THE VOCAL BOX by CC

[CoolCat]

I was recording vocals and tried something new.

To help remove my imperfect noded HR drywall sound, I put a cardboard box over my head, a large one that was big enough to where I could hold the microphone inside too.

It worked!!! This greatly took out nearly everything, the Drywall reflections, the fan, the street noises, EVERYTHING ALMOST!

The downside, in all honesty, is that I now have a "boxy cardboard sound".
I'm thinking of using some model glue and glue some scrap foam in my
VOCAL BOX (-patent maybe pending?), to absorb some of the "cardboard box tones"?
I was also thinking INTERNAL-DIFFUSORS may help?
By stomping on the box some, this would make the box dimesions uneven= diffusor effect right?

But maybe others may like the original cardboard-box tone?

Anyway, still more tests to do....but wanted to pass it along, as a cardboard box can be found at nearly any large dumpster making this a great cheap HR tool.

I probably should have posted this in the DIY thread. doh!

 

[Nakatira]

I was recording vocals and tried something new.

To help remove my imperfect noded HR drywall sound, I put a cardboard box over my head, a large one that was big enough to where I could hold the microphone inside too.

It worked!!! This greatly took out nearly everything, the Drywall reflections, the fan, the street noises, EVERYTHING ALMOST!

The downside, in all honesty, is that I now have a "boxy cardboard sound".
I'm thinking of using some model glue and glue some scrap foam in my
VOCAL BOX (-patent maybe pending?), to absorb some of the "cardboard box tones"?
I was also thinking INTERNAL-DIFFUSORS may help?
By stomping on the box some, this would make the box dimesions uneven= diffusor effect right?

But maybe others may like the original cardboard-box tone?

Anyway, still more tests to do....but wanted to pass it along, as a cardboard box can be found at nearly any large dumpster making this a great cheap HR tool.

I probably should have posted this in the DIY thread. doh!

Sounds Intriguing, Post pics if you ever use it on stage.
Man that would be Just like Peter Gabriel in his Genesis days

 

[CoolCat]

I tried to get some pics, but hell...one hand holding the box the other the microphone..nothing left to hold the camera!

I'll probably need to recruit some help which I try to avoid until patents are completed, but then again, even Leo Fender/Inventor, had help so I guess its not a bad thing....

Peter Gabrial was in Genisis I thought that was Phil Collins?
Maybe he'd help do the "marketing side"? a few simple pictures of Peter or Phil with the Box on??

 

[CoolCat]

you gave me a great idea! thanks...

Guess who this Famous Artist is using the VOCAL BOX?

 

[CoolCat]

and another!! I smell $$$$$$

 

[Nakatira]

Peter used a variety of headwear, I dont think he ever used the box.

So that one is your

Might I say cool pics

here`s Peter in his genesis days wearing a FLOWER


http://www.genesis-music.com/Images/Peter G/G616-flower300.jpg

 

[Nakatira]

you gave me a great idea! thanks...

Guess who this Famous Artist is using the VOCAL BOX?

Looks like phil

 

[CoolCat]

here`s Peter in his genesis days wearing a FLOWER
http://www.genesis-music.com/Images/Peter G/G616-flower300.jpg

yes, yes. I can see were he was going with that. interesting.

I am assuming he was going for a dispersion sound effect, the Soffit Mount approach, very interesting.
Based off the Soffit mounted Studio Speakers, alias the MAINS (the ones in the wall).
This helps keep the Bass freq especially from "rapping-around" the standalone speaker cabinet, the typical HiFi / Guitar Center Monitor type speaker cabinets.......Keep the Bass out front!!

great, approach, yes, yes.
The Flower hat / Bass Soffit type dispersion unit,
Anti Bass friq wrap around hat....i can dig it!

Its very colorful too, and even more.. PORTABLE!!
another great idea and selling point for the VOCAL BOX by CC!

note: add color and mention PORTABLE in the advert's.

thanks your a mountain of great ideas.

 

[RAMI]

That's nice...I like what Peter's wearing...Kind of thing you'd wear for a prison gig.

