Soundproofing my GARAGE! Will it actually work?

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[@ROKKIT44]

Also... I hate to be a YT stickler, but you are not soundproofing. You are trying to dampen echo. Very different. It still echoes like crazy.

[@donw2175]

so sound treating?

[@user-lq1dk6gr3p]

ROKKIT44 explain real sound proofing

[@ROKKIT44]

Dude! I actually built a sound booth this winter. Plus, I work with sound engineers at work.... so, yeah... give me a shout and I'll help a brotha out. First, the pads you put into your closet are meant for diffraction of sound, not sound dampening. I have a few solutions for you that will be far cheaper and unbelievably effective. - ROKKIT

[@dunnivanshea9963]

ROKKIT44 the pads he has in his closet absorb the sound, what are you talking about

[@dunnivanshea9963]

ROKKIT44 oh, I miss saw what he put up, I thought he did the strips not the cones, sorry

[@chaseontwowheels]

Me and you need to have a convo buddy!

[@ROKKIT44]

I'm here for ya bro. Let's chat.

[@sketchstuffs]

Can't wait to see the video from this guys.

[@justinlzt]

So.... have you killed that fly?

[@briany.997]

You might consider doing an audible test at each location. Go to each spot and say "Wrecked Bike Rebuild". Then, as you add more dampening, you will have a recorded difference. You are trying to kill an echo. But an echo will not happen without a source. (There is no echo in silence). Just a thought.

[@MotoNoir]

-As a "sound guy" I can tell you right off the bat (and I haven't finished the video yet), you don't have enough panels to control the echoes in your garage. And second, you're not sound proofing, you're treating the room's acoustics. You need more high density foam panels, similar to the ones you used in the AC room...and a lot of them. -And around 9:40, you realize you don't have enough panels. Garages have a crazy amount of echo and require a lot of strategic acoustic treatment. Again, you need much more than those little tiles you put on the ceiling and garage door.

[@asapfitness1445]

Moto Noir what’s the difference of sound proofing and damping the room. I need to sound proof a room so it’s not loud outside of the room. These panels wouldn’t work?

[@elliotbulley1849]

Please check your AC as to whether it needs any sort of ventilation in any way to avoid overheating and/or condensation. If not, and it has its own vent shaft, then you're probably good get it sealed off the door as much as you like. (though i'd say check on it once in a while)...Get some draft excluders/seals thin enough for the gaps of the door. also get door brush sweeps. This should further lower your ambient noise situation. About your echo problem (which is very different from ambient noise)....I can explain some simple solutions from my Audio Production and Studio building experience. I have a feeling you'll want more creative less/non-invasive solutions than completely covering your room with acoustic foam. If you wish I can advise...

[@elliotbulley1849]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnKlp4eNiN2Cm9U this is one of the solutions/concepts that will save me a long explanation. Its the cheap way of how I do it, but you'll get the concept. You can get creative and i'm sure you've got more than enough tools to put it together.

[@elliotbulley1849]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGK1qYKPe76hj9k - ceiling solution again similar concept, saving explanation time and abuse from keyboard warriors.

[@elliotbulley1849]

More credible concept info here if youve got the patience for it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKrJqJtvi8p6q68 - I must remind that there is no such thing as a perfect room, they all have "character", so don't waste too much time on this. we want WBR!

[@NibNa5ty]

Elliot Bulley it has a solid door so by Georgia code it has an air supply pipe for the combustion of the gas(if it's not electric) otherwise it would have slats in the doors by code.

[@elliotbulley1849]

Nib-Na5ty Cool i thought that might be the case, I’m from the UK so wont know local regs & codes, but still very good points!

