Built vocal booth...now need some more help??

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elove
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Built vocal booth...now need some more help??

Post by elove »

Hello all…I just got done building my first vocal booth. The booth is 4 X 6 and 10 ft. high. I only built two walls because I used the corner of the room as my other two walls. I covered the exterior of the booth with carpet. I built the booth using plywood and 2 X 4’s. For the door, I just cut out 2ft from one of the sides and made that the door. Yeah I know, not the best thing to do..but hey! Now I don’t know what to do about the treatment on the inside of the booth. Can you all tell me what type of foam or insulation to use for the interior? I need something cost effective. I was thinking of maybe putting some type of insulation on the inside wall and covering it with plywood on the inside of the booth. And then putting some type of foam on top of that to complete it. But as you can see, I am a newbie. I mean, is it necessary to close in the walls from the inside or is it best to just put the foam up on the walls in the inside. So can some of you give me some cost effective ways to treat the inside of the booth. Also, I need to know how to treat the roof of the booth and what to do about ventilation. So help!!!!! Asap. I want to take care of this immediately. Thanks a lot my fellow musicians…peace.
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Post by sharward »

A few weeks ago, Knightfly answered your original post, in which he:
  • 1. said "there's no point in building anything if you just cut a hole or two for ventilation, with or without a fan,"

    2. advised you against using even #s of feet,

    3. asked you to reread the "Before You Post" announcement, and

    4. specifically asked you to "follow ALL the guidelines, including editing your profile to include a location."
It appears that you ignored all of those instructions pieces of advice.

Don't get me wrong -- the community here is quite accustomed to helping people who have made mistakes and need help fixing them. However, things may get very frustrating for everyone (especially you) if you don't slow down and take the time to study this forum and either follow the advice you are given or engage in some healthy discussion about why it may or may not be applicable or practical in your case.
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