I checked your site out, and your space looks pretty good. My situation is a little different, but I appreciate the help. I am going to be building this space from the ground up using salvaged material from the house I am redoing, and as little new product as possible. I will definately be referencing your site in the future though. Thanks!

Hats off to your econo/eco-friendly approach. I was able to use a bunch of lumber that was in the place as studs for the wall, but most everything else required a trip to Home Depot.

Keep us posted on the project. And when you rent, rent Hilti. That shit is AWESOME.

= Justin

bishopdante wrote:Use marine plywood cavity walls about a foot thick, and fill those up with bags of sand. This is the cheapest way to make a building soundproof. Unless you're willing to spend a lot of money, in which case I suggest you hire an expert to design & build it for you with a room-within-a-room approach and special materials.Once you have your sandbag bunker, then get furniture, curtains, shelves of books, stuff that you can move around. This will change the sound of the room by breaking up or soaking up up the reverb and standing waves.Make sure that you use loads of joists and cross-nailing with big fat nails, or else it'll fall on you.This is good. It's 5 years too late, but it's good.

bishopdante wrote:cross-nailing with big fat nails, or else it'll fall on you.sage advice

Hello all,I am looking to build a project studio in a shed in my backyard. After building the shed and treating it acoustically, I am looking to spend about $6000-8000 on a studio. I currently have close to nothing with the exception of all my instruments/amps, Fishman aura DI box and a few mics:Sennheiser e838Audix i5Audix d6Shure KSM27I'm looking to build a basic set up to record/mix/master stuff similar to the sound of John Mayer or Dave Matthews and maybe some electronic music too. I need to get a computer of some sort too (mac or pc). I don't mind building one if I know what parts to get. Looking to use Pro Tools.Basically:I want to be able to record guitar, bass, vocals and possibly drums (if this is a luxury out of my budget, I can track them elsewhere.) I want to be able to mix/master the songs. I also want to use it for live shows if possible with software instruments and midi.So I guess my question is, What would you buy with that budget? Monitors, Pres, Additional mics, Computer, etc.Thank you so much for your help!!!