DIY Home Recording Booth *BEST 2023* // Step by Step

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MATERIALS: About $1,000
Insulation: 2x bundle. Roxul Safe-n-Sound.
Frame: 25x “two-by-fours." 96″ x 1-1/2″ x 3-1/2″
Flooring: Any Carpet
Drywall: 4x sheets gypsum board. 96″ x 48″ x 5/8″.
Other Wood:
5x sheets OSB (oriented strand board). 96″ x 48″ x 3/4″
Construction adhesive: 9x 300ml tubes Loctite Premium
Closed-cell, rubberized foam tape: 1x roll. 100-feet x 1/2″ wide, 1/4″ wide x 1/8″ thick.
Screws:
4″ wood screws. 1/4-lb
3″ wood screws. 1/2-lb
2-1/4″ wood screws. 1-lb
1-5/8″ drywall screws. 1/4-lb
Door hinges: 2x standard 3-1/2″ hinges.
Battery-Powered LED Light (found on amazon)
Acoustic foam: 2x of 48x panels. 12″ x 12″ x 1″ Acoustic Wedge Foam.

[@henrycasey]

Material list is in description

[@Mat15115]

Don't forget the ceiling

[@ramirezwilliam8983]

What about ventilation? And are electrical outlet made in the booth or are they outside?also when the rockwool is being installed do paste them on with anything or do you just put them on each other without anything?

[@meechdeleon5799]

What song is that playing in the background???

[@BringInDaBag]

What’s the measurements?

[@rayanbari3468]

The coloured lighting is such a good idea for setting the mood according to the song you're recording

[@thewomaninblack731]

Now this is a proper vocal booth build 💪🏾✌🏾💕 well done

[@geraldbrown9279]

If music doesn’t work you have great skills for building!

[@extremelyzavier2302]

Artist hate when you say “if you music doesn’t work out you can-“ 😂

[@newprimeofficial]

@@extremelyzavier2302 yea but not everyone who makes music is an artist

[@sirabrix8040]

@@newprimeofficial building is an art in itself lol. So even if he wasn’t making music he’d still be considered an artist

[@newprimeofficial]

@@sirabrix8040 eh not everyone who uses tools is an artist either. People seem to believe everything is art I suppose.

[@lokeshkhatri225]

🤣

[@halfhousestudios7217]

Just ordered all the parts I needed from home depot for around 700$ for anyone wondering about the true pricing (careful they sometimes put the more expensive things at the top of the search list so scroll down a little till you find the cheaper, but still viable versions) Cheers!

[@halfhousestudios7217]

Side note, I already own the foam for the interior of the booth and didn't get the carpet either. probably lowers the price by 100

[@halfhousestudios7217]

Alright, the booth is officially built and it did end up adding up to 1000$. HOWEVER, we build our booth to be 5ft by 7ft

[@mohamedabbacivic1684]

Hello, could you plz tell me what type of foam used in the wall insulation in 03:18 minutes, and if there is an amazone link I'll be so 😊

[@jameshudgins7529]

This was a great starting point and the materials were even cheaper then described. My setup (used this video as a blueprint) is fucking crazy now! Thanks and great video!

[@henrycasey]

Just turned comments on, not sure why they were off. If you have any questions comment!

[@FlyyrPopulation]

How many hours did this take from start to finish? and if I wanted to double the size does that mean supply costs doubles too? sorry if its a stupid question im just clueless here.

[@offblack9905]

How do you get the cords in the booth?? Wanna make this to turn my engineering into a business but I gotta know how cords get in without letting too much outside sound leak in. My house is almost completely made out of hardwood with tall ceilings and it gets super noisy. Thanks!

[@tommerriman2052]

@@offblack9905did u ever build it and figure out that answer i want to build it too but cant figure out the cord issue

[@justlooking2902]

Looks good. I'd include ventilation and a small window.

