Store bought Vocal Booths

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-Has anyone tried one of the vocal booths by whisperoom.com or vocalbooth.com or any others? How did it sound?

Due to the fact that i will likely move a number of times in the course of my life i am considering sucking it up and buying one so I can always take it down and bring it with me, and after making a whole lot of DIY absorption panels im sick of building.

My only real concern (other than the money of course) is the sound. I once tried the DIY with packing blankets and it sounded awful, competely lifeless and choked. I am guessing it is because the blankets absorbed only the upper mids and highs.
But these vox booths are only treated on the inside with foam, so will it be more of the same problem? I am planning on using it for everything but drums, im looking at the 6x8.
 
I really thought about buying one, got the quote and everything but in the end I have decided to build my own because I don't plan on moving for several years and seems I should be able to finish it for under $900.00 with ventilation and power. I only do VO work and the pre-builts seem pretty well suited to that, I've read where some people don't like them for vocals in music becuase they are too dead, but I have no experience in that area.
 
Canobliss said:
I once tried the DIY with packing blankets and it sounded awful, competely lifeless and choked. I am guessing it is because the blankets absorbed only the upper mids and highs.
But these vox booths are only treated on the inside with foam, so will it be more of the same problem? I am planning on using it for everything but drums, im looking at the 6x8.
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Vocal booths are supposed to be acoustically dead so you get the dryest vox track to work with. Recording other instruments in them doesn't work well at all because you usually want the mic(s) to pick up some of the reflections from the room.
 
We have one in one of the studios at school and we use it for drums to VO. Works just swell. Remember, it's a BOOTH, not a ROOM. Close mic everything and add your room sound with efx.
 
apl said:
Vocal booths are supposed to be acoustically dead so you get the dryest vox track to work with. Recording other instruments in them doesn't work well at all because you usually want the mic(s) to pick up some of the reflections from the room.
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Can the deadness of a booth hurt the vocal sound in any way other than simply eliminating any natural reverb?

One company covers their walls to achieve a dead room, the other only uses partial coverage, any comments on which approach makes more sense?

Also, these companies sell reflector panels as add ons to liven up the room.
Is that pretty much useless since the room is so small?

Thanks guys for checking in on this thread, this has been driving me crazy!
 
I have read that before its a great but just skimmed back over the necessary part and i think i got my answer.

Conclusion-I will go with dead and use the room for vocals and close miked guitar amps (should be fine for that right?) and use the the more open area for everything else. I would record vocals there too but everytime my roomates take a shower or flush the toilet we'd have to take a break, not to mention traffic noise.

If anyone has any further advice it will certainly be considered. Thanks again.
 
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