[@StillOnTheRun]

If you want an idea on how to reduce the echo in your garage, try pinning a few towels to the walls, testing to see if you can personally hear a difference. Add more or move them around until you get the effect you want. Then note where the towels are placed and order enough sound absorbing foam to replace the towels. (Obviously more towels/foam the better)

[@sleepy-gamer]

For my room I use insulated foam behind the acoustic panels or my buddy who’s a “musician” uses seat foam and those foam pads that you have there. I also use two door instead of one but because those are double doors I don’t know if that’s going to work very well... love the garage :) 😃

[@Jess-lk6kf]

If I'm not mistaken your "closet" is where the furnace is and if that's the case the foam in there can over heat and melt and possibly catch fire. Ac units are usually outside or on your roof.

[@theycallmebrad1023]

Soundproofing Corner foam will do wonders at a low cost. I have it in my house and garage.

[@mikeseps1824]

A cheap trick is making burlap wrapped hollow frames. Helps with echo quite a bit. But they do have to be fairly large so I've worked them into the decor.

[@greysinclaire]

Audio Engineer here! The problem is your floor and solid walls. The best solution on a budget is those soft foam triangles that you have for the AC (HVAC) room.

[@greysinclaire]

P.S.- Ignore all those losers that keep correcting you about "it's not called sound proofing its blah blah blah". None have used the correct term themselves nor explain how to correctly deaden. It's called sound deadening or muffling for short.

[@dunnivanshea9963]

Codie King but it's also the ceilings that he should worry about, because the ceiling is if anything the most open surface he has, and the farthest... The floors and walls are closer and bounce back sound quicker and more amplified, but the ceilings it will take longer to get there and longer to get back to him but it will be quieter... But to me I would rather to get rid of the more annoying echo that you would hear Because of the delay

[@greysinclaire]

Dunnivan FX He should definitely address the ceilings too. I was mainly speaking on a budget for a noticeable difference. If he's willing to spend the money, the yes you're correct.

[@neilhuband995]

I knew he should've done the floor in artificial grass

[@dunnivanshea9963]

neil h the glass would have been slightly better, but it would still echo

[@Marco-ce8kr]

Try putting soundproof panels at the 4 corners at the ceiling i.e: Three panels by vertex: one on the ceiling and one on each adjacent wall. So, one vertex of each panel will touch the vertex that form the ceiling and the wall corner. Hope that made sense.

[@Armedlegally]

Chase..... Two words... Chalk LINES!!!

[@ItzChaotix]

Yeah Chase there's definitely some difference since the soundproofing. Keep up the great work man, really enjoying the videos.

[@reallunacy]

So for fixing issues like outside noise or the AC, stuff like those panels and anechoic foam aren't a bad solution if you can provide some separation from the foam and the mounting surface to prevent the vibrations from transferring directly through them. However, for the floors and walls where your main issue is removing the echo the most cost effective technique is to get some wall hangings like tapestries or carpets. Look at how most theaters have curtains lining all the walls. There is a reason why.

[@jhlg250r3]

Sounds much better with that little bit of sound proofing

[@cigarsmokerch666]

I tried a lot of different things to sound proof my garage. The best jump forward was when a buddy gave me a few rolls of carpet and carpet foam left over from a painting job...put the carpet on concrete and nailed the ugly green foam to the walls. If you can stack boxes up walls or make walls and pockets of air between audio source and unwanted noise that seems to help. Also rigged up crappy retainer wall structures and hung blinds from the ceiling to diffuse the sound.. as well as rows of horizontal curtains tacked to ceiling like sort of hanging panels. As far as echo, the foamy squishy stuff helped more and seemed to matter more on the walls and actually covering the garage door was more helpful in blocking outside noise as opposed to reflections from inside...I started a few months ago and am still doing a lot of rearranging and experimenting Just the approach I've taken using stuff I had in the garage

[@cigarsmokerch666]

If your interested in some visuals, I dont mind sharing, just shoot me a message and I'll get some together for you good luck.

[@loveless2558]

Your right about it being hot as heck in Ga

[@davidsalisbury8830]

So chase... not a sound expert but a quick idea. From what little I know I do know that soundproofing is all about surface area (hence the pyramid tiles being pyramids). With that in mind, I would have spaced the gray tiles out. Be it a full time length between or half that distance. But that would both add surface area (little as it may be it does help) and it would add some aspect of design to the garage.

