DO PORTABLE ISOLATION BOOTHS / REFLECTION FILTERS WORK?
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- The market is awash in portable reflection filters / isolation booths. but do they actually do anything? There are the kinds of booths I'm talking about:geni.us/8Mm4U (Amazon)
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I bought this exact reflection filter and it works wonders in my bedroom studio. I have wood floors and the room is huge with no acoustic foam anywhere and I would definitely recommend it to anyone with the same type of workspace.
True, plus I can find these for as little as 39 euros, so it's not as big of a splurge as the video suggests
I love it so much
Jack seems to be more interested in hearing his voice than giving good advice.
But you can clearly hear that it doesn't work in this video???
@@joelleweetjewel9948 wow really, they are over $400 in australia
Excellent analysis. My dad gifted me with one a few years ago. I tried it and was disappointed with how it solved zero issues with my recording.
Recording in my closet with blankets on my walls has been a bigger improvement than the reflection filter
Let me have it please ?
@@TheMessenger212 😂😂😂 can’t make this shit up
Nice to see someone actually debunking these things. Also, the reflection filter isn't the only thing not working, that pop filter is still letting a lot of bursts thru to the mic capsule. Most of them do. They're definitely better than nothing, but nowhere near as good as distance and technique.
From an audio engineer and VO artist 25 years in the game: there's no reason to point your mouth directly at the mic capsule, and in fact most people project sound more out of one side of their mouth than they do the front or the other side. Watch yourself talk on video and you'll see your mouth habitually curving and pulling off to one side, that's where the vowels and resonance go. Point THAT side of your mouth at the mic by standing where you normally do but pointing your nose 3-5" to the side of the mic, and your P's and F's and Ess's will sail past the capsule while the body of your voice hits the capsule beautifully.
Pop filters work better than pop screens.
Thanks for that advice I will definitely use it for my voice acting I'm a newbie so getting all of the help I can is important at this stage. I definitely have issues with F's, lol
Thanks for the advice. This makes a lot of sense, and I've sort of been doing some version of this on some of the louder vocals for a lot of years. Maybe now I can start actually making it work and knowing why it does. Cheers!
Thanks! 👍🏼
3:16 - When someone in the other room says they gonna spark a blunt.
DEAD
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LMAO!!!!
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0:25 "My owner is talking to himself again... I wish he would get help..."
Really wish he could help him
Sometimes he even talks to the closet. I hope he remembers to feed me.
@@drshillermd LMAOOOOO
0:28 "Nope. I'm out".
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I thought he was right at first, but I got the same reflection filter and realized I just had the filter and mic at the wrong angle. I experimented with the angle of the filter and mic and virtually all of the reverb I was getting from my living/dining room is GONE. If you are rapping or singing at home, this is what this was designed for and it will give you more of a studio type sound. Its definitely worth trying if you are serious and ocd about your sound, but you can't just "throw" it onto your stand, lol you have to think it through and position it correctly just like all your other equipment.
right thing! i think the same
Kendall Madison I tested on my brothers and the sound is muffled and sounds really dual in a bad way. I think its better then no type of treatment at all but if you have padding and what not this hurts you.
Kendall Madison so disagree. I'm wearing apple lightening pods listening to this video and heard reverbation literally throughout the entire video. You have to have a trained ear to tell, but it's always there with those ugly things.
Kendall Madison I agree I bought one and it worked a bit but still echo . but after tweaking it and positioning it correctly it works a treat
mine is different than the one in the video it has sides which you adjust and wrap around the mic
I was ready to buy one of those to minimise the reflection on the room and you saved me !!! You are so right on anything !!! We needed somebody to clear that for us !!! thank you so much !!!
I was also skeptical but I bought one for around 100$, and the improvement is really noticeable!!! so you can talk theoretically as much as you want - but in the practical level, it DOES make a difference!
Sounds like you've got 100 reasons to actually believe that.
He's not "talking theoretically", he's demonstrating practical. If you spent $100 on one and it did anything, you must have had it in a racquet ball court.
ROOKTABULA So y’all assuming that’s he’s lying?
@@reekrodriqguez6552 They're assuming that he's talked himself into thinking it wasn't a bad & expensive purchase bc people don't like feeling dumb. But sound situations are different for everyone, the shape of the room, kind of mic, position in the room, materials in the walls, the source being captured... It's too varied to ever have definitive answers.
