Question about room treatment...

[Physical Ill]

Soo...I record in my room cuz I'm broke/still mastering the craft, but I still want to increase the quality of my vocals, but without getting an all out recording studio...I heard that things like this should help a lot:

http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--SEERF

How much of a difference would something like that make?

 

[bknot1]

How Does it Work
The various layers both absorb and diffuse the sound waves hitting them, so progressively less of the original source acoustic energy passes through each layer. This reduces the amount of energy hitting un-treated walls and other surfaces so there is less of the original source reflected back as unwanted room ambience to the mic. The Reflexion Filter also helps prevent any reflected sound reaching the back and sides of the mic. Its shape and size have been carefully tested to maximize absorption while keeping 'coloration' down to only around 1dB, and leaving the microphone's polar pattern unaffected.

From what i have heard its works pretty well....I think someone here uses one.. cant remeber who..

 

[BillyBo]

How much of a difference would something like that make?

HUGE. i've heard it can actually make vocals sound eerily dry... with NO natural reverb at all. this may not be a problem since you can add whatever FX during mixing anyhow. just something to think about. but as far as isolating mic/vocals, it's great.

 

[Fyre]

Yea I'm thinking about getting one but for the price I thinkin I'd rather get some bass traps and panels to try and treat my room as a whole so my overall mixes will be better seeing as I make beats to so I'm not just mixing vocals with a mp3 beat no more

 

[mixsit]

I think Ethan had some video of a comparison of the SE and what might represent what you could do with basic fiberglass panels (all be it larger than the SE, also maybe more flexible in use.

*Oops. It would also be fair to say the SE' being smaller, makes it more 'flexible' in other ways..

I use (mostly, I have some RealTraps too) home made movable panels. In conjunction with some 2" hung overhead to minimize the ceiling bounce (which neither Ethan's single device nor the SE by them selves address) it's pretty flexible and cost effective.