I live in new york city. I have a fairly primitive home recording setup that I use to record mostly acoustic stuff and vocals. I record for mostly my own purposes, and to share with family and friends. The problem I have is that my bedroom/ recording room has a huge window in it that is about 5 feet across. 7 stories below that window is 3rd avenue in manhattan, which is never even remotely quiet at any hour of the day.
The noise is bad enough that I couldn't even use my LDC for vocals on the last track I did, because it wasn't directional enough to eliminate noise from the window. I had to do the vocals with a SDC pointing away from the window, because it was the most directional mic I had. As you can imagine, the result was less than optimal to say the least.
Is there anything I can do to soundproof the window, or am I just doomed until I move out?
The noise is bad enough that I couldn't even use my LDC for vocals on the last track I did, because it wasn't directional enough to eliminate noise from the window. I had to do the vocals with a SDC pointing away from the window, because it was the most directional mic I had. As you can imagine, the result was less than optimal to say the least.
Is there anything I can do to soundproof the window, or am I just doomed until I move out?