ast fall I got an opportunity to move my music studio to a new location where I would be able to do my motion graphics and video work in addition to making music. That sounded good, especially as my video work also involves audio mixing, so I decided to rent the three small rooms (plus a corridor, a closet and a bathroom) at one end of the larger premises of another company called Craft Finland. L Problems The location was perfect, the rent was reasonable and my new landlords/co-workers were nice people, but one problem remained: there was no soundproofing between my studio-to-be and Craft’s office. The two windowed inner walls between them blocked no sound at all; you could easily hear what people were saying on the other side. Not good. I want to play and mix music in peace, knowing that I wouldn’t disturb anyone. My budget was limited, but at least I did have a budget. I figured that instead of buying a fancy new synthesizer, the money was better spent on materials for building two soundproofing walls and a floating floor, plus buying some acoustic panels and bass traps. 1 Fig. 1: The original windowed walls at the front of the studio. Note that the floating floor is already in place and the door shown here will be blocked by the new wall—there is another door at the back of the studio because two rooms were combined into one. 12 RECORDING JUNE 2011