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hi my band records in an open basement area and i think some of the recordings sound really echoey. at least i think so my bandmates don't seem to agree. I noticed there was an opening thats a hallway and leads to rooms like a bed and a bathroom i was thinking that might be the cause of the echoish sounds. i was thinking that if we just put up a mattress to close off the hall it would be better. i was also thinking to get the drums to sound better to use like a drum shield thing so the drums dont sound echoey. just to fill you all in we use a single condesnsor mic (nady s900 series i believe) and we have to becuase of the low budget. but anyways let me know if i had the right idea to eliminate the echo or is there something else i have to do.
 
As long as you are using just one mic, you are not close micing anything, you will pick up the sound of the room.

You can treat the room, and it will help, but you really will need to learn how to track properly. You don't have the equipment you need right now (I'm sure you know)

Multi tracking could help if you have the capability.



A Single mic in a room will always sound like. . . a single mic in a room.
 
The hallway is most likely not contributing so much as the whole room is. I sympathize with your budget but you will neet to start setting aside BOTH for the equipment to start treating the room and to be able to start recording multitrack. Or maybe just settle for the fact that your own recordings are just for personal evaluation and when it comes time to cut tracks for demos or whatever that you will need to rent a real pro studio and engineer.
 
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