Hard techno and the neighbours...

[jonnyspeed]

My neighbours are cool about pounding bass - well they do play very loud christan soul and luckily a lot of funk of the less religous flavour. I've had alot of my mates say they most people would hate to live next to me.

I suppose I'm lucky - anybody else have it good or bad? gotta be some mad stories...

[Traxx]

yeah my next door neighbours are really religious & shit like that, quite a barmy family to be honest where there all in bed by 10 & say prayers together!

anyways back to the topic.....i'd been to see freddy fresh play about a year ago & he give me a mix cd of his. i was listening to it the next night about 8.30 and i had it on low as **** coz me speakers were fukd anyway she knocked saying that "it was far to loud + it was the kids bed time, i didnt argue with her coz i was a bit puzzled by it, turned it off & went out.

in the 2 years that ive had my decks & even before then with cd's the only time that they have bothered to knock + the cherry on the cake was the kids of her's whose bedtime that she was going on about at 8.30 where 15 & 17 at the time.....Barmy barmy people

[DJMAYA]

i live on a vineyard so no neighbours bor a wee distance.
but yea its been a problem in the past.
although i dont really listen to tunes very loud at home.

[Frank Dogshit]

few years ago where i live i used to hammer it out till all hours. then the neighbours decided to lay a sprog and that put an end to noise after 7pm.
fair enough like :cry:

when i was at uni in liverpool,had problems all the time. i lived above some goths who were moaning at me even if i put music on low during the day.right wankers they were.
got to the point were i couldnt give a **** anymore and got used to them hammering my floorboards with a brush everyday. :lol:

although you do need to respect your neighbours,they should respect you to and allow you to play your music at reasonable levels at certain parts of the day. some people are so ****in miserable tho,you just cant seem to reason! :nono:

[Analbumcover]

I live between a Caribbean pub and a reggae club, both of which are either open and pumping out thumping sub bass or shut and completely empty, so I've never even had to consider what volume I play music at...

[tioneb]

i have 5 flats neighbouring mine, and all the nieghbours say they dont really care about the music though they all can hear it.

the fact is that i try to play it not too loud, and not during the sleeping hours.

i feel quit elucky, once i pused the sound VERY loud during a party in my flat with 15 people screaming, and the next day i apologised to the closest neighbour and he told me "do it again when you want, i dont care" ahahhahah

[Dustin Zahn]

Years ago I used to have a LOT of problems with the neighbors. I've learned to keep things at a decent volume and respect others. Once in a great while the volume will get out of hand, but I prefer to DJ in headphones anyway and when I am producing music the monitors are correctly placed so they don't have to be too loud.

My roommate on the other hand is very bad with the volume. He doesn't produce, but he DJs (very bad bitch house music btw) so he blasts the music loud all day at unnessecary levels. This is home, not a rave party. The neighbors are unhappy with him but they don't mind me.

[Spark]

haha hi Jonny!

I had alot of problems with my neighbours 1,5 years ago.. but now i have other neighbours and for them its not a problem. I live in a flat so everybody hear it, sometimes the cops are coming to ask if the volume can get not so loud.. :roll:

[killarava2day]

I can hear the people next door urinate, so yeah, I'm pretty much fcuked when it comes to playing music loud. Apartment living sucks in this regard. I've only lived like this for a month or so but I'm looking forwards to the expiaration of the lease. The suburbs, house and distance between creates a buffer that saves a shite load of anxiety. I got back home last wekkend, pretty trashed, knowing I felt shite, which means I look like shite, and unfortunately entered a full elevator heading up to my floor...I thought I'd said hello, realised I hadn't but had the expression that I had, lost the plot, and hated everygod damn second of it.

[basslinejunkie]

this is the ONLY benefit of living in a town full of o.a.p's,they never complain becasue they cant hear it!! :lol:

[techno_smack]

My neighbours are always moaning that all they can hear it that thumping bass, so i say thats cool, ill turn it up some more so you can enjoy the mid and highs aswell, they cant argue then. :lol:

[T]

It's so loud where i live anyway with the road, shops, pub etc that it's ok for playing tunes at a decent volume but I don't play too loud or too late at night as there are popel next door and below me. In fact my newish neighbours play fast bangin' cheese trance which I really dislike myself at all hours and they have been pissing all the neighbours off including me by playing it at silly hours all the time.
I'ma reasonable man and don't mind in the day/evening or sometimes if they have a party but most nights all nights and onwards into the morning so loud, especially as i gotta get up for work,a and so's everyone else in the buildings. I been woken by them and i'm 2 floors above them. The people next door aint happy and there's kids about and stuff so pretty inconsiderate I reckon. Not saying they shouldn't play it but maybe keep it down a bit at night?
It's interesting though cos I play pounding tunes but not with complete disregard for my neighbours, and in my younger years not working i pissed the neighbours off a few times....so what goes round comes around!

