Making a Vocal Booth, with Ferris

Cate and Adam contruct the semi-soundproofed vocal booth used in the recording of Sometimes We Forget. Big thanks to Matt English for use of the tune.

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• ferrs
• home
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• booth
• making
• music
• band
• brighton

[truthlubrano]

that booth will not record good music

[Dcolt09]

i like it :)

[danielortizdecaracas]

desesperate, but cheap,very cheap

[BigCheeseMC26280]

foam sucks, rockwhool's better...

[gstockton]

Interesting video. I'm doing something similar using PVC pipe for frame, velcro along the edge of the pipe to stick moving blankets to. In my home recordings, computer fans, birds outside, and noise from neighbors can really make the source tracks quite noisy. The trick is to have a design that allows you to break appart and stow easily. One does need to adapt to not being able to see the computer screen as the track plays, but that's an easy adjustment.

[dazzelya]

If fans are so loud that you hear it anyway which way. Then you might want to consider getting a quieter set/building a pc enclosure or learning about gates.

On the contrary to what you think. Most recordings aren't compromised by fan noise but by room modes (phase addition/cancellation) and inadequate acoustics. (Comb filtering, standing waves, small untreated rooms etc)

[dazzelya]

"Obviously most people won't build a separate soundproof room just for vocals. "

This applies to home/project studios. Most people don't have the room/budget/knowledge to build a soundproof space with adequate airflow.

I didn't dismiss fan noise as being just annoying. I talked about gating it before compression. If you knew anything about engineering you would know what I meant. If gated properly you won't hear the fan or mic's self noise.

[dazzelya]

@ jrusso7660. Maybe you should learn how to read. As a certified engineer I do know what I am talking about.

Secondly, where do you see me stating that during the mastering process compression ISN'T applied? During recording you will always (besides maybe classical recordings) see some form of compression. During mastering this also comes into play (multiband compression is often used)but isn't always needed.

Again, where do you see me state that studios DON'T make suondproof vocal booths.

[jrusso7660]

dazzelya,

You are no recording engineer if you think that during the mastering process you do not add compression. Furthermore to sit here and present yourself as a recording engineer and tell me that studios don't make soundproof vocal booths is just stupid. To simply dismiss fan noise as annoying, when it actually destroys the integrity of your recorded sound and adds an audible hiss when you add compression to vocals is simply absurd. Especially from a so called engineer.

[dazzelya]

Reading this comment made me laugh a bit (no offense). Mastering is a whole different progress than recording/mixing.

Before compression you should always gate the signal if ambient noise (or self noise of the mic) is audible. If gated adequately, you won't hear the noise after compression.