John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

Hi All,

Thanks for the advice so far on the vocal booth insulation... it's now built... and it works... It's in a room next to a main road, and the mic doesn't pick up any of the traffic noise, so success

The next thing I need to do is make the booth sound less 'echoey' (or 'anechoic' as I've just discovered). I realise I need to purchase some acoustic panels/foam, but once again as I have no knowledge in this area I don't even know where to start. I've visited the Auralex website, done basic google searches, but can't really interpret the results. So I'd appreciate any help.

I guess I have two questions.

1. What type of material would be best to make the vocal booth anechoic?

2. Do I need to line the whole of the booth with this material?

About the booth:
The internal dimensions are 1.1m x 1.2m x 2m, the booth will be used exclusively for voiceover work.

Thanks for any replies
Ben

Ben, I moved this to the Acoustics forum;

If you built your booth, you may also want to "build" your treatments - better results, lower cost.

Small booth, does your voiceover talent sit or stand? Depending, you'd want at least 2" thick mineral wool at least 2 feet wide, centered at mouth height, to start - place on at least one of each pair of parallel walls. More of the same spaced a couple inches off the ceiling, full coverage.

Listen.
Record.
Listen again.
Add more surface absorption if it's still too "echoey". Too much, and you'll get really wierd vibes in the booth and too DRY a recordings... Steve

Thanks for those tips Steve. It all makes sense to me, and makes cents to me as well (sorry, couldn't resist)

I'll keep experimenting until it sounds right...

Thanks
Ben