It may make a difference but again -- if you're reading copy you're screwed
I ware a large mexican hat with my kids soft toys hanging round the rim when I record vocals. This breaks up room reflexions from behind me really well. I wish I could patent the idea.!!!
Do you mean a sombrero?
darkmeanjunior .Si senior, buenisimo!!!
Ahahahah
LMAO
Shhhh don't give out the secrets man
thank you for the explanation!
Thank you. No one else was as straight forward in explaining this.
I love the way you present different topics on your videos. You make me smile while I watch.
If you can't hear the difference, then you don't need one :). It depends on the frequency content/volume of your source as well as your room.
It also depends on what surface you are facing.
Sometimes the difference is very small...sometimes not. It definitely reduces room ambient noise (record the quiet room with and without to check it). It smooths out high and and high mid frequencies that bounce back into the mic. I have tested it in treated rooms with a bunch of different sources. If your mic is set too deep into the filter, it will add low mids.
So, not a room silencer. It is a room tamer.
Another to know is that it depends on your mic choice.
Large Condenser mics pick up low frequencies from off axis sources.
The bleed around the mic is fatter....
The Filter lowers that significantly.
This was the best advice that I got. Thanks. I do not need the reflection filter.
I agree
You shouldn't listen to everyone because he is definitely not accurate . He is showing how not to use it. And his examples of what it's made to do is also "inaccurate" but to each it's on. And remember Even a treated room doesn't block sound from getting in the room only stops sound vibration from bouncing by absorbing it.
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@@trentgthegoat5496 HALELUJAH SMART GUY
I'm so glad I saw this before pulling the trigger. Thank you
I've always had my doubts about those things, this just confirms them. Thanks for the video!
Ohhhh that closet trick was actually taught in my cinema course :) This video presentation was very VERY helpful and you've just saved me some serious $$$ I'm actually considering a complete sound booth and that's probably embarrassing overkill as I don't have your skills or voice quality. Thumbs UP and I wish you all the best! For at least the next ten minutes, you're my vocal hero!
That's an interesting solution FloodOfSins.. thanks for sharing your idea
The Dog was like “look man, if this ain’t about food, I’m unsubbing 😂”
OG comment 😂
Now I understand why my recordings sounded hollow. This was great information, thank you very much.
Thank you so much for explaining this in a simple way. I have the equipment and have a huge learning curve. I wish I would have paid more attention in the studio!
THANK YOU, I'm new to this and you just explained a lot.
My studio set up is in a bedroom, which is a 12x12 box, and very bad for recording. I bought an Auralex Roominator Kit about ten years ago. The newer ones look like they absorbs better then the kit I have. The kit removed the slap back and a few of the upper and lower reflections, but I still had unwanted a lot of low and upper mid frequency build up. During the mixing stage I used to have to do a lot of surgical EQ cutting. For years I had to deal with this, until I bought the same filter he is demoing about two years ago. It worked out great for vocals and just amazing for micing up my guitar cabinet. Now I do very little EQ cutting, thus retaining the source sound. The room he is recording in doesn’t really sound bad. No slap back, not bassy, but with a little bit of airy highs from the back wall. When he stands behind the filter it removed little bit of the upper frequencies and the airiness in the room. Understand that your room needs may not be the same as his room needs, Every room is different. Some rooms need more dispersion, while others need more absorption or both. This filter helped with my problems. Is it perfect no, but my results are a hell of a lot better then what I had before...plus its portable. :)
Excellent presentation. You did a very realistic job of analyzing the pros and cons of these types of equipment.
This guy Mike has a very good voice. I just found his channel today, and the information he gives is very good. I'll be returning for more information going forward!
In my experience this worked like a charm. I did multiple recordings with ans without and the difference was significant. My recording studio, before installing the panels, it was very reverbish, and when I tried the SE it did made a huge difference.
do you record with your face near mic as his in the video? I'm just wondering if it would work if I install in next to my drop down mic so my voice would have some distance from the microphone. Table stand mic kind of block my gaming view, thanks!
Man, your videos are great and I don't know why you don't have more views! Straight to the point, well explained, great stuff. And 3:10 was absolutely hilarious. Good work.
Thank you very much! Glad you find them helpful!
Damion Sheppard
I liked that part as well😁😁
Yep. 3:17 was the best moment, haha. Just that look, without saying anything.
I loved that part. Was lmfbo!
Your videos are awesome man. They are really helping me get started in my career, being that I'm on a strict budget and honest, practical information is hard to find. Thank you 🙏🏽
Dude's got a solid set of pipes...Love "the hangover" reference somebody made. keep up the good work!!
