What room should you start with when building a studio? Control room or vocal booth?

s12512 · 13th October 2009

i have a buddy thats building a studio and he thinks the vocal booth is more and important than the control room. i totally disagree with that. but maybe im wrong. what room should he start on?? and why? lemme know slutz!!

stuntbutt · 13th October 2009

One can record vocals in the control room. One cannot mix in a vocal booth.

s12512 · 13th October 2009

true. but is there any good reason to do a vocal booth b4 control room?? i need to know if im missing somethng

Glenn Kuras · 13th October 2009

I don't like small VB as they give a very boxy sound. So start with the control room and get that sounding nice. People do a one room set up all the time these days.

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stuntbutt Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: St. Louis Posts: 261	One can record vocals in the control room. One cannot mix in a vocal booth.