With many audio editing platforms available today, recording can be done in the comfort of your own home, although it is not as easy as buying a microphone and pressing “Record”. Room acoustics are paramount. Every professional recording studio is fine-tuned to get the best sound possible. It requires expertise and costs thousands of dollars to do a proper job in acoustic room treatment. Yet in-home audio recording studios this often underestimated. It is much more fun to talk about expensive mics, EQ (equalizers) and latest software that “removes” noise and optimizes your tracks all by itself. Continue reading “Sound ART Acoustic Room Treatment”
Don’t Forget About Acoustics and Soundproofing When Designing a Home Studio
It goes without question that in today’s competitive world of voiceover, you will need to invest in a home studio of some kind. Your home studio will be essential for auditions, practice, and paid projects as they flow in. However, the cost of equipping a home studio may vary anywhere from a few hundred dollars to several thousand, depending on your individual needs.
When considering planning out your home recording studio, two important aspects must be addressed: soundproofing and acoustic room treatment. It’s quite obvious that your recordings should not have any sounds that do not belong such as traffic, barking dogs, noisy neighbors or a lawn mower passing by. Nonetheless, your recordings should not make you sound as if you are recording in a fish bowl either. Where do you start…
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Why Acoustic Foam Sounds Boxy or Boomy: Comparing Portable Vocal Booths
Why does acoustic foam sound “boxy” or “boomy”?
We hear this statement from more and more people who have tried foam-based portable vocal booths and then switched over to our portable Carry-on Vocal Booth Pro. The Carry-on utilizes Producer’s Choice Blankets, and because of this, the end product is a much better sound.
According to seasoned voice over actors who have had an opportunity to experience different options, the foam-line portable vocal booths as well as the full-size (walk-in) mobile vocal booths, tend to result in a “boxy’ or “boomy” sound. After testing the Carry-on Vocal Booth Pro, they realized that sound is “dead-on” resulting in a clearer and better recording quality.
It is easy to see why the Carry-on Vocal Booth beats foam based portable vocal booths in the area of portability, ease of set-up, practicality, longevity and durability. However, the most important part of a vocal booth – the sound quality — needed some investigation.
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Tips and Tricks for Using Producer’s Choice Acoustic Sound Blankets
Sound blankets are an effective and economical alternative to acoustic foam. In other articles, we discuss the cost efficiency of acoustic sound blankets versus acoustic foam, superior acoustic quality as well as the versatility of applications. This article, however, was triggered by a question of the DVX user forum:
“I haven’t been able to get much feedback on this subject but does anyone have tips or tricks for sound blankets?
Indeed, acoustic blankets might seem like a simple product, and yet if used properly, you can get more for your money than with using acoustic foam. It is also a misconception to think that the blankets are simply a “cheaper” alternative — and if you can afford, you should use acoustic foam instead.
On the contrary, Producer’s Choice Acoustic Blankets have been successfully used by professional film makers with multimillion-dollar budgets such as Century 21 Studios, HBO, and other professional film and music studios worldwide.
So, how do you use acoustic blankets effectively? Here are some tips and tricks to using Producer’s Choice blankets.
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Acoustic Foam vs Producer’s Choice Acoustic Blankets: Comparing Cost Efficiency
In the environments that require good sound control, there is a constant search for the most efficient and most reliable products. It is etched in our brains that effective products do not come cheap, and that you have to pay big for effective results.
But is it really so?
We all want to have the best equipment, the best recording studios and the best vocal booths. Sometimes, the only way to do this is to go through the process of trial and error of finding the best product. But by doing this, a lot of time and money get wasted in the process.
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