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PJHawke · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:28 pm Post subject: furnies

In Harlan Hogan's book he mentions hanging furniture moving blankets ("furnies" they call 'em in the movie biz!) from hooks in your ceiling for echo-damping on a budget when you're starting out...so I was thinking maybe a tent-pole frame and some furnies. It would all fit in one duffel bag for portability. If the floor's carpeted, does the material really need to extend all the way to the floor? I wouldn't think there'd be much sound bounce happening below one's knees.

PJ

Hart · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:33 am Post subject: Re: furnies

I'm not sure. That's a very good question. As we're talking about absorption and not isolation I think it would be okay, but that's a novice's opinion and nothing more.

Played with my box some more this weekend, moving the mic fore and aft experimenting with it. It gets a good sound. I think I may put my RE20 in there and see how it sounds. Just for grins, I might pull out the SM58 too.

Oh, I recorded my VoG entry in it too.

Bailey · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:45 am Post subject:

Hart · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject:

Yes, as a matter of fact I am pretty familiar with how to properly build a booth. Depending on who you talk too, there are a few different ideals out there but I'm off regardless of which one you choose. I know this.

It's really an experiment of sorts to see if I can get everything I want into that room and still have it be acoustically sound. So yes, the room size is dictating the booth dimensions. If it doesn't work then I'll end up taking down the ceiling fan, recycling the booth parts and building something more traditional in it's place. You can overcome certain deficiencies with good absorption...but not all so it should be interesting to see what happens. I'm very concerned about the odd angled corners and the low ceiling height, but we'll see what happens.

My first choice was to do the whole "room within a room" thing and make my mixing area and recording area the same space, but my wife made me promise not to do anything to permanently alter the house. I'm not paying for a prebuilt iso booth...especially for one that isn't built to decent dimensions to begin with, so I'm experimenting. If guys can turn the space under the stairs into a functioning booth, I think can figure out something that will work fairly well.

Wood is cheap, I already have plenty of drywall laying around, so it's not really costing me much more than time to screw with it.

As far as the box, I do like it...but I have another room set up for recording. 60% or so coverage of 2" Auralex in there. Where do you think I got the extra foam for the box? Wink

Bill · Guest

Was poking around and came across this old thread,

wondering if you got the booth finished and how it's worked out.

TIA

Hart · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:51 pm Post subject:

Nope haven't finished the booth. I took a hiatus for winter since I do most of my working outside, and to save up some more money. Now that it's warm again I've worked on it the past couple of weekends. Either this weekend or next I will sheetrock it, then the only big thing left is the foam. But that's a biggie and requires another couple of spots to come through to pay for it.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:45 am Post subject:

Too funny, since, as usual, my mind's all over the place, and this weekend was spent pondering and looking online at metro-shed.com and whisperrooms and voice booths and moderncabana.com. Keep us posted!
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Hart · Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 4:58 am Post subject:

I will. For what it's worth, my wife has said when we move she'd rather we just buy a pre-built. Yes, I've spent a lot less money but the garage has been full of 2x4's and sheetrock for months and the office has been a wreck. And, when it's all said and done I still don't know if I will have achieved a better booth, worse, or about the same. Hopefully we'll find out soon.

One more downside to my homemade one, can't take it with us when we move.
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This might be the answer you're looking for. Check out the link and look into the "Stone-Booth In A Bag".

http://www.soundsuckers.com/current.htm#current

I use it and it works.

Deirdre · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:23 am Post subject:

Steve-- I like the look of your rig! cool

(heh-- I'm a Mac Powerbook-and-Mbox person, too)

This looks like what the doctor ordered. Compact but large enough to accommodate everything you need--= and completely pack-able up-able.

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Hart · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:17 am Post subject:

It's much prettier than my version, I'll give them that. Looks slick! Packs better too. Mine cost me about $20. I wonder how much this one runs?
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:28 am Post subject:

jrodriguez315 · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:09 am Post subject:

Hart · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject:

I took the box apart because the booth is up. Here's the thread

The box is ready for road trips though.
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