So a vocal booth is the best place to record vocals?

[Jotosuds]

i'm guessing that it is, ehh?

i'm really new to room acoustics and stuff, as you can see. my bedroom is 12x12 carpeted floor. i gather that it would be a bad recording room.

so what makes a good recording room exactly?

i heard someone say that recording outside would be the best. can i just record my vocals in my closet, with my clothes acting as absorbance material?

last question: if you record in another room, how do you click the mouse to record or listen through head phones?

thanks guys

 

[littledog]

see the thread called "recording vox" for more discussion.

But in general the point is, dead rooms are better than bad rooms, but nice rooms are better than dead ones (for most things). Yours may not be as bad as you think until you try it. Usually bad rooms, at least in the home, are caused by a combination of small dimensions and a low ceiling, resulting in a lot of strong early reflections that are picked up by the mic and which creates a "phasey" sound.

 

[Outta Phase]

"last question: if you record in another room, how do you click the mouse to record or listen through head phones? "

long extention cables, and a long lead space on the tape all of my recordings start with the sound of my feet coming down the steps to get to the vocal room

Jeff