[@Ru-cg5uk]

Luv your style dude it turned out so professional & pink panther's lit. \m/

[@tammiector3305]

I really need to get this built for my son this is so creative

[@jonathanlopes6560]

What is the measurements for the 2×4s after you cut the lumber to make the square?? Very curious because Im looking to build one just like the one you built here. Thank you!

[@selfishbeats]

if he's serious he'll do it himself lol

[@Hakimworldwide]

@@selfishbeatsdon’t be a jerk.

[@selfishbeats]

@@Hakimworldwide lol if he dont he should maybe get a job.

[@Hakimworldwide]

@@selfishbeats damn bro. a mom can’t support her sons creative outlet, What’s the negative judgement for?

[@dexterous7516]

Wow, I need something exactly like this. I want to be able to sing / record without disturbing neighbours.

[@ooweeprogress3066]

Henry one suggestion, bass traps for the corners. But My Guy you and your Dad did that ! I like it. Great Job.

[@jayjeffries7092]

This looks great. Just one thing - air?

[@JonnyF.Sunday-dt7gh]

Wow. Awesome !!!! You went all out. I want to build one with machine bolts so i can move it to another house later. Mine does not have to look as beautiful as yours.

[@viktorsulakvelidze-skantz7687]

Nice job! How's the sound quality? I was wondering what is the reason behind using insulation foam on top of Roxel insulation. And also: what's the thickness of Roxel insulation?

[@henrycasey]

So the insulation is 2 inches thick. The sound quality is great, not "boxy" at all. The whole idea of using foam and Roxel is because the sound will have to travel through multiple layers, each layer dampening the sound waves.

[@suoniasmr]

@@henrycaseywhat about the temperature inside? Did you use any type of cooling device? Or doesn’t heat up?

[@paradice6470]

omg I gotta get one of these made! I need it to record my songs it would save me so much money actually in the long run!

[@jessebalfour5663]

Looks great, but ummmm, any air flow??....

[@PenzoGrittyStem]

Hey man , great design and build! It inspired me to build a similar booth. I'm wondering if you've had ventilation or heat issues; you ever get too hot in the booth while recording ? . I'm finalizing the walls on my build and my build is even smaller than your booth , I'm wondering if you had issues with heat , if you have I will consider building a ventilation system but literally only of I absolutely because it's extra design work and research and more budget so trying to avoid spending more . Please let me know cheers!

[@itillison6749]

I had the same question. Looks like its gonna get really hot in there

[@edwintheperez]

Great build! How big is the booth? Dimensions inside and out.

[@TheWeekendTreat]

Amazing Henry, what are the dimensions of the booth? Inside and outside.

[@itillison6749]

This is awesome! Do it get real hot in there?? I am in the process of building the booth. Building a ventilation system may be too hard for me. I would like to know before I invest my money into this. thanks

[@tommerriman2052]

what u gonna be recording thats gonna have u in it long enough to get that hot lol

[@TrevorWesleyOfficial]

Super dope... Guess you really gotta be somewhere super permanent seeing as how you would have to saw it all up if you moved... just to get it out lol

[@new_aether]

you know that by putting osb on top of a rockwool you completely deny its absorption properties inside the booth? this way it separates the booth from outside world but does not eliminate sound bouncing inside. If you think acoustic foames will fo their job you can check some data. They have almost no effect in lower frequencies in which most of the vocal sound energy is stored.

[@new_aether]

nice yeezy tho

[@new_aether]

im not saying it does not work, it certainly 1000% better then recording in room but those osbs inside are very countereffective

[@JonnyF.Sunday-dt7gh]

What material do you suggest

[@new_aether]

@@JonnyF.Sunday-dt7gh i think that the best solution is to put some good quality hard absorption material on top of the wool, there are some "professional" foames etc. (instead of osb)

[@Jeftelwill20]

Also one more question bro (sorry lol), But why do you leave the space on both sides for that wall frame? (At the 2:53 mark)

[@limitsproduction5569]

Ive read that creating more spaces for sound to bounce helps to reduce the sound coming into the booth from outside. Not sure if that's why he did it but it could be just to create extra pockets for sound that might come from outside to dissipate before hitting inside the booth.

