Quieting DDR

icarus_ex · Basic Member Joined: 27 Jan 2004

I am in need of some desperate help concerning noise and DDR. I live in residence halls and whenever my friends and I play DDR one of the kids below us gets angry and instead of telling us to stop has talked to the residence hall director. I dont think stepping is the problem as my steps are mad quiet but I have a cobalt flux this symester. Last symester I used Konami's soft pads that came with Ultramix and Max 2 but I also had a rug and I never got any complaints about noise. So to the point of this post anyone know of anything I could make or buy to reduce the sound made by the pad. I was told it sounds more like bass from a subwoofer rather then loud tapping if that helps at all. Thanks in advance for any advice offered.

Rychan · Contributor Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Castle Rock, CO

My friend, Bossycow on the boards here, had to fold up a towel and put it under his subwoofer in order to keep the people below him happy. In his case they didn't go tell the resident hall director, they came upstairs and cussed us out. The towel eliminated that problem

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Sinistar · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject:

I would recommend something like this, but don't pay $20 for it.

You can find the exact same padded floor covering at Pep Boys at $8 for a 4 pack. I have two sets of them underneath my soft pads now to act as shock absorption, but I'm willing to bet they would deaden a lot of vibration noise, too.
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Jeff's Bawls · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:12 am Post subject:

Try putting like cushions or something thin/soft to put under it to reduce the noise.
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SabinKenobi · Basic Member Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Location: WA

I would just say move onto the bottom floor, that's what I did

Im on the first floor with no one below me to get mad... sure the guy next to me doens't always like the TV on loud, but it's not too bad, I can almost make as much noise as I want, jumpin' around like a crazy guy. Good luck, hope your stupid neighbor's get a clue at what they are missing out on

Mook · Trick Member Joined: 19 Mar 2002 Location: ASU

I don't know if I'm in Super Dorm or something, but we can never hear each other through walls or doors. The girls below us have never complained about it, ever. Even if we play late at night.

And the building is 50 years old.