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  • My new DIY sound barrier / absorber for tracking vocals
2013/09/22 22:07:43
ChuckC
I made this out of MDF plywood, a layer of Aurelex Sheetblock, 2" foam, fabric to cover the front & sides, Fake leather for back, and some hardware from Home Depot to mount it on a speaker (type) stand.  Works pretty well & I had almost all of this stuff lying around from previous projects!   Sometimes I have bands in here (it's a 1 room studio) that need to have the vocals there to get through a song.  Generally, I run guitars, basses, etc. DI to get scratch tracks and keep noise out of the room while tracking the drums....  But then ya get  "well, we don't know where we are in the song without the vocals....!"  While I am thinking... "Learn your own damn songs better then"  I needed a way to minimize the bleed into the drum overheads from the vocalist singing (at my request) as softly as he can.   So, in these instances this should help do the trick.  I also like what it does for my vocal tone when tracking keeper vocals.
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s...yxt75743ifz/MarnJuWVKI
2013/09/23 10:12:06
bitflipper
Very nice-looking, Chuck. Much nicer than mine. When you stand in my vocal booth you feel like you're in a walk-in freezer.
2013/09/23 15:42:11
Rob[at]Sound-Rehab
ChuckC
Sometimes I have bands in here (it's a 1 room studio) that need to have the vocals there to get through a song.  Generally, I run guitars, basses, etc. DI to get scratch tracks and keep noise out of the room while tracking the drums.... 




There's no room to write it all, you should know me better than that
2013/09/23 15:43:59
Rob[at]Sound-Rehab
just a random song quote ...   ;-)
2013/09/24 22:39:10
timidi
Nice. Must weigh a ton..
2013/09/25 08:49:36
davdud101
Looks real nice, I'm sure it's heavy. I'm thinking on building one from a wireframe music stand.
2013/09/25 11:07:34
bitflipper
There's no reason a baffle has to attach to a mic or music stand, other than looking cool. They're actually more effective if they extend from floor to ceiling. Mine are 6' tall with wooden feet that raise them another 6". They're 2' wide and I have 9 of them so I can rearrange them for different applications. They only weigh about 10 lb each, so moving them isn't backbreaking.
2013/09/25 11:48:10
davdud101
For sure, bit, but when your studio is an 80-square ft family owned/cluttered room with no storage space, ya sometimes do have to cut down :P
2013/09/26 07:36:16
ChuckC
It does have some weight to it but that was by design I suppose.  I made it with Medium Density Fiberboard & added the sheetblock to help stop sound as much as possible, then the foam to help the acoustics around the mic.  I know that because of it's size it's not going to stop all of the sound of a singer from reaching my drum mic's, but it should help knock it down another 8-10db enough that it is not a major issue in the mix.
2013/09/26 18:39:25
IK Obi
Looks awesome, I'd love to hear some dry samples.
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