[@thepersonguy1770]

Hey do you think you could provide a sound and noise reduction test sometime?

[@Funky245]

What are the dimensions of the final product? Also, did you do any holes for wiring/cabling for your mic/interface?

[@RoxxyPane]

up to u every room is diff brody

[@RoxxyPane]

he def did do the holes

[@cosmicsea7]

How well does the sound stay inside? I'm looking to build one to record vocals in privacy without my neighbors hearing me lol. Thanks.

[@henrycasey]

Your neighbors won’t hear ya👍🏼

[@WhirlOmar]

No ventilation?

[@ItsLHimself]

This is exactly what I need bro thanks.

[@to0kold]

Not bad.. Couple critiques, biggest being the door though. You have super thick walls but they are wasting more sound reduction potential for the whole both because the door. It needs to be super dense solid piece with no hole if you weren't planning on making the inside of the door as thick as the wall by attaching more mass and sealing it air tight. The door knobs will actually resonate a good amount of sound alone. All said and done making sure your both is completely air tight is one of the most important things you can do to make sure you get the best performance. Just food for thought...If you have a 2 foot thick solid concrete wall it's almost sound proof if you're on the other side listening to someone scream on the other side. All it takes is a half an inch hole in that wall to clearly hear anything going on negating all that material. But solid job, just throwing some tips.

[@dont375]

That’s cool advice however we all should create a layout which we prefer. He created his to his liking, you can create your own to yours.

[@to0kold]

@@dont375 yeah true gotta use what you got but here I seen a guy use a pretty good amount of money building his both. Why skimp on another 100 bucks and drastically lower the performance of all the other work you've done though spent a good amount of money in

[@ryanwilson5936]

@@dont375 No. That’s not “cool” advice. It’s great advice. It’s a vocal booth. Sound treatment is it’s only purpose. For the thousand dollars spent on this, he could have built an actual professional level booth. Instead, he built a thousand dollar plywood box that has zero acoustic treatment that leaks a bunch of air (which equates to sound). That air (sound) leak works both ways. Sound out is sound in. His construction was pretty good but when it comes to engineering a sound booth, his skills could use improvement. What may sound like harsh criticism shouldn’t be taken that way. It should be taken as constructive criticism and applied to the situation because all of this “cool” advise floating around here will only lead to a better sounding booth which will lead to a better sounding recording. Which is what I thought the entire purpose of all of this was to begin with 🤷‍♂️. This is all relative to the amount of cash dude spent. It should have (and certainly could have) gone to better material purchases which would have created a much better suited end result.

[@ramirezwilliam8983]

@@ryanwilson5936 but this look airtight to me,where would the air leak?

[@mpbootcamp7009]

@@ryanwilson5936 Maybe you can make a vid showing us the proper way to do it? If not, maybe keep quiet.

[@ClipzCollective]

Is this good at keeping outside noise out? I have birds chirping not stop all day until night

[@jeremiahmuniz4573]

Bro great work!! What’s the L x W x H?

[@mad-pit3832]

Where did you run your cables through, and im assuming your speakers/monitors are not in the same room. That door would allow a lot of leakage, unless your using headphones.

[@berkpick]

Did I miss the ventilation installation or...

[@MachoBeats_]

Where the cords go ? And do you get any boxy raw vocals ?

[@djdanger9812]

Great for making your vocals sound like its been recorded in a box. The louder you are as a vocalist the more box for your buck!

[@henrycasey]

Not at all👍🏼

[@ryantibbittsva7081]

What are the dimensions of the base? I assumed it was 4' x 4' but I'm just now realizing its a bit of a rectangle

[@carterkincheloe6845]

What are the dementions

[@emmanuelsanchez4321]

My window is next to a major road. Lots of traffic engine noises. do you think this will do the trick at hiding the noise ?

