I had a few of the B&H Matthews ones. They are just very expensive packing blankets and are not really made for blocking out sound. I have a few of the Vocal Booth ones and, as you know, they are great. They are specifically manufactured for blocking sound/studio use. The B&H ones are not. Studio is coming a long. Looks great!
Loved your video... especially that my viewers have complained about my basement studio sound... the only problem is that I don't want to hang stuff on walls and those blankets were a bit pricy for me.. but it is great to keep it in mind for the future... loved the video and the way you explained it... well done.
There is a big difference between absorption and refraction. It’s incredibly hard to make a room soundproof. But to deaden the sound within the room it’s not hard at all. The main reason studio foam is popular is because of its curved surfaces, it absorbs a little and refracts quite a bit. I don’t recommend studio foam unless it is advertised as fire retardant. An insurance company won’t pay out if you put foam on your walls unless you prove it’s high quality and fire retardant. You guys definitely hit the nail on the head with high density blankets, the only way you could make it better is to make sure the blankets are never straight and have lots of folds in them.
These are moving blankets. Some brands make thicker versions, which I would personally consider a true "sound blanket", but for myself, I went and purchased several moving blankets for about $15 each. Double them up (which is what I've done) and you've got a "sound blanket" for $20. I then bought a gromet kit, which is SUPER easy to use, cut some slits in the blankets and hammered the gromets in. I've got my studio totally covered for less than the cost of one "sound blanket" from those professional brands. I have a boomy voice, creates a lot of room reverb reflections, the moving blankets, sorry, "sound blankets" solved that problem for me.
One of the Best Ideas of SoundProofing is "SoundProof Curtains" it actually Block outside Noise coming from Windows. Check Here: livesoundproof.com/best-soundproof-curtains/
Awesome video! I have been using foam (actually mattress toppers are much cheaper than the foam squares) and they work well but in my new studio, I think these will work much better
Good change. But you're left with a bass resonance problem. You will need bass traps in every ceiling corner to knock that down. Maybe even floor and wall corners. The blankets can do almost nothing to control the bass reflections with all that concrete. But they’re great for the mid to higher frequencies. Edit: To those who seem to think that bass traps are unnecessary for cleanly recording anything other than bass drums, I have to respectfully disagree. The general definition of "low" frequencies in audio is anything from 20hz all the way up to 250hz. The sound blankets, while they are the best available at an affordable price (and I also recommend them), are tested to have low and rapidly decreasing attenuation of frequencies below 250hz. They aren't even tested below 100hz, where they are basically ineffective already. Typically the human voice is rolled off around 80hz without affecting the impact of the "fullness" of the voice. If you go up to 120hz you're already starting to make male voices sound thin, and 160hz is only used when you are forced to cut through some wind noise to even make a voice understandable. So even with a hard bass roll-off at 80hz you're still faced with the reverberation of anything from about 78hz to around 500hz, that cannot be adequately controlled by sound blankets. Those frequencies will concentrate in the corners of the room and reflect back into the microphone. They will be much better controlled by some deep foam blocks (or thick folded blankets or whatever you can find) in the ceiling corners. Bass roll-off is not a magic cure for low frequency reverberation in a small, enclosed space, even if the human voice doesn't go down to 40hz like a drum kit. When the room itself is basically a concrete box, you will need some bass traps to get a clean recording of a person talking in a normal tone with no other audio in the track to cover up the reverb. This is not the same thing at all as trying to record someone playing instruments, a whole band, or a singer that will then be mixed with a music track. Recording clean unaccompanied spoken word voice over is hard. On headphones I can clearly hear the barrel effect in all post-treatment sound clips in the video. Even the part at the end with the lav mic. And these aren't even very good headphones.
wathehek - That is not true. I know people like to say you can roll off frequencies below 80hz without having much effect on the human voice, but there are still frequencies all the way down around 60hz. It’s just that they aren’t considered important to understanding the voice. In such a hard, enclosed, naturally reverberant room those “unimportant” lower frequencies (and any lower frequencies from other sources) are enough to cause the “talking in a barrel” effect I’m hearing during the post-treatment parts of the video. The Noise Reduction Coefficient of the sound blankets (literally the exact brand they are using) drops from 1.09 (very good) at 5000hz to 0.04 (very poor) at even 100hz, well into human voice range. The lower frequencies find their way into corners and get amplified and reflected back to the center of the room, right where the microphone is typically placed. I guarantee you that room will sound much better with at least a couple of bass traps, even if the only sound source is the human voice.
