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FinMac Lucky 700
Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Posts: 705 Location: In a really cool place...Finland!
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks guys! Will give is some serious consideration _________________ www.scottsvoiceover.com - An American voice in Finland
"If you want to get to the top, you have to get off your bottom". (Unknown) |
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captain54 Lucky 700
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Or...a 415 t as a backup _________________ Lee Kanne
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FinMac Lucky 700
Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Posts: 705 Location: In a really cool place...Finland!
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:46 pm Post subject: Hit the UNDO button ! |
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Recently I added a few panels in my small space to improve the acoustics. What I didn't think about was that because the ceiling comes into my small space at a sharp angle, the panel was actually causing more problems than solving them !
So, I removed 2 panels near my mic (when I stand up) and the improvement is quite clear to me. But of course, I really need your set of ears to confirm that.
Any feedback is most welcome...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1c2ip9xsxo90ak1/MT71s%20after%20removing%202%20ceiling%20panels.mp3?dl=0 _________________ www.scottsvoiceover.com - An American voice in Finland
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vkuehn DC
Joined: 24 Apr 2013 Posts: 688 Location: Vernon now calls Wisconsin home
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Hit the UNDO button ! |
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FinMac wrote: | So, I removed 2 panels near my mic (when I stand up) and the improvement is quite clear to me. |
Made a difference, didn't it.
I bought a music stand to hold copy. Ooooops! Removed the solid part of the copy holder, replaced with some wire-shelf material and got the acoustics back. The wires tended to resonate a little so they are now covered by some rubberized mesh designed to go into cabinet drawers.
I look at studio pictures that people post and see big monitor screens standing at attention right close to the mic and I think to myself: "Wonder how that is working out?"
As I write this... I am looking at my own studio and muttering: "I think I shall walk over there and reposition the mixer-USB converter." It is perfectly position to mirror sound back toward the mic.
I also have a sloping ceiling right over my chair-and-mic position so I ADDED a panel in my case: a panel of 3 inch Roxul that is 2 inches from the ceiling. |
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vkuehn DC
Joined: 24 Apr 2013 Posts: 688 Location: Vernon now calls Wisconsin home
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:54 am Post subject: |
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Is it O.K. to reply to my own post?
After the previous post, I muttered: "SELF! Since testing out the acoustics of your microphone in relation to that sloping ceiling and the obviously home-made acoustic panel, (The wrinkles in the covering fabric are a dead giveaway that it wasn't created in some cool factory!) you've made other changes. Why don't we do some mic placement experiments.
I did turn the mixer so it's face isn't an acoustic mirror bouncing right back at me or the mic location.
I moved the mic around the room and made test recordings. It finally ended up last night within inches of where it started the day, but it's orientation related to my mouth, and in relation to the angled ceiling and angled acoustic panel is now changed.
I don't know if it sounds better, but it sounds different. I convinced myself the new different was better.
Lesson learned. Never assume your current set up is perfect. |
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sdaeley17 Club 300
Joined: 04 Sep 2013 Posts: 338 Location: Port Orchard, WA
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Scott, you should have put a product placement in that file, because people would buy it! Great job! _________________ "There's Magic all around us; you just have to see it. And the most wonderful Magic of all, is just bein' alive." -Uncle Montork, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe |
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FinMac Lucky 700
Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Posts: 705 Location: In a really cool place...Finland!
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:41 am Post subject: Thanks |
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Thanks Sean for the compliment, and Vernon for the feedback.
The panels in question are quite professional. (If anyone wants to know who makes them I will be happy to share that as they are really good) The problem was, that because the ceiling comes into the space at different angles, it rather complicates my use of the panels.
And the one panel that I removed had been in a bad position because the sound-waves were reflecting off of the wooden side of the panel, and reflecting the bass frequencies rather than absorbing them.
Once I removed that panel the recordings sounded better
Here are a few photos from the studio where you might be able to see what I am writing about.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2cogzd9mbez80ls/IMG_0711.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kcxh2k61n4ge9pl/IMG_0721.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q1bbwbioprhj2hq/IMG_0728.JPG?dl=0
Hope that gives you a better understanding of why the improvement took place. _________________ www.scottsvoiceover.com - An American voice in Finland
"If you want to get to the top, you have to get off your bottom". (Unknown) |
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