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It's been a long and arduous process, so allow me to basque in the light of accomplishment or some shit. It's a freaking bunker of solid white brick laid the thick way, a whole lot of pink wool and two layers of dry wall between that and the people inside, secured by a very heavy, solid wood door with dead rubber in it's middle and another, heavier, big-ass metal door filled with glass wool as well. It's out in the open on a backyard at a somewhat densely populated area and we rehearse after midnight above 130 Db so I wanted to make it absolutely impregnable, and it worked! We did an insanely loud test drive last night and just outside the door it sounded like a small transistor radio, so I guess the neighbors won't hear anything worth giving a shit about. This makes me very happy 'cause I can feed the insomniac in me large doses of tweaking loud bass configurations and effects and not bother or be bothered or think about anything outside the room anymore.
I didn't leave a single hole for air or ventilation to avoid sound leaking, so I guess I'll be keeping a large axe or sledgehammer inside in case the bolts give in and we're locked inside, plus I reckon rehearsal's gonna' get pretty freaking hot, and it's ended up being a bit smaller than I originally intended - what with all the extra inner walls, etc - which makes it much louder, it's gonna' make me deafer sooner, etc etc, BUT: It works and solves all or most of my practicing problems, so I have declared myself victorious on this one. I even put in a few funky lights in there for added mood and silliness. The reverberation and general sound of the room seem just right, so far, although I'm sure it's gonna' take a while until I get used to it and find all the little things and tricks. Anyway, I have high hopes for this one. Tomorrow night we'll try full band practice with beer, see how that turns out.
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