Hello KK

<<<Sound Board>>>> :  in this context it is different to a sound board on a guitar.  We mean the sort of 2 metre X 1 metre approx. building board made of soft fibrous material for fixing to a wall.  Usually tan coloured.  They are nailed or screwed to strips of 2"X2" which are glued and fixed upright on the existing wall.

<<<<Polythene Sheet>>>> :  usually used in building to keep rain out - it is transparent and very thin ...  comes in quite large rolls.  Can be used to cover the earth prior to pouring concrete to make a floor.... This produces a damp proof membrane, so no damp can come from the earth below..  It can also be used as a damp-proof membrane on a wall to prevent moisture build up at the dew point [where the cold air meets the hot air]

<<<<Rock wool>>>>: a heat/cold insulation material, grey in colour and more dense than fibre glass .... Comes in rolls about 1 metre wide ... Easy to used and more standard in the USA as a heat/cold insulation in roofs and walls.  Has good sound insulation properties though not as good as felt carpet underlay. [the heavier the material the better the sound insulation].

<<<<5200 small (what are 5200 small dabs)>>>:  Simply small balls of adhesive material squeezed from the tube.

<<<Toothpaste >>>: a cleaning paste which comes in a tube and is squeezed onto a toothbrush to clean your teeth.

<<<<Super Balls for suspended floors (believe me, I don't know what super balls are...but I intend to use 2"x2" timber to suspend the floor...are these good
enough)>>>> : hollow rubber balls used for the game of squash or racquet ball ... About two inches in diameter, easy to cut and very efficient in not transmitting sound when the floor is laid on many of them.

2"X2" would not be firm enough to support a floor .. The standard is 4"x2" ..... If there is an existing floor then you can simply glue the super balls [cut in half] in place and not use the timbers.... Although the timbers with super balls on top would be a superb job.  The less contact the new floor has with the existing floor the better the insulation.

<<<<strips and washers (can I use any suitable to me) >>>>: not familiar with these words out of context.  A strip is a narrow long length of any material ... A washer is a circular piece of metal with a hole in... Usually used when screwing a screw into a soft material .... To protect the material as a small screw head would screw in too deep.

<<<Bass Traps (this I think I can construct on my own using cotton wool and timber then placing them at the extreme corners of studio)..>>>>  : A bass trap means a corner which will collect and amplify any bass sound...thus giving a wrong impression of the mix.

It is not very noticeably except in large rooms and large live venues.  By simply tacking long pillows vertically in the corners this problem disappears.  You can also simply place a sheet of timber or fibre board across the corner to eliminate the corner.   The commercial remedies from Studiospares are very expensive.

It is important to eliminate as many parallel surfaces as possible.  Even a sloped ceiling is a great help.  Windows should have heavy curtains ... And simple book shelves with lots of books are a superb solution for a reverberating room.

Regards

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Pay special attention to the wording and spelling. If you know the  Bible even a little, you'll find this hilarious! It comes from a  Catholic
elementary school test kids were asked questions about the old and new testaments. The following statements about the bible were written by children. They have not been retouched  or corrected. Incorrect spelling has been left in.

1. In the first book of the  Bible,  Guinessis. God got tired of creating the world so he took the  Sabbath off.

2. Adam and  Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah's wife was  Joan of  Ark. Noah built and ark and the animals came on in pears.

3. Lots wife was a pillar of salt during the day, but a ball of fire during the night.

4. The jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with unsympathetic genitals.

5. Sampson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by a  Jezebel like  Delilah.

6. Samson slayed the philistines with the axe of the apostles.

7. Moses led the jews to the red sea where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients.

8, the  Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert. Afterwards, moses went up to mount cyanide to get the ten commandments.

9. The first commandments was when Eve told  Adam to eat the apple.

10. The seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit adultery.

11. Moses died before he ever reached canada . Then  Joshua led the hebrews in the battle of geritol.

12. The greatest miricle in the bible is when  Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him.

13. David was a  Hebrew king who was skilled at playing the liar. He fought the finkelsteins, a race of people who lived in biblical times.

14. Solomon, one of  Davids sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines

15. When mary heard she was the mother of  Jesus, she sang the magna carta.

16. When the three wise guys from the east side arrived they found jesus in the manager.

17. Jesus was born because mary had an immaculate contraption.

18. St. John the blacksmith dumped water on his head.

19. Jesus enunciated the golden rule, which says to do unto others before they do one to you. He also explained a man doth not live by sweat alone.

20. It was a miricle when  Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance.

21. The people who followed the lord were called the 12 decibels.

22. The epistels were the wives of the apostles.

23. One of the oppossums was st. Matthew who was also a taximan.

24. St. Paul cavorted to christianity, he preached holy acrimony which is another name for marraige.

25. Christians have only one spouse. This is called monotony.