I need help making an acoustic environment for my drums

So I just moved my drums into my bedroom, they used to be upstairs which was fine but now they are in the back of my room. The acoustics arent as good down here and I would like some tips to make it a nice sounding environment. Everything kinda sounds "echo" ish. There isnt an actual echo but its kind of reverby. If you know what I mean. Kind of hard to explain. Anyways, here is a picture of the space.

Any help?

EDIT: btw I know my kit sucks

Hang some heavy blankets on the walls. Roll up a throw rug, or something, and stand it in the corner behind the kit there, that'll soak up a bit of low end and help with some resonance. Good enough.

You could go out and find some owens corning 703, some acoustic fabric, strips of pine, and build yourself some nice acoustic panels... but the blankets work fine.

A. Your kit does NOT suck.

B. Go to your local carpet store and see if they have any used carpet removed from a recent new carpet installation. They usually just throw that stuff away, so you can sometimes find salvagable carpeting to use (you may want to vacuum and shampoo it before you stick it in your bedroom). $Free ninety free.

Thanks guys, lots of good info.

And ya it does pretty much, I guess its good for a starter kit but it is pretty bad.

kit's fine. open your closet door so your clothes will soak up some of the sound. You don't need to line your whole room with foamies, just interrupt the boingy parallel surfaces.

A cloud or two (something hanging from the ceiling capable of absorbing sound) will also help.

BTW. Your kit only sucks if you think it does, nobody elses opinion means dick, its YOUR kit....not theirs!

i cant believe the niceness here,

im a regular in the effects forum and if your stuff aint perfect, its {censored} haha

but in all honesty that kit isnt amazing, but neither is my own kit because one of the best bits of advice given to me was:

its better to have a cheap rubbish kit, with crappy cymbals setup in the arrangement you want, as opposed to a very nice expensive kit that cant be setup the way you want.

bit by bit i'll improve my kit and one day i'll have a stunning kit in the arrangement i want, i'll be able to play it properly (i hope )

as for the acoustics question, is that laminate flooring? because that wont help at all...

and be careful with your ears when your kit is against a wall like that, the sound will bounce straight off the wall back to your ear so ideally away from a wall like that is preffered, but if space is an issue wear plugs

close your curtains when playing too... glass will bounce sound more than most materials, whereas curtains are good at absorbing it

hope this helps

Bopshuwadi: Don't be so hard on yourself (or your kit?) man, at least you have a set to learn new chops on, practice and just play for fun. It's easy to feel like one has an inadequate kit because, of how many people here have some amazing top end stuff, granted they've been playing for the better part of their life time! I was starting to consider picking up a cheap set of CB shells as, I didn't think I'd be able to find any thing decent for the low amount I had - good skins that are well tuned, upgraded snare and some quality cymbals will cure your woes man!

Good thread subject, had been wondering about this issue myself. I went from playing in an open garage with a carpet under the kit, a brick wall behind me, heavy carpet on the garage door to a smaller room with wood flooring, and the kit is set up in front of a window..the reverb sounds worse surprisingly in the room. Now that I'm looking around, I think about two feet of the ceiling may be part of the metal ventilation for the furnace unit that's in the next room over (where there is no door, just a piece of cloth and it's right next to my kit).

I imagine another place to find cheap material may be, to go to second hand stores and see if they have any old drapes for sale, as drapes tend to be made of a heavier fabric..unless all the old ladies of snatch 'em up already!

Yeah man, I love this place. People here are super undouchey. HCFX is cool too.

Drum forum and HCFX are the best out of HC as a whole. If HC 2.0 fails, I vote we unite.

Good suggestions. You shouldn't need to go crazy. Maybe look around also for some second hand stores in you area for a couple used tapestry rugs you could hang on the wall behind you and beside you. I've used carpet remnants also like DW suggested. Just smell for pet piss first, or stains.

And, stop beaten yourself up over the kit man. It's a fine starter kit. learn to tune well and you'll be amazed at how they'll sound. Good luck!

also try hanging sleeping bags or wrapping sleeping bags around your set. hang a flag or something like it on the ceiling over your kit, it doesn't have to be heavy. Mattress's, furniture, those cheap mattress foam padded toppers that look close to contours of egg crates. Move your set around the room, maybe more so in the corner so you're not straight against a wall.

Four square walls with a flat ceiling and floor with NOTHING on them to Absorb the sound makes the sound waves reflect off the flat surfaces and it doubles the sounds waves or causes the "echo" effect. This is crude but even if you nailed a few pillows to the walls in a scattered pattern on one wall and stacked odd pieces of lumber against the other, you would kill a lot of that, my main point being to do anything to break up the sound waves bouncing off bare walls in a true square or rectangle room. Yes on opening the closet. Hope this helps.

Just hang an old blanket in front of the kit.

Personally, room verb is sweet... Played a barn party once, in this really huge, I mean HUGE, maybe 1000 sq ft 2 stories tall.. The kit sounded so big.. I played around with that room all night. Love room verb..

I stick to the drum forums and live sound boards... best two forums on the internet as far as I'm concerned.

Then you need to learn the secret Chinese art called "Tu Ning".

But seriously, my friend owns a little bar, and he has a CB kit as his house kit. I think he paid $350 for it new. A bunch of us drummers keep the kit tuned up, and it sounds real nice! It's four years old now, so of course the hi hat stand is not working so great, the snare stand is duct taped together and his kick pedal broke. But the drums themselves sound just fine.

Ancient Chinese Secret, eh?

(and if you remember where that comes from, you're pretty old - just like me!)