@@synthjorisendedraak - I disagree. Rolling off below 80hz will help of course, but the sound blankets are already poor at controlling frequencies below 250hz. Even with bass roll-off you still have a problem with everything between 75hz-ish and 300hz-ish bouncing around largely unimpeded in a room like that. That's well into important human voice frequencies. Bass roll-off is not a total cure for the barrel sound that results. They also aren't recording a band, they are recording normal speech in an otherwise quiet room. The dominance of even a slight bass reverb is entirely different in such a scenario where there is nothing else to cover up the effect or otherwise make it less perceptible. The only way to completely keep it out of the recording is to stop it from happening in the first place. With bass traps. They aren't just for bass drums.
@@RedBearAK Your point is completely valid. For the best result bass traps would definitely be a good thing to have. Where I disagree is that they are necessary. The video is about turning a room that is unusable into a room that sounds fine. I only listened to the audio on my laptop speakers and the before and after comparison was a clear improvement. Most people watch youtube on a laptop or phone, so for most people watching there is simply no real bass at all. If you want to go all the way for the people watching with headphones or decent speakers than bass traps is a good next step, but it involves a lot more money, time and effort to get you that final 10%. Whether or not that is worth it for a photography channel is at least debatable.
So if I have a sound blanket on the wall by me (sadly my room doesn't allow a ton of options) will this help with the boomy echo that sounds like I am talking in a box?
One of the Best Ideas of SoundProofing is "SoundProof Curtains" it actually Block outside Noise coming from Windows. Check Here: livesoundproof.com/best-soundproof-curtains/
Sound blankets are good for upper mid-range and highs, but almost meaningless for low mid-range and low end sound, which is MORE destructive but not as obvious (the "reverb" you were talking about). You can get some bass traps in the corners where any walls meet at a 90 degree angle to help.
Great video. Thanks for this, guys. I needed a solution that was mobile and found that packing/moving blankets might do the trick if they're thick enough.
There are some great diy acoustic panels ideas on the web, you have to put some foam on the ceiling, some small rugs on the floor as well. And of course, keep the microphone close. Corners and parallel surfaces are the more vulnerable spots. You need to add some extra stuff in the corners or build a bass trap. And if the mic stays out of frame, you can also get a microphone acoustic shield. Anyway, the best way to fight with sound reflection is with more layers of dampeners. If you use blankets, then they don't need to be heavy, but need to add more of them.
Thanks for the video, cool. I am looking for something portable that I can place on my desk when I need to record something with my Mic. But without having to prepare a whole room for recording. I think these are called Vocal booth, it would be cool to find something portable that I can assemble only whe needed and keep out of the way when I dont.
Alot of work drilling holes into concrete. You know you can get Sennheiser capsules in super cardiod? I worked at NASDAQ for 8 years in our Times Square studios where we had a 40 foot ceiling and glass walls to the street. CNBC also used the super cardiod capsules for Fast Money..We had 16 sennheiser mics, all with the super capsules and they did the trick.
Thought (mistakenly) from the title this was going to be about correcting audio in post when you accidentally get it wrong during production. This video was helpful, but just wondered if you've run across software that does a good job removing echo/reverb after the fact.
its John Cena without the steroids! lol. Thank you for this informative video, I am a reverb lover, when I choose to have reverb! not when I am recording!
Thanks for this video. I'm trying to do a DIY video studio in my basement on the cheap and I was concerned about the low 8 ft. ceiling. I have tile floor and threw down about six pillows for sound dampening between my and my camera, hung a blanket behind the camera, and draped a blanket over a closet door that's nearby. I still have some echo but it's much better than before. Once I can afford sound blankets I'll look into that option; this is just a hobby for me. Do you recommend putting some sort of padding on a ceiling that's 8 feet?
guys, just one note - why didn´t you measure reverberation time before and after - that would be so helpfull! Even if you used a phone app, there is no need for class 1 accuracy
Have you placed blankets behind your background? I need to create green screen effect. Would you suggest to add blankets behind the green backdrop or just on the left and right of the presenter?
