Sound Proofing A Room For Drums Is Not That Cumbersome

Want to practice with your band but your mom won’t let you play drums? Want to have a full rehearsal at your studio apartment before you go in front of live audience but your cranky neighbor always gets in the way? Well, don’t worry we have a solution or rather various options for you where you can effectively soundproof your room so that no one bothers you and vice versa.

To fully soundproof a room so that no sound escapes can actually turn out to be quite expensive. You might actually have to renovate the room in case you’re opting for that. But before you go ahead and take out the big bucks, let us first understand the science behind soundproofing. The trick is to prevent the sound from escaping your practice space. If you can limit the sound to your bubble somehow, then you won’t have to go through much trouble. Let’s explore some of economical ways to do that.

Use Specially Designed Rugs

Rugs are not just for décor. They can actually prove to be useful in this case. Place a good sound absorbing rug underneath your drum set and voila. It will absorb a lot of the drum noise. You can also carpet the entire room for that matter.

Seal the Leaks

You might not be able to fathom the benefit of this little experiment. If you find all the creaks and gaps and air spaces in your practice and cover them up, it can help reduce the sound escaping from your room by half! Yes that’s, right because if air can’t get through, sound can’t get through as well. But make sure you leave at least the vents or one sir space open so that room has some form of air ventilation.

Soundproof the Door

This might actually not be as expensive and time consuming as soundproofing the entire room. The door is obviously the biggest ‘leak’ in your room and most of the doors are hollow and lightweight. Cover the door with sound absorbing sheets or rather reinstall it completely made out of sound blocking material.

Isolate the walls and Ceilings

This might a little costly but if you’re a professional you should actually go for it. Place acoustic panels or foams on the walls and ceiling especially near your drum set. These sound absorbing sheets will not only soak up the heavy noise from escaping the room but also reduce echo, resound and unwanted noise and will enhance the quality of your recording.

Don’t forget the Windows

You can hang thick and soft curtains over your windows or you also go for blackout drapes. This will not only solve the Mom problem but also the cranky neighbor problem.

Use a Drum Shield

This will actually create your own personal drum bubble and minimize all lot of the drum sound emanated. The logic behind this is while the sound produced in the practice room will reduced by 10 decibels, the sound reaching outside the room will be reduced by more than 50 decibels. Isn’t that amazing?