EASY DIY ACOUSTIC PANEL build for home studio. Podcast and YouTube studio.

hey what's up guys shane finning host of the hard parking podcast so i finally got my studio complete and the thing i've been teasing for a long time is these acoustic panels behind me so this video coming up i'm going to walk through how to build it i'm going to show you what it is what it takes and how to take your studio to the next level before you go any further make sure you hit like and subscribe down below and i'll catch you on the other side [Music] okay guys this is what the room sounds like without any of this stuff on the wall i had to take it off so you guys can hear when we're done i'm going to put it right back on the wall and do the exact same exercise and then i'm going to show you guys how i did it you guys ready you hear that you can hear the sound bouncing all around it's going all over the place when i turn around just because it's hitting that wall it's hitting this wall if i turn around and do it this way it's even worse it's a lot worse hung this stuff back up on the wall i opted to not use my corner base traps because really they don't capture much of the clapping noise anyway but you'll notice a big difference check it out standing here facing you there's a little bit of reverb still because i don't have hardly anything on that wall yet now let me turn and face this wall and do it again all right so here's the materials you're gonna need we're gonna be building per panel you're gonna need just under 11 feet about ten and a half feet of wood 1x4 is what you get you're going to need some felt or wool i recommend felt on the back i use burlap but there's other backing material for furniture that is better you need a stapler a t50 staple gun this is brand aero it's probably one of the best brands out there if not the best brand for a manual staple i recommend manual staples over the electronic or even the air one there's gonna be a link in the description for this i have five staplers this is absolutely without question the best stapler for any project gonna need some staples recommend using t50 staples it doesn't have to be aerobrand you want 3 8 of an inch or 5 16 of an inch you don't want it any longer any shorter the wood itself is not very dense and you have to make sure you get through the felt and any doors any the felt in any of the backing material with screws i'm recommending number 10 wood screws if you go to the hardware store if you don't know what that is you'll find them get the number 10 wood screws a minimum of one and a half inches long and the maximum of one and three quarters anything longer it's overkill and you might split the wood anything shorter it might not make it through both layers of the wood to grip this was optional this is a bessie 90 degree angle clamp i did not use this for the first six panels that i created and as a result all my panels are a little crooked they're more like trapezoids instead of parallelograms so they're not a standard rectangle this will ensure you make a standard rectangle in the diy coming up that's what i'm gonna be using of course you're gonna need a tape measure any tape measure would work i can link one in the description but you probably have one laying around the house as long as it can measure at least four feet you're good to go something to cut a standard saw circular saw or miter saw you're gonna need a power drill and probably a power screwdriver you need the safe and sound sound deadening material this comes in two different styles i did some research before i bought it and i found that the brown one just remember the brown one is for wood and other household applications and then last but not least you're going to need wood to get started make sure you have your tape measure you have something to mark with and a speed square the speed square comes in handy just take your tape measure start at the end pull it all out to 48 inches make sure it's 48 inches mark it go ahead and use your speed square to keep it straight and then use your marker your pin or what i'm doing is just using a screwdriver come from the other side do the same thing mark it off and what you'll find is you'll probably have a small maybe a quarter of an inch gap or an eighth of an inch gap so make sure you account for that when you're actually cutting it make sure you measure the height of the safe and sound it goes to 15 inches and a quarter so every cross piece is going to have to be 15 inch and a quarter that's for the top the bottom of the frame and the supports that go in the middle go ahead and measure out the first you can start so 15 and a quarter plus 15 and a quarter is 30 and a half so make sure you can either stop it 15 and a quarter just go up to 30 and a half take your speed square and marked it make sure you're on a new piece of wood too once you're done marking it move back down to the 15 and a quarter and go ahead and mark that as well and those are the two places you're gonna cut since you're gonna need more pieces you can measure off every 15 in a quarter and make another mark because you're you're gonna need a total of four for the small pieces and four the long pieces so take your saw or whatever tool you have in my case i have a miter saw which makes it a whole lot easier make your cuts make both sides cuts don't forget to take into account the thickness of the saw blade when you're done you put the pieces together and make sure they line up perfectly if they're not perfect make adjustments you take your other piece and you do the same thing cut your 15 and a quarter pieces down go ahead and cut all four of them line those up make sure they're good to go now comes the fun part take your 90 degree like i said i didn't use this the first time but i damn sure use it this time take your 90 degree angle go ahead and stick it on there and tighten up tighten up the clamps and now you have this perfect thing be sure to put your short pieces on the inside and your long pieces on the outside see how these fold i'll show you again in a second if you can't get it here time to take your tools now you want to choose a drill bit that's just a little bit smaller than this or total circumference of your screw if it's too big your screw won't grab if it's too small you run the risk of splitting the wood go ahead