Cheap Vocal Booth

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Thanks very much if you found it useful!

(It's not a high-end acoustic solution, but it is cheap and useful for me!)
 
I have to say you did a good job..and like i read somewhere you posted..if you make maybe 4 you can have a enclosed booth....one of my friend will be doin this..so we will see how their quality improve any..

thanks for the great info..
 
Great info there, B. I might try this may be sometime later when i get into real recording at ma home hehe..
 
I think im a do the first one this weekend........ only 1 question what could I use besides blankets that would still be sturdy but better for a booth then blankets?
 
Fyre said:
I think im a do the first one this weekend........ only 1 question what could I use besides blankets that would still be sturdy but better for a booth then blankets?
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do you consider a sleeping bag a blanket? try that.

some beginner idea i have: would hollow frames work better than solid? i realize it's a weight difference, but would there be more or less reflection/echo from hollow vs. solid doors?
 
i will have to look into that Billy... you bring up a good point..
 
BillyBo said:
do you consider a sleeping bag a blanket? try that.

some beginner idea i have: would hollow frames work better than solid? i realize it's a weight difference, but would there be more or less reflection/echo from hollow vs. solid doors?
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All doors should be sound locked and as solid & heavy as you can get em. That's for doors... For floors, an ideal setup would allow the floor to float, and then have material under that to continue abosrbing (transmission loss). Then also the ideal setup would be Z suspended ceilings. OK, but personally I'm not going to pay that much for a home recording unit. So my suggestions is use the blankets, and make sure you get damn near every inch for a dead room... (really any amount will sound a little better) Eventually replacing the blankets with regular acoustic deadening devices (like foam). If you have a big enough space and building on or something, try not to have the walls parallel, or the windows.... those cause standing waves and stuff of that nature.
 
I tried this and it helped alot with the echos. I put some blankets around some chinese closet doors, and faced the mic towards some hanging clothes in my closet. I couldnt hear anymore echos. It sounded dead like a real studio. I was even able to back away 1ft from my At4040 mic without picking up any reverb that I would usually get in my room. Cant wait to start making tracks with this new type of solution.
 
Ya, that does a good job. I spent $1000 for the max wall kit that does the samething! :o Keep up the ideas...

You could use this idea for drums too.
 
qb2k5 said:
I tried this and it helped alot with the echos. I put some blankets around some chinese closet doors, and faced the mic towards some hanging clothes in my closet. I couldnt hear anymore echos. It sounded dead like a real studio. I was even able to back away 1ft from my At4040 mic without picking up any reverb that I would usually get in my room. Cant wait to start making tracks with this new type of solution.
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thats whats up..as long as it deaden everything you doin a good job..


You could use this idea for drums too.
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yeah for thaose that do live recording..
 
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