Originally Posted By: rharv


One thing I learned in my house (YMMV) .. if you don't like the sound of the mic where you have it right now, move it and try again
I've found trying things like (instead of a closet) put the mic in a hallway .. doesn't sound *quite right? turn it around and face the other end of the hallway .. open/close different doors in the hallway .. ended up with some pretty decent vocal tracks that way

All that typing to say -
Experiment and figure out where/how your space can work for you, that's a pretty cheap option to try first before investing in other stuff and then figuring out how to use that other stuff


Good points, I remember reading Bruce Swedien's book (sound engineer for Michael Jackson) and they would record vocals off hardwood floors (to pick up Michaels dancing stomping sounds), and things like recording coke bottles in the bathroom IIRC.

My ear can't pick up those nuances yet though, it's odd. To me it sounds the same in one room vs another room, unless it's a matter of cars driving by and such.