The reflection filter helps to absorb the sound of your voice to prevent your voice from bouncing around the room but it isn't intended to be the sole solution. Put it in proximity to a wall directly behind you where you hang a large piece of carpet or a comforter. Or have a standup recording baffle behind you as well. You can also treat the room to kill reflections in conjunction with a reflection filter.
I use pillows, foam, behind the mic, and very important, I put a matress behind me. This makes all the difference.
thank you ! Just saved me money, time breaking down the cardboard box and recycling, and a heck of a lot of headache and space trying to get this thing to work.
Dude, your videos are so good, relative to many other educational or tutorial type you tubers.
You can get a nice-looking, wooden room divider for $100 to $150 and hang acoustic foam panels on one side. Treat an empty corner of your room with acoustic foam panels too (or something more decorative that is still thick and soft), and now you have a nice little sound booth that is hidden by the decorative side of the room divider and can be moved to create more space. Make sure the room divider is tall enough for you. Most are 5-and-a-half feet tall, but plenty are 6-feet tall. The "empty corner" could also be an open bedroom wall closet.
I did this! Except I used a fabric divider for only 50 bucks on Amazon! 😊
Interesting. For what it's worth, in my experience, this small booth has been the single most noticeable and worth while improvement to my set up. A world of difference and something I'd not hesitate to recommend to anyone wanting to record some vocals for music (which is what I'm using my set up for).
your setup is wrong if something with no mass is improving the sound of a small booth with little
real acoustic treatment mr small booth lots of foam guy how about you plz learn of deversion of sound and waves
and show a video of it in action with no added reverb noise reduction 0 subs guy
Could just make one for a fraction of the cost that works just as good.
A FUN DAY production's stop being rude, trash ass Insecure you tuber calling him out for 0 subs when doesn’t even do UA-cam, you just frustrated with your lack of success in UA-cam buddy.
@@seerking a fraction of a cost but requires certain skills and knowledge which, despite how easy those are, still needs time and effort invested. Not everyone has the know-how or even the inclination to do that.
I really appreciate you taking the time to demonstrate the ins and outs of this device. I'm a new voice over artist and I invested into a portable booth that is 4 x 4 and is made up of black PVC pipe and what looks like moving pads. It seems like it does a great job of absorbing all the sound all around me but after seeing those devices I often wondered if maybe I should have invested into something a little smaller that would get the same job done. Now after watching your video I realized that that would not have been a great investment after all.
I was about to buy one but not after seen your video , thank you very much for taking the time to show us
I mostly agree.
In a multitrack band environment, it would provide a little protection from other instrument bleed.
Also, use it facing into the room with your closet behind you. Might do something.
Thx, this viedeo has been very helpful for my rap recordings. Standing infront of a full closet and an old matress behind me has done wonders for 0$
What about on your sides?
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thank you, this was so helpful! I was about to hit "buy now!" your explanation really helped. I have a pretty good walk in closet that I can modify for less than buying this..and the copy problem, I didn't even think of.
Saved me some money, thanks dude
I bought one and it damned works. I can more or less close it, and if very closed it works really really well...
@@manunoyonify you gotta remember that comment was 2 years ago they were probably getting scammed and not working back then
His one is shit ... It's all about the type
Look at this one ua-cam.com/video/7QNgysYZAyI/v-deo.html
Makes ur voice sound fuller
Ya, I have one and honestly, my trick was to put it on its own stand and put it behind me - believe it or not, it actually worked much better.
I don't have acoustic treatment so I picked one up and it has done wonders for my blue yeti when I record videos
Of course it helps out a much,thanks boy,have been discussing myself what gonna be useful way,you saved me a lot of bucks,greatings from East Africa Tanzania🇹🇿
The one good thing about these filters is that when you sing, (especially belting), it stops your voice hitting the wall in front of you, bounce back to behind you, then back into the most sensitive side of your mic. Used in conjunction with other foam I think it is quite useful. Of course, for the $$$, a DIY vocal booth isn't that hard to make, which will do the trick better overall.
hey! im trying to figure out if i should get a 5 panel reflection filter/isolation booth because i sing alot of belted pop songs and my room is not treated in any way. if i want lesser reflections should i record with my back to a wall and have my isolation shield in front of me?
Doggo: Hey dad you wanna go pla- oh youre recording? I'll just go nap on the carpet then. See ya.
