Hey forum peoples - new poster here though I've been reading the forums on and off for a while.
I'm getting in to voiceover work from home, but I live in an old house with a bunch of other people and it's hard to keep noise out of my room.
My closet, however, is reasonably isolated from the rest of the house. So, with the understanding that recording vocals in a closet is a horrible idea and I should never do it... please help me do it (Or, finally cement in my mind that it's just not going to work for my purposes, if it really isn't. Basically I'm looking for the least bad practical option here, and am trying to decide if mostly dealing with reflections is going to work better in the end than barely dealing with isolation.)
Obviously for VO work, dead sound is ideal, but like anything, boxy sound isn't. From some experimentation I've decided there's not a real change in the timbre of my recorded voice if I just roll off everything under 100Hz or so, leaving my main concern as how to deal with reflections above that point. I think. (If I'm missing something obvious in that statement, please do let me know! I'm not that new to audio theory, but it's definitely practical acoustics where my knowledge is most wanting.)
So I'm wondering if it's at all feasible to use sound-absorbing materials to do that, still leave myself room to stand, and not spend a tonne of money. It's a deep and high-ceilinged, but... y'know, closet-width? (I'm an average-sized man, maybe a bit broad-shouldered, and can stand facing the back with a couple of inches on either side.) Complicating things somewhat is a small window starting maybe a metre and a half up, but it's a quiet neighbourhood and I'm still probably more concerned with reflections there.
I would love suggestions and insights - or to be disabused of this idea once and for all, keeping in mind the practical balancing act I'm going for here.
Thanks!
I'm getting in to voiceover work from home, but I live in an old house with a bunch of other people and it's hard to keep noise out of my room.
My closet, however, is reasonably isolated from the rest of the house. So, with the understanding that recording vocals in a closet is a horrible idea and I should never do it... please help me do it (Or, finally cement in my mind that it's just not going to work for my purposes, if it really isn't. Basically I'm looking for the least bad practical option here, and am trying to decide if mostly dealing with reflections is going to work better in the end than barely dealing with isolation.)
Obviously for VO work, dead sound is ideal, but like anything, boxy sound isn't. From some experimentation I've decided there's not a real change in the timbre of my recorded voice if I just roll off everything under 100Hz or so, leaving my main concern as how to deal with reflections above that point. I think. (If I'm missing something obvious in that statement, please do let me know! I'm not that new to audio theory, but it's definitely practical acoustics where my knowledge is most wanting.)
So I'm wondering if it's at all feasible to use sound-absorbing materials to do that, still leave myself room to stand, and not spend a tonne of money. It's a deep and high-ceilinged, but... y'know, closet-width? (I'm an average-sized man, maybe a bit broad-shouldered, and can stand facing the back with a couple of inches on either side.) Complicating things somewhat is a small window starting maybe a metre and a half up, but it's a quiet neighbourhood and I'm still probably more concerned with reflections there.
I would love suggestions and insights - or to be disabused of this idea once and for all, keeping in mind the practical balancing act I'm going for here.
Thanks!