[@maddog8911capt]

the couch and carpet in your old garage helped a lot.

[@jamesburnett7317]

Its the floor! Concrete is very reflective. Science Teacher here!

[@dunnivanshea9963]

James Burnett yes the floor is very reflective of vibrations, but there is just as much surface area on the ceiling as there is at the floor and the ceiling is farther away, so it will take sound longer to reach it and take longer for it to bounce back which causes the long delayed echo which is the real bother factor, yes he should still do the floors, but to me that's not the first priority in my opinion... Now mind that I'm only 15 and have only studied sound for 4 years, so sorry if I sound like a nuisance

[@dunnivanshea9963]

Alex Benham I wouldn't do rubber, rubber reflects vibrations just aswell as the walls are, he should do a cloth rug if he does

[@dunnivanshea9963]

Alex Benham oh, I know what you mean

[@dunnivanshea9963]

Aigua well he has 3/4 corners with stuff in it, that helps

[@jamesburnett7317]

Dunnivan FX its not a matter of surface area, but the density of the media. The distance between the floor and the ceiling is what produces the echo. Highly dense concrete will absorb less and reflect more energy. I’m telling you that at his previous garage the flooring was much more absorbent. With the lavalier mic he is using the sound isn’t really too bad. I wouldn’t spend the money necessary to fix the problem. Gives us the reality that it is a real garage!

[@kyloxyloto]

Hi Chase. *ACOUSTIC MINERAL WOOL and ACOUSTIC CLOUDS*. If you want to test before and after for the echo/reflections, you need to clap or make a sharp, short sound to test how that sound reflects around the room. I work as an Audio Engineer and have recently built a studio that had concrete walls and floors. I managed to reduce reflections by using MINERAL WOOL against the walls. Its the same as your small tiles but you need it to be much thicker and cover a much larger area. I also used ACOUSTIC CLOUDS. Give these two things a look and I hope you come right. Kyle in South Africa

[@taylo105]

Add weather stripping to the doors. Any gap will still allow sound to freely come through. Also, those are interior doors, you can swap them for a solid/thicker door to cut down further if needed. One of the easiest ways to dampen sound is to add stuff on the walls. Shelf’s and cabinets on all of the walls. That way when sound hits the way it is dampened. Rubber mats in the floor would help with your floor reflections. Look Into building/buying large sound panels for the ceiling to hang as a floating cloud setup

[@Tyler-Hagan-Racing]

You need more of everything :) The biggest difference I noticed was by the mechanical room. Still need a lot of echo reduction as others have said, but it's a start.

[@rhinogixxer8512]

Read the comments and man! You got your work cut out for ya Chase, best of luck. Hope it works out for you.

[@LordFenixBloodstone]

