Acoustics for Dummies - Maxwall?

[pdaniels]

Hey everyone!

I haven't been in this forum b4!

But I really need your advice. I record vocals in my bedroom, and it (the room) sounds like ass. I gather that this is because of "slap and flutter", whatever that is. I use a cardoid mic (C1), so I'm not trying to record the ambience, only my dry (not ass-tainted) voice, and I will apply my own reverb later.

I discovered Aurelex's Maxwall, and I think that may be the answer to my problem. Being a (rented) bedroom, I can't exactly cover the walls in foam. But will recording in fromt of a Maxwall really get rid of the "slap and flutter"?

If I stand about a foor (or so) away from the mic when I record, and I will be standing a foot or so in front of the Maxwall, then how big should the Maxwall be to sheild the mic?

Could I replicate a Maxwall simply by putting acoustic foam on a stand, or is there more to it?

Also, should I be worried about the ceiling?



Sorry - I'm a complete idiot when it comes to acoustics. Thanks for your replies!

 

[allen]

helo!

know wat, i got the same problem with mic recording, i think mine's even worse. my place is rented too. but here's how i got to get around it, i gate my vocals manualy by volume envelope. notice that once the voice signal is on, there's not much of the ambient sound is heard which is good for a start. with the signals gated, i replicate studio reflections by duplicating the tracks and creating the reflections from that dublicate. i play around with the levels to get the right atmosphere. believe it or not, i use a dynamic mic coz in the place where i live, there's not much u can get here. iv'e created a template that somehow recreates a fig-8 mic. since it's just a demo, i figure, digital cheating ain't much of a fuzz. and if i do release it indipendently, who'd know anyway right?

if you have a good song that's recorded clean, that's all that really matters, the song. people would still like it, don't you think?

 

[Ethan Winer]

PD,

> will recording in fromt of a Maxwall really get rid of the "slap and flutter"? <

It depends on how completely you surround yourself. If all you want is to deaden the room a little, just hang some blankets on the walls. Or set up a few mike boom stands with the boom perfectly horizontal, and drape blankets over them to create a walled-in section.

--Ethan