Great points. So through Pro Audio journey I have definitely learned to hear those sounds. In the beginning I couldn’t hear the differences. You’re right mics don’t pick up from the back side where the filter is place. You can immediately tell. Good video man.
Luca is a super chill dog. Awesome vid dude
Like the deep sound of that mic!
3:00 I thought he was really talking to me because I definitely wasn't looking at that 😂
HAHAHAHAHA!!! SAME HERE!!! HAHAHAHAA!!!!!! I am watching you!! HAHAHA!!!
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Coming from the world of recording studios in the 1980s my thought on these devices when I saw them in the music store was that it was a sort of vocal booth to lessen leakage from other sources in the room - in the 1980s there was a resurgence of hot off the floor recording - where the bands would basically play live in a studio - we at that time were using what looked like office dividers around instruments and we put the singer in a vocal booth. There were cases where the bands didn't like physical separation - so we would put the vocalist on a corner and wall off with blankets so that the communication was still there with minimal leakage. Anyway, when I saw these, that is what I thought they were designed for.
I Like the closet idea, thanks so much. although My wife wasn’t thrilled when I converted her walk in closet into a drum booth. With clothing hanging on 3 walls the sound was amazing.
I may also use this idea on location shoot, bad room sound get the wardrobe person to roll a rack from wardrobe onto the set. Tho hanging clothes sound absorber such an effective idea.
"Go out an record something amazing!" Damn dude I loved that part put a smile on my face today your awesome thanks for the help!
I didn't THINK these things were much chop! THANKS for the advice. A FULL booth, or none at all!
Well, no. I have a 25 X 35 foot room. I'm behind the mic and siting in an alcove, talking into the room which is all tricked out with absorption and diffusion. It's a great space in which to record VO.
Well IF you have something like THAT, the above is NOT needed is it?
The Last line!!!
RESPECT bro!
Thank you. I have been saying this for a long time. Making a makeshift booth out of moving blankets and a few mic stands would do a lot more.
Just a note that if you are doing voiceover work, this is probably true. If you are projecting and singing loudly, this is not true at all. This is an extremely effective filter. While I like this channel for some review data, note that a lot of these scenarios are specific to voiceover work and don't hold true if you are using these for recording amps/singing. That being said i love the C100s :)
There's many other factors in dealing with room acoustics during recording. Unless you're in a completely isolated studio booth, you're always gonna deal with some level of unneeded noise. A lot of commercially released projects in the past 10 years were recorded in tour buses, hotel rooms, bedrooms, etc. Jay and Kanye's Watch The Throne album was mostly recorded in a hotel, and Erykah Badu's New Amerykah album was recorded at her home and in a studio with the monitors playing in the background. A good producer, engineer and mixer can find ways to deal with noise and room acoustics. You'd have to pack the room and keep it as isolated as possible. Gates/limiters/compressors can deal with the remaining noise in your mix. As far as the reflection filters go, there's better ones than the one in the video (I have one that came in a bundle pack for $100)... but they definitely help in getting rid of a great deal of noise. It's not what you use, but how you use it.
How would you recommend using it for bedroom artists/producers like me?
thanks for the advice!
this is an amazing lesson from the person with real experience. Thax!
You are so right!!! Thanks for putting it on words!
Is This The Guy From Hangover ?????
Yeah, he's Zack Galifianakis
@@muscleman371 NO. Zack Galifinakis is a fat guy with a beard
@@jland12
So the guy in the video isn't "a fat guy with a beard" ?
@@kingaragornii9940 and...there goes the joke.
@@jland12
Yes.
actually your voice sounds way better with the SE Reflection Filter... your room is very reverberant.... so regardless you should treat your room and THEN use a reflection Filter.
Nice one lad, as a recent "mature student" in Radio and looking for a cheap home radio set up, this was vital information.
Such a straightforward advice , Big help
I have quite different experience with that one. Mine is very cheap and deeper, made out of foam only and slightly thicker. I am also putting a towel over the top and you can deffinetly hear the difference with and without it. Also since you are standing in front of the mike, your head and body is mitigating some front reflection too. I think that for home setup this is useful piece of gear and actually make your takes better. It`s not matching the high end studio acoustic treatment, but better than nothing in my opinion
I cover myself under a blanket and keep the mic with me and sing on it. Just does the work perfectly.
It works better with a thick blanket or a thin one??
Thank you, your video is very informative and helped me trmendosly. I am seting up my area so I can record audio books. Your video answered many of my questions, I am so happy to have found your video.
