recording vox w/o isolation

[VirtualSamana]

I like many of you are recording vox in my modest recording setup (the bedroom my studio apartment). Right now I am getting better results w/ my sm58 only because my nt1 picks up so much of the undesirable ambient sound. How can I improve this situation and take advantage of my condenser mic without buying an isolation booth. BTW curtains and blankets covering my windows haven't made that much of a difference.

 

[warlock]

I divided my room into two with a bookshelf .
My equipment is in one end and I put the mic in another.

Keijo

 

[Gidge]

vocals in a closet?....

 

[midimark1]

Hell, my closet is so small my clothes don't even fit in it. My studio is in my den. Cumputer fan noise, refridge and of course the dogs!
And the wife saying...DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS NOW !!!! One
Life To Live is on. I say build a bomb shelter ( Studio- with satalite
tv) that only you have a key! No phones either.

 

[dobro]

First possibility: a standard approach to crappy rooms is to close-mic what you're doing. Yeah, it'll boost the lower end, but if you can deal with that either going to disk or later in the mix, it's one way.

Second possibility: treating the room. Mobile sound absorbing panels. Gobos. You can buy them or, if you're handy, you can make them. They do a lot to condition the immediate sound environment. My studio doubles as a closet and a book storage room. Lots of clothes on racks behind me when I'm tracking - have the absorbing/diffusing material *behind* you when you're singing so that the sensitive condenser doesn't pick up reflected sound coming from that direction. Lots of books on bookshelves all over the place. Absorbs and diffuses sound.