Vocal takes sound like a bedroom no matter which mic I use, what actually got the room out of the recording
Same room, same take, and you can hear the wardrobe and the window in every chorus, a sort of hollow ring behind the voice. I have tried the duvet over the head trick and one of those foam reflection filters that clamps behind the mic, and neither made much difference. I own moving blankets, a clothes rail and I am allowed to put things on about two metres of wall. What arrangement actually worked for you?
@repot_ren · 7mo ago · 3 replies
Distance is the variable, not gear. What you are hearing is the reflection off the wall behind and beside you arriving a few milliseconds after your voice, and the fix is to make that reflection either later, quieter or both. Stand in the middle of the room facing into the longest available space rather than facing a wall or standing in a corner, and put your absorption behind you where the reflections are coming from, not just around the mic. The clothes rail hung with two moving blankets standing behind you is worth far more than the foam filter clamped to the stand, because it treats the surface that is actually causing the problem.
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@scripting_slowly · 7mo ago
The product photos are selling a small object. A cardioid mic already rejects most of what is behind it, so the filter is treating the direction that was least of your problem.
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@nightbus_nadia · 7mo ago
Behind me rather than around the mic is the opposite of everything the product photos show.
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