Excellent video. I learned several things here. Thank you
I should have watched this video before I bought mine! I didn’t think it was working which is why I ended up here! LOL. I don’t notice it helping my recordings at all in an untreated room.
If there's a wall in front of you then it will prevent the sound from bouncing behind you and back to the front of the mic. So it is better than nothing at all in an untreated room.
Only if your wall is made of foam, otherwise that wall will quickly bounce the sound from your mouth back into the mic (very bad) and also back into the room where it'll scatter in all directions and eventually come back into the mic, blurred and reverbed from all the trips. Generally speaking, you want mics as far from any hard, reflective boundary or surface as possible.
@@TheHouseofKushTV- He means that the mini sound booth reduces the sound level reaching the wall ahead of you, and therefore less sound gets to bounce back past you and reflect back again to your mic off the the wall behind you.
I reckon that's true, and similar to the previous technique with the clothing.
No. Very wrong.
@@heavymetalmusichead4969 elaborate?
Exactly right, but not just walls...in the real world a lot of people are at desks or near computers, mixers, monitors, etc...and while everyone is so focused on walls, they forget that any large surface is reflective.
I love the way you look behind the thing lol
Wow! Absolutely best video on this topic! Thank you!
Solution: Heavy 'moving blankets' really cheap of Amazon (or expensive Professional acoustic blankets) place one on the floor, one behind and in front I like these because it's a portable collapsible solution. For a fixed studio solution buy some rockwool slabs and put them in wooden frames covered with a moderately 'loose' knit fabric. It's important that the fabric weave/knit is loose enough to allow the sound to enter and get absorbed by the rockwool. A fabric with too tight a knit will actually reflect the sound and stop the panel from working. These panels are remarkably effective and work best when fixed above your head out of shot. and then on the back wall behind you as you talk into the mic and then a couple out of shot on the side walls. A thick deep pile carpet also is very effective providing it covers wall to wall. 😉
I made a cheap ass vocal booth with PVC pipe. Covered it in moving blankets. It sounds amazing. Was wondering if adding a reflection filter would help. Probably better to buy foam for inside the booth. Moving blankets are clutch though.
If you listen carefully you'll notice that the reverb was almost non-existent when he placed the filter behind the mic. Initially, his voice was heavy on the bass because lower frequencies travel farther and were able to return to the mic. After applying the filter there was virtually no low frequency reverberation, so you only heard the natural tone of his voice. In conclusion, the device worked! Your body is going to block most of the frequencies coming back to the mic from behind you, especially being a big guy like he is (I'm real big myself). Unless you're super skinny and/or are standing far from the mic, this will work.
Jay Lee deader sound is preferable
Jay Lee Dead is what you want. You can always add colour and reverb, but you can't take it away.
Jay Lee That's exactly what you want. You want no coloration what so ever when recording vocals. Essentially you are blocking early reflections so that the sound waves bouncing off the walls don't interfere with the signal of your direct voice. If you try to add any EQ, reverb, or any kind of pitch correction to vocals without a shield the early reflections will be noticeable and will color and mess with the vocals.
Agreed
Ishmael, then ... Would it be advisable to purchase one of these (diregard the specific model, that depends on your budget) and place the mic and yourself with an open closet at your back. As you can see I can't afford recording in a studio ATM
EXTREMELY helpful thank you!
Thank you for the very good assessment - thats quite reasonable and helped me a lot!
School rappers in Russia are so cool that they even have a three-fold piece of plywood covered with egg packaging
Dog: "Who is he talking to? Does he see dead people? Is he a drinker? Im out"
Great tip and demonstration 👍
Wow. I just found your channel. I really like how you break this down so someone like me can understand this. Too cool. New subscriber and singer/songwriter here.
hahah when you mentioned about closet made me laugh man i was doin the same thing before lol
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You've just saved me tons of money bro! thanks for the review!
My pleasure, Tim!
Would you say I made a mistake in buying the Samson CO1U? Planning to use it for my animation. Thanks man.
Tim Solly fuck I spent like $120 on one of these and realized it didn't do much , wish I watched this before
DezBusta that sucks bro. I'm not far enough in my animating to start recording anything yet, so honestly I don't even know if what I have will work for me or not. I'm trying to do better about looking for tutorials, or reviews before buying things now.
