How I Made My Sound Panels for $20 Each

I think you were talking about the Phase when you said 90°? A Sin-Wave has its first peak at pie/2 (=90°) or its secons at 3pie/2 (270°) and therefore the highest amplitude. Putting absorbing material there will absorb the most energy. Because your room has a certain length it will have a very specific resonant frequency, favouring waves with wavelengths whose multiples are the room length. So this technique blocks a specific frequency but is always specific to the needs of the room. What an excellent piece of advice! Thanks, your videos are great

thanks for this very informative video but oh god its tooo much work for. i wish i could just hire somebody to do this stuff right. In my studio i put producers choice blankets all over.
thats all i have the time and patience for.

How do vaulted ceilings change the way you go about treating a room? The drums are 3 ft away, facing the tall wall which is 12ft high. The short wall is about 9ft behind the kit and is 8 ft tall. I live in San Diego, and every wall in this city is hollow, no insulation, so the rooms are like drums themselves. My room is also 15 x 25 ft. I've always just assumed that my room sound would always be terrible,but maybe not. Any tips?

I'm very curious, as to whether or not you have any means to actually take sound/decibel readings, or somehow or other, to "measure" the amount of "sound attenuation" that can be achieved. Is it possible to go "TOO FAR"?... or, to absorb TOO MUCH of the room's natural acoustic properties?!

How are you determining the problem frequencies...?

Thank you, this was great. I made 8 of them, 4" thick. HUGE improvement to the sound in my studeo. In one of your other videos, it looks like you had made a sound diffuser out of many small pieces of wood. A video on that would be super cool!! Thanks again.

you look like silent Bob and sideshow Bob mated. good tip though

Thanks for the vid but one question i sound proof my closet And i get a boxie voice record do i need acoustic pads?

Thanks

Hey bud! First off your videos are excellent and super informative. Just got a TB12 because of your endorsment. Ive gained significant knowledge in mixing and recordin from your vids! Question, Im confined to a small 10x10 room for recording and mixing. Is there any way to optimize the sound of the room for both tracking and mixing? Or will a cloud and wall mounted panels be enough? Cheers!

feels good to round up a bit of your subscriber count. Good luck dude!

There goes your Auralex sponsorship :-D

Your channel is great. I've been at this for 10 years and I still learn new stuff here. Thanks!

Ryan awesome weekly program, recording is an art and art mentor you excel at! Thanks for the real usable tips

Thanks a lot for your information and advice!

Thank you very informative. I live in a duplex & trying to rig a spot in basement for my 16 year old who plays guitar (most often electric) as well as video games/movies it's a new home that has new eco design so strange set up. Small rooms but large basement w/ large windows. The home is great re: sound except for stairs both sets on inside diving wall. I believe I would need to sound proof the adjoining wall all the way up to top of stairs + ceiling. What would be better option? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated

DUDE! I have just descovered your channel and i freakin LOVE IT. thank you so much for all the great tips and info. Keep up the excellent work.

How do you know what the sound is doing. You say it goes through and gets trapped. How do you know it doesn't mostly just get absorbed by the panel and the rest goes bouncing everywhere out the sides of the back.. If it does what you say then why not make the panel deeper to block the sound escaping in the back instead of leaving a space.

wheres the shopping list at

Greetings brother, this is a nice video and I picked up a ton off information on this video. My question is what do you do as far as fiber in the air? Also if you could do it again would you use a different fabric, because that's been the hardest thing for me to find. Who knew it would cost a ton for fabric I'm gonna cut and staple onto a home project?

I'm always amazed how cheap is wood in your country, watching this kind of DIY videos... you would surely pay almost 20 bucks for the wood you used in a single panel here (Italy)

Why does it still sound so damn roomy? :(

Where can I find the PDF for this video, I can't find it on the website

If all you're doing is wrapping the panels in fabric, why not go to a pallet yard and either have them build a light pallet to size, or reuse one? Used heavy-duty pallets are $2 to $5, and have often been rebuilt to usable condition. Add some wood screws to reinforce them, insert the panels, and add the fabric. The yard would also be full of other ideas, like the more expensive but uniform plastic pallets that can be used for drum risers.

Hey Ryan I can't find the shopping list PDF for these on your website. Am I looking in the wrong place?

You can also just stuff cheap painters canvases.

Thanks for the video.
I've been doing lots of research on DIY acoustic treatment and the Owens-Corning stuff sticks out to me as the most costly and hard to find materiel of most builds.
I was in a nice sounding studios that used pretty average non rigid fiberglass stuffed into frames like yours. This makes me wonder if the semi rigid stuff is really necessary? Especially since it's marketed as "acoustic" it makes me wonder if I'm being taken advantage of a little bit. At least it's better/cheaper than then scam that is auralex.

Edit: I just found some of the recycled denim material. I might give that a shot.

use 5 or 6 layers of bath towels in a frame - you will be shocked... aaannndd it's cheaper

What keeps the fiberglass from slipping off the frame and falling?

Thanks, really good stuff, different from a lot that is out there (i.e. I ve seen)

Do you like your drums in the corner for the sound, or is it just for space? what would the difference be in placing the drumset with the bassdrum parallel and centered to the wall? i've messed around with it myself but can't really hear enough difference to be sure

is the pdf still downloadable?

I bet he grows cannabis like chia pet on his moldie locks

Where’s the best place to get 703? Shipping is crazy online

Cool video. I really like the DIY aspect and have gotten a lot of ideas from it. Thank you, Ryan.

Is there a link to the PDF guide and the materials list?

Thanks for the tips.

Love your video! Im just wondering why you keep that huge spider on your head.. i mean those legs keep on sticking out... haha Im just kidding, thanks for the great info!! SUBBED :D

Great info. This is a real “meat and potatoes “ video. Thanks for sharing. ✌️

Thanks for a great video! And especially for spreading correct information regarding acoustics unlike most similar videos :D. Keep rocking!

Hello
In the 90’s I had the Luxury of owning a MLSSA
and other acoustic measurement devices
I measured all the known absorption materials I could find
Some are effective/ efficient at sucking sound up for a small cost
But what I found was not many of them absorbed in a musical way
Most sucked the Midds out or other frequencies in an unpleasant way
I came across Dacron ,the stuff in pillows
It has a flat absorption spectrum
It flat as a tack
Cheap compared to Wool fibre ,rock wool, sonex type sponge etc
I built 100’s of studios
In the 90’s I had to make lots of home studios
On little budgets, the results never disappointed me
I have put my own money where my mouth is
It’s a cheap solution to a problem of bad room acoustics
I am also a musician
Regards Michael

Can you make them fire proof ?

Hey buddy. Your video is very clear. I'm having a birthday rager and am lucky enough to have some really cool pro djs here. Gonna go 10 pm til 8 am. I had no money but I had these sound absorbing subfloor panels. Cut them and screwed em kitty corner like bass traps. I was thinking of layering cardboard the whole way through it. Think it's gonna help the bass from escaping? Xo and thank you for your video.

Simply put... bravo! Really needing the inspiration I have received from you videos. Thank you for your works, bruvy!

Will this work well in a 10' tall concrete room?

I don't know about this foam but I buklt my panels with rock wool and it's extremely effective.

what is that material called?

This is helpful! Thanks