Good info thanks. Woulda been good at 4:53 , to hear the echo after placing a rug or treating the ceiling. #OdedFriedGaon #OdedMusic #OdedInformation #Audioded
The trouble with this is you can't see any of the room itself if all the walls are covered in blankets, so if the setting where you (or actors) are talking is important this isn't of use.
HELP! Does anyone have any advice on how to stop the echo when me and my partner record in the same space. We share an office and want to record us gaming together but when we play the recording back it sounds like our voices echo really bad. We are both using condenser desk microphones and recording through our ps4's. We can't figure out a way to fix it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Try getting a directional microphone like the Rode NTG if you can and point it right between your mouth and chest to get a clean sound. Lav mics are the next best imo. Condenser microphones usually record a lot more of the background/ambience sounds.
Or, from Harbor Freight for as little as $6! They are same weight as the moving companies use. www.harborfreight.com/72-inch-x-80-inch-movers-blanket-66537.html?Fnot%20provided&A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dharbor%2Bfreight%2Bmoving%2Bblankets%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26client%3Dfirefox-b-1-m
I use Harbor Freight moving blankets for sound damping. The aren't as heavy as a good sound blanket but they do a good job all the same. Especially since you can get them for around $4-5 a piece sometimes.
i have problem when i record my voice with my microphone the microphone can record the noise of the streets how to avoid that i though to insulate my windows and buy those noise blanket is it ok to proceed like that ?
Can you adjust the sensitivity of the mic or is it a sensitive mic? Condensor mics can be pretty unforgiving. Sometimes a good old dynamic mic like a shure sm58 will do the trick. I dont know a ton about audio but maybe some things to consider?
What kills me is lots of bars and other places used for social gatherings and live bands have absolutely no sound treatment of any kind, so you just get a huge cacophony of noise when a lot of people show up and start talking at the same time, particularly when there's also music involved. It doesn't take a genius to improve it. Anything with a soft surface--furniture, clothes, rugs, etc.--will contribute to improving the situation. Sure, you can spend insane amounts of money on fancy gear designed for studios, but for most purposes, you just need something to kill the bulk of the echoes, not create an ideal recording environment.
I don’t see any. At 2:40 there is one in the adjacent room but that hardly does anything to the main room. The backdrops are thin hand painted backdrops that doesn’t do much for sound dampening -P
@@FStoppersgot thank you 🙏 I'm trying to remove echo from a gym as I do videos but don't want to cover all the uquipment and it's way to large. Do you think you having a couple portable ones on the sides and carpet would help?
What's the difference? I know these two terms from guitar playing and I'd say the only difference is the amount of time and quality of decay. Reverb is super short while echo is longer. To me, reverb is more nuanced but echo can def have characteristics of reverb too. Is there a technical difference between the two? -P
@@FStoppers =) yeah! It's different. A reverberation is perceived when the reflected sound wave reaches your ear in less than 0.1 second after the original sound wave. You need a big room if you want to get an echo. You cannot get a echo in a small room.
The difference between "echo" or sound reflection and "reverberation " is that "reverberation " is when the sound reflects more than once inside the room. "Echo" is sound reflected back to you. " reverberation " is sound bouncing all around the room.
Yeah that and moisture issues probably (and the termite mounds here are insane!). That being said, I bet Florida and much of the east coast of the US get hit with stronger hurricanes more often than PR and those structures are primarily wood framed homes. Having now bought a home in PR, I def prefer wood framed homes still. The insulation value of concrete is basically zero so the power bills here are outrageous if you like AC. The reverb inside is a problem too (obviously as this video shows). I've also noticed how bad the solid tile floors are for your feet and joints walking around barefoot as my heels are always killing me. A carpeted floor or even wood floor is so much softer to walk on but no one does those here. Also sealing concrete roofs from water is something every single neighbor of mine struggles with year after year. You kind of just get used to having water leaks in your house. Why the engineers here don't pitch the entire roof, I have no idea. But having dealt with termites in a previous wood framed home, that fear isn't with me here in PR. -P
@@FStoppers my dad has AC units that take the alternating current and changed it to DC. So the ac units draw less power. That might help your bill but that's for you video. I have a room that echoes. And turn it into a streaming and gaming room.
