my final configuration

Randall Bigham · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006, 00:52 (GMT) Post subject: my final configuration

o.k...this is it. this is what i am doing considering my "poor-man's" booth.

this is my first one so i will be able to improve on it through time.

i have enclosed 3 images...

one is the composition of the walls i'll be making...

two is 1 (of 4) walls that shall make up the booth....made to hook onto each other...

three is what the booth will look like with all walls up.

whaddaya think? Very Happy

Freddie Molina · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006, 22:00 (GMT) Post subject:

Looks nice, please let us know how it works for you.

Chuck Douglas · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007, 03:51 (GMT) Post subject:

Randall...sorry I missed the results on your room. How did it come out after all? I can't seem to make sense of all the threads.

Chuck www.emenceeAudio.com

Randall Bigham · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007, 16:59 (GMT) Post subject:

i think it came out rather nicely i put some pictures of it in the "studio pics" thread. thank you for your response. Very Happy

http://voiceoversavvy.com/viewtopic.php?t=589&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

Freddie Molina · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007, 19:25 (GMT) Post subject:

It looks really cool, how do you like it?

Chuck Douglas · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007, 20:51 (GMT) Post subject:

Thanx. Looks good to me, just have to get that buzz figured out and you should be set.

Randall Bigham · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007, 21:56 (GMT) Post subject:

i seem to not be able to go over -6db before i start clipping. i saw the thread on this problem but it was not for adobe audition so i was not able to try any of the program related fixes. i turn up my mike input to get my voice as close as i can to where i want the volume to be but that also raises my noise floor. Crying or Very sad

J.S. Gilbert · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007, 03:43 (GMT) Post subject: -6db limit

Check to make sure you are recording in mono and not in stereo.

By the by, you shouldn't be recording anything above -6db anyway. To be safe, treat -6db as though it were 0db.

J.S. Gilbert · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007, 03:47 (GMT) Post subject: potential source

Vibration is often a major issue. Most accousticians would probably suggest using rubber grommet standoffs between the plywood and auralex, or would recommend using rubber sound isolation membrane.

here is a link to a source with building materials that might assist you. They have an 800 number and are very helpful.

Good Luck

Colin Campbell · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007, 03:50 (GMT) Post subject:

Wow... "acousticians?" Can you get a degree in that?

J.S. Gilbert · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007, 04:09 (GMT) Post subject: acousticians

It's amazing, but a music recording studio here in San Francisco spent over a million bucks to hire professional acoustical architects to design it. I beleive the whole studio with its gear and everything came in at 5 million or so. So, now you have the answer to what would J.S. do if he won the lottery.

I also know someone with a PHD who is doing work on healing and restorative properties of sound and someone else who is part of a government grant determining the overall potential negative effects of listening to Mp3 players, Ipods etc. I have done voiceover for slot machines and if anybody has written music for them you would know that Casinos endeavor to keep all of their equipment at a specific key.

Here is a link to some info on the psychoacoustics of slot machines
http://www.cynical-c.com/?p=5961

On the other hand, back in my real world I had to figure out some tricks to building my studio, since it's in the flight path of San Francisco Airport. There were other issues such as 65 year old single paned glass windows, neighbors, vibrational rumble from trucks, etc. I was pretty pleased with the outcome, which used mostly products obtained from Home Depot and a few specialty acoustical items including a paint type product for ductwork that reduced noise transmission considerably. It's called Quiet Coat and here is a link to their web page.
http://quietsolution.com/html/quietcoat.html?gclid=CMrusdO4uYoCFSLiYAodGRiDPQ

For comparison sakes, I spent about as much building out my studio as we did on our big t.v. set, speakers and DVD player and they are not top of the line.