Home Recording Poll

  • Thread starter Thread starter Jack Russell
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What part of your home have you recently recorded?

  • Kitchen

    Votes: 1 0.6%

  • Den

    Votes: 6 3.6%

  • Master bath

    Votes: 5 3.0%

  • Breakfast nook

    Votes: 1 0.6%

  • Living room

    Votes: 28 16.7%

  • Master bedroom

    Votes: 25 14.9%

  • Guest bedroom

    Votes: 38 22.6%

  • Garage

    Votes: 13 7.7%

  • Basement

    Votes: 51 30.4%
  • Total voters
    168
Jack Russell

Jack Russell

I smell home cookin!
So what parts of your home have you recorded lately? And how did the tracks turn out? Are you happy with the results?
 
I prefer my basement the best. Hours go by, but once in while something turns on and makes a racket.
 
Jack Russell said:
So what parts of your home have you recorded lately? And how did the tracks turn out? Are you happy with the results?
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my office, 10 by 14'. no, not happy with the sound

j
 
My basement. I'm happy enough with the final product in that it's as good as a space this small can sound.
 
I can't believe you didn't offer "bathroom" as an option. It's porcelain and tile walls and floor generate a natural reverb that is probably found at the end of more 50' and 100' home recording microphone cables than any other room in the house. Stairwells run a close second for the same reverberating reason.

G.
 
SouthSIDE Glen said:
I can't believe you didn't offer "bathroom" as an option. It's porcelain and tile walls and floor generate a natural reverb that is probably found at the end of more 50' and 100' home recording microphone cables than any other room in the house. Stairwells run a close second for the same reverberating reason.

G.
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Well, whatever floats yer boat. I guess you can get good sounds there. A fart here or there, the sound of piss going into the can, and then there are always the interesting sounds of people whiping their butt and flushing.

Then again, the sink has lots of water sounds--brushing, flossing, washing.
 
Mostly the master bedroom, but I've also recorded the dining room, which is all wood (except the ceiling) and very live.
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SouthSIDE Glen said:
I can't believe you didn't offer "bathroom" as an option. It's porcelain and tile walls and floor generate a natural reverb that is probably found at the end of more 50' and 100' home recording microphone cables than any other room in the house. Stairwells run a close second for the same reverberating reason.

G.
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The stairwell is my first choice for that "homey ambience"
 
Well for the past year or so I’ve recorded all my stuff in a 1960's trailer that we remodeled, and it has no audio treatment what so ever and I’ve (and everyone else that's recorded there) has been very happy with the sound. but I have recorded on our screened in front porch before, and had good results.

Zeke Sayer
 
I just did some drums for a song my son is working on. We put the drums out in the kitchen which is just off of the garage/studio. The kitchen and dining room are all one big space with hard wood floors. I think the tracks came out pretty good. The drums sound bigger than when I record in the garage which is treated and very dead.
 
I record mostly vocals and recording in our semi treated home theater sounds great to me.
 
what about walk-in closet? =) i have a nice little walk in closet i've converted into a vocal booth
 
laststartoshine said:
what about walk-in closet? =) i have a nice little walk in closet i've converted into a vocal booth
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same here

The only issue I have is that the AC duct runs along the ceiling in the closet and I get a nasty LF rumble, especially noticable when using condensers. So I usually turn off the AC when tracking in the vocal booth/closet.

... which sucks sometimes considering I live in Phoenix :eek:
 
haha. make sure you don't cut the cheese while in it either. WOOOOOO. :D i've had a few people make that mistake.
 
Where oh where...

I selected "basement" on the poll, 'cause there wasn't any choice for "dedicated studio space in your home, acoustically treated, and located on what is considered the basement level of your house, even thought it is actually 100% above ground."
 
hmm, lets see.... Acoustic guitar in the bathroom, e guitar and bass in the bedroom, drums in the diningroom, percussion in the hole under the stairs, and so on. That's the great thing about home studios, there's a space for every occasion.

Never used the garden though... :)
 
The garden's not all it's cracked up to be, especially if you have an automatic sprinkler system and you still haven't learned the timing... Trying to track something in the peaceful houston twilight and BAM! All of the sudden your stuck in the middle of a tropical storm... :D

I think I'll stick with my crappy sounding, untreated spare bedroom. At least the acoustic guitars and soft-synths sound good... :p
 
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