VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

Lee Gordon · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:25 pm Post subject:

It's definitely not muffled. It's just slightly hollow (echo-ey) sounding. I'd like to do everything I can to treat the space, rather than resorting to processing. When the booth was first built and had noting inside but sheetrock walls and ceiling, and an MDF floor, adding bass traps made a huge difference right away in dramatically reducing the cave-like sound. So I figured something like that could help mitigate a similar, although far less severe, issue.
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DenaliDave · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:20 am Post subject:

Well shoot...

Have you tried a variety of materials like blankets and rugs for the walls?

Do you have bass traps in the bottom corners of the booth? That might be an overlooked area where reverberations might be coalescing. Bass traps aren't also just for top/bottom corners, they can be run all the way the corner, stacked on top of one another.

Just tryin' to brainstorm some ideas here... cool

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Bish · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:10 am Post subject:

I am a coffee geek (hold on, the connection is coming). I have collected over the years a small number of burlap coffee sacks, partly because some of the green coffee I buy comes in them (the smaller ones) and partly because I like them. I have three in my studio space (one large, two small). I've stuffed them tight with off-cuts and odd pieces of foam I've accumulated over the years and placed them "strategically". The big one sits out in the main space pretending to be a bass trap, while the two small ones are in the recording "cubby". I'm a firm believer in "every little helps" and while I have no empirical data or comparative recordings to prove the point... I'm sure they make a small difference.
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Rick Riley · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:21 am Post subject:

One word. OC 703. Ok, it’s not really a word, but when I was working in a small, confined space (walk-in closet) I completely lined the walls with it. There was carpet on the floor and that shoot on crap from the 70’s on the ceiling. I got no hollowness, no nothing. Flat as a piece of paper.

If you’re getting hollowness, you have reflections. To get rid of reflections you need absorption. For absorption, one word… OC 703. It’s made for broadband absorption. I love it. I’m trying to figure out how to make clothes out of it for remote work. Not really, but if you had pants made from it, sat in a squatting position and talked into your crotch… well, it’s still a work in progress.

OC 703. For VO, IMO, it’s good for what ails ya.
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Rick Riley · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:28 am Post subject:

Lee Gordon · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:55 pm Post subject:

I agree that absorption is probably what I want. That's what prompted the original search for the mini bass traps.

You may recall that my space is just 39" x 42" x 7'. There is only so much room to add absorbent things and still leave space for me (as it is, there is enough room for a chair or for me, but not enough room for the chair AND for me). I have two large bass traps stacked on top of each other in each of the two rear corners. On the opposite wall, which effectively has no corners because it's full width is taken up by the door, I recently replaced a quilt that consisted of Roxul Safe 'N Sound sandwiched between two furniture blankets with two custom ATS panels made from OC 703 wrapped in burlap.

If Dan Lenard still sold his Studio Suit, I would buy a 3' wide panel of it and hang it where the quilt used to be (and hope I could still close the door because that would sit between the door and the ATS panels).

Right now, I'm leaning towards another small ATS panel (OC 703 & burlap) to hang at an angle above my monitors as a ceiling cloud.
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Rick Riley · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:05 pm Post subject:

DenaliDave · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:27 pm Post subject:

Yup. The fiberglass squares are where it's at. In larger rooms you can build frames and cover them with attractive fabric, hang them as acoustic wall art.

I was going to see about having famous paintings printed on fabric, and stretching them over framed insulation.

Might as well look good while you make it sound good Wink

As Hans & Franz used to say, "Iz more important to look good dan to feel good! Yaw!"
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Lee Gordon · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 12:59 am Post subject:

Rick Riley · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:49 am Post subject:

Lee Gordon · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 9:14 am Post subject:

I have done one audiobook in the booth, but it was a relatively short book.
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