THE BARE BONES HOME STUDIO (need advice on getting better quality)
My home studio at the moment consist of a laptop and a snowball microphone. I record in a corner of my garage where the acoustics are okay, but I "pad" the area with foam and cushions.
I have a few problems with reverb (the slightest kind). And for the majority of the spots i do (which are high energy club spots) i sometimes feel like the snowball can't take the increased volume of my voice.
Has anyone out there had or have this type of setup, and what are you doing to make the most of it?
I have a few problems with reverb (the slightest kind). And for the majority of the spots i do (which are high energy club spots) i sometimes feel like the snowball can't take the increased volume of my voice.
Has anyone out there had or have this type of setup, and what are you doing to make the most of it?
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Permalink Reply by John Taylor on -
Here's an experiment.....Try putting the car in the garage......then record your voice track inside the car's interior. The acoustics of car interiors are really excellent. Lots of curves, no perpendicular angles, you may be surprised by the results.
Plus the car will shield you from annoying outside noise. Joe Cipriano had a video up last year when he was on vacation, doing national Fox TV promos from the back seat of a rental car. I have done spots from car interiors on more than a dozen occasions while on the road to good effect. Give it a try.
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Permalink Reply by Ed the World Famous on -
I have actually recorded in my car before. The audio was good. But I guess I figured I'd make use of this garage, since we don't park the vehicles in here.
I will be adding some acoustic padding to my little corner, hopefully that will work. And I will be visiting my car studio once again.
Thanks JT!
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Permalink Reply by Russ Riba on -
I have a home studio in which I used a case of square ceiling tiles from Home Depot... wrapped them in fabric from Wal-Mart (to match the room decor) and nailed them to the walls. It is a very cost effective way to deaden a room. At my office, I got three dollar curtain rods from Ikea and draped each wall with ceiling to floor curtains... works perfectly.
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