You hear the word handmade when a merchant speaks? You run the hell away as fast as you can. Applies to every country on every continent and even in space:) Nice presentation though gave me a nice laugh
I had a few of the B&H Matthews ones. They are just very expensive packing blankets and are not really made for blocking out sound. I have a few of the Vocal Booth ones and, as you know, they are great. They are specifically manufactured for blocking sound/studio use. The B&H ones are not. Studio is coming a long. Looks great!
Loved your video... especially that my viewers have complained about my basement studio sound... the only problem is that I don't want to hang stuff on walls and those blankets were a bit pricy for me.. but it is great to keep it in mind for the future... loved the video and the way you explained it... well done.
There is a big difference between absorption and refraction. It’s incredibly hard to make a room soundproof. But to deaden the sound within the room it’s not hard at all. The main reason studio foam is popular is because of its curved surfaces, it absorbs a little and refracts quite a bit. I don’t recommend studio foam unless it is advertised as fire retardant. An insurance company won’t pay out if you put foam on your walls unless you prove it’s high quality and fire retardant. You guys definitely hit the nail on the head with high density blankets, the only way you could make it better is to make sure the blankets are never straight and have lots of folds in them.
These are moving blankets. Some brands make thicker versions, which I would personally consider a true "sound blanket", but for myself, I went and purchased several moving blankets for about $15 each. Double them up (which is what I've done) and you've got a "sound blanket" for $20. I then bought a gromet kit, which is SUPER easy to use, cut some slits in the blankets and hammered the gromets in. I've got my studio totally covered for less than the cost of one "sound blanket" from those professional brands.
I have a boomy voice, creates a lot of room reverb reflections, the moving blankets, sorry, "sound blankets" solved that problem for me.
Where did you purchase from?
Me in my head: "Wow, that sounds perfect"
Him 2 seconds later: "Not perfect but way better"
Well excuseeeee me
My exact reaction hahah
Instead of screws into the walls, I suggest 3M Command Strip hooks. They can hold a lot of weight. They can be removed with no damage to the walls!
Interesting idea!
For the rest of the world watching: 74lbs = 33kg
you can convert anything in your browser - just type something like "convert 74 lbs to kg" Tonnes of units supported...
@@lylestavast7652 yea i enjoy doing that kind of google search
Thx
One of the Best Ideas of SoundProofing is "SoundProof Curtains" it actually Block outside Noise coming from Windows. Check Here: livesoundproof.com/best-soundproof-curtains/
The imperial measurements should be abolished.
Awesome video! I have been using foam (actually mattress toppers are much cheaper than the foam squares) and they work well but in my new studio, I think these will work much better
Good change. But you're left with a bass resonance problem. You will need bass traps in every ceiling corner to knock that down. Maybe even floor and wall corners. The blankets can do almost nothing to control the bass reflections with all that concrete. But they’re great for the mid to higher frequencies.
Edit: To those who seem to think that bass traps are unnecessary for cleanly recording anything other than bass drums, I have to respectfully disagree. The general definition of "low" frequencies in audio is anything from 20hz all the way up to 250hz. The sound blankets, while they are the best available at an affordable price (and I also recommend them), are tested to have low and rapidly decreasing attenuation of frequencies below 250hz. They aren't even tested below 100hz, where they are basically ineffective already. Typically the human voice is rolled off around 80hz without affecting the impact of the "fullness" of the voice. If you go up to 120hz you're already starting to make male voices sound thin, and 160hz is only used when you are forced to cut through some wind noise to even make a voice understandable. So even with a hard bass roll-off at 80hz you're still faced with the reverberation of anything from about 78hz to around 500hz, that cannot be adequately controlled by sound blankets. Those frequencies will concentrate in the corners of the room and reflect back into the microphone. They will be much better controlled by some deep foam blocks (or thick folded blankets or whatever you can find) in the ceiling corners. Bass roll-off is not a magic cure for low frequency reverberation in a small, enclosed space, even if the human voice doesn't go down to 40hz like a drum kit.
When the room itself is basically a concrete box, you will need some bass traps to get a clean recording of a person talking in a normal tone with no other audio in the track to cover up the reverb. This is not the same thing at all as trying to record someone playing instruments, a whole band, or a singer that will then be mixed with a music track. Recording clean unaccompanied spoken word voice over is hard. On headphones I can clearly hear the barrel effect in all post-treatment sound clips in the video. Even the part at the end with the lav mic. And these aren't even very good headphones.
