Building a vocal recording booth

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Hi every1. I am kind of new to the site and really need some serious help on building a wood vocal recording booth. I am kind of confused about the dimensions but the maximum i can go is 3.4m squared. Any suggestions you can make?

Thanx in advance!!
 
I am kind of new to the site and really need some serious help on building a wood vocal recording booth.
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Ok. Then let me ask you this. What makes you think you actually need one?
 
I am not really sure if i need 1 but a lot of music producers said i should get 1 in order to make better recordings. What do u say? Will it help??
 
DarknessRecords said:
I am not really sure if i need 1 but a lot of music producers said i should get 1 in order to make better recordings. What do u say? Will it help??
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No, the only reason to have a booth is if you need to sing late at night and not disturb people, or if you need to block outside noise like barking dogs and crying babies. If sound isolation is not needed, you'll get much better results in a larger room.

--Ethan
 
I am not really sure if i need 1 but a lot of music producers said i should get 1 in order to make better recordings. What do u say? Will it help??
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Why did they say that? What did you ask them or tell them in the first place? Are you having a problem without one?
 
DarknessRecords said:
a lot of music producers said i should get 1 in order to make better recordings.
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WOW! You talk to that many "music" producers"? I'm not even sure if I've ever met a REAL music producer in person. I've talked to a lot of hacks that have call themselves "music producers", though. Maybe we know the same people. :eek:



(Oh....enough with the booths already)
 
I went to their studio and asked them what to do in order to get better recordings. I am building a home-made studio so i am tryin to do the best i can in order to add some real quality to the tracks. Pliz help on the booth guyz
 
A vocal booth wont magically make your tracks great. Invest your money where it will help you, like in a good mic, good mic pre, and acoustic treatment
 
You may not necessarily need one. Tell us about your space as it exists now, and the conditions you record under. Like what kind of environment your studio is in. Any noise? Post some pictures and a little plan of your existing room. We'll go from there.

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Yes, please post dimensions & photos of your space and we'll give our recommendations.

Like Ethan said earlier, the only reason for a 'booth' would be isolation. If isolation is not a problem, treat your room properly and record the vocals in the larger volume. You will benefit in at least 2 ways; much less LF coloration & an improved mixing environment.

Cheers,
John
 
2nding Ethan and John. It's expensive and takes a good amount of space to build a vocal booth that sounds balanced and not dull and muffled. If you don't need to worry much about isolation, look at something like the Primacoustic FlexiBooth or the VoxGuard or other similar items you can find at Sweetwater or Guitar Center.

They'll minimize the room sound getting into your mic, and improve your recordings, without killing your bank account.
 
I just built a vocal booth in a small concrete closet in my home acoustically treated it and it sounds great far from dull and muffled and thats with a cheap mic cant wait to get my u87 an 1073 and try it out. Maybe a big space treated would sound better but sometimes you just have to make the best out of what you have got, 1000s of people who use small space vocal booths and create wonderful sounding vocals just as some people use large rooms and produce terrible vocals.
 
GanjaCityStudio said:
I just built a vocal booth in a small concrete closet in my home acoustically treated it and it sounds great far from dull and muffled and thats with a cheap mic cant wait to get my u87 an 1073 and try it out. Maybe a big space treated would sound better but sometimes you just have to make the best out of what you have got, 1000s of people who use small space vocal booths and create wonderful sounding vocals just as some people use large rooms and produce terrible vocals.
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Really? Please tell us of One example of a wonderful sounding vocal recorded in a small booth treated with foam.

Just one example will do. (not indie projects or yours.. something published and available on any major label) Thank you.

Cheers,
John
 
GanjaCityStudio said:
I just built a vocal booth in a small concrete closet in my home acoustically treated it and it sounds great far from dull and muffled and thats with a cheap mic cant wait to get my u87 an 1073 and try it out. Maybe a big space treated would sound better but sometimes you just have to make the best out of what you have got, 1000s of people who use small space vocal booths and create wonderful sounding vocals just as some people use large rooms and produce terrible vocals.
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U87 in a vocal booth???? That should be illegal.

As far as the rest of your post, you're either trolling or deaf. Please take some time to educate yourself before posting something so utterly ridiculous.
 
nathaneadam said:
If you don't need to worry much about isolation, look at something like the Primacoustic FlexiBooth or the VoxGuard or other similar items you can find at Sweetwater or Guitar Center.
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Not to come off as a shill, but my company's Portable Vocal Booth is much larger and works much better than any of those. :D
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--Ethan

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Ethan Winer said:
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Not to come off as a shill, but my company's Portable Vocal Booth is much larger and works much better than any of those. :D
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--Ethan
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You're not shilling. You can back it up with solid data, videos, etc..... Much better than someone claiming "1000s of people who use small space vocal booths and create wonderful sounding vocals" without being able to back it up with anything. :rolleyes:
 
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jhbrandt said:
Really? Please tell us of One example of a wonderful sounding vocal recorded in a small booth treated with foam.

Just one example will do. (not indie projects or yours.. something published and available on any major label) Thank you.

Cheers,
John
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Actually, a lot of touring musicians (Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and Brian Mcknight to name a couple) have small (4x6) vocal booths in the bus - they record in them and the vocals sound very well done. If you don't skimp out on cheap non-NRC rated foam then you should be ok, just make sure it's at least 3inches. I get fantastic sound out of my 8x4 booth, I also have an area outside the booth for more 'alive' recordings, but the artists I work with love the sound of the booth because it's easier to manipulate.

If the OP wants a booth - which I would have to suggest that he/she does NOT build a square one! - then so be it, if it's done right then it will sound great! I use the booth for the dead sound, not just the isolation.
 
Actually, a lot of touring musicians (Lady Gaga
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You take liberties with the term..musician.:rolleyes:










I submit clown is her real attribute.

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