How to Build a Vocal Booth in a Bedroom

Future producers and artists alike need quality sound when recording. Creating a vocal booth in your very own bedroom can give you the opportunity to record as often as you like without the prices of big name recording studios.

Things You'll Need

• (4) 1/4-inch 4-by-8-foot slabs of plywood
• (1) 1/4inch 5-by-5-foot slab of plywood
• 6 hinges
• 6 L brackets
• Staple gun
• Door handle
• Soundproof foam

Instructions

1. Connect two sets of two 1/4-inch 4-by-8-foot slabs of plywood together with hinges. To hinge the plywood, lay down two slabs of plywood side by side on a flat surface with the tall sides touching. On the inside tall edges of each slab, mark where you'll be placing the hinges. Make two sets of marks where the two different hinges will be. The first hinge should be placed approximately 30 inches from the top of the slabs and the second hinge should be placed approximately 30 inches from the bottom of the slabs. Screw in the hinges according to your marks so that the slabs will be held tightly together without a large gap. Repeat once more so that you'll have two sets of hinged plywood slabs.

2. Set a 1/4-inch 5-by-5-foot plywood slab in place as the floor of your booth. It's best to place it in a corner of your room in order to conserve space. Make sure to leave no space in between the walls and the floor slab. There's no need to harness down the floor in anyway. This allows you to take apart the entire booth for relocation later.

3. Stand up the two sets of hinged plywood slabs on the plywood floor. The first set of slabs should be placed in a perfect 90-degree angle in the corner following the walls of the room. The second set should be placed on the opposite corner of the plywood floor to create a square. Use two more hinges to hinge together one side of each of the two sets in the same fashion as above. Only one corner of the booth walls should remain without hinges.

4. Bracket the booth walls to the booth floor using L brackets. From the inside of the booth, place two L brackets connecting the floor and wall on each wall except for the wall with no hinges on one side. On each of the three walls with brackets, one bracket should be placed 12 inches to the center on both sides.

5. Attach a door handle for easy access into the booth. The wall with no L brackets and hinges on only one side will be your door. The side with no hinges will be the side where you place the door handle. Attach the door handle 48 inches from the ground.

6. Adhere soundproof foam to the interior lining of the booth walls. Soundproof foam usually comes in 2-by-2-foot squares. Start from a bottom corner of one of the walls and staple each corner of the piece of foam with a staple gun. Add one staple in the center of the foam. Continue working your way up, creating side-by-side rows of foam. Leave absolutely no space on the walls uncovered. Leave any excess foam hanging off the top of the walls until the very end. Then when all foam is attached, just cut along the top edges of the walls with scissors to shape the foam to the size of your walls.

Resources

• Soundproofing material