Soundproof Walls

How can I make the acoustics for where my drumset is better?

I have a NICE yamaha drumset that i bought a year back and it sounds horrendous in the peninsula of walls that it's located in. Whenever I bring it on stage where the acoustics are good or decent, my drumset sounds amazing. Should i buy some foam pads and put them up against the walls or is there a better way?

Public Comments

1. foam pads will help for reflection which is a key problem with acoustics. if you cant afford foam pads try carpet on the walls
2. The best thing for acoustics are empty eggboxes. LOL. They aabsorb the sound and should be placed on the ceiling and around the walls. You can use, dampers but that won't resolve the sound bouncing of the wall. The next best thing are curtains. They absorb the sound and putting carpet on the wall from the floor up to halfway. It will improve the sound more than considerable. edit....Hey Geremy wassup LOL... Have to eat lots of eggs dude. That is why I gave other suggestion. I got eggshell easy because I knew a farm owner LOL.. Acoustically, they were the best for the ceiling over carpet and what not. And the Drum sound projects upwards just as much as the front which is why you hear it on the second floor as if the drum was in your ears. Carpets is the cheapest route. Who cares about the color.
3. remnant carpet dude and then maybe more carpet...those eggshell things Left-T mentioned do work...but...how to say this...not for the levels you're hammering out..and within the confined spaced..I doubt they would have a large enough benefit..please don't be offended Left-T...I've coated a couple of rehearsal spaces...one in a drafty barn, another in a basement that sounded like we were in a bathroom..ugh!..not to mention finding upwards of 400 of those things is just not a fun way to spend your time...trust me..."do you have eggboxes?" on the phone a hundred times...but for a vocal/iso cubicle they are a nice addition...but for brute force music...carpet man...and then more carpet...don't be afraid to stack em..i don't know how much your into this stuff but for your information..those studio guys..they have people come in and measure the sound levels and engineer specific configurations of different materials and shapes..and all sorts of stuff...they make special walls.. http://www.studio-88.com/studio.php?gallery=./Studio&image=Live_drum_room.jpg so there you go...100 eggshell boxes...carpet... Helmholtz perforated resonators..i've started to see carpeted tubes too...I wil check those out...but carpet served me the best on a budget..seems like that's all i've been..low budget..this sucks..