They're trying to control their voices, not booming bass-filled music. Blankets are just fine to soak up these frequencies.
It's not like they're recording drums in there. For the vocal range this is fine, just high pass to remove the lower frequencies.
wathehek - That is not true. I know people like to say you can roll off frequencies below 80hz without having much effect on the human voice, but there are still frequencies all the way down around 60hz. It’s just that they aren’t considered important to understanding the voice. In such a hard, enclosed, naturally reverberant room those “unimportant” lower frequencies (and any lower frequencies from other sources) are enough to cause the “talking in a barrel” effect I’m hearing during the post-treatment parts of the video. The Noise Reduction Coefficient of the sound blankets (literally the exact brand they are using) drops from 1.09 (very good) at 5000hz to 0.04 (very poor) at even 100hz, well into human voice range. The lower frequencies find their way into corners and get amplified and reflected back to the center of the room, right where the microphone is typically placed. I guarantee you that room will sound much better with at least a couple of bass traps, even if the only sound source is the human voice.
@@synthjorisendedraak - I disagree. Rolling off below 80hz will help of course, but the sound blankets are already poor at controlling frequencies below 250hz. Even with bass roll-off you still have a problem with everything between 75hz-ish and 300hz-ish bouncing around largely unimpeded in a room like that. That's well into important human voice frequencies. Bass roll-off is not a total cure for the barrel sound that results. They also aren't recording a band, they are recording normal speech in an otherwise quiet room. The dominance of even a slight bass reverb is entirely different in such a scenario where there is nothing else to cover up the effect or otherwise make it less perceptible. The only way to completely keep it out of the recording is to stop it from happening in the first place. With bass traps. They aren't just for bass drums.
@@RedBearAK Your point is completely valid. For the best result bass traps would definitely be a good thing to have. Where I disagree is that they are necessary. The video is about turning a room that is unusable into a room that sounds fine. I only listened to the audio on my laptop speakers and the before and after comparison was a clear improvement. Most people watch youtube on a laptop or phone, so for most people watching there is simply no real bass at all. If you want to go all the way for the people watching with headphones or decent speakers than bass traps is a good next step, but it involves a lot more money, time and effort to get you that final 10%. Whether or not that is worth it for a photography channel is at least debatable.
Amazing, thanks for sharing
Been advocating for sound blankets for years!
So if I have a sound blanket on the wall by me (sadly my room doesn't allow a ton of options) will this help with the boomy echo that sounds like I am talking in a box?
One of the Best Ideas of SoundProofing is "SoundProof Curtains" it actually Block outside Noise coming from Windows. Check Here: livesoundproof.com/best-soundproof-curtains/
Sound blankets are good for upper mid-range and highs, but almost meaningless for low mid-range and low end sound, which is MORE destructive but not as obvious (the "reverb" you were talking about). You can get some bass traps in the corners where any walls meet at a 90 degree angle to help.
Great video. Thanks for this, guys. I needed a solution that was mobile and found that packing/moving blankets might do the trick if they're thick enough.
I LOVE sound blankets. Nice video guys. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my, lot of my doubts got cleared! Will a thick rug also work ?
There are some great diy acoustic panels ideas on the web, you have to put some foam on the ceiling, some small rugs on the floor as well. And of course, keep the microphone close. Corners and parallel surfaces are the more vulnerable spots. You need to add some extra stuff in the corners or build a bass trap. And if the mic stays out of frame, you can also get a microphone acoustic shield. Anyway, the best way to fight with sound reflection is with more layers of dampeners. If you use blankets, then they don't need to be heavy, but need to add more of them.
Don't you make the cumulative weight of blankets heavier if you "add more of them"?
Puerto Rico!!! Im a new RUclipsr from the island! Thanks for the video, helped alot
Flawless video! Keep it up. So much value.
Another awesome video! Keep up the great work!
As always a great video an on topic for what I need right now! 'Heavy' houses are great but so much echo as you say.
Good thing I'm going for Vinyl for my future home, gotta have some IIC 60.
This is SO useful! Thank you.
Thanks for the video, cool.
I am looking for something portable that I can place on my desk when I need to record something with my Mic. But without having to prepare a whole room for recording. I think these are called Vocal booth, it would be cool to find something portable that I can assemble only whe needed and keep out of the way when I dont.
