Room Treatment Options

No matter what mic you choose, the most important thing is to be aware of the noise all around you, if you can hear your computer fan, then the mic can too, but 10x better. Same for your room, is it echoey? (Most are.) Are there cars zooming by outside your window? Look into some techniques to reduce the echoes. I started with moving blankets on the walls, then moved on to making homemade panels out of OC703 that hang on the wall like pictures.

Owens Corning 703 24”x48”x2” Fiberglass Boards panels are lightweight enough that room treatment panels can be hung on a single picture hanger hooks – so a very non-permanent, moveable and reconfigurable option. You can build several panels in a day with a hand saw, screwdriver and a staple gun, and that would go a long way towards treating the room. I use them in my vocal booth/ recording room and it really helps.

3 Apr 2015