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Looks like a Wenger?
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WHAT ? 
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Those are some seriously hard-core isolation booths. Very massive, very expensive, very industrial. If you can get one cheaply enough, its the last booth you'll ever buy. The walls are internally damped acoustically, no tuning required in most cases.
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... And make sure your floor can support this beast BEFORE you buy it.
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melissa eX
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| What would the weight on a booth like this be? |
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BALKY
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I have a whisper room 4x6 that thing on wheels and it is hard to move for 2 people.
At this point, I wish I did not hVE IT... i would take this smaller booth in a snap... but too late now. I am stuck with this mammoth ...
*sigh*
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Bailey
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| melissa eX wrote: | | What would the weight on a booth like this be? |
A 36" x 28" interior model can be 600 - 700 pounds... per data sheet.
http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/audiometric-screening-booths
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melissa eX
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| Less than a baby grand - shouldn't be a problem for floors |
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I've been recording audiobooks all week in booths similar to these at Deyan Audio in Los Angeles. These are MAMMOTH booths. Crazy heavy. And NOTHING gets in.
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| Jeffrey Kafer wrote: | | These are MAMMOTH booths. Crazy heavy. And NOTHING gets in. |
I'm going to guess that they must come in a variety of sizes. The last picture in the original post gives the impression that the booth being offered is very, very tiny. Which, if it were originally purchased for hearing tests and person being tested is wearing a headset, who needs added real estate.
When people do YouTube videos demonstrating their booth, and they are talking as they step in and close the door, the changes in acoustics are rather radical. This question is a little off the topic, but is there a minimum size that a booth can be before 'proximity effect' owns the universe?
Keeping outside noise out is a great feature. Does audio become claustrophobic if the space is too confining? Is there a formula or even a rule of thumb for calculating when that happens? |
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The booth I'm in is big enough for a desk and two people to stand in. It is absolutely silent. So quiet that I swear I can hear myself hearing.
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vkuehn
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When you search the Internet looking for info on what is the quietest a studio can be, you come up with a Guiness Book of World Records entry for something like -9.6 dBA. (How do they measure that when the microphones we know and use tend to have a "self-noise" of =9 up to maybe +16 dBA?)
What's up with a dBA scale where silence (or noise if you please) can go BELOW ZERO.
Anyway, the article on the web indicates that nobody can stay in that record-setting booth/studio/science-project for more than about 40 minutes. The sound of your heartbeat, the sound of your blood flowing, etc finally will drive you to the point of demanding: "GET ME OUT OF HERE! NOW!!" |
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Lee Gordon
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| vkuehn wrote: | | How do they measure that when the microphones we know and use tend to have a "self-noise" of =9 up to maybe +16 dBA? |
I'm guessing the Guinness World Record quietest studio is probably tested with the Guinness World Record most sensitive mic.
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BALKY
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Hey, guys!
Even though when I close the booth's door (whisperroom) and my ears get plugged as if I am on the plane that takes off, the mic still picks up very tine bit of noise from outside.. the running computers, working at hi Air Cond. etc...
That's why when I record, I activate a slight gate... that takes care of everything.
As far as proximity effect goes, it depends on two things: the mic specs and the distance between mic and the source.
The proximity effect becomes obvious when you get closer than 7-10" to a mic.
This effect is not a bad thing  unless you "swallow" the mic... LOL as long as no plosives are heard, it is not a terrible thing. Can be corrected afterwards.
When you are too far, then your voice becomes much thinner, not all overtones are heard... something like this
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