Comments on: The Monster Sound Isolation Booth – Page 8

By: MM

MM — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:28:14 +0000

We discovered that having so many cables in the room was a waste. Any gear in the room will turn it into a furnace – and installing ventilation to make up for the gear just adds to the problem.

We’ve wrestled with the pass-through as well and we stuck with the same method (albeit less cables) for our second build.

I don’t know which pass-through you were looking at – but $450 is pretty heavy. I would think an adequate one could be soldered for less than 200. That is of course if you want to go through the expense and effort. We just bought really long, high-quality cables (gold-tipped Blue) and ran them through the wall.

My fear with a soldered pass-through is and always has been its susceptibility to RF interference. We have a radio station down the road that came through some of our solder work once and we changed it all out. Just food for thought.

By: Jasen

Jasen — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:20:09 +0000

Hi Guys,
I’ve read and re-read your build many times. On 10/11/09 My builder is starting on my room. I ended up selling the whisper room and I’m quite excited to get my room built. I decided to build a 7′x7′x9′or10′high room, basically using your build as my bible. The one question I’m still hung up on is the pass through for the cables. I understand how you did yours, but I truly want to have a pass through, because I’m not even sure what or how many cables and different devices I’m going to put in the room. I saw this pre-fab pass through on line from some audio company but they want like $427 bucks for it. It has 2 hinged doors and memory foam that seal in the cables. Any thoughts???
Thanks
Jasen

By: MM

MM — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:26:43 +0000

As far as a printable PDF? No – but that’s a good idea… You start looking for the donation button and I’ll start looking for the PDF…

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:17:06 +0000

Thank you for such a great write up, do you have this on a pdf file so that I may print it out and have it available with me when I go shopping for the materials.

Thanks,

Ben

By: MM

MM — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:48:30 +0000

The rubber fiber mat – the best I can do – is that it is an interlocking, closed cell fiber mat that is used for gym floors. It looks like large uniform jig-saw-puzzle pieces and came from home depot. They also market it as soft flooring for children’s play rooms. The foam is all Auralex.

Once again – hours – I don’t know if I can be more accurate than MANY. I recall this booth was in the 1600 to 2000 dollar range. That includes all the wiring and foam.

By: Glen Sears

Glen Sears — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:27:43 +0000

I have a couple questions I was hoping you could answer. I’ll be constructing something quite similar to your booth for a studio next month, and I wondered if you could list the actual products used, the rubber fiber and the other isolation materials. Obviously not the wood, sheetrock, etc, just the brands for the isolation.

Also, how many hours/dollars did he project rack up? It’s a tremendous room and, at -80 dB, probably one of the best in the area! Thanks for the detailed walkthrough!

By: MM

MM — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:16:53 +0000

Given that size I would go with outside dimensions of 8 wide – 6 long and 8 high – imagine it as a box and then cut one corner off – so that you have nothing but odd angles inside the booth.
MM

By: Jasen

Jasen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:19:47 +0000

Hey Guys…
Thanks so much for posting this information. When I built my home studio I had decided to purchase a whisper room. The whisper room does keep most of the outside noise out but inside the amount of bass that my voice creates makes for an unhappy recording. Bottom line is I decided to sell my whisper room which is probably great for other types of voices and build my own booth. I was wondering what your thoughts are about the size of the room I should build. Fortunately I have a space about 7 to 8′ wide by 6′ long and ceiling height about 11 or 12′ feet. My whisper room is a 4′x6′x7′ ceiling height. Any thoughts on what size I should build??

Thanks
J

By: MM

MM — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:12:11 +0000

Robb – Good Luck! Let us know if you need any help with anything.
MM

By: Robb Dee

Robb Dee — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:37:52 +0000

Hi Guys
I must thank you, as I am new to home recording having always paid for and used pro studios for my voiceover..so I certainly am a novice in home recording. I have been looking for ages on a step by step way of building a vocal booth in my home…and yours certainly seems great.
I’m no carpenter/electrician or DIY enthusiast but i,m going to give it a go.

Cheers

Robb
Robb Dee