I am a musician and sound deadening rooms and was able to drop the dB's by 70% outside the room as a matter of fact we have had to use a larger PA because the treatment take 97% of the ambient sound out of the room and had to add reverb into the PA because of the treatment. I wish I could ahow you a photo of what I used, but I cannot but will tell you that it is 3" semi hard foam panels a lot like the pyramid foam but with out the pyramids. In my room I covered every inch in this treatment and made sure that all doors hang over the gaps of the frame making them light tight and 70% air tight, you did the right thing in the AC closet since sound is carried by air. However you should treat all the common walls on the inside as well that will drop the sound to about 15% if not lower. In my rooms we had windows I filled in the windows with foil and then foam and then foam again for me the windows will never be used as long as it is a rehearsal room so I put a 1/2 plywood over the flush windows and then one more layer of 3 inch foam. I cover the ceilings also in the foam and one room had a concrete floor so what we did was from the drums was build a riser and filled it with 6 inches of foam and then carpet on the top "so the drums would not slide" then the rest of the room we put those rubber mats below all the amps and anything else large in the room, then just used walmart area carpets $20 ones we only had to use 3 and one for the riser. Now for the doors not only did I foam it but had it overlap by 1.5 inches and in the jam put weather stripping. Now these blocks or panels I got for free from a netting company they were just gonna recycle it so that cut the cost of thos and I got 100 panels. But if you want to drop more sound those pyramid foams are good you don't have to go extreme like I did. Only did so because I am in a residential area and didnt want the police here all the time. But if I was you I would do that common wall inside from top to bottom. That will really kill that hum to very little or almost none. I would place some of those also near the corners of the room as well you will see a big drop of refelections and natural reverb. And last get some rubber mats to go under cabinets and other things and maybe get some for the common areas. Me even with the free foam I still paid about $300.00 but that was nothing compared to a noise disorder ticket. My rooms sound like a muted semi loud tv and we are cranking a full band with over 2000 watts of sound and a full drum kit. BTW I did hear a difference in the sound I would say that was about 3 to 4% you are on the right track but just need more material and the last thing sound proofing might be the wtong term deadening because it is hadr to do actual proofing but can be done but involves construction. Good luck.

[@shipfusarelaifu]

I stream on Twitch and when I first moved my streaming setup into it's own room, I had some echo as well. What helped me was I put stuff on the wall like flags. And just put other neat and random stuff in there to help out with the issue, like I have an old antique radio that's about 4 foot tall in there and other stuff just to fill the room a bit.

[@two4design]

Chase you need sound absorbtion panels to stop the echo. We use it in theaters, churches and classrooms. In order for the panels you installed in the ceiling to work you need at least 6x6 squares multiples through out the ceiling, also on the walls and lastly the rubber matting at certain locations on the floor will help dampen the noise. It's not sound proofing what you are trying to do, it's sound dampening. Let me know if you need help.

[@dunnivanshea9963]

I havent sound proofed my house yet because I am only 15, but I learned sound Technics for the past 4 years and when I helped build a studio in my school on a budget we stapled carpet to the ceiling, that helps a lot, and we lined the walls with wither carpet or foam pannels like you... We just stapled it because we know that room won't move, so I say the command strips will do great, if they stick to the foam, some less dense foam it won't stick to... Also sorry for going on a brain spill 😂

[@JosephMyLife]

Anything that is soft will help sound proof. Maybe add some rubber flooring in a few places.

[@benreber2277]

Personally I put a couch in near the tv and put a sheet over it so it doesn’t get dirty then I just put a coat rack up. It cuts back a lot of echo and makes the place more efficiently used and nicer in my opinion.

[@patrickdumont8670]

If you test are not satisfying you could use SonoPan. They are available at Home depot or similar in construction section. They come in 4’x8’ panels, and can easily be painted on. Good luck.

[@ladyjjheather]

I can defiantly tell a difference. Only a slight one but its still there. Maybe a few more of the tiles on the door and ceiling?

[@thedagda2026]

U can definitely tell a difference with getting rid of the ac sound. Take my advice with a grain of salt, as someone who streams on twitch as much as I can, u need to cover flat har surfaces. Like as little as putting a rug in will help eliminate some echo from the ground. From research i did, the more surface area the better. Like the black square ones u put in the closet those work great i have them all over my walls, u can also get them in red and do designs on ur walls. U can also hang some of ur motorcycle jackets on ur personal side to dampen the sound from that side. I hope it helped if u got any questions that maybe i can help with please let me know.

[@brysonthomas2929]

You need to take a look at sound tails as well as putting some carpet material in the garage it rely absorbs the sound.

[@josephbrowne3533]

Cheap and instantly difference to your sound issuses are curtains or flags, or if you want early Metallica style, just use filthy carpet from a dumpster. But theirs already great advice, but incase everyone overlooks it or forgets, that alcove in the middle of the back wall is going to be a constant echo problem, sound waves will bounce off the walls and back at you in crazy ways unless you do a sound board job of it, or simpler put a curtin over that hole. Hope this helps.

