Living Room Acoustics

[smellyfuzz]

I think I'm a little luckier then many other Homers, I have more then one room to use in my house to track in.

Soon, I will be tracking drums again, in my living room.

The first time I recorded drums, we set up and I just miced them and hit record.
They did not sound all that good.

The second time, I bought portable clothing racks and draped blankets and comforters over them, creating a kind of ISO booth out of blankets. This improved the sound a lot, yet still not all that great.

So, attached is my living room, what do all of you think I should/could do to TEMPORARILY improve the acoustics of my room to track drums and other instruments in ?


All comments welcome.

Sean

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Make a "tent" out of hung moving blankets.... it will be dead sounding, but you can always add artifical ambience - which is better than dealing with a recording corrupted by short reflections...!

 

[John Sayers]

sean - why not build some portable gobos that you can setup around the drums and then store in the garage when not in use??

BTW - sometimes the drum sound is not good because the drums weren't tuned properly in the first place

check this out

cheers
john