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Thanks guys for your feedback and advise,

rockstar_not; I mentioned the acoustic filter for use with a condensor mic and not for my dynamic mic. My room is untreated so a filter would be a must. Anyway, all this talk about treating the room is giving me doubts about getting a condensor mic now in part because my PC (on the floor) gives a steady hum.



The room doesn't have to be treated, but if it's all hard surfaces, you WILL get early reflections into a typical condenser mic if you sing/play medium to loud, that can sound quite nasty - a gate has nothing to do with it because it will be in your sound that is above the gate threshold.

What I suggested to save you some money is to use a clothing closet or wardrobe, that has enough clothing in it that when you stick your head near the opening, or into the opening, you can hear the room levels simply fade away as you speak into it. Start 2m out into the room, simply talking in a normal voice and get closer and closer to the closet/wardrobe opening. It should get very 'dead' sounding as you approach. Any typical clothes closet somewhat stuffed with clothes will work way better than the reflexion filter.

I think I'm going to record a demo of this, because it works so well. I'll hold a condenser mic at a fixed distance away from me while reciting some poetry or something, then continue to recite and approach my 'booth' which is a clothes closet with a GOBO in front of it that has some wedge foam on the back side, angled toward the opening of the closet.

-Scott

Last edited by rockstar_not; 04/01/13 03:32 PM.
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