[@mactipiak]

Killing the fly at 14:35 is the best attempt you did to kill the echo :p You garage is more or less a cube of hard surfaces, sound waves bounces from one side to the opposite, and you hear them again. You need to dampen one side so it doesn't rebound. The foam you have in the cupboard door is actually much better at this job than the other panels. Put a heavy curtain in front of that door (check also the materials, you maybe want something that won't burn super easily in a garage) it will block the sound of the cupboard and reduce flat surfaces. To check your echo, place the H5 on the floor somewhere and clap your hands, you should have a much better idea if what you are doing is useful or not. Sticking any foam on the inside of the garage door would reduce a lot that big plane surface. I'd put the foam of the cupboard on the ceiling. The 2 side-walls have quite a lot of mess on them to bounce in a chaotic manner the sound (the 'chemical cupboard' might resonate though) I see good comments below, I hope it helps.

[@patrickrostker6693]

Really great job! also I learned how to use a mouse scroll wheel to adjust the volume on any YT video, so yeah.

[@Dragon-tg3ug]

You should space the panels out one the ceiling and door, still probably need more but space them out. And put some on your corners near the floor and ceiling corners are very reflective spots. Not sure if it matters but panels like that are usually glued on aswell.

[@davidlichtenauer3722]

Audio engineer here. I’d recommend Owens Corning 703 from ATS acoustics (they also ship from amazon). It’s the industry standard. they are rigid yellow fiberglass panels that you wrap yourself. Instead of tiny overpriced thin panels, for like $70 (not including shipping) you get six 2ft x 4ft x 2in panels. It’s what recording studios and movie theaters use to reduce/eliminate reflections.

[@FxMoto]

Used Bose quietcomfort 35's to listen, there is a definite difference after the soundproofing, especially the AC

[@OvenBak3d360]

Look up on KZbin home theater soundproofing they make boxes with 2 x 4‘s and buy recycled Jean insulation from Home Depot and put it inside of the 2 x 4 frame and then put fabric over The top of the box and stick it on the wall. for you as big as your area is you would probably want two panels on each side of the room about 4-5 feet apart Measuring 60” high by 32” wide (inside the box so two 16 inch wide strips of soundproofing insulation will fit side-by-side) that setup with be far far better than any amount of those small panels will do

[@NibNa5ty]

If you make a wood frame you can put like 4 towels in them and suspend them like 3 inches from the ceiling. Those are pretty cheap and much bigger than those. Plus if you suspend them they work better.

[@fader2701]

there is less background noise but the echo is the same. the surface of the garage door, floor and ceiling. hanging panels from the ceiling can help. and cover that garage floor with some mats, and the door with more panels.

[@mark-ps1bm]

The one comment that I can make, or suggestion rather, is that you take your sound-deadening panels and spread them out to cover more surface area. if you put them all together then you're not covering enough surface area to actually make them effective. Because as sound travels from its origin it tends to spread after it hits the first solid surface. The echoing is from it hitting multiple Solid Surfaces so if you spread those panels out you eliminate some of those solid surfaces.

[@cinnamonrollypoly]

Go to Wal-Mart, buy some diamond foam mattress toppers. Staple to ceiling. Cover with sheets. Done.

[@jamesteter3724]

Definitely there's definitely a difference in the sound now there still is a slight Echo but not the full Echo that we heard before

[@metaldog7128]

Chase??? Please check that the gaps at the bottom of the doors are not for airflow or air circulation ??

[@two4design]

Metaldogrides you are correct ..if you block the intake of the unit you are causing the motor to strain and you will have a burn out soon enough

[@SgtVipus]

in my garage there was quiet a bit of echo but i put flags union jack, ensign, triumph and my bikes have fabric covers keeps the dust off and i notices a difference in echo. just a thought

[@lukemagee8557]

Should get white and red foam of the stuff you put in the closet and put it on your walls. Maybe a pixelated design of your logo would be sick.