[@GOTCHAONCAM]

Great video man! Came out amazing! Where’d you run the mic wires thru?

[@tommerriman2052]

Im wondering the same bro thats the whole reason im in comments did u end up building anything similar if u did how did u feed wires through thanks :)

[@sajidhaider6722]

Can someone please tell what type of foam was attached to the OSB board 3:19 ??? What material this foam is made of....

[@ezoiki]

where did you get your foam panels from?

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

Could you play electric guitar in there on lets say moderate volume ? It is one of the best i have seen on youtube simply because you have more layers... great job . The door the ceiling and the floor maybe should of gotten the same treatment as the walls.. but hey if it is enough for you that just great .

[@macmanie1492]

Yes you could This is for any thing just about u want quiet✊🏿

[@ramirezwilliam8983]

@@jesse_cole I thought voice recording booth should be sound proof ?so?

[@TrevorWesleyOfficial]

@@ramirezwilliam8983 Acoustically treated is not "Sound Proof".... Sound proof means the sound cannot be heard from OUTSIDE what ever room you are generating the noise.... I'm pretty sure the goal with this booth is to create dead sound so the mic absorbs all the vocals with no room reflections.

[@from_nothing_official]

@@TrevorWesleyOfficialHe's using sound proof insulation so I'm assuming he's gunning for fully sound proof. The acoustic tiles on the inside are for making the sound dead, but the insulation is to help prevent it from leaking out.

[@Ms.Harbin]

Is this sound proof?

[@sergeipatrakov]

Awesome job man! And how much time you've spent on building that?

[@Carrigan812]

Would this keep studio monitor volume out of recordings?? Currently building a studio and want to build a booth after doing more research, tired of flipping switches on the back of my monitor to hear the music through them and switching it back once the artist is recording again

[@donsoulo4617]

What kind of interface are you using?

[@Carrigan812]

@@donsoulo4617SSL 2+

[@LovensPresume]

Can't wait to do this 🔥

[@alexanderlewzey1102]

This is amazing! do you have any idea what the dB reduction is from the inside to the outside? i.e. is it effective at preventing sound escaping from the booth

[@Jeftelwill20]

I built the same exact booth except a bit bigger, and tbh a lot of sound leaks out. I would still recommend it though.

[@mohamedabbacivic1684]

@@Jeftelwill20 The outside noise still there when you record??

[@Jeftelwill20]

@@mohamedabbacivic1684 no outside noise, does a great job at blocking that out

[@mohamedabbacivic1684]

@@Jeftelwill20 great, thank u 😃

[@tommerriman2052]

@@Jeftelwill20Yo man i cant see in the video how he runs the wires through the booth would be great help if you could explain that to me will be building a booth very shortly

[@CFox.7]

every home builder putting thin acoustic foam straight on hardboard... This scenario absorbs the high frequencies only and bounces back the low mids causing a boxy recording - especially prevalent the louder someone sings.

[@funkerdoo]

what are you supposed to do instead?

[@shawnglasgow3603]

@@funkerdoo hes right , i built a booth and am finishing it up. had a friend explain some of the isolation issues and sealing plus acoustics for a professional booth and its mind blowing how much studying is needed in each individual space . acoustic foam between all the 2x4s and all wood to minimize vibration and sub tones. my buddys pro at this and i got discouraged but im not going for a ultra pro booth, just something that isolates and keeps my neibours from hearing me work, which im pretty sure why most of us are here lol. good luch.

[@txp3entertainment717]

how much did you spend on parts???? building my own booth from scratch and NEED this look!

[@ElliotMartinezMusic]

Great build but no air ventilation brother. Why didn't you create a hose opening leading to portable ac outside the booth? You're going to be sweating bullets

[@SameerHadker]

Ventilation?

