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What Is The Hanging Vocal Booth?

How to build a vocal booth quickly in a garage, basement anywhere.

This is a new product from VocalBoothToGo.com that is designed to help anyone with limited space and/or resources to instantly create acoustically dead space for great audio recording.
This video shows how to get great sounding audio recording without conventional Vocal booth or Sound booth and without investing time and thousands of dollars in permanent vocal booth structure.
Hanging Acoustic Bocal booth instantly takes care of the acoustic room treatment, just find a quiet place for it and do your recording.
This is an instant Acoustic Vocal booth – just add pulley!

Finding the Right Product: Do You Need A Vocal Booth or Sound Booth?

There are many types of vocal booths and sound booths to choose from. Not sure which type you need? We hope the following guide will help you to make the right choice. Follow each bullet to see what your situation is . . . .

  • You are a voice over actor and need something to carry with you, so you can conduct recordings on a moments notice just about anywhere. You need the original Carry-On Vocal Booth.

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  • You want to work on your feet and gesticulate when you read. You need Carry-on-Vocal booth Pro with microphone stand mountable table and Mini-boom.
  • You do voice acting or audio recordings, and you already have a quiet place to record BUT need to produce dead-sounding recordings. You need a vocal booth (for acoustics).

Continue reading “Finding the Right Product: Do You Need A Vocal Booth or Sound Booth?”

Q) Which type of booth do I need? A Vocal Booth or a Sound Booth?

A) Not sure which kind of vocal booth or sound booth you need? We hope the following guide will help you to make the right choice. Follow each bullet to see what your situation is . . . . If you still need assistance, don’t hesitate to contact us at support@vocalboothtogo.com.

  • You are a voice over actor and need something to carry with you, so you can conduct recordings on a moments notice just about anywhere. You need the original Carry On Vocal Booth.
  • You want to work on your feet and gesticulate when you read. You need Carry-on-Vocal booth Pro with microphone stand mountable table and Mini-boom.
  • You do voice acting or audio recordings, and you already have a quiet place to record BUT need to produce dead-sounding recordings. You need a vocal booth (for acoustics).

Continue reading “Q) Which type of booth do I need? A Vocal Booth or a Sound Booth?”

NRC Certificate: Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories Test Report

NRC Certificate for VocalBoothToGo

More information NRC can be found in Articles on NRC Noise Reduction Coefficients

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Q) I am interested in your soundproof curtain. Our doorway is 65″ tall and 80″ tall . Can I use your curtain to soundproof adjoining two rooms instead of installing a double door?

A) If your choice is between doors and the curtains, then solid tightly closed doors will be a better option. This is especially true if you are dealing with two rooms such as a  living room and family room (where appearance and convenience also counts).

But — the curtains will do the job too. You can install the curtains tightly, with no cracks between the curtains and the walls. The curtains come in 48 inch width.  If your doorway is 63 inches, you would need two curtains (48 x 85 inches each) so they can overlap each over and can be installed above the door frame.

For Lifelong Clients, Apply Lifelong Learning … About VO & Everything!

By Randye Kaye
Voice Actor and Coach

Okay, so you’€™ve already graduated from high school, college, whatever.

But education is a lifelong pursuit, and in the field of voice-over, everything you learn comes in handy.
And it’s not just about the specific basics your VO training has drummed into you: acting, diction, body language, pitch, tone, volume and tempo, etc.
 
Since over 90% of VO work is in the field of narrations, and since we all want our clients to hire us again, here are 10 things I have found helpful in my 20 years as a VO talent – with many valued clients who have continued to use my voice for new projects.
 
1. BASIC ENGLISH SKILLS
What? Grammar / Vocabulary / Reading Comprehension.
 
Why? Let’s face it, you are reading copy and the more you understand, the more your listener will understand.
 
Sometimes you may clarify the copywriter€™s intent by catching grammar inconsistencies. Likewise, the better your vocabulary, the fewer stumbling blocks you’€™ll have to understanding what you’€™re saying and thereby communicating it (and saying it correctly).
 
How? When you read, look up the words you don’t know. Help a 5th grader with homework.
 
Practice reading out loud (fiction, non-fiction), and then look away from the page and see if you understand what you justkaye042_small read.

To read more, please click on this link to Randye’s article published on Voice Over Xtra.

