VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

[yarg28]

adios neighbors dog, random crickets, overzealous suburban yard manicurists, etc

4'x6', Dimmable lights, 3/4" mdf, Green Glue joints and seals, 3" custom DIY recycled Denim acoustic panels with a 6" full wall bass trap, 28" door, anti fatigue floor, etc. Less than $1400 all in.

Built 100% by me (with some help from my wife, aka "the Lovely Assistant").

This was a huge project for me. Lots of good advice on this forum went into the build. Thanks for those that graciously give your expertise.

I have trim for the exterior door that i'll get on soon. I still intend to work on some cable management, build a custom stand up desk, hang mic from ceiling to make some space, and a few other minor things. I also have some foam for the interior of door even though right now I dont need it. I bought it so I'll use it! But for right now it is fully functional and pretty bad-ass.

Hopefully I got the image attached correctly.
gary


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[samowry]

Looks great. Happy recording.

[yarg28]

thanks!

[SkinnyJohnny]

Nice job!
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[roger]

Impressive, Gary. Well done.
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[yarg28]

thanks guys.

[kkuhlken]

Looks great!
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[Fran McClellan]

Very nice!! Great work!
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[bobsouer]

Mighty sweet looking booth!
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[yarg28]

thanks everyone.

I keep waffling back and forth about the floor. It feels amazing but I cant help but feel like if I lay a little hardwood in there that it would really pull the appearance together.

hmmm.

[Lee Gordon]

The appearance is less important than the function. Leave it alone.
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[DougVox]

^^^ Says the man who designed and built his own Tardis/booth.


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[Bish]

Looks good! I'd be interested in some of the underlying principles you used in construction (not a blow-by-blow, just broad strokes). As far as "how it looks" goes... well, it's your baby and you are allowed to pamper it. Sometimes getting the best recording can be about how comfortable we are in our recording environment. It may be a psychological thing, but no less valid.

That rug really tied the room together. - The Dude
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[yarg28]

I came at this project from a ton of different angles initially. I'm a bit of a researcher, nerd, and perfectionist. After looking at many alternatives, I decided that there was honestly no reason for me to be overly concerned with the booth design as long as a few criteria were met.
I believe most people try to over complicate the process. They want something amazing and they over spend and still end up with something that isnt the best for them.
I decided that if a whisperroom style booth was good enough for the majority of people that it could be for me as well. That immediately simplified the process. After all, other than price and size, most people have no issues with whisperroom, vocalbooth.com, etc. My demo was recorded in a 3x5 whisperroom and that process was no issue.

the sound quality gets some bad reviews but i've also heard pristine sound from the box booths. I was confident in my acoustic strategy.

Basically, I built an mdf box with a constructed floor and ceiling. The floor and ceiling are both 1/2" mdf, 2x4 supports, insulation, and another piece of 1/2" mdf. It's all assembled so that there are no holes passing through any layer and every inch of the structure is sealed with green glue sealant. Even across the 2x4 support strucutures.

The side walls are all 3/4' mdf with some structure lumber to help attach them all together. Again, all joints sealed with green glue on both sides. Also, every joint overlaps and is compressed together. Even without the green glue there really isnt any way for sound to flank.

That just leaves the door which is jamb tight to the studs and green glued all around the perimeter. Then I built a custom 3/4" door seal that the door fits perfectly against.

The overall strategy is to not let any holes or attachments pass through to an outside layer. Other than where the seams overlap and the door seals there is not a single gap, crack, or hole for air/sound to pass through.

There was some treatment strategy as well. Select great broadband absorption. Instead of guessing on trapping I just decided to go floor to ceiling on the wall i'd be facing and make one huge panel.

In my case the size was restricted so 4x6 was fine. I'd been operating from a 3x3 blanket fort, so this feels huge.

So far so good. And because I simplified it it was relatively cheap.

[Bish]

Thank's for that!

... you had me at 2x4 & MDF
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