[@AdamSpade]

Soundproofing is stopping sound from going through walls. What you need for echo is acoustic treatment, meaning sound absorption. The acoustic foam isn't bad for absorbing the human voice but it's expensive toxic crap that doesn't belong in a house, especially by a furnace that pulls in air from that small room with it. The foam does nothing for low frequencies too. It should help with the furnace noise but why not just use some heavy insulation? I probably would have framed a couple mobile walls and insulated it with denim (UltraTouch) or Roxul SafeNSound and then covered the face of that with some fabric. You can put trim around that and end up with a beautiful decor. And THAT would absorb echo in the room. Placing it in front of that furnace room might block that noise enough for you as well. The furnace room would be a great place to store insulation too. You could stand up rigid insulation around the furnace too. Just throw it in there and take out what you need for when you are building sound panels. You may need to seal around that door though if you really want to "soundproof" that room. But it's all relative to your needs.

[@rickiekm]

Sounds slightly better with the work you have done so far. The lapel mike helps a lot.

[@evinsprague]

My garage has a little random closet it in that my 60. Gallon compressor sits in. I’ve also got similar sound proofing on the door. It helps quite a bit. Can’t hardly hear it in the garage and can’t hear it st all inside my house

[@MsLoneWolf4]

Those panels woyld work better in checkered formation. But till stage arrives in mail. Try stretching out the rows. Like doing checkered but with only single row. Also guess you can call it anti echo 1.1

[@leo2502]

this is an awesome alternative that should outperform what you have.

[@WestCoastADV]

why not make a sound before and after at each location ? you wanted to remove echo not reduce ambient Noise :)

[@dunnivanshea9963]

Veiliance he wanted to to both

[@WestCoastADV]

I figured that now... just he might have noticed the improvement more if he did that type of testing.. This ain't hate chase.. Love your work man!

[@Armedlegally]

And also a cheaper way to stop sound from bouncing is to so make random rectangles /squares wooden frames and just use canvas around them stretch tight... You can decorate them or leave them plane but you can create many sizes to fit your needs.

[@ronniecurnutt4309]

Love the shirt Chase .

[@rohanjadhav4802]

Yes there is a noticeable difference in sound location no3 N no. 4 have definitely improved

[@williamtravis9283]

Free the Garage Fly!

[@jag5998]

the afters sound clear not dull

[@twistn-grips]

You're gonna need A LOT more than that lol. Good luck buddy

[@aresistancerider_2926]

Cool but I wouldn’t be blocking off the bottom of the door by the heater/ ac area. I’d get rid of those paint buckets in there too.

[@dmcnasty84]

The reason there is a gap at the bottom of the door is for the heat to escape. I would not cover it up. Just keep on eye on your ac unit that it doesn't overheat.

[@newt8181]

Awesome video and nice garage

[@paulmorris6914]

Chase, you can definitely notice a difference after the sound tiles were placed on the doors around the ac unit. I would suggest placing those black sound absorption tiles on the garage door, and the gray foam tiles on the ceiling. The lapel mic is the way to go, too! Much better sound quality on the video. Great job...see you at the meet-up next month! #outrocrew

[@redrider0151]

Hang carpet pad on the door of the AC and you wont year jack coming from that room (dirt cheap). As far as the echo goes, you need to break up the floor...add some shop rugs and it will stop...if you dont have insulated walls, add insulation and it will help also...it appeared your garage door is already insulated...

[@agustinmaldonado71]

I were hearing aids and I was able to tell a big difference. Imagine if you used all that black foam on the ceiling and the tiles on the wall it would be even less echo. What is up with the rebuild when are you going to revile it?

[@LionHearted92]

There is a small difference. I would try to treat the corners in the garage with the abatement that you have left. And then invest in something more. I have built large panels out of fiberglass insulation boards. And I then covered them with thin fabric and super 77 spray adhesive. Very cost effective way to get around deadening.

