Fixing booth sound

[balky]

Hey everyone. I hope I am writing in the right place.

I have a whisperroom booth that I use for singing and voiceover. At first I used foam that came with it and foam bass traps. Them, I upgraded it (so I thought )

I got broad spectrum 24x24 5 pannels and 2 Acoustimac DMD-BT4000 Bass Traps 48"X24"X4"

This is how I put it up... but I am still not very happy... I was told that there are some FQs around ~300 and ~450 hz that need to be toned down by 2 and 3 db.

Perhaps I did something incorrectly. Any suggestions? The booth is 4 x 6. I attached the voice I recorded so you can hear. How terrible is it?

Thank you very much in advance.

 

[rob aylestone]

The thing is - that there are some little peaks and troughs, but 2dB is probably undetectable to most people, and these could actually be your voice, or your mic, or the two together. In real terms the voice sounds fine, and the below 500Hz peaks are taste really. Why don't you just do a little EQ in that region and see if it sounds better?

There is some serious low end rumble in places. That I would absolutely work on. Maybe the mic stand/support, or the suspension mount - but something in creating energy at the very bottom. I'd be quite happy with what you recorded, tonally, and it's easy to shape to taste with EQ.

 

[balky]

The thing is - that there are some little peaks and troughs, but 2dB is probably undetectable to most people, and these could actually be your voice, or your mic, or the two together. In real terms the voice sounds fine, and the below 500Hz peaks are taste really. Why don't you just do a little EQ in that region and see if it sounds better?

There is some serious low end rumble in places. That I would absolutely work on. Maybe the mic stand/support, or the suspension mount - but something in creating energy at the very bottom. I'd be quite happy with what you recorded, tonally, and it's easy to shape to taste with EQ.

Hi

Thank you Rob!

here you can take a listen what it sounds like after processing.

So, basically, my treatment of the booth was not for nothing you're saying?

 

[rob aylestone]

It's a very dead acoustic, if that is what you are looking for. My guess, though, is that it will be tiring to work in.

 

[balky]

It's a very dead acoustic, if that is what you are looking for. My guess, though, is that it will be tiring to work in.

As a voiceover person, yes. As dead as possible. WET can be added later if needed. and in headphones it sounds great

My ears still hear the boominess when I step away from mic. the farther I get, the more low resonance I hear. That is probably impossible to remove without postproduction... the space is too small.