Thread 2941518

/DIY/, you may be my only hope. I decided I wanted a home recording studio because I live in a small town without appropriate facilities and the nearest professional studio is over an hour's drive away. I'll spare you the whole story but a content creator I stumbled upon mentioned converting their walk-in closet into a recording space and I decided to do the same. It took me six months on a waiting list to secure an affordable apartment with a walk-in closet but now I'm here and, despite explaining to the landlord what I wanted to do, the closet space is not ideal for what I'm hoping to do. I made a rough diagram of the layout in the picture provided. The space is 51.75" L x 69.25" W x 94.5" H. The door swings outward (which is a plus) but is hollow cored and the walls and floors are thin enough that you can understand conversations through them without much trouble. There is a conduit with a small access panel (green in the image) that contains networking cables going to other apartments and there is a single fire sprinkler head (red in the image) as well. I'm on the third floor and I have both upstairs and downstairs neighbors and three roommates whom I share a common room with that borders the closet's rear wall and the wall with the conduit on it.

>>2941518 (OP)

My initial plan had been to construct a wooden framework for a proper "room within a room" design. I was going to use rockwool or mass loaded vinyl between the beams, then finish the floor and ceiling with 3/4" plywood, the walls with 5/8" drywall, and plenty of carpet and acoustic foam. I don't know if that's really feasible, however, now that I can see how small the space actually is (I need to fit a small desk inside that can support my triple-monitor PC and still have enough room for myself and a chair). Plus, the real concern I have now is how to preserve access to the damned cable box and fire sprinkler without making any attempt at noise suppression moot in the process.

Am I absolutely fucked? Any advice or suggestions are deeply appreciated!

>>2941518 (OP)
not helping u build your rapist dungeon pal

Sounds like you really need more room.
I had the privelege of visiting one of the contenders for "quietest room in the world" last year. All of the sound dampening features took up quite a bit of space.

If your room within a room has enough of a void between the inner and outer shells, you can access the cable box and sprinkler by just walking through the void.
If you don't have room for such a void, you can build a sort of bulkhead door that would allow access to each of those things.

In any case, your closet isn't ideal. Good luck, sounds like a fun project.