DIY Acoustic Clouds // Construction Tutorial + Mounting Tips

►Contact me to work on your music: https://backburnerstudios.ca/ In this video, you will learn how to build your own acoustic ceiling panels and hang them as clouds in your home studio. This video is broken up into 4 parts, each part should take about a day to complete. 0:00 Intro 0:12 Day 1: Gather the Materials (Material/Tool List) 2:32 Day 2: Assemble the Frames 4:52 Day 3: Wrap and Fill the Frames 6:49 Day 4: Suspend the Clouds 8:32 Before/After Examples in REW 11:47 Share your project with me! This tutorial is will yield you 4 panels: 4 Acoustic Dampening Panels made to suspend from the ceiling. 2’ wide by 4’ length, with 6” of depth for serious absorption. Tools: - Staple Gun + Staples - a Drill - a Saw - PPE for Insulation - and an Extra set of hands for construction and mounting the clouds Materials: - a package of 24” Roxul Rockwool (8 pack - 2 pieces for each cloud) - 1 - 4’x8’ 3/8” Plywood cut into 6” at the hardware store - Some scrap wood for the corner supports (1” x 1”) - Extra wood or elastic to keep the Rockwool from sagging in the middle. - 32 - 2 inch Hooks - 8-10’ of chain ~ 12m of cotton Fabric (cut to fit) My other DIY acoustic panel video covers the fabric cutting part more in depth! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faLQarDgho4&t=1s&ab_channel=LearnAudioEngineering Make sure you can BLOW THRU THE FABRIC, this will allow the most sound to travel thru your panels. Here are the Dimensions for both pieces of cloth: Front LARGE - 62” x 38” Length (48”) + 2 Depth (6”) + Safety 2“ to allow for a clean fold = 62” Width (24”) + 2 Depth (6”) + Safety 2” to allow for clean fold Back SMALL - 50” x 26” Length (48”) + ~2” to allow for a clean fold Width (24”) + ~2” to allow for a clean fold ►Build Instructions and more: https://learnaudioengineering.com/diy-acoustic-clouds/ ►Advanced Audio 414 (use discount code LAE5) https://advancedaudio.ca/products/cm414 ►► Use my VIP link to get 7% off your first year at DistroKid: http://distrokid.com/vip/learnaudioengineering ► Home Studio Mix Academy https://homestudiomixacademy.com ►How to Record Anything eBOOK DOWNLOAD: http://learnaudioengineering.com/ ► PATREON https://www.patreon.com/RobertLAE ► INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/learnaudioengineering ► FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/LearnAudioEngineering