You talk too much man you're not Eddie Kramer just get to the point we already know the answer we're just watching to see if you know what you're talking about
I bought one that has two panels on an axis that adjusts how much the reflector surrounds the mic. It made a world of difference. But technically, you are right. What gave me the best results was the acoustic backdrop I created using a portable easel, moving felt blankets, a folding tri-board and six acoustic foam panels.
Great explanation. Hope many people see your video before they spend money.
Your room sounds really good (judging by the fingersnap reverb). I'd love to hear drums recorded in that very room. ;p
They are obviously not gonna make the room reverb just disappear. But as an audio engineer, if it can atleast minimalize the room noise then thats good enough. plus hes using it wrong, notice how as soon as he install the filter he starts talking to the side camera. OFCOURSE IT DOESNT WORK YOU AINT SPEAKING INTO IT. I do recommend theses especially if your on the road recording or just aint got acces to a treated room. They definetely help
that's absolutely right sir!
True.. Its better then nothing. If you make recordings in an not optimized room or in an unknown room its what every pro has in his arsenal. Dont know what he is thinking and so much people just say "Yes.. you are god." .. haha.
A well studio room is better as a Vocal Booth which is better as "shielding" and a shield is better then nothing...
had mine for a few years now.
as an audio engineer, it doesn’t do anything but get in the way of whatever the artist is reading their lyrics from
You have a killer peek-a-boo game. Great vid
man ur earlobes are one of a kind!
I like this guy!
what up bro lol
Nah he don’t know what he talking about - he need to place this thing in a corner
Your dog is so cute
its a cat !
I love the way he came back and stared like " are you done"? or who are you talking to ? lol till he finally sat down. I wish I was there to sit on the floor and pet him I just love dogs!!!!!
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I know :) I agree
ha ha ha......you were suppose to look at the guy not the dog lol.
I enjoyed this. I own one, and am dealing with exactly what you said all around it. you're adorable.
That look at the end🤣🤣! Thanks for the vid👏!
I think these shields are effective and helpful when used strategically. The shield doesn't help in this video because the reflections are mostly coming from that massive corridor behind you. I bet you would get better results if you turned your whole set up so the off axis point of the mic was aimed at the corridor and then you drew some curtains on the windows on your sides.
I just ordered one and used it for the first time today and I can definitely tell a difference in my audio
SE is not good.. I have it but it has some bad frequencies
@@allybeatz4853 what model ?
This was a great video and it helped a lot! I know know, that it would be spending unnecessary money on something, that wouldn't help. Thanks! And btw, love your voice :)
Solid knowledge! Thank you man! I made one out of wood and bed foam and it kinda works but, as your video showed, my problem is the sound reflecting back in to the mic from behind.
Dr dre used it for the Compton album
cuz its a bad ass tool, i finally upgraded.
Yea but Dre also has treated rooms where as we don’t. My solution would be to put foam behind me.
It actually can help (in theory) as it absorbs a lot of soundwaves of your voice, preventing them from bouncing off the walls in front of you, which would otherwise then bounce off the walls behind you into the sensitive part of the microphone. Would've liked a better side-to-side comparison than you did now.
Absolutely he did nothing except repeat his opinion over and over..
You do realize how sound works right? Before the microphone even captures your voice the sound wave has to first bounce off the wall in front of you, then it will move to the wall behind you, and finally it reaches the mic on the travel back from the wall behind you back to the front of you. So (in theory) if this is how sound works. Putting a deflection on the front will do nothing for the reflections that are caught from the wall behind you during the soundwave's travel. You have to treat what is in front of you and behind you(acoustically treat) in order to even get any real results. This is also why condenser microphones have a designated front and back of the micrphone, because sound isn't as simple as you'd think. So yes, these shields are quite pointless alone.
@@MorbydManic I don't agree with you. Sound waves created by your vocal chords get picked up directly by your microphone. Those soundwaves bouncing off the walls are exactly the things you want to eliminate from being able to be picked up by the microphone. This is why you want something like this to absorb the soundwaves after they reached the microphone.
And yes indeed, most condenser mics only pick up audio from one side, the side you talk in.
@@MorbydManic idiøt 🤦🏻
I made my own isolation box just like you showed - paid about 20 bucks from Walmart for a bin and foam bedding topper. Works pretty well - reading copy is a bit of an issue but I put it on my desk and have a monitor beside it. Also just recently added NVIDIA Broadcast which eliminates other noises - works amazingly. I can talk and my son can play music right beside me and you can't hear the music on the recording - like magic.
Nice tip, Doc! Thank-ya!
So glad I watched this beforehand