I’ve finally begun planning my new drum studio. My drums have been stacked up the garage since August, when we sold the house where we’d built a studio previously… but now it’s time to play again.
I found two excellent resources on sound control. If you’re looking to soundproof a rehearsal space, or really any space at all, check out Acoustics101. The site was created by Auralex, manufacturer of top-of-the-line products for sound absorption and isolation. The Acoustics101 site offers detailed advice and specific product recommendations. It is required reading.
Also useful is Soundproofing101. The overview of sound control techniques is especially clear and useful. Some of their soundproofing recommendations are misleading, I believe, so I treat this resource as a second opinion to the information in Acoustics101.