Sound Absorbing Curtains / Backdrop
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After testing the Microphone Isolation Ball, the next test was to add in a sound absorbing background. In this case, we tried out a three layer sound absorbing curtain!
How’s the audio sound NOW?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3JxrkYixeMThis is all in an effort to have great high quality recording studio audio for the audiobook version of my #1 Best Selling book, Your Business Growth Playbook!
(See previous post on the microphone isolation ball)
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Looks good. You’re all decked out!
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Looks good. You’re all decked out!
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Oooh gonna check this out!
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After testing the Microphone Isolation Ball, the next test was to add in a sound absorbing background. In this case, we tried out a three layer sound absorbing curtain!
How’s the audio sound NOW?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3JxrkYixeMThis is all in an effort to have great high quality recording studio audio for the audiobook version of my #1 Best Selling book, Your Business Growth Playbook!
(See previous post on the microphone isolation ball)
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️ In prep for recording the audiobook for Your Business Growth Playbook, I’ve been interviewing audiobook editors/producers and as part of that process, I sent them an audio sample of me recording a portion of the book…And while some editors were like “MP3 sounds great, LFG!!”, some of the more seasoned editors wanted only the original raw WAV file. And then the really good audio engineers had feedback on “reflections”, like, the audio waves bouncing off of hard surfaces and back into the mic from different directions.
The common setup for recording audiobooks at home is to record in a closet full of clothes, or under a giant blanket, or… both.
The goal is to have a “dry” room that absorbs all sound and reflects nothing back. Like a recording studio with the carpeted floor and egg crate looking foam on the walls.
But I like recording in my home studio with my studio quality mic - even though it’s clearly not producing clear single waveform audio like the audio engineers desire.
So… I picked up a “Microphone Isolation Ball” which basically goes AROUND the mic and absorbs audio from 5 directions leaving just the opening near you open (with a pop-filter, of course). That still leaves the reflections from BEHIND me an issue, but that’s what a blanket is meant to absorb. As hideous as that will be.
Anyway, I decided to try it out and recorded 3 audio samples:
1️⃣ With my current setup (quality studio mic and pop filter)
2️⃣ With the audio isolation ball and it’s pop filter
3️⃣ With the audio isolation ball and it’s pop filter and a blanket lazily on my chair (didn’t take the time to properly hang it up)Here’s the video: https://lnkd.in/gXdUXgUK
What do you think? How do you feel the audio quality improves? How do you feel about an enormous ball in front of my face?