laundry, and my washer was spinning at a very high un-normal speed. i was wondering if the speed of a spin cycle could break the sound barrier if cycle was spinnig at a very high un-normal spped?

I suppose it could if the motor was powerful enough. I guess if you could get it to spin that fast there would be no need to dry them.

How much does it cost per unit of length for a standard freeway sound barrier? I can’t find it anywhere. Thanks!

I can;’ swear to this but I’ve heard it’s a million bucks a mile.

It would be wonderful if you could find a video of pilots trying to break the sound barrier, but having their wings rip off and crash. Any good videos would be nice. Thanks in advance!

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