Scoot, without any treatment in the room there's way too many reflections. Thanks for your input.
 
And thanks to everyone for your responses. I've been EQing around with some plugins and it's getting a lot better (using the foam box vocal). I'm wanting to sound magnificent and maybe that's not what I sound like. Might need to face reality.    You've given me lots to look into for my next song. Think I'll settle for what I have on this song and try to make the next vocal magnificent.

I saw an interesting video a guy made who does voice-over work and what he used for his booth was pretty ingenious... he had made a physical enclosure using moving blankets, which are very thick, can be layered to taste, and can often be gotten very cheaply. He was using a mid-range large diaphragm condenser for his work, and the video that he made on his setup sounded very good.
 
The physical size of a moving blanket made them appealing, but they would require a fairly sturdy frame due to their weight (they are pretty heavy).

mettleus, got a URL on that video? Like to see it. Thanks.

chasmcg
Scoot, without any treatment in the room there's way too many reflections. Thanks for your input.
 

So they are at least a step in the right direction. Maybe you can do temporary stuff to the room to add to the further. Pulling in furnishings form other rooms, when you record.
 
Adding to Mattelus's post above, I have a free standing chin up bar. In my last room, I'd chuck a duvet over it, and towels. I'd open my fitted cupboard to expose the the hanging clothes and randomise the dimensions. We have tiled floors here, so anything to reduce the brightness helpsed 

chasmcg
mettleus, got a URL on that video? Like to see it. Thanks.

I am glad this guy used the same video setup each run, since he was easy to find. This video he made is a "How to Get Started in VO work cheaply" and is pretty comprehensive. He does have a full blown whisper room with acoustic foam now, but he walks through how he got started. I time-marked the specific part about the moving blankets, but the entire video is worth watching (13m). http://youtu.be/_hBVkpHaDQU?t=3m8s

I experimented with packing blankets once. They were less than 10 bucks apiece at the U-Haul place. They have eyelets that make them convenient for hanging, and a pleated pattern that looks like it might provide some  diffusion. I bought five of them and hung them from plant-hooks in the ceiling.
 
At first, I thought I was onto something because it sounded pretty dead in there, surrounded by blankets. But perception can be deceiving, so I did some proper measurements to see what the blankets were actually doing. Long story short, they're great - for upper mids and higher. But they didn't do squat below 500 Hz, well above the range of a male voice. I'd previously determined my particular problem to be a resonance at 600 Hz, so the benefit was marginal - only about 3dB attenuation at that frequency.
 
Fortunately, I knew somebody who was moving, so the blankets didn't go to waste. But those darn hooks are still up there in the ceiling.

packing blankets pretty much suck.
 
those audi mute sound blankets rock.
in a good way.
 

My livingroom is a vocal recording booth...
 
http://www.bing.com/image...+squares&FORM=IGRE

For most folks with home studios, using a vocal booth isn't going to help much.
 
If you have a "normal" home studio room that does double or triple duty for other purposes, and has some furniture, curtains, carpet, etc.... recording in a room like that will work just fine for the average recording enthusiast.
 
I record my vocals in such a room....actually in the corner of the room I use for my home office. There's carpet and furniture but not much else. My vocals seem to be fairly decent sounding.... no strange room sound.  I occasionally have to retrack if a big truck, the train, barking dogs, or the lawn guy is working close by.
 
Throw some EQ on it, a bit of verb and put it in the mix.....
 
 
However..... if I was running some sort of commercial venture where bands and musicians were coming in to record..... then , absolutely, the studio would be dedicated space, it would be treated, and it would have a vocal booth.

Not exactly home-made, but if you're prepared to spend a hundred bucks or so then how about one of these? I've heard good things about them and am thinking about investing in one for recording acoustic guitar. Although I'd probably need a much heavier mic stand than the one I'm using now.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Mic...-Griffin/dp/B0082DAL3S