[@Inside_Engineering]

If you have access to your garage from the attic you could have someone insulate the garage ceiling.

[@samwilson3921]

Sound deadening lvl 11 is more like what you need

[@mkulanator]

Hey man, with the ceiling you want to have panels (similar to the material you're using in this video) hanging vertically front the ceiling. So with your layout, you'll want to make panels that stretch from a foot from the center to a foot from the cornering wall. And maybe have them hang a foot down, maybe a tad less. And then the spacing is difficult. That'll be atrial and error without doing the math

[@mkulanator]

For the space above the garage, just make it so that it won't interfere

[@wasewasp282]

to get rid of the echo in my living room i placed wooden strips with different depths on one wall. it's also very decorative, don't know how it will work out for a garage, maybe hard wood with some oil or varnish against the dirt

[@mickeymahjong1]

Show a picture please.

[@roygoodeve9962]

Furnishings mate. Hang some cool posters of your bikes on the walls and put some rugs on the concrete floor.

[@ianthomas3653]

Put some mats on the floor in the open areas. The large flat open areas ( floor, ceiling and walls) are what allow the sound to bounce around the room causing the echo effect. Things like pictures on the walls can even help as crazy as it sounds. The concrete floors are probably your biggest problem. I feel like for those panels to be as effective as you would want, you would have to cover the entire wall with them.

[@ObedientMammal]

Go to Walmart, get the egg crate bed pad thing. Cut into 1 foot strips. Will be perfect..

[@ksingleton101]

Try changing the pitch of your voice. You've heard of Sound Waves, sound travels in a wave and if you can find the right pitch for the area you are in you can make the sound waves cancel each other out. It might take some practice but I have faith in you.

[@sputnikl727]

You need them cone foam panels everywhere. Its the cones that break up soundwaves and bounce them back in random directions to cancel them out

[@dunnivanshea9963]

elOcho that is a great explanation

[@TheLimeinator]

That gap under the doors is there for a reason. You need air flow in the HVAC room, you’re probably violating your local fire code by blocking the gap FYI.

[@ArthurYouT]

i would put the black foam on the walls of garage and i think you need to put differently to each other so like spin each one 90 degrees to the ones next to each other idk just a suggestion

[@tomasnilsson1669]

Well, as a few guys mention you are not working against background noise (besides the AC-unit) but echo or reverberation. The large, hard, flat surfaces acts like a sound mirror. As a photo-guy see the walls as mirrors. What you have done is placed a few pieces of paper to cover parts of the mirrors but not near enough to dampen the reverberation. So, how to adress the problem. Well, the ratio between dampening surface and reflective surface is still way to strong towards reflective surface. Compare the surface area of your fifteen sheets of dampening material to the area you covered with wallpaper and floor tiles in your old garage. You need things that can absorb the kinetic energy in the air that is sound and significant surface area so this energy can be absorbed fast enough. We are talking about covering the walls in a porus material like a heavy curtain cloth. See if you can get hold of or make signs or prints on heavy fabric and hang it on the walls. The sheets you put on your roof is a decent idea but you need a lot more. Do a checkered pattern covering the entire roof. I would guess that one of your main problems is that you tried to find a solution to your problem on Amazon rather than your local hardwarestore. Any effect will also be noticed when you have a sound is presented to echo around. Your test should have presented the difference better if you had a stereo playing the same song before and after the installation.

[@Smooth_Butter]

Try the acoustic foam in the garage also.

