So using a bunch of blankets, quilts, and pillows will sound better than filling my room with a bunch of foam?

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

Yes. Believe it or not. Acoustic foam (especially the 1 inch ones on Amazon) are not enough coverage. You need thicker, denser softer material. Pillows, clothing and blankets will give you better sound than ONLY Amazon foam on the walls.

@pseudonoises

3 ай бұрын

id like to add that this same logic is why a lot of bedroom pop artists have decently good vocals. in my experience as a bedroom studio musician, my bed, curtains, carpet/rugs, closet, and all the uneven surfaces around my room from bookcases and shelves makes it a lot better for vocals since every flat surface my voice could possibly reverberate off of has been pretty much eliminated (the paint on my ceiling being that star splattered paint technique). granted a lot of the quality for me comes from a dynamic cardiod microphone which doesnt really pick up much background noise but when recording with other mics the sound isnt super echoey or muffled due to the room having a lot of natural acoustic treatment

@pseudonoises

3 ай бұрын

even when i used a cheap blue yeti (imo terrible mic for the value) it didnt sound too terrible either (granted blue yeti’s are already an echoey tin can from my experience and any vibration that makes it to that mic will sound horrible for recordings)

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

@@pseudonoises Absolutely 100% true! That bed, that sofa, those curtains, those blankets will give you great acoustics. Thick, fluffy things make your audio have less reverb

I recently tried positioning my mic stand in my bedroom closet and draping a moving blanket over the top with the door slightly open forming a V with the door frame. It’s the best vocal I’ve ever recorded to date.

Moving blankets are amazing. My 3rd floor attic office has no doors, and my fiancés office is on the second floor right in front of the stairwell entrance to mine. Her voice was very clearly bleeding up into my office and becoming a huge distraction for me while I worked. I got some moving blankets off amazon and got them sewn to fit on curtain rods. I put two at the bottom of the stairwell and two at the top. Now I can't hear her working at all as long as I keep my headset on!

all those isolation boxes are comb filtering nightmares

but i need that soundproofing foam in the background of my youtube videos

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

:D. Yip it's soundproofing! :D rofl

Foam boxes do suck, realized that after trying a couple and being honest with myself lol. I DIY'd some window plugs and BAM huge difference in outside noise as well as reflections.

💯 Been saying this for years! People don´t listen, even professionals which I admire. I place a cheap bed mattress behind me and have the back of the mic as far as possible from the wall, aimed at the corner of the room where ideally there is curtains. That´s it, good on you for exposing this scam Dracomies!

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

OMG I'm the same way too! I swear to God when a bunch of voiceactors gut out their closet and put in thin acoustic foam I tell em, dude, put your clothes back in and toss that foam out rofl!! :D

I agree with almost everything in this video, except and I an eyeball and it works really well. to be fair, I'm in a untreated basement with a furnace near me so I need max room deadening, but after I record I just eq a bit and throw on some OTT and it sounds great. I think the super dry recording is actually really good to mix with. I'll admit tho I had to add reverb to the headphones cause my artists didn't like hearing their voice so dry while they were singing.

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

I think if you're using it for singing it makes sense. My approach was definitely was more for voiceactors. :P

My plan was to line my closet with rockwool and then cover it with the cheap foam to make it look a little better.

kaotica eyeball definitely makes audio recordings a tad boomy and muffled, but in my experience if you're in a completed untreated room its sounds much better than without (just have to do some more eq in post) and +1 on moving blankets also i have a few big ones i put grommets in and had hung up in my home studio then i put my old cheap foam panels in the corners of my room and over closet door for extra sound-better-ness (didn't want them to rot in storage)

I have come to hear that ideal conditions large room with full room treatment much as I find these booths interesting an I love when mics are all over the spectrum its cute an raw but having the option of full coverage is nice for when I wanna ASMR some fools

it would've been nice to include some of the videos you showed in the description, i wanted to see more about the pvc booth

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

Here you go! kzread.info/dash/bejne/dm2kqtqPc87Vlpc.html

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

SOrry for not including the link, I didn't want that to be confused as a scam as this actually does work and is viable ^_^. PVC booth here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dm2kqtqPc87Vlpc.html

@saincx0m9

3 ай бұрын

@Dracomies oh i see! thats understandstable, and thank you for the links :D

Amazing video everyone should see. Big up

I got one of those cheap dressing booths and used that as a frame.

Great video! ❤ I have a remaining question though, working on the acoustic of a room should be different for signing and voice acting?

@Dracomies

2 ай бұрын

Totally different! Singing is ok with reverb. And after I made this video it became very apparent that these devices were intended for singers. But the issue is when people try to use them for voiceover.

rockwool and blankets! rockwool and blankets! yes yes yes

thoughts on Beacn USB Mic? also what mic are you using in the video?