[@davidoliva1036]

first song?

[@Geohillierneo]

I mean, this is going to extreme lengths, but fair play 👏

[@neelroy2918]

If I build\get this and now if I want to make _video_ of me singing, would there be enough space?

[@JoelEmberson]

You could add a window :-)

[@PeterDeLongeTalks]

ayo! great video! what adhesive did you use for the foam panels? did it seep though the foam, and did it leave any lingering chemical smell?

[@Jeftelwill20]

The foam you mention in the video is the same as the gypsum board right? Cuz I see you had 2 diff colors got a bit confused

[@henrycasey]

what do you mean by same?

[@Jeftelwill20]

@@henrycasey you had the purple color and the blue color. Were those both gypsum boards? Just wondering because in the video you mention foam but not in the description.

[@henrycasey]

@@Jeftelwill20 gypsum board is the outside layer, gypsum is drywall. The foam is the same, just two different colors

[@briantempleperformer]

What is the measured sound floor rating?

[@aydenperkins2005]

This guy left no links just materials, coulda saved us hours

[@babyymylo]

Results about the insulation?

[@hlaingbwaraung4136]

how much money did you spend?

[@henrycasey]

about $900

[@TheBreedMafia]

@@henrycasey thats a win bro

[@nopunksalive8902]

No demonstration of how well it actually functions though

[@alangallardo1278]

Instrumental/song name ? 0:28 🔥🔥

[@baphodeath]

Sick!

[@premmytopfloor]

Great video

[@officalj2productions290]

How Much DId It Cost?

[@StoneyWoodz361]

Yo that’s dope!

[@premmytopfloor]

Is it sound proof?

[@henrycasey]

It is extremely sound dampening, almost completely soundproof.

[@imbitz8440]

intro song?

[@rickybaby1216]

How much was is worth of wood ?

[@BEATSBYTICKET]

Clean af 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rafihoque7539]

What’s the name of the song at 5:20

[@henrycasey]

Starlight by Yung Henry

[@ScrimigeProMidtownPro]

You hung your door upside down 🤣

[@AlphaMegaOmega]

How it sound bruh? Thank you

[@honglytech]

Is it very hot sitting inside this booth in summer?

[@thepezman1177]

how tall is the completed booth?

[@samwestley7897]

Would this studio be suitable for voiceover recording?

[@henrycasey]

for sure

[@Youngtwan673]

What's the song @ 2:14 ?

[@henrycasey]

Model by Yung Henry (feat. Jban$2turnt)

[@MantapSurantap]

How about the air circulation ?

[@sigma_z]

You need to sing with 1 breath and 1 take only. 😂

[@TOMTOM-hp9jf]

​@@sigma_z plz How to ventilate a closed audio booth?

[@mega585montana5]

Song playing at 4:00

[@henrycasey]

Starlight by Yung Henry

[@SAMA-ct2li]

Budget?

[@ryanwilson5936]

The build was great but those foam squares are doing nothing towards acoustic treatment except for extremely high frequencies (which you can’t hear anyways). I guarantee you still have a bunch of reflections and standing waves. They look neat though. You went through a lot of great construction just to blow it at the end. Invest in some Owens Corning 703 insulation and replace all of your black foam squares with it. You’re recording quality will increase significantly.

[@thedayones4918]

You are just repeating the same thing you heard over at gearslutz. You probably don’t like foam because the urban industry was all over it 😁Foam squares do work, they are fantastic, i don’t personally use them, but I had and they do reduce over the whole sonic spectrum. They are not made the same it if you get shelek or ozone from the 90’s those reduce greatly on muddy areas 60 cycles, 500hz and yes the high end also. It also depends how much foam you put, where do you put the foam etc.

