Originally Posted By: QuestionAsker


Thanks Mario - I checked those products out - I'm assuming you use the Isolation Shield for the condenser mic, and the Pop Filter Isolation Ball for your dynamic mic? Just curious you you use both mics for vocals only? Or when do you use one mic vs the other?

Those do look like cost effective solutions that might work better than setting everything up in my closet. (Or perhaps I could set up the Isolation Shield in my closet, with clothes behind me, for extra sound dampening).


I use the isolation ball for my condenser and the shield for the dynamic.

99% of the time the mics are used for vocals with the condenser getting the most the work. When BobH, my musician partner, and I both sing I will use the dynamic. The 1% is used for recording things like percussion, my glockenspiel, or when recording other people's acoustic guitars.

The isolation shield and closet idea should work, especially if you live in a noisy area. If you don't live in a noisy area you may not need the closet. The isolation ball is very good at blocking extraneous noises from all directions.

I hope this helps.

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