Do you need to put sound blanket on the ceiling or is the floor enough?
Carpet will do well
Alot of work drilling holes into concrete. You know you can get Sennheiser capsules in super cardiod? I worked at NASDAQ for 8 years in our Times Square studios where we had a 40 foot ceiling and glass walls to the street. CNBC also used the super cardiod capsules for Fast Money..We had 16 sennheiser mics, all with the super capsules and they did the trick.
Thought (mistakenly) from the title this was going to be about correcting audio in post when you accidentally get it wrong during production. This video was helpful, but just wondered if you've run across software that does a good job removing echo/reverb after the fact.
Izotope RX7!
Perfect style video guys!
amazing vid
its John Cena without the steroids! lol. Thank you for this informative video, I am a reverb lover, when I choose to have reverb! not when I am recording!
Awesome video. Thanks
Layered towels in a frame. Best.
Thanks
Thanks for this video. I'm trying to do a DIY video studio in my basement on the cheap and I was concerned about the low 8 ft. ceiling. I have tile floor and threw down about six pillows for sound dampening between my and my camera, hung a blanket behind the camera, and draped a blanket over a closet door that's nearby. I still have some echo but it's much better than before. Once I can afford sound blankets I'll look into that option; this is just a hobby for me. Do you recommend putting some sort of padding on a ceiling that's 8 feet?
thank u men .thATS WAS GREAT
Might be a silly question, but is a blanket not needed on the ceiling?
Thumbs Up 👍🏼 just for saying that your studio is in Puerto Rico.
Thank you!
Can regular floor carpet be used? I live in Jamaica and shipping a 33kg package here will cost an arm and a leg
guys, just one note - why didn´t you measure reverberation time before and after - that would be so helpfull! Even if you used a phone app, there is no need for class 1 accuracy
Which ones did you get from vocal booth??
I really like those grey backdrops because it fits with my youtube aesthetic. I couldn't find the link though.
www.gravitybackdrops.com/ We are doing to do a big video out backdrops soon! -P
Have you placed blankets behind your background? I need to create green screen effect. Would you suggest to add blankets behind the green backdrop or just on the left and right of the presenter?
Just wondering, what was the media rate for taking the blankets on the plane?
Depends on the airline but I think Delta is $70.
Nope, Delta charged me $50 for a 75 pound bag. They can go up to 100 pounds on media rate. -P
Good info thanks.
Woulda been good at 4:53 , to hear the echo after placing a rug or treating the ceiling.
#OdedFriedGaon #OdedMusic
#OdedInformation #Audioded
The trouble with this is you can't see any of the room itself if all the walls are covered in blankets, so if the setting where you (or actors) are talking is important this isn't of use.
You drilled the walls, in the end ;-)
HELP! Does anyone have any advice on how to stop the echo when me and my partner record in the same space. We share an office and want to record us gaming together but when we play the recording back it sounds like our voices echo really bad. We are both using condenser desk microphones and recording through our ps4's. We can't figure out a way to fix it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Try getting a directional microphone like the Rode NTG if you can and point it right between your mouth and chest to get a clean sound. Lav mics are the next best imo. Condenser microphones usually record a lot more of the background/ambience sounds.
yes, everyone always forgets the ceiling!
Those blue blankets look just like the moving blankets you can get at Home Depot for half the price.
Or, from Harbor Freight for as little as $6! They are same weight as the moving companies use. www.harborfreight.com/72-inch-x-80-inch-movers-blanket-66537.html?Fnot%20provided&A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dharbor%2Bfreight%2Bmoving%2Bblankets%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26client%3Dfirefox-b-1-m
Haha exactly what I was thinking
I use Harbor Freight moving blankets for sound damping. The aren't as heavy as a good sound blanket but they do a good job all the same. Especially since you can get them for around $4-5 a piece sometimes.
I bought a 12-pack of these moving blankets on Amazon for $85. Same blankets and they work great.
@@HotRodHippie How do you hang them with no grommets?
Please help me. I just moved into a new house that is an echo chamber.
Since the walls are cement, did you have to use special Tapcon screws?
Yeah, concrete screws and drill bits. -P
Good video
You need acoustic absorbers like rockwool or fiberglass to treat a room for acoustics!