[@ryanwilson5936]

@@thedayones4918 No. I’m not. The fuck are you talking about “urban industry”? Professional black vocalists use professional recording booths dude. As in decoupled frames and legitimate soundproofing and acoustical treatment actually inside the booth. Not some plywood box with $500 worth of packaging material in it being passed off as a professional solution while using a cheap mic to boot. And no, 1” open-cell foam squares don’t cover the entire sonic spectrum. Not in the slightest. If they did, that would be all anyone ever needed even for in-wall commercial applications. And that’s far from truth. There’s a reason that good broadband panels start around 4” thick. Why? Because the shitty thin foam you paid hundreds of dollars for aren’t doing anything especially when backed against an extremely reflective surface like those used in diy vocal booths (plywood/drywall) regardless of what insulation is used inside the walls. And even broadband absorbers don’t cover the entire sonic spectrum. That’s why bass traps exist. The fact that you have to bring up race AND gearslutz (in defense of expensive open-cell “acoustic” foam garbage nonetheless) just proves your ignorance dude. Learn something new today and spend your money better elsewhere on actual acoustic treatment instead of overpriced glorified mattress covers. But you know, whatever you have to do to justify wasting your money on useless gear and marketing. Oh that’s right, you don’t even use these things anymore. I wonder why that is?……..

[@ramirezwilliam8983]

@@ryanwilson5936 are broadband absorber and broadband panel the same thing? And what' is lacking this vocal booth?

[@ramirezwilliam8983]

@@ryanwilson5936 and how would ventilation work?

[@genob3572]

MDF prolly would have worked better also on cost.

[@gregmusic_ke]

Bro why can't you do a sound test, to see if someone can hear you from inside.

[@calripplebear1293]

'make sure it's square'... Ummm, but that is rectangular, not square 🤔

[@goatednigga]

what the song name 6:35

[@henrycasey]

Model (feat. Jban$2turnt) by Yung Henry

[@RayoBeatz]

the sound quality is litterly playing on this video lol thats him singing/rapping/musiking i don't think its bad at all but fuck me if you can build something like that not knowing how to i'd need to hire someone.

[@meowmeow1733]

HA!!! Step by Step if you're familiar with construction. Luckily I am,....I could see this being a hell no if they're not use to using constructions tools.

[@mlwnmusic]

This is super difficult to do.

[@thetruth3316]

5:11 was this wall put on the wrong way around?

[@henrycasey]

Nope, just had to put the OSB and foam on first because I wouldn't be able to from the inside once the wall was up.

[@RonWarnerBubbleKing]

Hot tip: There is no informational content in the audio, so if you can't stand the obnoxious music, you'll be fine muting the video.

[@205Cerealkiller]

Let’s collaborate

[@manashnath8564]

Too much defuser ... It will cut heavy amount of high...

[@selfishbeats]

foam like that isn't diffusion. you're only option with a small room is to make it dead. no reflection in a small booth is worth having.

[@drunclewallace8924]

After watching your video, I have given up singing >.

[@thedayones4918]

Probably too much foam in there, but great job chief. 🔥🔥🔥👍🏽

[@selfishbeats]

lol no it's not. you don't want ANY reflections from a small booth like that. nothing worth keeping.

[@HollerAtcherBoi]

Oh god... Folks, DON'T do this. Foam sucks, only absorbs the high frequencies and you'll be left with a muddy mess. Buy acoustic panels, if anything. And don't forget about the ceiling.

[@drblaze3850]

yup, gonna sound boxy as hell

[@Benmeglei1]

This guys dad will have to break apart the damn thing after he meets some chick and loses interest in music.

[@offblack9905]

Nah, because he will be right back in the booth after she breaks his heart

[@zeroUnitygain]

I bet it gets hot in there

[@henrycasey]

In the summer it does get warm. But nothing crazy. I know some people create a ventilation system, but with my method of recording, I pop in and out enough to be comfortable.

[@AndSendMe]

Thanks very much for showing this. Super relevant for me right now.

[@markwolf6681]

How much did this build cost @henrycasey