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Bruce · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:17 am Post subject: The $23 recording setup

Well, it's far from ideal, but Les McDonald's "porta-booth" works a lot better than the $23 he spent. If you're starting out on a very tight budget something like this could be your sound dampening answer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTeUeRxAS7M

I would have a problem reading copy with this setup, but it might work fine for others.

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Jan Park Holm · Joined: 04 Jan 2014 Posts: 16 Location: Denmark

Hard surface box with thin foam - I'm pretty sure that this method will have a boxy resonance. Cutting large holes in the sides and buttom of the box and it should work - not as rugged and transportable though.
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Ed Fisher · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:58 pm Post subject:

To my ears...and through my headphones...

His VO sounded remarkable like someone who was talking into a storage container. Laugh

Now whether that was an improvement over his using the Mic properly in his open space, I have no idea since during his introduction, we could clearly see the mic sitting in its new storage container home.

The one advantage I see in the portabooth or similiar self-made constructions made from those cloth-like expandable cubes is the material doesn't resonate. As any child who has had to make do with playing with whatever he can find will attest, talking into a large plastic box/storage container has that nice boomy "ringing" sound that we remember so well. So, although it might be said that this construction is "better than nothing" I still will take 4 couch cushions over it any day.

Just one opinion.
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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:42 am Post subject:

i made one years ago (i think liz did too) with one of these:

i abandoned it pretty quickly ... but it WAS cheap.
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Jason Huggins · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:22 am Post subject:

I made one too. I needed a solution to record auditions while I was at work before I was a full-time VO. Very boxy sounding. I only landed a single job because of an audition from that setup...not exaftly the best way to promote your capabilities. I don't think a producer cares if you recorded a quick demo away find your real studio...if the audio sounds bad, you sound bad.