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| Gear addict Joined: Apr 2006 Location: West Coast of Scotland
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Thread Starter | Home-made booth
Anyone any top tips for turning a cupboard into a vocal/guitar amp booth for recording. I'm hoping the answers will include simple and cost effective solutions. Thanks in advance, joe. |
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: UK
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Dont know if it helps but I'm going to be building a booth at the back of my mix room in a month or two- aparently I can do it using metal stud walls and heavy interior packing. IU have been using a large cupboard under the stairs with velvey stage curtain hanging up to now - sounds good but looks sh!te. i've only done vocals in there and even then not too often though.I'll let you know if my new booth will be good enough to put an amp in when its done! I doubt it will fancy a Mesa in it but maybe an Epiphone Jr |
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| Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun
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| Don't do it. That's cheap.... You tend to get boxy sounding results because of the small dimmensions. It's better to put a bunch of absorbtion in a corner and use that. the space under the stairs is interesting - It doesn't have a lot of parallel walls. -tINY |
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| Gear addict Joined: Apr 2006 Location: West Coast of Scotland
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The cupboard is big enough to sit and play acoustic guitar in. Would it still be too boxy?
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: UK
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And I believe small booths are fine as long as you deaden the sound as much as posible- I find that dead booths combat the boxiness issue. | |
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| Gear addict Joined: Apr 2006 Location: West Coast of Scotland
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What's best to deaden the cupboard and how much of an angle on the wedge? Oh, thanks for the replies so far too. joe. |
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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se reflexion filter.
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| Gear addict Joined: Apr 2006 Location: West Coast of Scotland
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: UK
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The cheapy foam does a pretty good job (see Thomann.de sp?) or if you can get hold of heavy stage curtaining- I have the velvet stuff which works well or the blackout felt type is good too. The important thing is to cover hard surfaces. As for angle you'd want to ask someone with a better knowledge of acoustics than me ideally but 20-25 degrees works but may well be more than you need... I think your space has to dictate these things a bit as being able to work and perform inside is ultimately the most important thing. P.S. If you can slope the interior roof you're onto a good thing too... but if not foam it up! |
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| Gear addict Joined: Apr 2006 Location: West Coast of Scotland
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Thanks for that. Does it matter which way the slope runs?
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Standard studio foam and heavy stage curtains do well for high and upper midrange frequencies, but will still leave the room sounding boomy. Bass traps are in order.
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: UK
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Never come across that as an issue- not in small booth situations... makes sense though.
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| Gear addict Joined: Apr 2006 Location: West Coast of Scotland
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Is the consensus then that foam is the way forward? Thanks, joe. |
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| Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun
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| semi ridgid insulation (fiberglass or rockwool) that gets used for HVAC and suspended ceilings is a lot better than foam. -tINY |
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