My neighbor just came to complain about the loud music

maurizior · Post by **maurizior** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:32 pm

does anybody know a way (cheap) to reduce the noise and loudness . ? like panels or sound absorbing materials I can use to put on the walls.. ?

I have 2 monitor mackie hr824 facing the outer wall, and behind them there is the wall that goes in his bedroom.

However I know the problem are the vibration from the bass

how can i reduce that ?

please help , I cant express myself.

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astroman · Post by **astroman** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:24 am

first of all: try to work it out together with your neighbour - people tend to fall into dogs-defending-territory behaviour when it comes to such problems...

analyze the main sources of transmission:
room resonance
wall material and wall resonance, possibly including floor

usually it's good to acoustically decouple the monitor from it's stand.
Since pure mass is one of the remedies I'd use 2 heavy plates of stone with rubber or foam between them - cheap stuff from the home construction market.

for the room resonance you'd need so-called bass traps tuned to your room's resonances (if there are any - but very likely for small rooms).
For a rough check do a low frequency sweep and try to detect peaks by ear. Mind non-linearity of the ear's frequency response at low volumes it's less sensible to bass.

cheers, Tom

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:35 am

Avoiding proximity with his bedroom would help too...

Sorry I know that it's not a solution to the specifical problem, but if you have the possibility, this would eliminate much more than half the problem.

Post by **garyb** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:18 am

yeah, plus you could use headphones at night if you had to set up there.

really though, in the long run, you should move to a place where no one minds your work. the only way to eliminate a problem with noise where you are, is to rebuild the barrier between the two of you, probably not cheap.

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:19 am

Stopping sound is expensive.

If I read this right you are in an apartment. There is nothing you can do that the landlord would find acceptable. To stop the sound requires building a new wall and "floating" the floor...anything else you do is not going to make a difference, especially to the low frequencies.

The advice to move is the best. That and/or buying some headphones.

Or negotiating a time that your neighbor is not home...

R