Woah what the heck? I was about to spend my money on acoustic foam and corner dampeners, when all i needed was pillows? Dracomies is always saving my life!

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

That was one of the lessons I learned, I took out all my clothes out of my closet and put acoustic foam and realized the audio sounded much worse :D

amazing video tbh

THANK YOU! I was planning on changing my reading room with acoustic foam, this vid saved me tons of money. One more question, some of my VO friend said bookshelfs are good for sound treatment. Is it true or should i cover them up with moving blankets?

@Dracomies

2 ай бұрын

Bookshelves can be used either for absorption or for diffusion. If you want to do diffusion, put all your books in there but flip the books so that the pages are facing you. If you want to do absorption put pillows inside the bookshelf so it almost acts like a bass trap. Both help with audio.

@Daniel-lx7hn

2 ай бұрын

@@Dracomies sorry for the stupid question, but what is the different of absorption and diffusion?

@Dracomies

2 ай бұрын

@@Daniel-lx7hn Great question. In layman's terms, absorption is usually soft, thick and dense material which helps a lot with nullifying reverb. Whereas diffusion it's almost like when you hear it, your brain can't pinpoint what is going on because the sound isn't going on a wall, it's almost like it doesn't what it is, it's the layman's terms way of me explaining it. In other words, one of the worst things you can do to your recordings is put your microphone next to a wall because your brain will know that there's a wall there and it will sound boxy. Diffusion is where when you hear it, you don't know what it is. Hard to explain. the TLDR is that putting pillows on the shelf will help. Edit: This article explains it better than I can: www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/comments/8p30t5/what_are_is_your_opinion_on_books_being_used_as/

this dude is the BEST youtuber for musicians, technicians, youtubers, voice actors, literally anything that you need to speak for, no debate, THE BEST.

Just get up close and personal with an sm57 with a windscreen. Cheapest solution 👌

Appreciate the perspective, though abrupt end to video was a touch harsh

what about diffusers? are they no good as well?

Hi, do you think Producers Choice sound blanket is worth it? And also which moving blankets do you recommend, links? Thanks!

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

The nice thing about Producer's blanket is that they're 10 lbs each blanket. So you can layer 1 per side, but you need 5 of them. Front, left, right, back, top. But with shipping costs they can cost a lot. Alternative ones to check out are moving blankets. This is a general formula I made for other voiceactors: imgur.com/3w7GeoX

@Tewahedo

3 ай бұрын

@@Dracomies Thanks!

If only I had seen this video before making my purchase. Welp, now I have to just figure out how to get the PVC and set up the booth. Do regular blankets, thick towels or duvets work as much? I don't think we have moving blankets in Nigeria. Or at least the type you have.

@Dracomies

Ай бұрын

yes, regular blankets will the job done as well. Duvets will work as well. You can use something like a photo backdrop stand and use clamps.

Can you provide links to the best in your opinion thick acoustic treatment than the ones on Amazon

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

Owens Corning 703 or Rockwool. If you can't build this, then opt for a PVC booth made with moving blankets. If you can't do any of the two, use thick winter comforters and thick pillows (with none of them touching the mic) but giving you coverage around the mic.

@issac7003

3 ай бұрын

@@Dracomies thank you 🙏

I think most of this stuff outside of foam panels isn't a scam necessarily just not meant for voiceover purposes. The Kaotica has been amazing for me as an artist, but I wouldn't recommend it for voiceover forsure.

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

yip just had another singer comment the same thing too. I think for singing the rules are much different and the kaotica eyeball may be something that is useful for singers :P

I know that the blanket can do the job 😂

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

Blankets do work!

they look cool though

most of these products could be replaced with 2 or 3 pillows for the same effect (i would trust the pillows more)

@nervoushair

3 ай бұрын

made this comment halfway through the video, and then you straight up said it later on. hell yeah.

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

Tfw when you first start with pillows. Then remove pillows to add acoustic foam. Then realize what the hell, and put the pillow and blankets back in since they are better than cheap thin foam. :D

gud vid

What is the thick dense one called you said it too fast

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

Owens Corning 703 or Rockwool.

@issac7003

3 ай бұрын

@@Dracomies thank you so much

thenx for the great video I really trust everything you say on this channel but.... (wavy wayne , edward smith , aiden wolf) !!! Are you trying to say that these names are actually scammers?🤔...Are you sure you didn't rush this video?

@Dracomies

3 ай бұрын

The video is about the booths not about people.

@Justin-xi6ue

3 ай бұрын

If anything they might be sellouts, passive to the problem, or just ignorant.. But I wouldn't say everyone in this video is intentionally a scammer. It's also not really about the people like Dracomies had said.

@arunkarthikma3121

3 ай бұрын

I think everyone has been taught that foam is good and took it as fact. I don't blame 'em. People often don't think of DIY as the first option, even if it gets you better results.