do you trust your ears or eyes or nose?
with yours the singer would probably want to be at least 12-24" away from the mic.
gto's comments have me thinking...I wonder if I took one of those folding panel things people use to get dressed behind and tacked on some foam/sound-proofing stuff and put it behind me, how well that would work. Anyone try this?
Just a bedroom.You would have a gobo. Portable acoustic panels that you can place around or near a performer to isolate them a little from another sound source. I don't have any, don't need them, but I've seen pics of gobos being used when recording a full band and the engineer is cutting down on bleed.
For your purposes, I'm thinking it would work decent enough. What is the room you record in like?
Just a bedroom.
Oddly, I don't see them for sale anywhere and looking up "gobo" on audio sites gives lighting, not insulated panels. Are they know by another name?
Interesting.. Also I find it odd that they are simply flat panels vs having some kind of egg shell foam or similarly irregular shapes on the outside. ? I don't see what that buys me vs just having a big ol wooden panel with a heavy blanket tossed over it. PS: once I looked up "duvet" I realized that's what that article was saying (good link Dave thx) And I was thinking more of something like this (shape-wise): Oriental Furniture Window Pane 36 Inch Tall Shoji Room Divider - Room Dividers at Hayneedle That way you can bend it so it curves inward towards the singer.since the 'obstacle effect' can add colouration to the sound, as I think someone said of the metal version?
I used the original version with the perforated metal back--but there are multiple layers of different absorbent materials between the backing and the mic and experienced no metallic effect. However, as I said in my original post, positioning of the mic is critical--and I'm talking about to within millimetres. Also, as I said, I had thick curtains behind the speaker and it was a long way from the back of the filter to the first hard, reflective wall.
Interesting.. Also I find it odd that they are simply flat panels vs having some kind of egg shell foam or similarly irregular shapes on the outside. ? I don't see what that buys me vs just having a big ol wooden panel with a heavy blanket tossed over it. PS: once I looked up "duvet" I realized that's what that article was saying (good link Dave thx) And I was thinking more of something like this (shape-wise): Oriental Furniture Window Pane 36 Inch Tall Shoji Room Divider - Room Dividers at Hayneedle That way you can bend it so it curves inward towards the singer.
Yeah I'm also thinking that if nothing else it will help at least a little in most any situation due to secondary reflections coming from elsewhere. Thinking now that it will be minimal in general singing applications though....be curious to see how it plays out though.I have to qualify my previous post in re: though I found that in most cases when recording vocals that a screen behind the mic had little effect, that does not hold true in all situations,
? You mean the foam covers you put on a mic?I wonder if a foam ball