Porta-Booth

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I have a friend who has one and thinks it's the cat's meow. But to be honest I could not hear any difference in the before and after results. I still hear the awful room reflections.

FWIW, You could make your own type unit with around $25 in materials.

Think about it though… which way is the capsule in the mic pointing? These little boxes might block a little noise from behind the mic, but you still have everything behind you open. I have had better results using moving blankets.

Why not run over to Guitar Center and test one for yourself before you spend $300.
 
Save your money, go to Harbor Freight and buy $20.00 worth of moving blankets, set up a few C-Stands, drape the blankets and make your own booth. It works great.
PLUS... the blankets come in handy when moving equipment or trying to keep warm!
 
I use a unit similar to the CAD you linked to. I want to believe this thing makes a difference, but since the room accoustics are still shitty, well...

What VOs exactly do you need to record on location?
The inside of modern cars/vans actually offer great acoustics when parked in a quiet spot, so maybe thats an option for you?
 
Sometimes I need VOs for webisode type videos. Sometimes my corporate clients want to record voice overs and the convenience of coming into their office/conference room and doing it there valuable to them. I work out of my home currently so I usually don't have people over. When I have to do voice overs its either rent a studio and make people drive to me or come to them and not know what kind of situation I'm walking into.

I've heard people set up the moving blankets for the rear reflections, I just don't know if I'm always going to be able to do without making it seem like too big of a production (and a DIY production at that)

I would have imagined that these booths work well in rooms that have a lot of relfections and don't make a big differnce in rooms that are carpeted and aren't too bad. Just have to get close enough in and close the sides fo the booth in to really knock out as much relfections as possible.
 
I built a unit like this, but a bit bigger and used acoustic foam. I then use moving blankets behind me. It's not awesome, but it sure improves an echo box type room.

Grant
 
egproductions said:
Sometimes I need VOs for webisode type videos. Sometimes my corporate clients want to record voice overs and the convenience of coming into their office/conference room and doing it there valuable to them. I work out of my home currently so I usually don't have people over. When I have to do voice overs its either rent a studio and make people drive to me or come to them and not know what kind of situation I'm walking into.

I've heard people set up the moving blankets for the rear reflections, I just don't know if I'm always going to be able to do without making it seem like too big of a production (and a DIY production at that)

I would have imagined that these booths work well in rooms that have a lot of relfections and don't make a big differnce in rooms that are carpeted and aren't too bad. Just have to get close enough in and close the sides fo the booth in to really knock out as much relfections as possible.
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To corporate clients, yes, hung moving blankets may look a bit DIY amateur (regardless of working fine). Although to be honest, recording audio in a customer site is usually fraught with other problems for sound recording anyway - hums from air conditioning, fluorescent lights, etc - which acoustic panels won't help with.

I have an acoustic panel similar to the one in your first link - I've found it great for recording at home where I can control most ambient noise.
 
There can be a certain advantage in using an omni mic for V/O on location as you can get it very close with little proximity effect and poping.
 
If I had to do this on a regular basis and with clients, I probably would build a HeavyDuty BortaBooth out of this:
http://www.thomann.de/gb/thon_zubehoercase_60x40x40.htm
Inside I´d coat it with very dense acoustic foam, then a layer of egg crate foam.
I´d probably screw in the mic-mount and also try to mount whatever recorder you´re using, trying to make everything look "one-piece", no visible cables, pop the lit of and record.
But I guess you would still need blankets for office spaces, at least behind the speaker.
We don´t have those kinda nice looking movers blankets US audio people use, so I went to IKEA and bought some nice looking padded blankets.
 
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