 

[brendandwyer]

Coolcat, i can't believe you would defile Mr. R's reputation by using him in a blurb. You're lucky there isn't a knife in your back.

Cool cardboard box trick. i once placed an aquarium over my head and tried scuba diving. I woke up in ICU. First of all, the water spilled out on the floor. I then slipped on the wet floor and the aquarium crashed down upon my noodle. Lesson being, be careful with your box!

(disclaimer: nothing in this post is true, just wasting storage bits)

 

[Tim Brown]

Instead of putting your head in the box - line a box with foam, and place the microphone through the back of the box - then sing into it.

The foam will absorb all of the reflections so you'll get a totally dead vocal sound.



Tim

 

[kid klash]

Instead of putting your head in the box - line a box with foam, and place the microphone through the back of the box - then sing into it.

The foam will absorb all of the reflections so you'll get a totally dead vocal sound.



Tim

Aw shucks... you're ruining all the fun. I was waiting to see photos of people driving their cars and talking on their cell phones with the new "Acousti-box"'s on their heads, to eliminate the road noise...

 

[MadMax]

OK, after reading your first post on Saturday, I tried it. But first, I glued some Auralex panels to the inside of the box to absorb the reflections that were obviously giving you the "boxy sound".

Well, I have to tell you that this idea does not work! I don't know what happened, but when I woke up I was in the E.R. and my ex wife was standing right next to me.
It turns out that I must have passed out. And thank God my daughter was home. She may have saved my life. But she panicked and called her mother who works at the hospital. And of course, the mother called 911 and came over right away. It's a good thing my girlfriend was out of town. Well, maybe not, if she was here, I think she would have just awakened me and it would all have been over. Anyway, the Doctor said I probably just blacked out from lack of oxygen, but I had to spend the night in the hospital for tests because when the EMT's found me I was on the floor with a box around my head and as soon as they came into the house, they could smell the Formula 77 Contact cement. My EX-wife said they asked her if there was any reason I would want to kill myself. She said "Maybe out of frustration because at the age of 47 he realised that he may not make it as a rock star." Just for the record, I'm not trying to make it as a rock star. I just want to be a songwriter or maybe a producer-Whatev...
I'm home now and the first thing I did yesterday when I got home was to take the damned box outside and burn it.
That didn't go so well either. Not only is contact cement poisonous, it's flammable. I now have what looks like a bomb crater in my back yard.
Anyway, I'm back and my advice is DO NOT TRY THIS, at least if you're alone.

P.S. I just saw the follow up posts and I now realise that the whole idea may have been a joke..

 

[CoolCat]

Anyway, I'm back

P.S. I just saw the follow up posts and I now realise that the whole idea may have been a joke..

Wow, what a story..glad everything worked out great in the end!
YOUR BACK!! Thats awesome.

yeah accidents happen, I almost cut off my finger with a razor blade cutting out bass port holes in my new nearfield monitor boxes, Saturday.
and this is not a joke or even funny at all. DIY and inventing can be dangerous.

brendandwyer,
someone did throw a dead-cat at my car this morning while driving to work?
so I may change the blurb.

note:Sell$$$ Optional: VOCAL BOX SPECIAL FRAGRENCE SCENTS...New car smell, Apple-Beatle scent, Marijuana scent- for Raggae music people.

Advertisment simulation- not for sale! patent maybe pending-
Guess who this Famous Star is simulating using the OPEN TOP Vocal Box, alias the NEW "Convertable" model?

 

[brendandwyer]

the garfunkel pic is PERFECT. now all you need is a condor nest alighted atop Pauls DOME PIECE

 

[gcapel]

"Man in the box" for the AIC fans.

 

[CoolCat]

I almost started believing MadMax there for a minute, in this was all a joke, just posts making fun of this whole idea.

but then....MAN IN THE BOX- Product theme song!! PERFECT!!!!

I am the Man in the Box....
Won't you come and SAAAAVve Meee

love it.
who was that? kind of heavy metal....hard drivin'...


a Condor Nest on his head? I might need a visual. are you serious or joking?

 

[brendandwyer]

i wish i had time to create it, it would look better than most of his recent hair pieces