Respect thy neighbour ;)

[scotttechfunk]

My neighbours are always moaning that all they can hear it that thumping bass, so i say thats cool, ill turn it up some more so you can enjoy the mid and highs aswell, they cant argue then. :lol:

:lol: I'll have to try that one!...

[gustavo]

yeah ~

big problem

i had 20 people knokin at my door hehe

so..

i really had to invest in a place + soundproof cabine

:lol:

[sash]

My mates rented a double brick wall house. Maad partys most weekends, hardly hear a kickdrum outside. Double brick walls the way to go....



when i was at uni in liverpool,had problems all the time. i lived above some goths who were moaning at me even if i put music on low during the day.right wankers they were.



U should have just played em some Cure....

[serox]

was living in hackney with NO neighbours around me. was above a shop so after 17:00 (closed sundays) i could play music as loud as i wanted.

had to move, but am looking for some thing like this again

[Col]

i never get to hear music at loud volume at home. i live in an upstairs flat, and i can hear the guy chatting downstairs clearly. i dread to think how he feels with all the hardcore lovemaking, furious arguments, and baby screaming coming from upstairs. :roll:

anyone have any suggestions/ideas/tips for soundproofing on a budget? when i say budget, i mean BUDGET.

[DJ SPUDIE]

i never get to hear music at loud volume at home. i live in an upstairs flat, and i can hear the guy chatting downstairs clearly. i dread to think how he feels with all the hardcore lovemaking, furious arguments, and baby screaming coming from upstairs. :roll:

anyone have any suggestions/ideas/tips for soundproofing on a budget? when i say budget, i mean BUDGET.



Go in to your local DIY store and they sell massive sheets of polystirine bout 6 inches thick, they will have some specialised shit for the floor aswell ;)

[Col]

i never get to hear music at loud volume at home. i live in an upstairs flat, and i can hear the guy chatting downstairs clearly. i dread to think how he feels with all the hardcore lovemaking, furious arguments, and baby screaming coming from upstairs. :roll:

anyone have any suggestions/ideas/tips for soundproofing on a budget? when i say budget, i mean BUDGET.



Go in to your local DIY store and they sell massive sheets of polystirine bout 6 inches thick, they will have some specialised shit for the floor aswell ;)

will look into that. thanks. ;)

[Jimfish]

yeah mate - if its downstairs you are worried about put in a false floor innit.. saw this on blue peter:

clear the room but leave the carpet down
chuck down some strips of 4x2 around the room tight up against the skirting board then some lenths across from one side to the other leaving about 2 ft between each. Cut some nogs to wedge between them - about 3 for each length and screw the whole lot togethor.
In all the gaps fill it with rockwool or on a budget get a SHITLOAD of newspaper and bunch it up very tightly into every little gap.
Get some manky old carpet and cut it into strips about 6" wide that run the length of the room. Double it over and lay it onto the 4x2 in your frame
oh i forgot to mention, if the door swings into the room you may have to rehang it on the other side of the door frame so it opens outward.
Then when youve got the frame down, covered with carpet and filled with whatever slap down some big sheets of plywood and screw em down tight. Then if you can get another crappy old carpet or some underlay stick it on top of it all and then a decent one top go on top of that. Should be able to do it all with eighty quid and a bit of skip-hunting and it'll stop the neighbours listening while you beat one out

[dtl]

Having to live in a student block with walls as thin as a wine glass, my reputation and bass travelled quite well. I got to meet my upstairs neighbour, who is a nice Asian girl, my next door, who is a mid 20s Dutch lady, by having my music loud, and they would come to my door. I gave them both my mobile no. and tell them to call when they cant hack it, so they dont have to move. always wink on their way out.

And there were sereval complains from 2 floors above and below.... But they are not as fit.

