Dispelling MYTHS about acoustic foam

If you ever thought about using acoustic foam for sound proofing: don't. It will disappoint.

[RMSTRONG]

Foam is to reduce echo! not to sound proof. Just saved you all 3 Minutes 51 Seconds.

[iDoReview]

if the camera has a soul you are staring right at it

[johnwallace]

You seem somewhat angsty against physics, annoyed by sound, and fed up with foam.

[lyj]

2:25 "If anybody thinks they can use egg cartons for any useful acoustic effect they have no idea what they are talking about, it doesn't do anything."

Me: *Glances at the row of egg cartons on my wall*

[markzachenberg]

Acoustic foam slows down sound waves, breaks up standing waves and helps create an effectively larger ambient space. It will not disappoint.

[benjaminquint]

The start of the video was the most straight to the point explanation i’ve ever said and the fact he kept a straight face 😂

[Teenagemutantninjaturtles-s]

Comments:
10% about sound proofing
90% about his eyes just staring at the camera

[IhsaanS]

A lot of people say foam is good for soundproofing simply because they’re confusing the term with sound deadening or removing reverb.

[ClementBaudoin]

Oh yeah, I was worried at first because I saw these foams and was ready to buy them, and you talked about the fact that they aren’t any good for sound dumpling, but then you say that they are great for echo and reverberation cancellation and sound uniformity, which is indeed what I search these foams for. So yeah, let’s go buy those things. Thanks for the clarification !

[johnm]

Low frequency noise is less "jarring" if you will
But I think its designed for more of an every day kind of soundproofing or echo elimination, reducing noise from conversation, etc.

[godsreclamation]

I got like 3 to 4 inch foam in my room. Not alot but in good places. Plus I have an audio correction software for mixing etc. Works well for me but when I get my own place I'd get panels and soundproof it with wool or Owen's corning

[SpartanLaserCanon]

Another person on another video said that Bass frequencies are very hard to get to not leak without legit expensive wall soundproofing stuff which you put on the inside of a wall when it is built which is why I suggest not placing a subwoofer in a house that has very poor to little soundproofing from downstairs to upstairs, upstairs to downstairs, from room to room, or any combination of those things. I also recommend playing a bass with an interface and headphones if you can't afford to get a super soundproof music room. I am lucky to have my house soundproof enough so that neighbors at other houses will not really hear things from my room unless my interfaces has a volume set super high. For smaller rooms, smaller monitor speakers exist and some small amps could even get usable tones for records to my ears plus mine and some others don't need a subwoofer to have enough bass to my ears. I bet a subwoofer might make the sound of my speakers too bassy for my tastes and I prefer flatter audio speakers and headphones. The m40x was my choice for headphones and there was many I tried at a store, even ither audio technica ones and they were the most accurate for the price range. Some people say ear fatigue could develop faster from studio monitor stuff, but for my sensitive ears, some of them just are not as painful for me for lots of audio as many other non studio monitor ones are.

[wigon]

Good video. I like how you explain everything very clearly in laymans terms that average musicians getting into recording can understand (and with good demonstrations)
. I used egg-crate shaped foam bed mattresses as sound treatment "on the cheap". At first I covered my whole room, but it sounded awful. I ended up going with a live-room/dead room (half treated room) set-up for my control room which I found fixed the echo issues without making everything heard through my nearfield monitors sound like crap. I also track instruments in that room sometimes as well (while using headphones to monitor) simply because I like the neutral acoustics in the room. For certain instruments however I'll track them in my garage or living room via a mic snake.
The studios that I've tracked in that had full sound proofing AND treatment had the rooms custom built for that purpose with double walls and acoustically isolated floors (I believe most of them use sand in between a concrete foundation and a raised floor). But they probably spent about $100K on all of that. That being said, there are some "bass traps" that can be built to help reduce standing wave issues that often create exaggerated bass frequencies in a room. I also always recommend book shelves opposite of monitor speakers to help break up sound waves a bit. Placement of monitors is also critical. If they are rear-ported, it's important not to place them too close to a wall or else again...you get exaggerated bass frequencies. I also like to angle them towards the engineer seat and never have them facing directly at a wall like I've seen some people do. Angling them helps reduce standing waves as well. Finally I would mention that its important that people understand the difference between a control room acoustic environment versus a tracking room acoustic environment While the control room can double as a tracking room, for certain instruments (like a drum-kit) they often sound much better in a more echo'y room like a garage or a large bathroom with a bit more natural reverb. But use to have little movable walls with ceramic tiles (and other walls with acoustic tiles) that I would use to change up the acoustics of a room back when I use to record bands. That can be a lot of fun toying around with room acoustics in that manner. For vocals however, I would track them usually in a fully sound treated bedroom closet in the control room (my bedroom lol). My neighbors unfortunately didn't take too kindly at having big long-haired/bald/bearded tattoo covered, death metal guys at my house nor the concert level sound coming out of my house so I eventually had to quit recording metal bands which was sad. :(

[optimalintelligent]

I have put some mass loaded vinyl, it has reduce reduce bitchy neighbour voice but the for the furnture moving sound I can still hear them.

[MirandaMulkey]

This video was awesome! It's educational, and entertaining with your sense of humor lol! Thanks!

[etherlords]

The whole time after first 10 sec, I lost the point of the video expecting him to blink, at least once!

[redalert]

I use both the foam and rockwool and here I am wondering why they sell foam if it’s useless, and this answered my question.

[crazycutz]

i love this passive agressive nerf-basement dweller - he is a hoot :D

[niteshchaturvedi]

"Physics is a bitch"
Einstein wants to know ur location😂😂

[stereoman.]

Thanks for the tip man, time to completely fill my room with foam, should make for some interesting recording sessions 🤣