Can Someone Please Explain The Different Types Of Mic Booths?

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i was almost gonna name this thread "best mic booth for rap vocals?", lol

bein a newb and all i didnt know there were different types of recording booths, now that i think about it, it kinda makes sense

if theres too much to explain then can you let me know of a website or tutorial that goes over the different booths and their different purposes


i just do vocals...rap vocals, so i wanted to know if i should go with certain types of pads or foams, or does it depend on what the size of the booth is, or what kind of sound im looking for, like a personal preference sort of thing

this is a picture of the booth that i use right now,
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j...c2006/booth.jpg
its 26.5 inches deep, 6'7 tall, and 27.5 inches across

i dont know if im getting the best sound possible out of it cause im using a mxl 990 and just a regular pc soundcard,so the quality isnt that great to begin with, untill i hook up my audiophile and start using PT, but im shure i can improve the sound im getting right now,

so is there a certain type of wall treatment i should be using since i just need it for vocals, or is it just personal preference, because id like to have a crisp sound with little or no reverb or echo since i could just add those in later


if you need anymore info just let me know


thanks,
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I'm curious on this as well.

I have several rooms to work with. Living rooms, small bedrooms, large bedrooms, bathroom.

What are the sonic characterists or benefit to one room to another as far as the size goes.
 
Ok, I'll have a go. You can have a booth to isolate from outside sounds, or just to give a dead/good sounding envornment. People usually want isolation to stop spill from other instruments, etc. But isolation can cost a lot, and can be too big for some people. If you don't need to stop spill, then just a protable booth is needed, like this.

People also have booths which aren't dead sounding, but these tend to have to be quite big.

Anyway, if you want a booth, what do you need it for? Isolation, dead/good sounding environment, both?
 
ikijapan said:
I'm curious on this as well.

I have several rooms to work with. Living rooms, small bedrooms, large bedrooms, bathroom.

What are the sonic characterists or benefit to one room to another as far as the size goes.
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Smaller rooms sound boxy, and are usually made quite dead, with reverb added later. A living room/bedroom, is usually reasonably dead but a little live, and bathrooms tend to be very lively. For a live room you want a space that can be easily changed, where in one case you can record dry vocals, and in others you can recording a big sounding rock drum kit or screaming lead guitar.

I suggest building/buying gobos, these can be placed around a source, absorbing to give a dry dead sound, but moved away when a livelier sound is needed.
 
The link to your picture is not correct.
 
i guess theres no edit feature for the main post, heres the pic


booth.jpg


its 26.5 inches deep, 6'7 tall, and 27.5 inches across



i juss do rap vocals, no singing or instruments involved, so i guess i juss want a dead/good sounding enviroment, do i buy a certain kind of pads for this, cause i dont know what kind of pads do what...


thanks for the info
 
LOL, well everyone has to start somewhere. :D

Well the space is small. You should ditch the egg crates. They are only a tiny bit good at diffusion. That close they'd only be reflecting a bunch of diffused reverberations back to the mic. At such a short distance I can only imagine it sounds.... interesting.

You should spring for a bunch of foam type sound deadening. Make sure it's closed-cell foam. Not mattress foam, that stuff passes most of what goes through it. The thicker the better, 3" should be pretty good.
In a room so small, I would go for 100% coverage. (even doors and cieling)
If you want to put more work and time into it, you can use a bit on OC703 for clouds. But really for an amature some good old eBay studio foam will improve your booth a lot.
 
mystasynasta said:
2-1/2" Eggcrate Foam should work just fine for you.
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Nonononononooooooo. This is not a good idea. 2" foam even by a good manufacturer such as auralex will probably not be sufficient, but foam by mail has been shown to be a bad manufacturer. It certainly absorbs, but not well. The best value for money/performance would have to be fabric covered rigid fiberglass. Do a search for rigid fiberglass in these forums, and you will find a bounty of info. I suggest you do the same mystasynasta, and read Ethan's Acoustics FAQ.
I'd suggest at least 2" rigid fiberglass, spaced 1-2" from the wall.
 
Thanks Ethan And Pandamonk

northern cali, sorry about the mis information.

Ethan, I read your post about the fraudulent Foam By Mail. It was very informative. I wish I would have read it before covering the entire inside of my iso booth with it lol. I guess my first clue would have been their website that says: Sound Proofing Foam. The company is actually near me and I feel like driving there to get my money back! Anyways, I thought I should thank you for setting me straight, you saved me a lot of money. I was just thinking about ordering more for my control room. Do you have any suggestions? The area is very small with the wall only approximately 6 inches from the back of my chair, so I need something rather compact.

Thank you so much for your time.

-Lee
 
mystasynasta said:
northern cali, sorry about the mis information.

Ethan, I read your post about the fraudulent Foam By Mail. It was very informative. I wish I would have read it before covering the entire inside of my iso booth with it lol. I guess my first clue would have been their website that says: Sound Proofing Foam. The company is actually near me and I feel like driving there to get my money back! Anyways, I thought I should thank you for setting me straight, you saved me a lot of money. I was just thinking about ordering more for my control room. Do you have any suggestions? The area is very small with the wall only approximately 6 inches from the back of my chair, so I need something rather compact.

Thank you so much for your time.

-Lee
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6 inches behind your chair?! Ok, maybe some 4" rigid fiberglass panels.
 
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