 

 

For Lifelong Clients, Apply Lifelong
Learning … About VO & Everything!
By Randye Kaye
Voice Actor and Coach
Okay, so you’ve already graduated from high school, college, whatever.
But education is a lifelong pursuit, and in the field of voice-over, everything you learn comes in handy.
And it’s not just about the specific basics your VO training has drummed into you: acting, diction, body language, pitch, tone, volume and tempo, etc.
Since over 90% of VO work is in the field of narrations, and since we all want our clients to hire us again, here are 10 things I have found helpful in my 20 years as a VO talent – with many valued clients who have continued to use my voice for new projects.
1. BASIC ENGLISH SKILLS
What? Grammar / Vocabulary / Reading Comprehension.
Why? Let’s face it, you are reading copy – and the more you understand, the more your listener will understand.
Sometimes you may clarify the copywriter’s intent by catching grammar inconsistencies. Likewise, the better your vocabulary, the fewer stumbling blocks you’ll have to understanding what you’re saying and thereby communicating it (and saying it correctly).
How? When you read, look up the words you don’t know. Help a 5th grader with homework.
Practice reading out loud (fiction, non-fiction), and then look away from the page and see if you understand what you just read.
2. PHONETICS
What? The science or study of speech, the symbols that represent the sounds.
Why? Helpful for marking correct pronunciations (medical terms, foreign words) in the margins of your copy (doesn’t have to be standard linguistic symbols, just something you will understand!).
How? Study a dictionary, and see which symbols (e.g. a line over a vowel represents the “long” pronunciation – like the “a” in BAY; a curved line is the “short” version, like the “a” in BAT) work for you.

Q) My sound blankets have a smell? What can I do?

A) Everyone has a different level of sensitivity when it comes to their sense of smell. The “new” smell of the sound blankets may have no effect, little effect or a major effect on the nose. However the sound blankets can be washed!

Here is a suggestion for washing the sound blankets to release that NEW smell.

  • Take the blankets to a Laundromat and wash them in a commercial washer with regular amount of detergent.(Do NOT use your own washer).
  • Then dry then in a tumble dry at high heat. Drying might take a long time. I suggest to go through several 12 minutes cycles, so you can straighten up the blanket in between the drying cycles.  Because ,you know the blanket folds in the machine and only the top exposed surface will get dry, so you need to turn it and let everything dry.
  • After you have it thoroughly dried ( on High Setting)  let it hang outside on fresh air and cool off.
  • Please note that the blanket will be steaming hot and the smell will intensify, but then after it cools off the smell will go away.
  • You can actually skip the washing part. Just try drying the blankets on a high setting for 12-15 minutes first. And then let it air out.  See if this will be enough.
  • You can wash the blankets again too.

Warning: DO NOT try this at home! You might destroy your machine. Because the blankets are getting very heavy and will occupy the entire space in the machine, Your machine will not have enough room to wash the blankets properly.

3 x 3 Vocal Booth Noise Reduction Testing

Portable Sound Booth noise reduction test results. Presented preliminary results for noise reduction efficiency of Vocal Booth To Go with Sound blankets walls and with Sound blankets PLUS Sound Block walls.
Vocal Booth with walls made with Sound blankets alone provides approximately 13DB noise reduction.
The same Mobile Vocal Booth plus Sound Block Layer – provides Noise reduction of 24.4 DB.

Portable Vocal booths, Mobile Acoustic Curtains, Soundproofing

Available from VocalBoothToGo.com Direct link to the product: acoustic-sound-blankets-sound-absorption-panels-producers-choice

Q) I live with other people and need a vocal booth to practice singing in without disrupting the house. Which vocal booth do I need?

A) VocalBoothToGo.com vocal booths come in different sizes — 3 x 3, 6 x 3, and our largest vocal booth, the 6 x 6. We also provide the Carry-On Vocal Booth and other portable vocal booth options.

All of the booths are portable and can be put together without the use of ANY tools. You can also add sound block as well.

If you are Do-It-Yourselfer, you can simply purchase the frame, sound blankets or soundproofing materials separately. Or, you can purchase the Complete version of the booths and not have to worry about building it yourself.

Q) My Producer’s Choice sound blankets are dusty. Can I wash them?

A) Yes, you can wash them! Unlike acoustic foam, Producer’s Choice sound blankets can be washed!

Here’s how to wash our sound blankets:

  • Wash the sound blankets at a laundromat. Note that blankets tend to get heavy when wet.
  • Note that this product has “Inside filler,” which is a recycled cotton fabric that is multicolored.
  • Note that colors from that filler may run and because of this, do not wash together with other clothes!
  • After washing you might see fuzz balls on the fabric.  This does not reduce the quality of the blanket or cause any problems.
  • You can fluff these blankets in the dryer too –  making them nice and thick.
  • For upkeep, you can vacuum it from the dust and wash them occasionally.

If you have questions, you can refer to the directions from this You Tube video: http://youtu.be/HTaGB

Another video about washing can be found on http://youtu.be/3cC9bvLFvy4

 

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