Created a garden music studio can help any budding or professional drummer explore his or her musical passion without disturbing others.
Garden studios at Musician’s House feature double-skinned walls for optimal acoustics when practicing or writing your next hit-making rock tune.
Sound Proofing
As whether a professional musician, or simply enjoy playing music as a hobby, having your own garden music studio is an invaluable addition to any home. From practicing tunes to taking advantage of any opportunities you come across without disturbing neighbours! But for maximum effectiveness it is imperative that soundproofing be applied.
Upgrade the floor of your shed significantly by installing an acoustic mineral wool product like SoundScreed WF28 to add mass and block airborne noise. An extra layer of SoundMats may further improve its ability to block impact noise and vibrations.
Consider how you are going to furnish your music studio when selecting furniture, too. Furniture with soft surfaces should help dampen sound and minimize reflections off flat surfaces; suede, microfibre, and chenille fabrics make great options for chairs, sofas, throw pillows and curtains as they can easily be cleaned while providing effective ways of improving the acoustics in garden rooms.
Windows and doors can be vulnerable points when it comes to soundproofing due to their lower mass than walls. If removing windows is not an option, installing double glazed acoustic glass on an internal stud frame will reduce this weakness.
Installing an acoustic panel to your studio ceiling is another effective way to improve its performance. Foam panels absorb sound energy and help minimize echoing that might otherwise occur within the room, leading to superior recording results.
Flooring
An ideal space for musicians is an independent garden room where they can practice playing instruments, singing songs and writing new pieces. Home can often become distracting with family and pets entering and leaving throughout the day; having your own dedicated music space provides peace and quiet to focus on music creation.
Selecting an optimal floor is essential to creating the ideal recording environment in a garden studio, and many professional studios opt for premium hardwood flooring due to its outstanding acoustics – this means it reflects frequencies back well, rather than absorbing them like soft materials such as carpet or flooring can. Our garden rooms may come equipped with rubber EPDM flooring as an insulating underlay that helps reduce noise transfer through its floors and decrease noise transfer between recordings in your new home music studio.
Sound proofing your new music shed doesn’t stop with just its walls – we offer soundproofing panels to our timber framed buildings and specialist acoustic glazing to enhance acoustics inside. Furthermore, planting climbing plants and trees within your garden music room may provide additional insulation while simultaneously adding visual interest and creating a gorgeous aesthetic for your studio space.
At our music studios, we recommend installing mood lighting to create the ideal environment for an effective session. Bright fluorescent lights may cause eye strain and be distracting when working on tasks; therefore it is key to use softer lights which help maintain a state of flow.
Insulated walls, floors and ceilings will help your music room remain comfortably warm throughout all four seasons. Depending on your preference, adding an air conditioning/radiator system into your garden shed could ensure it remains at an ideal temperature for recording music.
We can create the ideal garden music room to meet your individual needs and requirements, with our experienced designers supporting every stage from planning through interior decoration. Get in touch today to discover more about how we can transform your garden shed into a creative hub for music creation and recording!
Lighting
Are You an Aspiring or Amateur Musician? Creating a Home Studio Could Be the Solution
Setting aside an area specifically dedicated to music can help keep you focused and productive, particularly if your home is full of distracting noises or competing household duties. Converting a shed into your own personalized garden music room provides the flexibility necessary to create an environment that meets both your individual needs and style preferences.
Our garden rooms are custom built, so that you can customize a space specifically tailored to your needs. For instance, we can include soundproofing in the walls and floors to reduce noise travel outside the studio into your home and onto glazing, providing added acoustic insulation against high, mid, and low frequencies that pass through glazing panels.
Lighting options from us can also help set the ideal atmosphere for music production, recording or practice sessions. Our dimmable lights allow you to set just the right atmosphere across various genres – plus with its own remote control you can tailor its brightness or hue as required by your needs or mood.
Another outstanding benefit of our garden rooms is that they can be tailored to suit any individual’s preference and designed with doors and windows, depending on what works for you. While glass isn’t recommended as it reverberates too loudly in a music studio setting, doors and windows allow access to fresh air and natural lighting that may aid in your creative inspiration.
Establishing a music studio in your garden can be transformative for musicians who make their living from practising their craft. Renting an expensive studio can be expensive; having one in your own yard offers much greater cost-cutting and flexibility to work around your schedule. Plus, with practice available whenever it suits, your skills won’t just stay behind when traveling away from home!
Acoustic Treatment
Many people mistakenly believe acoustics are only important for musicians or recording studios; however, when done right a well-treated space can transform your garden music studio into an environment which inspires creativity and enhances recordings. Acoustic treatment involves improving studio acoustics using materials and methods such as bass traps, diffusers, and absorbers; soundproofing your garden building also adds soundproofing benefits and helps provide an environment without distractions, so you can focus on producing and recording musical masterpieces of your own creation!
Soundproofing your studio can reduce outside noises, allowing you to record or practice songs without disturbing neighbours or family. Furthermore, soundproofing prevents external disturbances like traffic or HVAC systems from disturbing recordings in your garden studio – not to mention stopping your neighbours complaining about an ‘awful din’ caused by playing guitar or drumming in your garden! It is an ideal way to prevent them moaning about how loudly or often your music studio produces noise!
Acoustic treatment is crucial if you want your home studio to sound professional and accurate. An untreated room may contain echos and reverberations which alter instrument sound quality, degrading its quality. A quick way to test the studio acoustics is the clap test: simply clap in the center of the room, listen for any fade-out, then clap again when sound fades back out; if any strong echo or reverberation persists this indicates the need for treatment of some sort in terms of studio acoustics.
Installing acoustic panels around the walls and ceiling is one of the best and most cost-effective ways to address studio acoustics, as these are specifically designed to absorb low frequencies while damping highs, mids, and high frequencies respectively. They can be purchased both online or from specialist acoustic stores.
As well as treating early reflection points in your room with acoustic treatments such as absorption and diffusion, it’s also essential that acoustic treatment be added at key early reflection points to avoid early reflections which cause unwanted frequencies to build-up and affect overall balance of your space. By doing so you’ll create an environment in which musical creations sound clear and crisp while keeping any outside noise out.
