Cargo pads are built much stronger than the ordinary mattress pads, can be washed with carwash high pressure washers (yeah, I tried it) - and can often be found used at moving and storage companies and the like, sometimes free for the asking if you don't mind worn ones. Some even come with brass eyelets in them, making the hanging of them a breeze.

Having lugged Hammond organs and Leslie cabinets around for years, I've had moving pads at the ready access for use in making recording dobos, hanging on walls, etc.

The movable Dobo is something else home recordists should take a long hard look at, you can build your own on the cheap. Tip: doors made for interior doorways can make great Dobo building material, all you need do is add wooden feet suitable for holding them upright. You can cut them to make shorter dobos, or turn them on their side for a short dobo that covers a bit of floor distance.

Dobos don't give you total isolation, of course, but there have been MANY pro recordings done where all the players are in one room and the engineers placed dobos around, both for a small amount of iso as well as acoustic tuning. Use of dobos also eliminates the isolated musician problems entirely, everyone is already used to playing together in the same room, utilizing eye contact, etc.


--Mac

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