I’ve got an acoustician coming to treat my living room this week and realised it’s a rare chance to learn from someone who does this every day.

Rather than just watching panels go on the walls, I’d like to understand why each decision gets made.

If you had an acoustician in your room for a couple of hours, what would you ask?

Is there anything you wish you’d known before treating your own room?

Or anything you think people commonly misunderstand about room treatment?

Happy to report back afterwards with what I learn if people are interested.

So I run an Airbnb, and I want to find ways to reduce the noise my neighbours hear from my backyard. The backyard is at least 50% patio tiles [quite sure i cant reduce whats there, as I dont own the house]

Most of the backyard is open area, with a fence 6ft tall, detached house - only sharing backyard fence with them.

The current sound echos so even quiet noise seems loud.

I just want my guests to have quiet enjoyment without bothering the neighbours to much.

We have a sitting area with umbrella and a hot tub in the backyard, with plans to create some sort of perola/gazebo to give additional guest privacy and reduce how much noise escapes, but not sure how well it'll accomplish the second part.

No parties aren't allowed, guests have quiet hours from 11pm, [will probably reduce it to 10 based on neighbours feedback].

Please skip all the "just dont have an airbnb" or other unhelpful critiques - I just want to bother the neighbours less and would appreciate any advice on how to do so.

My budget is non-existent, but for the longevity of business this is absolutely something I should adress sooner rather than later.

Um, please don't be too too harsh on me (a little is fine it cant be helped) I'm just winging it in a position I can't leave and am just trying to educate myself to improve neighbours relations and satisfy guests

Hello, I've recently got into music production and I wanted to turn my closet into a little home studio however, I do not know much about acoustics and I quickly realized cheap foam panels wouldn't cut it. If someone could please help me out with panel types and placement for my closet that would be greatly appreciated.