The guys underneat can hear the snare!

noisefix · Post by **noisefix** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:11 pm

Hiya's

I haven't put a floor into my structurally complete room yet. So I thought I would do a test and got my percussionist in with a set of bongos, cowbells and a snare drum.

Well suffice to say that the snare drum was audible, at the shop downstairs.. although I didn't go to check the levels, they said they can hear it.

Currently the floor is some thin concrete, with particle board, then ceramic tiles.

I wish to cover the tiles, so could anyone kindly suggest what to use as for the best material that won't put so much weight so as to crash me through the floor.

I was thinking of making a plywood drum rise and putting that on some absorbant material... any better suggestions?

tmix · Post by **tmix** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:11 pm

That is what I would suggest.

I would build a riser using some 4 inch compressed fibreglass panels and some 3/4 inch plywood on top. You could even possibly put a layer of sheetrock (gypsum) between the fiberglass and plywood for some density.

Someone else on this forum did something similar and it worked well.

Tom

WiseMindsRecordingStudios · Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:11 am

T has a great idea, you may also want to add to that a 1/4" sheet of laminate lucite 14"x14" square directly under the snare. I had read somewhere that someone used this trick to bring out the snare more for the drummer himself to hear it. So, my thought is that it must reflect the sound which in turn would stop some of it from getting downstairs if it is through the floor that they are hearing it. You may want to check ventilation ducts as well..

noisefix · Post by **noisefix** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:21 am

WiseMindsRecordingStudios wrote:T has a great idea, you may also want to add to that a 1/4" sheet of laminate lucite 14"x14" square directly under the snare. I had read somewhere that someone used this trick to bring out the snare more for the drummer himself to hear it. So, my thought is that it must reflect the sound which in turn would stop some of it from getting downstairs if it is through the floor that they are hearing it. You may want to check ventilation ducts as well..

What's this I hear of ventilation ducts? Tell me more.. I'm intrigued..

Are you referring to general ventilation ducts for my room or in whatever drum rise I build?

WiseMindsRecordingStudios · Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:11 pm

I meant that the snare could be echoing through the ventilation ducts in the building. Because of the frequency range of the snare itself, it tends to carry through metal ducting quite well.