Making a foam platform to "sound proof" DDR pads

nbanyan · Basic Member Joined: 12 Jun 2005

Hi, I'm headding of to Washington State University this Fall, and I guess the dorm halls aren't soundproofed enough to prevent DDR from anoying the neighbors.
So, I'm looking to make a platform to put under the DDR pads to attempt to reduce all (or most) of the impact noise caused by jumping on the pads. My primary idea is to have a reasonably thick foam base topped with plywood or particle board. I was thinking that egg foam or something similar would work, but a guy at Lowes Hardware said that egg foam would crumble quickly under such compression/decompression. He suggested wrapping the wood board in carpet padding.
If I remember right, carpet padding can be fairly expensive and I'm trying to keep costs down (for college). Has anyone else tried this or knows what materials or design would work well for a low cost?

den15 · Trick Member Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Location: Australia

sticky tape your mat on timber wood or a cardboard
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Slowpoke · Trick Member Joined: 28 Oct 2003

Because of noise concerns, I've tried playing on a CF that was sitting on top of a foam pad, and it still seemed too loud to me.

Trumpetman4eva · Trick Member Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Location: St. Louis

this should really go in the Bemani Controllers Forum

Paranoia_Brother · Trick Member Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI

E-Prime · Trick Member Joined: 08 May 2005

Interesting idea, though I think the carpet would work the best.

Has someone at Washington State specifically told you that you must silence the pad, or will it really just become a concern for nighttime playing? I ask this for my own college-related purposes, really.

P-Chan · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:48 am Post subject:

ddrdude1125 made what should be the last comment here

take this to the appropiate forum for a better response

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