0515 – Treating Your Studio: At The Very Least Do This

2022.05.30 – 0515 – Treating Your Studio: At The Very Least Do This

If sound-treatment is challenging for you to try to at least do three things:

·        Have a sound-wave absorber on your table – as you will be sitting here in front of the mic and the recording device, your voice is likely to bounce off the hard surface and back into the mic, changing its effect. A towel or a large gaming mouse pad will help deaden the acoustic.

·        Isolate the back of the microphone – you will be facing and speaking into the mic, but much of your sound will go past it, perhaps to a wall or window the other side and then bounce back towards the mic. A portable sound booth or an isolation shield may help to a certain extent. You may be able to create a home-made version using a clothes airer and a heavy towel or duvet, or propping up a soft cat-bed behind the mic.

·        Isolate the wall behind your back – yeah, don’t forget this area: sound that goes past the mic, hits a wall and returns may very well then hit the wall behind you and come back for a third try at the mic-head. Not having this space covered may create an echoey effect in the room, so treat it too. I have a portable clothes rail on wheels, over which I can drape a heavy duvet. I pull it behind me just before I record.

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