Actually acoustic blankets Producers choice are more efficient and safer to work with. There are lots of different absorbers to choose from, though.
They are blue because they are standard furniture movers blankets.
i have problem when i record my voice with my microphone the microphone can record the noise of the streets how to avoid that i though to insulate my windows and buy those noise blanket is it ok to proceed like that ?
Can you adjust the sensitivity of the mic or is it a sensitive mic? Condensor mics can be pretty unforgiving. Sometimes a good old dynamic mic like a shure sm58 will do the trick. I dont know a ton about audio but maybe some things to consider?
Those are moving blankets and the ones with grommets are used in elevators when tenants are moving in or out...js
I'm puertorican
tom brady
What kills me is lots of bars and other places used for social gatherings and live bands have absolutely no sound treatment of any kind, so you just get a huge cacophony of noise when a lot of people show up and start talking at the same time, particularly when there's also music involved. It doesn't take a genius to improve it. Anything with a soft surface--furniture, clothes, rugs, etc.--will contribute to improving the situation. Sure, you can spend insane amounts of money on fancy gear designed for studios, but for most purposes, you just need something to kill the bulk of the echoes, not create an ideal recording environment.
Just put a sound blanket on the floor, don't need no fancy carpet hahaha
Reminds me of a guy I used to go to school with🤭
Wait... When started you had the blankets in the background already and you had echo
I don’t see any. At 2:40 there is one in the adjacent room but that hardly does anything to the main room. The backdrops are thin hand painted backdrops that doesn’t do much for sound dampening -P
@@FStoppersgot thank you 🙏 I'm trying to remove echo from a gym as I do videos but don't want to cover all the uquipment and it's way to large. Do you think you having a couple portable ones on the sides and carpet would help?
@@TonY74U yeah do as much thick carpet as possible and if you can hang it a few inches off the wall so there is a space behind it. -P
I need your email we need your service in our church we its a large room and with so much echo
it's not echo, it's reverberation.
What's the difference? I know these two terms from guitar playing and I'd say the only difference is the amount of time and quality of decay. Reverb is super short while echo is longer. To me, reverb is more nuanced but echo can def have characteristics of reverb too. Is there a technical difference between the two? -P
@@FStoppers =) yeah! It's different. A reverberation is perceived when the reflected sound wave reaches your ear in less than 0.1 second after the original sound wave. You need a big room if you want to get an echo. You cannot get a echo in a small room.
The difference between "echo" or sound reflection and "reverberation " is that "reverberation " is when the sound reflects more than once inside the room. "Echo" is sound reflected back to you.
" reverberation " is sound bouncing all around the room.
oliver heldens what are you doing there
If only my landlord allowed it lol
Just pay to repair it. Give you landlord more safety deposit and I'm sure they would be okay as long as you aren't destroying anything. -P
Sound blankets! hahahaahha, that's brilliant. You could have just bought blankets!!
Most people don't know the difference between reverb and echo
All houses in pr are poured concrete because of hurricanes
Yeah that and moisture issues probably (and the termite mounds here are insane!). That being said, I bet Florida and much of the east coast of the US get hit with stronger hurricanes more often than PR and those structures are primarily wood framed homes.
Having now bought a home in PR, I def prefer wood framed homes still. The insulation value of concrete is basically zero so the power bills here are outrageous if you like AC. The reverb inside is a problem too (obviously as this video shows). I've also noticed how bad the solid tile floors are for your feet and joints walking around barefoot as my heels are always killing me. A carpeted floor or even wood floor is so much softer to walk on but no one does those here. Also sealing concrete roofs from water is something every single neighbor of mine struggles with year after year. You kind of just get used to having water leaks in your house. Why the engineers here don't pitch the entire roof, I have no idea. But having dealt with termites in a previous wood framed home, that fear isn't with me here in PR. -P
@@FStoppers my dad has AC units that take the alternating current and changed it to DC. So the ac units draw less power. That might help your bill but that's for you video. I have a room that echoes. And turn it into a streaming and gaming room.
Avoids sticking foams and drills holes for screws instead 😅
You hear the word handmade when a merchant speaks? You run the hell away as fast as you can. Applies to every country on every continent and even in space:) Nice presentation though gave me a nice laugh
Why you look like Tom Brady tho
All this for RUclips Blogging.... don't you think you push it a bit too far....!