PSA: I picked the 'soundproofing' foam egg cartons over real acoustic panels to save $200.

My neighbor texted me last Tuesday asking if I was raising chickens in there because of all the weird clucking sounds during my podcast. Anyone have a better budget fix that actually works?

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the_gray1mo ago

My buddy tried the same thing in his garage studio. He ended up with this weird hollow echo that made his guitar sound like it was in a tin can. He switched to hanging thick moving blankets from the ceiling with cheap curtain rods. It's not perfect but it killed that boxy sound for like forty bucks total.

briannguyen29d ago

Honestly that's the move right there. People waste so much money on fancy foam panels before trying the basics. Thick blankets kill the flutter echo that makes small rooms sound terrible. It's all about stopping the sound from bouncing between parallel walls. His cheap fix probably works better than most overpriced starter kits. Tbh more home studios should just start with blankets and rods.