Who says techno cant bring you ladies?

[Col]

yeah mate - if its downstairs you are worried about put in a false floor innit.. saw this on blue peter:

clear the room but leave the carpet down
chuck down some strips of 4x2 around the room tight up against the skirting board then some lenths across from one side to the other leaving about 2 ft between each. Cut some nogs to wedge between them - about 3 for each length and screw the whole lot togethor.
In all the gaps fill it with rockwool or on a budget get a SHITLOAD of newspaper and bunch it up very tightly into every little gap.
Get some manky old carpet and cut it into strips about 6" wide that run the length of the room. Double it over and lay it onto the 4x2 in your frame
oh i forgot to mention, if the door swings into the room you may have to rehang it on the other side of the door frame so it opens outward.
Then when youve got the frame down, covered with carpet and filled with whatever slap down some big sheets of plywood and screw em down tight. Then if you can get another crappy old carpet or some underlay stick it on top of it all and then a decent one top go on top of that. Should be able to do it all with eighty quid and a bit of skip-hunting and it'll stop the neighbours listening while you beat one out

cheers jim, thats very helpful. ;)

[Col]

it'll stop the neighbours listening while you beat one out

cheeky bastard. :lol:

[Yoshimitsu]

i put polystyrene all over the wall between me & my neighbours and i havent had a complaint since. and sometimes its proper loud :lol:

[jonnyspeed]

i never get to hear music at loud volume at home. i live in an upstairs flat, and i can hear the guy chatting downstairs clearly. i dread to think how he feels with all the hardcore lovemaking, furious arguments, and baby screaming coming from upstairs. :roll:

anyone have any suggestions/ideas/tips for soundproofing on a budget? when i say budget, i mean BUDGET.

I lived in a flat in Fulham of years (no not mine a mate's!) and the couple downstairs put standard studio insulation tiles between each floor board worked a treat until we installed a sub-woofer against the fireplace - kinda used to amplify it into their lounge and next doors bedroom. very funny - did move the sub-woofer tho - very quickly = that flat was top - had speakers wired through every room so you could whack a CD on and get on with your thing. now I've got me own gaff - yer realise what else that money has to go on.

Wouldn't mind turning my cellar into a swimming pool. 26ft x 15 ft x 12ft (XYZ) steps from beneath the stairs. how good would that be :)

[serox]

yeah mate - if its downstairs you are worried about put in a false floor innit.. saw this on blue peter:

clear the room but leave the carpet down
chuck down some strips of 4x2 around the room tight up against the skirting board then some lenths across from one side to the other leaving about 2 ft between each. Cut some nogs to wedge between them - about 3 for each length and screw the whole lot togethor.
In all the gaps fill it with rockwool or on a budget get a SHITLOAD of newspaper and bunch it up very tightly into every little gap.
Get some manky old carpet and cut it into strips about 6" wide that run the length of the room. Double it over and lay it onto the 4x2 in your frame
oh i forgot to mention, if the door swings into the room you may have to rehang it on the other side of the door frame so it opens outward.
Then when youve got the frame down, covered with carpet and filled with whatever slap down some big sheets of plywood and screw em down tight. Then if you can get another crappy old carpet or some underlay stick it on top of it all and then a decent one top go on top of that. Should be able to do it all with eighty quid and a bit of skip-hunting and it'll stop the neighbours listening while you beat one out


or you could just move to a new flat.

[AcidBastard]

My neighbours are cool about pounding bass - well they do play very loud christan soul and luckily a lot of funk of the less religous flavour. I've had alot of my mates say they most people would hate to live next to me.

I suppose I'm lucky - anybody else have it good or bad? gotta be some mad stories...

When I lived in the city, I thought I sound proofed my garage so the old people living next to me wouldn't be knockin on my window, yelling at me to turn my, and I quote; loud, annoying music down.... Well I ended up forgetting their yells at me through the window and continued to play my acid loud as I pleased :rambo:

then the house parties..... oh man, I'm surprised I never had the cops show up!!! :shock:

[G-whizz]

I`m pretty lucky I can play as loud as I want as long as its not before 9 in the morning and not after about 10.30 -11.00 at night as the neighbours oldest son is in a band so they have practice in the front room full drum kit the lot ... so it`s a kinda trade off ! we dont moan about him and his band and they dont moan at my brother and me :)