and attach your drill bit to your drill and you're ready to go let's do this take your drill and drill down two holes perfect holes don't worry about cleaning them out too much take your screwdriver and attach your two screws take your clamp off and what you are is you're left with a 90 degree it might be a little wobbly because that's the only angle but if you go to the other side and attach the clamp you'll be good notice here the difference you want to make sure that the top piece goes on the inside you can also use the other pieces to hold it up to create that perfect angle go ahead and drill attach your screws and you're halfway there well you're halfway there to building the frame of course notice here i've got this side built and then i'm going to go ahead and put this cross piece up here what we're going to end up doing is i'm gonna drill two more holes to attach this on both sides this is the backing so go ahead and repeat the process on the other side for the frame so this is the final frame right here as you can see i have the cross member piece in the support the safe and sound material sort of it'll support it along with the fabric and then also the piece to hang it at the top with the french cleat i'm gonna put a french cleat on the back you can buy those on amazon i bought mine on amazon so here we go next phase go ahead and load up your stapler with staples like loading a gun sorta i mean it is a staple gun i guess get it locked loaded ready to go and you're ready to go to work so you want to go ahead and you take take the fabric the backing in this case like i said before earlier in the video i used burlap but you want to just kind of lay it loosely on there because what you're going to end up doing is when you staple it you want to pull a little snug and just go ahead and every two inches or so pull it a little a little tight on one side and just staple away work your way all the way around bottom one side bottom across over and then the top and you need to pull this a little bit every time just to kind of firm up the fabric firm up the material because it's going to be holding again the safe and sound sound deadener then go ahead and take your scissors because you're going to want some scissors i didn't put that in the in the in the materials but yeah find some scissors and just go ahead and cut off the access around the outside go and get your safe and sound material lay it in there make sure you use gloves safe and sound has a slight adjutant it's not like old-school insulation but it still has a little bit of adjutant in it so you don't want to get it all over your hands this is really the only time you're ever going to touch it go ahead and press it in there and it should fit pretty snug it would fall out if you turn it upside down once you do that go ahead and get your felt or whatever you're using i recommend belt lay it over the top hold it on one side and just flip the entire piece over we're almost finished we're almost there because the hard part has already been taken care of the hard part is building the frame and putting the safe and sound in there now you kind of do the same thing you did with the backing that you just go ahead and fold it over start on one side do not do the top or the bottom just start on the other left side or the right side pay attention to where the staples are from the backing fabric and try to do every other space so that you don't staple on top of the existing staples just like that take your time you don't really have to worry about pulling it tight then when you're done with one side go ahead and cut it off just like you did with the backing now switch over to the other side and again like i said before don't do the top or the bottom save those for the last now when you work on the opposite side of where you originally started you want to make sure you pull it tight just a little bit get both sides done now you move to the end i don't know if you've ever wrapped christmas gifts before but i found that this is the best way it works for me just like that you want to go ahead and tuck it in just like wrapping a christmas gift do one side do the other side go ahead and secure it and then when you're done you just kind of pull it over and staple it in repeat it on both sides add a few extra staples if you want and this is what your finished product is going to look like before you hang it up on the wall all four corners all nicely done and it should be nice and tight on the back and on the front flip it over kind of take a tour of it go ahead and appreciate your own work don't worry about any of the dust that's on there you can take it off with a with a lint roller later on take it in your room add the french cleat on the back and hang it on the wall sit back and appreciate your work so i built a total of eight of these panels two of them for this video and six of them i already had this will absolutely take your sound to the next level i can promise you that so it's been a few months 2020 so it's been a few months since i started this video that's how slow i am a lot of things get in the way did a video about the foam did some other videos so i figured it was only fair that i gave you guys updated sound clip with these acoustic panels that we just did and some of the other stuff i've done in the room okay you guys ready you hear that there's no sound bouncing around in the room sounds excellent that's facing the camera where i have far less stuff on the wall over there than i do behind me if i turn around the sound is dampened it goes nowhere that makes for a great sounding studio that makes for a great sounding podcast let me know in the comments if you guys want me to do those panels as well because they're only about this thick and they're made out of old bath towels so other than that if you like what you heard go ahead and subscribe go ahead and leave me a comment i can't grow unless you guys help me make sure you check out the podcast as well let's do this let's grow this thing together

Channel: Hard Parking Media

Views: 24,055

Keywords: Acoustic Panel, DIY Acoustic, Podcast studio, home studio, hard parking podcast, hardparking pod, hardparking

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Length: 13min 9sec (789 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 11 2020