[@gregory543210]

Your couch that you had in the last garage helped with the echo

[@JEPPAY]

location 4 and 5 have improved. Location 5 HAD a high freq hizz, now it has a deeper hum. But its better. But i agree - its not much at all :D

[@fastpacecruiser9688]

Chase I'm nearly 16 and I've been riding dirt bikes for 3 years and I wanted your opinion on what road bike I should get for my first

[@HT_96]

Those anti-reflection foam squares only work properly if you cover at least 40% of all the walls/ceiling which gets pretty expensive real quick as they're designed for recording studios/pro-audio market. your best bet for a garage would be putting flags/fabric up onto the walls and garage door, I used to have patterned tapestries off amazon on the walls in my old recording studio because I didn't have the budget for proper sound treatment and it worked great.

[@two4design]

HarryT96 yes this is good advice ...material on the wall will really help!

[@wheelspinner20]

Think heavy thick curtains made of velvet that used to be popular back in the day.!

[@williamtravis9283]

Both microphones sound good without the sound proof!

[@melinag4]

I think you need more and the floor but it’s kinda better but good video! Did that fly die?

[@ProjectTDI]

Get acoustic paneling. Like the stuff they use in sound rooms or for music production

[@cerebralfailure8804]

I have to agree with the science teacher down there in a previous comment, most of your echo is being reflected up to the mic from the concrete floor, the type of flooring you used in the previous garage is probably your best bet with that, if that isn't enough you might need to add a sound dampening floor underlay beneath it but I doubt you would need anything more than the flooring like you used in the last garage, it isn't like you are recording music tracks in there

[@thewiredfox2691]

Wouldn't applying the sound proofing blocks around one corner of the garage be the most effective? Random lines in random spots don't seem to be effective. I would try 1 in each plane of the corner (x,y,z) then 2 next to those, then 3 next to those. That would be 6 on each plane of the corner.

[@seratatu]

The "piramide" foam are the best for this (the plane ones I don't think they should work). Maybe you should put the ones on the AC on the ouside of the doors so they cut the AC noise AND the bouncing sound on the room. If you cannot put piramide foam on all the walls, at least put in in one entire wall so it difficults the sound to be bouncing on the whole room. If you can too, put piramide foams on the top edges of the room. Here are some example of parcial foram sound proofing: www.auralex.com/product/studiofoam-pyramids/ Oh and the ones in the outside garage, If it's wood it's not the best place (the concrete are the most important) Good luck =)

[@wheelspinner20]

I'm a little confused at 6:00 you want to test for echo issues, yet, you convey testing the silence, or ambient noise without talking. That seems backwards. ?? I would have said the same sentence loudly (before and after in the exact same spot) and listened to it on a stereo playback over and over back to back to see if the echo went away after install.

[@kevinlowe87ify]

I hear a difference. Sounds better.

[@LGD58]

You need to cover that angled wall ceiling portion by the inside door.

[@exx2711]

It’s quieter but still has a echo

[@tylerharmeyer5231]

Call Sweetwater Sound!! A very knowledgeable sales engineer will hook you up with EXACTLY what you need. I would imagine some Auralex acoustic foam would work much better. Also..... WBR

[@superduke545]

I'm trying to figure out why you have a flex duct coming from your supply connected to the return

[@tomorrowtoday4839]

You have two issues: too many hard, parallel surfaces, and two of the three length x height x width dimensions that are close to one another in length, so you reinforced the resonant mode frequencies. What you want to do is reduce your reverberation time, measured as the "RT60." The absorbers actually should have gone in the closet, and to solve the garage itself, you could do a few things. You need absorption and diffusion. Add more items to the side opposite your bench, like racks with clothing, various size boxes, sofa, etc., to absorb and diffuse sound. Also, if still bare areas, add diffusion there. Second, you could add rolled out insulation on the back of your garage door, insulation side facing into the garage (double benefit!). Third, add diffusion to the ceiling, spaced out as someone else said. Alternatively, you could put those garage ceiling racks up there, which would do double duty! And make sure what you put up there varies in size and material (boxes, hard stuff, etc.). Finally, a cheap fiber indoor outdoor carpet (you can use carpet tape) where you park the bikes would help. I am positive this space can be made much quieter. Let me know if there are further questions, I know way too much about this stuff!