Sound Treatment for 9' x 6' Vocal Booth...Dead or Not?

Ok thank you :wink: I'll try to build some Panel traps this week-end And see what happens. I'll build a frame, but a 3/4" sonopan and a 3" roxul Safe n'Sound sheet on top, and cover it with fabric. What about that? It's what I have left in the basement, I'll only need to buy the wood for the frame.

gullfo wrote:

what is the room constructed of? how does it currently sound? one thought is to "incrementally" treat the room. put in absorbers in the corners to improve your low-mid broadband asorption. put up some wall and ceiling based absorption to kill off flutter echos. put in some carpeting. keep working the room until it sounds good. keep in mind if the treatments can be adjusted then you can change the room - if you need it deader, turn the treatments around to face the "soft" side out, when you need more life, turn them face out to the "hard" side. Ethan - when is that combo absorber-diffuser on a stand coming out? 8)

Sorry to hijack in this thread. I just would like to know where do you place vocal mic and which side wall the singer should face to record in this room treatments, Glenn? And how much the absorbers thick ?

either face the side wall or the window. depends on how the singer and recording engineer/producer works with the talent. use 2" thick absorbers. spaced off the wall and ceiling 2" (except in the corners which have space).

I've been reading alot of comments from folks in different forums about needing a small vocal booth. (Some are using closets, etc!) Anyway, I was wondering why really small would be better. (Should the singer's head be stuck in my bedroom closet? ':)' The one in the design in this thread is not all that small. Just wondering...I need to record both vocals and acoustic instruments, and don't have much room. Question 2: It looks like a large area rug in Mr. Glenn's incredibly good drawing for the vocal booth. Is that better for vocals? I've been reading that acoustic instruments record better on reflective surfaces. So should I change the floor covering when I switch from recording instruments to vocals? Thanks so much in advance for any help that might come!