Room Acoustics for the DIY Home Studio

Soundproofing for Voiceover Artists

February 28, 2012

Advertisement In some recent posts about improving the sound of your voiceovers, we have discussed room acoustics, and some steps to make your room SOUND BETTER for your voice overs. While you don’t necessarily need to soundproof your room, soundproofing for voiceover recordings is generally just the process of reducing the amount of echoes in [...]

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Portable Soundproofing Ideas

February 6, 2012

PORTABLE and non-permanent are the best ways to describe the tips and ideas in this post today. They’re ideas to soundproof your recording workspace that aren’t permanent. So if you relocate to a different remove within the house, you can move your gear along with you. For renters and apartment dwellers, these tips will help [...]

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Soundproofing Your Workspace

February 5, 2012

Cheap and Free DIY Soundproofing Tips While it may NOT be necessary to create a SOUNDPROOF environment for your voiceovers, there are still some important steps to take before you commit your voice to a permanent recording. When you follow these easy steps your voiceovers will sound more professional.

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Eliminating Noise In Your Recording Environment

January 21, 2011

A common problem that internet marketers run into is that they create an audio or video product … run straight through the recording … and discover in the end that in spite of their hard work that the audio is isn’t the masterpiece they had hoped for.
Most often the causes are room noise (or echoes), noise from interfering equipment, and too much distance between the microphone and the subject.

Sadly once the recording is committed to tape (or nowadays your hard drive), it’s locked in. Since attempts to remove the background noise or room noise are often not successful, it’s best to eliminate the noise BEFORE you start the recording.

If you have a very large room with lots of …

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