Learn tips on how to use a baffles in this free video clip on soundproofing a recording studio.Expert: Gregg Tauriello Contact: www.sweet16studio.com Bio: Gregg Tauriello has owned and operated many recording studios and is currently located in Cornville, Arizona. He has a full service studio and can be contacted at 928-634-0220. Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler
May 2nd, 2010 at 6:06 am
Coming from a very experienced recording engineer, you are wrong. Cardioid condenser mics (the kind most used for vocal recordings) only pick up from in front of the mic and slightly to the sides. most room reflections that enter the mic are from directly behind the vocalist so it would make most sense to place sound baffles behind the vocalist. you will see this in many professional studios where theye place a singer in a live room and have baffles or acoustic blankets behind them.
May 2nd, 2010 at 6:44 am
for most recordings and demos, the egg crate/ sound deadening trick will work good. if you are doing something more professional, you will probably find yourself in an actual recording studio.
May 2nd, 2010 at 6:48 am
If you are using a really directional mic like a cardioid or hyper cardioid mic it will be really useful to have a baffle behind you as thats where most of the unwanted reflections will come from! of course it would be useful to have one in front as well!!! But i see his point!
May 2nd, 2010 at 7:21 am
wow moron you would put the baffle INFRONT OF YOU not behind, dumb fuck.
The sound would bounce infront of you and your body would shield from the back… what ever these guys are morons
May 2nd, 2010 at 7:23 am
He looks gay to me
May 2nd, 2010 at 8:03 am
I understand the room-within-room decoupled with neoprene. I’m intending to build small project studio. I’d be interested in the room-shape you’ve suggested here. Thanks G
May 2nd, 2010 at 8:20 am
is that old dude gay ?
May 2nd, 2010 at 8:50 am
guys…first of all…determine whether you want do “sound -deaden”..or “sound-proof”…there is a huge difference involved in the techniques to accomplish either..or both.
“Deadening” requires the use of soft fibres on walls/ceilings…carpet on floors.
Soundproofing requires a great deal of planning with the proper construction technique/materials. Floating floors…floating dampened walls, and vibrational absorption technologies for ceilings. So…which one is your fancy?
May 2nd, 2010 at 9:47 am
Which way should the face? Should the open ends face each other, or should one face the wall and one face out? I have a TON of egg cartons because I am going to build movable walls for my basement home studio and have been collecting egg cartons for about a year from lots of people.
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:29 am
what have you ever done for australian hip hop…AY!!
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:59 am
there are plenty of companies on Ebay who are selling acoustic foam equally as good in quality in N.R.C. ratings to auralex for half the price!!
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:20 am
YOu would expect a Geisha to pop our any moment!!!
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:57 am
He looks like he’s in a martial arts studio. Or a recording studio in Japan. HI-YA!!!
May 2nd, 2010 at 12:51 pm
The only way to truly isolate the sound in a space, is to essentially build a sound proof capsule, that is decoupled from ALL surrounding surfaces. It is quite complex and very expensive. Even on the cheap, a truly silent ISO booth 10′x12′ will run several thousand dollars. This is if you do the construction yourself.
The design of a proper room shape is quite complex.
May 2nd, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Thes treatments with cup holders, egg crate cardboard etc, are just better than useless. The convolutions in the surface of egg cartons will do a fair job of reducing secondary reflections from your microphone, but are not the way to “soundproof” a room.
If you think I am kidding you, I have been a recording engineer since the late 80s and have build 11 recording studios in that time, including 2 multi million dollar installations. I actually know how to sound PROOF a room.
May 2nd, 2010 at 1:45 pm
it’s impossible with no money
i am building my studio ,all the good solutions are expensive
around 5000€ for a 15m2 room
May 2nd, 2010 at 1:56 pm
does anyone have a suggestion for a cheap way to sound proof a basment studio?… im really just concerned with getting the bass out from affecting upstairs occupants. price range $500 (it’s not a big basement.)
May 2nd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
im guesing foam, but if you wnat to rely crazy you can fill the egg cartons with canned foam
May 2nd, 2010 at 3:29 pm
what kind of egg cartons
May 2nd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
the cups work better, you can also use egg containers
May 2nd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Yes some frequencies are absorbed, but as far as simply using egg boxes for your sound proofing and that creating a suitable environment to for a clean mix they simply doesn’t work.
May 2nd, 2010 at 4:45 pm
That’s not true.
Egg cases, stacked 2 deep facing alternating directions work great. You just have to make sure that the egg cases are opposed and not just stacked on top of each other so they actually make an absorbent layer for sound…
Then throw a blanket on top and BAM!, instant soundproofing…. Worked great for me for 5 years and I share a wall with a bitchy old woman….
May 2nd, 2010 at 5:42 pm
They do not work, unfortunatley