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Lots to go on.. but start with the Rod Gervais book
Go by this and you'll be OK. Walls with double drywall + green glue will do you right... take care with ANYTHING ELSE that goes through a wall. Doors, HVAC, electrical... that's the tricky part.
A couple other suggestions. Don't buy any soundproofing product unless the company selling it publishes reliable test data on transmission loss. Lots of sketchy marketing out there -- or things that seem intuitively helpful, but really aren't (like glass block - the regular kind at least).
Get this. I wouldn't expect to start designing studios once you read it. But it will at least give you a sense of the concepts & help cut through the bs that is out there.
read this: https://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495683568&sr=1-1&keywords=home+studio+build+pros
It's full of expert advice on how and what to do in a home space.
search google for mass loaded vinyl.
Also read a lot before wasting money on sound treatment. This book will save you a lot of $.
http://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X
You might not be building a home studio but the concepts are all the same.
It is absolutely possible to treat ducting and, in fact, studios and theaters typically even have extra requirements for cooling based on the extra heat they produce from people and equipments.
But... that's not something that can be easily discussed in a reddit post since the details absolutely matter.
Some generic tips, though:
If you want to read up on this, then this book Home Recording Studio : Build it Like the Pros has an extensive chapter on just the ducting requirements.
Tons of info and helpful people at the John Sayers Forum
Also Philip Newell's book Recording Studio Design
and Rod Gervais Home Recording Studio
I always recommend this book - it has lots of info on how to set up your space for best acoustics:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/143545717X/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Although having just gone through this process in my own basement, my advice would be (assuming you are building this yourself) to make it easy on yourself when possible. Things like keeping 16" 2x4 spacing, and using complete pieces of drywall where it makes sense will save you a lot of grief.
a Zoom H1 or H2 or another Tascam should do an adequate job, they have pretty decent condensor mikes but you'll have to have a room that doesn't reflect too much sound off the walls.
If you want to move towards audition quality recording, you want (probably) a large diagphragm condensor mike, an audio interface and DAW software (Logic pro, cubase, FL, garage band, reaper, etc). For a bigger budge, you're getting into a a second mike, maybe a SDC (small diaphgram) or ribbon mike, and a mike preamp like the $300+ ones that ART and focusrite make.
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If you want to read about home recording tech, books by Dave Hunter, Dave Huber, Gervais, Idiots etc, look for them in your library:
https://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Handbook-Youve-Great/dp/087930958X
https://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X/
https://www.amazon.com/Recording-Secrets-Small-Studio-Senior/dp/0415716705/
Have you tried doing some research?
There is a wealth of information on the internet, and numerous books on the subject as well.
Here's one: https://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=home+studio&qid=1564774723&s=books&sr=1-2
I'm assuming this is a be-all, do-all type of room that includes tracking and mixing. I'm going to give pointers based on a "perfect world" scenario. It's up to you to make the necessary compromises.
If you're interested in where I got my information, I basically just followed any advice I could find from Ethan Winer, but a lot of it didn't make sense until I built my studio and ran some of my own calculations using this porous absorber calculator. I found it very interesting that a really thick layer of the pink insulation works way better than the dense fiberglass stuff at controlling low end for cheap. The reason people like the dense stuff so much is simply because it saves space, but it's actually pretty ineffective compared to say, 8" of pink stuff.
If you plan on mixing in this room I would highly suggest the books Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio and Home Recording Studio: Build It Like the Pros, as they both go over small, existing room treatments in great detail.
Good luck with your room.
Quick edit: Don't be tempted to put your monitors on their sides just to look cool. If they have tweeters then they should be standing upright to give the best imaging.
This book is super helpful.
http://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X
If you don’t build your walls on top of your floating floor you’ll still be sending lots of transmission down through the walls into the floor/ceiling below.
Best analogy is that you should try to keep your sound within a watertight bubble. Any holes or weakspots will absolutely let sound through.
I spent >50k on studio construction on the 2nd floor of my building, and I can tell you that it’ll take a lot more than that to stop it from going below unless you’re in a concrete reinforced building. I have a storage space under me so it wasn’t a big deal.
Also structural engineering blah don’t crush the person below blah
Build It Like The Pros
^pdf is out there
+1 for cans after 10p or moving
Buy this book - http://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425908164&sr=1-1&keywords=build+it+like+the+pros
Basically, lots of drywall, and as few physical connections to existing structure as possible. Get a dB meter if you can, and measure the existing situation (use a PA or something) to see what kind of reduction your existing structure gives you.
I build a similar room a number of years ago for playing and recording drums. If your clearance allows for it, you will get the most isolation using a 'room within a room' design like /u/Bolockablama said. If you can build a box that everything will fit inside comfortably that does not attach to the surrounding structure it will be easier to contain.
It will also help to add as much mass to your walls and ceiling. Using two layers of drywall instead of one will help, adding rigid insulation like Roxul will help a lot. There are products like resilient channels and Green Glue that work to help decouple drywall from other layers of drywall and the studs behind it as well which will all help keep sound contained.
I had a lot of help perusing the 'Studio Building' threads on Gearslutz as well. I've also heard great things about Rod Gervais's book.
Once your room is built, your on to room treatment!
oh my god I found this at a used bookstore for 10 dollars so I figured I'd pick it up not thinking much of the book at the time. Thanks for calling it the bible. What an epic synchronicity.
https://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487605995&sr=8-1&keywords=home+studio+recording+book
My recommendation.
https://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524062230&sr=8-1&keywords=home+studio+like+the+pros
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You really need to either hire someone to consult you on this, or do a crap load of research, and I mean a lot because if you don't you'll just end up wasting money with on a room that behaves no better than your average room.
This book is has just about everything you'd need to learn to do it right.
https://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X
Treating a space is one thing and doesn't take a lot of planning to get good results, but PROOFING a room takes a lot of planning and specialized construction to make it actually work, miss one thing and have leaks and all the work you did was for nothing.