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Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:45 pm
by jb
This is awesome and I'm going to try it:

http://www.voiceovertimes.com/2008/02/2 ... -solution/

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:18 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
That is cool. I'd like to try it too.
Just yesterday I was reminded of how every little change around my mic changes the sound and quality. And with condenser microphones, even more so.
I had my mic on the stand sort of facing the corner as I often do. But I was hitting a loud part in my vocals, so I wanted to move my mic stand so I could watch the lights on my firebox to make sure I wasn't peaking. Sure enough, the first set of vocals sounded different from the ones I did by simply moving my mic 3 feet back from the wall.

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:04 pm
by frankie big face
Make one for me too, JB, and mail it to my house.

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:36 pm
by Reist
Awesome! Are they selling any of those? Or is it just a do-it-yourself kinda thing?

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:54 pm
by Spud
Geez. He posted a link. Got a computer, kid?

http://www.harlanhogan.com/store.shtml#portabooth

SPUD

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:56 pm
by obscurity
It's not super-cheap, but if you're too lazy or inept (like me!) to go the DIY route, these are s'posed to be pretty good (haven't tried one myself).

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:48 pm
by jb
frankie big face wrote:Make one for me too, JB, and mail it to my house.
You could just rip the stuff off your wall and cram it into a milk crate. ;)

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:15 pm
by Lunkhead
There are some more similar items listed in this post, but like the non-DIY one mentioned above, they're a bit pricey. When somebody first mentioned the DIY one in the first post in this thread I went to try to buy some of the collapsable containers, but the site didn't necessarily have the right ones. It was hard to tell if the ones they had were the collapsible kind or not. Have you ordered them, JB? Or something similar?

http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtop ... 391#p85391

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:20 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
jb wrote:
frankie big face wrote:Make one for me too, JB, and mail it to my house.
You could just rip the stuff off your wall and cram it into a milk crate. ;)
GOT MIC?

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:14 am
by halen99
I made one of those last month based on his specs. I'll post a photo if anyone cares. Bought the box from target.com and the foam online, then the small mic stand from musicians friend.

Used this on my client no 9 entry.

Eddie

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:37 am
by jb
Lunkhead wrote:There are some more similar items listed in this post, but like the non-DIY one mentioned above, they're a bit pricey. When somebody first mentioned the DIY one in the first post in this thread I went to try to buy some of the collapsable containers, but the site didn't necessarily have the right ones. It was hard to tell if the ones they had were the collapsible kind or not. Have you ordered them, JB? Or something similar?

http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtop ... 391#p85391
I think the containers are just this sort of thing, from Target: http://www.target.com/gp/search/601-321 ... _1&x=0&y=0

Frankly, a cardboard box should work. the key is surrounding it with the acoustic foam, which you can get for fairly cheap on Ebay:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl ... %3D1&fgtp=

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:41 am
by halen99
>>I think the containers are just this sort of thing, from Target: >>http://www.target.com/gp/search/601-321 ... _1&x=0&y=0


Yep exactly what I used. These work out pretty well. Not perfect but TONS better then without.

Eddie

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:23 am
by Reist
Spud wrote:Geez. He posted a link. Got a computer, kid?

http://www.harlanhogan.com/store.shtml#portabooth

SPUD
Sorry. I'm terrible at computers. :roll:

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:23 pm
by roymond
Now serving bourbon in the morning in room 526 - combines JB's vocal booth with Frankie's MOBILE ROCK UNIT ™ :

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Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:50 pm
by frankie big face
Okay, I just bought all the stuff so this better work, JB! I will have extra foam and an extra box if you want some/one.

And that's MOBILE ROCK UNIT, Roy. Mobile Recording Unit--who ever heard of such a thing!

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:28 pm
by Paco Del Stinko
You guys are all good singers, don't you sing while standing? Isn't that the preferred method? Do you put the mic box on a shelf? What's going on here? I like the one Obs posted, but the price of the others is much better.

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:48 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
roymond wrote:Now serving bourbon in the morning in room 526 - combines JB's vocal booth with Frankie's MOBILE ROCK UNIT ™ :

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Am I the only one that sees it? Image

But very resourceful for a hotel MRU.

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:56 pm
by roymond
Billy's Little Trip wrote:
roymond wrote:Now serving bourbon in the morning in room 526
Am I the only one that sees it? Image

But very resourceful for a hotel MRU.
No, that would be room 501. I never get that room :cry:

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:19 pm
by signboy
Wow, Roymond, you make me feel like such a tard for bailing out of Morning On Bourbon just because I'm in a camp. Does anybody else have severe issues with recording vox when they know the walls are paper thin?

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:52 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
signboy wrote:Wow, Roymond, you make me feel like such a tard for bailing out of Morning On Bourbon just because I'm in a camp. Does anybody else have severe issues with recording vox when they know the walls are paper thin?
Didn't someone post a picture of a sound proof box with a mic in it that you put over your head? Or was that just another one of my incredible Earth shattering inventions that I haven't had time to get around to yet? :P

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:47 am
by ujnhunter
Billy's Little Trip wrote:
signboy wrote:Wow, Roymond, you make me feel like such a tard for bailing out of Morning On Bourbon just because I'm in a camp. Does anybody else have severe issues with recording vox when they know the walls are paper thin?
Didn't someone post a picture of a sound proof box with a mic in it that you put over your head? Or was that just another one of my incredible Earth shattering inventions that I haven't had time to get around to yet? :P
Hey, make sure you take some Video while you record your vocals if you do use that device... I want to see it in action! ;)

Re: Super-portable, super-cheap vocal recording sound booth

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:58 am
by Billy's Little Trip
Here I am totally getting into it. I can't break the habit of holding my headphones. Kind of a phantom limb thing I guess.
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