Soundproofing/Insulation Problem.

[Atomic Marshmallow]

Hello All. Long time no see.

I have recently moved into a new house and have setup my music studio in my attic/top floor which is above our bedroom. However I have come across a problem.

When I play my keyboard/synth, the action of me hitting my keys sounds like a herd of stampeding elephants in the bedroom below even though the room where I am playing sounds normal: the sound that is made when you hit synth keys. The floor seems to absorb the action of me hitting the keys and magnifies it significantly waking up my wife in the middle of the night.

I stuck a towel under one of my synths to absorb and deaden the sound and that helped a bit, though not enough.

During daytime hours it is fine of course but if I feel like playing in the wee hours of the night, I am banned from doing so until this problem is solved. Any suggestions? I would of course prefer not to rip up the floor and place some kind of insulation there until I have tried more simple solutions first.

[valis]

There are other (better) ways that you can dampen that out cheaply. Foam and/or foam rubber, both underneath your stand and perhaps between the keyboard and the stand should help. Or perhaps a more stable surface for the keyboard if it's just a simple 2-legged stand.

Another side to the equation can be aided too, a small source of white noise in the room with your wife can help mask sounds wonderfully (a small fan if it's warm, a 'natural sound' radio, etc).

[Neutron]

Get some elephants, then they will appreciate how quiet your keyboards are.

seriously though, depending on your table, you could try getting some of those rubber things people use to protect the carpet from sofa legs.

maybe some kind of rubber carpet backing or foam of some kind under the keyboard.

[skwawks]

a couple of pumped up bicycle innertubes under a sheet of thick plywood with your Keyboard on top ?? {and a puncture repair kit }

[wayne]

- or a slab of marble on squash balls...