How to Build a Home Studio and Bass Traps

Highlands House Concerts Host & Musician, Dwight Mark, builds a home studio in the bedroom. Starting with the idea to make a simple closet isolation booth, the project turned into an education on ventilation and bass traps. As suggested by many online forums, I purchased some bass traps and made my own and tried to cover as many corners of the room as possible.
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25 Responses to How to Build a Home Studio and Bass Traps

  1. AdenTallon says:

    I’m doing some work on Slim Productions Studio and you have aided in my research. I hope you’ll be able to see an improvement on the shows we work on in the future.

  2. Jahmylov says:

    Great job and source of inspiration.What type of foam did you use inside of to create Bass Trapps?Is there a certain type of fabric you used/ where did you purchase it from.I have the same RTA Studio desk.What where you doing behind it,In the video with drill???Thanks for video.

  3. tobycity10 says:

    cool vid dwight
    but why is ventilation important to the isolation booth?
    it seems like an awful lot of work when you could just open the door when your not recording??
    t

  4. PrairieDon1021 says:

    I LOVE SEEING OTHER EXPERIENCED “MICKEY MOUSERS” LIKE MYSELF! I install home ventilation systems for a living and I’m very curious why you specified TURNS in your flex run..Any bends you add is going to add length to your run. the shorter a flex run is, the quieter it will be. You want your duct run as straight a run as possible, every bend restricts the air flow, the more restriction, the noisier it will be. You said u experimented, so i’m curious did you find it to be quieter by adding bends?

  5. killermagnet says:

    Neat, I noticed some of the panels are Chameleon Panels from Ready Acoustics. Nice!

  6. iainguitarman says:

    this is excellent!
    i am about to embark on exactly the same type of project , moving my small untreated studio into the larger spare room and add lots of bass traps! :-)

    also checked out your site,
    keep singin them blues man,

    respect,
    all the best
    E

  7. cfaeslehc5091 says:

    Cool, now to get a job and buy a house

  8. 1RAH says:

    this gives me so many great ideas!!!!

  9. LovetoPlayGuitars says:

    Very, very impressive, Dwight!!

  10. punx8086 says:

    You have to be single right? I want to turn the room I sit in right now into something like that but My Lady won’t have it…..Next up is buying a house with a unfinished loft usually above the garage…….It will be my own room to do whatever with and I can’t stop day dreaming about it……You have inspired me!!!!! So do you record bands or is it just for you?

  11. Lepricon21 says:

    thanks for the video, it was really great to see someone elses solutions to the problems of building a home studio. Well done! hope it works well for you

  12. guitarexodus711 says:

    Really great setup you’ve put together! It must have been quite a task to put that all together yourself. Now you’ve set it all up; how did it turn out? It must have come out pretty great! Can you do this sort of thing on a budget? And where did you get the foam padding for your vocal room?

  13. MCIHomeStudio says:

    thats amazing dude, well done, very inspirational to all musicians looking to start a studio. Great work, and it looks great :)

  14. nattyj000 says:

    AWESOME dude – I haven’t gone back to read ll the comments that some dumb prats have obviously made. The vid is GREAT, very inspiring. Would love to see some more with step y step guides for some of those traps. I see you have 55 vidz so maybe the stuff is in there and I just haven’t seen it yet. CONGRTAZ on a great looking studio,

  15. onlygodcanjudgeme936 says:

    damn he was building his ass off ! lol i bet all that hard work paid off tho . nice job . fuck the lil bitches that are hatin on this video .

  16. lukemal2 says:

    NICE WORK!! I did a bass traps just like you! :)

  17. lukemal2 says:

    NICE WORK!! I did a bass traps just like you! :)

  18. dj02tc5 says:

    can u give me an advice on how to make a vocal booth in my apartment closet i have birds and i want to take the sound away from that i think wall so i wonder what i kneed for that

  19. donepearce says:

    Fine job – now how does it sound? Any chance of hearing a recording… Just one thing – I found out the hard way that you can’t have acoustic guitars hanging in the room while you record. They just love to sing along with whatever you are playing.

  20. istrudave says:

    nice work man i love it im trying that too

  21. jeltzisbibi says:

    nice man ,. really love it..! ;p

  22. FreedomBeats says:

    nice man

  23. johnthicke says:

    It looks like your hard work paid off. I hope it is everything you wanted it to be and more. I see you used mineral wool as your sound proofing insulation. That stuff is the worst to work with, it’s itchy and dusty and generally miserable, but once it is contained it does a great job killing sound. Building your own studio is another way to exercise your creativity and I am sure this project inspired you to take on new projects with confidence. Thank you for your effort.

  24. johnthicke says:

    It looks like your hard work paid off. I hope it is everything you wanted it to be and more. I see you used mineral wool as your sound proofing insulation. That stuff is the worst to work with, it’s itchy and dusty and generally miserable, but once it is contained it does a great job killing sound. Building your own studio is another way to exercise your creativity and I am sure this project inspired you to take on new projects with confidence. Thank you for your effort.

  25. supacraig87 says:

    well done and thank you for your video! i’m 23 and have been planning my own studio which will be an ongoing hobby of mine for the rest of my life. these videos are really helpful in gathering ideas. thanks a lot!!