I bought this exact reflection filter and it works wonders in my bedroom studio. I have wood floors and the room is huge with no acoustic foam anywhere and I would definitely recommend it to anyone with the same type of workspace.
@TheMessenger212
2 жыл бұрын
I love it so much
@kb9788
2 жыл бұрын
Jack seems to be more interested in hearing his voice than giving good advice.
@brentcraig
Жыл бұрын
But you can clearly hear that it doesn't work in this video???
@ChrisHallGuitar
Жыл бұрын
@Joëlle Weetjewel wow really, they are over $400 in australia
@Unethical.Dodgson
Жыл бұрын
These things work. People who use the microphone improperly tend to change their mic'ing behaviour when using one and often times even succumb to Placebo. :)
@TheHouseofKushTV
4 жыл бұрын
Nice to see someone actually debunking these things. Also, the reflection filter isn't the only thing not working, that pop filter is still letting a lot of bursts thru to the mic capsule. Most of them do. They're definitely better than nothing, but nowhere near as good as distance and technique. From an audio engineer and VO artist 25 years in the game: there's no reason to point your mouth directly at the mic capsule, and in fact most people project sound more out of one side of their mouth than they do the front or the other side. Watch yourself talk on video and you'll see your mouth habitually curving and pulling off to one side, that's where the vowels and resonance go. Point THAT side of your mouth at the mic by standing where you normally do but pointing your nose 3-5" to the side of the mic, and your P's and F's and Ess's will sail past the capsule while the body of your voice hits the capsule beautifully.
@benjiang9789
2 жыл бұрын
Pop filters work better than pop screens.
@HonestOpinions
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that advice I will definitely use it for my voice acting I'm a newbie so getting all of the help I can is important at this stage. I definitely have issues with F's, lol
@ErichHaubrich
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the advice. This makes a lot of sense, and I've sort of been doing some version of this on some of the louder vocals for a lot of years. Maybe now I can start actually making it work and knowing why it does. Cheers!
@wildphoenix7861
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 👍🏼
@sybaen5931
6 жыл бұрын
0:25 "My owner is talking to himself again... I wish he would get help..."
@Jester103
4 жыл бұрын
Really wish he could help him
@drshillermd
4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes he even talks to the closet. I hope he remembers to feed me.
@Andrescxli
4 жыл бұрын
@@drshillermd LMAOOOOO
@SavoxYt
4 жыл бұрын
0:28 "Nope. I'm out".
@laurabrown5445
3 жыл бұрын
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@AviramNetanel
5 жыл бұрын
I was also skeptical but I bought one for around 100$, and the improvement is really noticeable!!! so you can talk theoretically as much as you want - but in the practical level, it DOES make a difference!
@ROOKTABULA
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you've got 100 reasons to actually believe that.
@TyFord
4 жыл бұрын
He's not "talking theoretically", he's demonstrating practical. If you spent $100 on one and it did anything, you must have had it in a racquet ball court.
@reekrodriqguez6552
4 жыл бұрын
ROOKTABULA So y’all assuming that’s he’s lying?
@BenAstridge
4 жыл бұрын
@@reekrodriqguez6552 They're assuming that he's talked himself into thinking it wasn't a bad & expensive purchase bc people don't like feeling dumb. But sound situations are different for everyone, the shape of the room, kind of mic, position in the room, materials in the walls, the source being captured... It's too varied to ever have definitive answers.
@snommelfsc
4 жыл бұрын
It may make a difference but again -- if you're reading copy you're screwed
@KendallMadison
8 жыл бұрын
I thought he was right at first, but I got the same reflection filter and realized I just had the filter and mic at the wrong angle. I experimented with the angle of the filter and mic and virtually all of the reverb I was getting from my living/dining room is GONE. If you are rapping or singing at home, this is what this was designed for and it will give you more of a studio type sound. Its definitely worth trying if you are serious and ocd about your sound, but you can't just "throw" it onto your stand, lol you have to think it through and position it correctly just like all your other equipment.
@noliestv6356
8 жыл бұрын
right thing! i think the same
@kevinjames5221
7 жыл бұрын
Kendall Madison I tested on my brothers and the sound is muffled and sounds really dual in a bad way. I think its better then no type of treatment at all but if you have padding and what not this hurts you.
@CannedFunkMusic
7 жыл бұрын
Kendall Madison so disagree. I'm wearing apple lightening pods listening to this video and heard reverbation literally throughout the entire video. You have to have a trained ear to tell, but it's always there with those ugly things.
@dingdong3482
7 жыл бұрын
Kendall Madison I agree I bought one and it worked a bit but still echo . but after tweaking it and positioning it correctly it works a treat
@dingdong3482
7 жыл бұрын
mine is different than the one in the video it has sides which you adjust and wrap around the mic
@flemingandjohn3829
4 жыл бұрын
If you can't hear the difference, then you don't need one :). It depends on the frequency content/volume of your source as well as your room. It also depends on what surface you are facing. Sometimes the difference is very small...sometimes not. It definitely reduces room ambient noise (record the quiet room with and without to check it). It smooths out high and and high mid frequencies that bounce back into the mic. I have tested it in treated rooms with a bunch of different sources. If your mic is set too deep into the filter, it will add low mids. So, not a room silencer. It is a room tamer. Another to know is that it depends on your mic choice. Large Condenser mics pick up low frequencies from off axis sources. The bleed around the mic is fatter.... The Filter lowers that significantly.
@quasima2nez
7 жыл бұрын
I ware a large mexican hat with my kids soft toys hanging round the rim when I record vocals. This breaks up room reflexions from behind me really well. I wish I could patent the idea.!!!
@YOSH931
7 жыл бұрын
Do you mean a sombrero?
@quasima2nez
7 жыл бұрын
darkmeanjunior .Si senior, buenisimo!!!
@utubehound69
7 жыл бұрын
Ahahahah
@derrickdepalma4373
7 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@jonathanwright2925
7 жыл бұрын
Shhhh don't give out the secrets man
@Tysto
4 жыл бұрын
You can get a nice-looking, wooden room divider for $100 to $150 and hang acoustic foam panels on one side. Treat an empty corner of your room with acoustic foam panels too (or something more decorative that is still thick and soft), and now you have a nice little sound booth that is hidden by the decorative side of the room divider and can be moved to create more space. Make sure the room divider is tall enough for you. Most are 5-and-a-half feet tall, but plenty are 6-feet tall. The "empty corner" could also be an open bedroom wall closet.
@forevermissbeautyxo
11 ай бұрын
I did this! Except I used a fabric divider for only 50 bucks on Amazon! 😊
@pongespob
6 жыл бұрын
The reflection filter helps to absorb the sound of your voice to prevent your voice from bouncing around the room but it isn't intended to be the sole solution. Put it in proximity to a wall directly behind you where you hang a large piece of carpet or a comforter. Or have a standup recording baffle behind you as well. You can also treat the room to kill reflections in conjunction with a reflection filter.
@AndrewKamenMusic
5 жыл бұрын
3:16 - When someone in the other room says they gonna spark a blunt.
@forvrlost
5 жыл бұрын
DEAD
@mohamed.saghier
5 жыл бұрын
😂🤣bruh
@bernarddaileyjr.8395
5 жыл бұрын
LMAO!!!!
@jayy7000
5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@kidsway3862
5 жыл бұрын
OOF
@rotosound100
7 жыл бұрын
Interesting. For what it's worth, in my experience, this small booth has been the single most noticeable and worth while improvement to my set up. A world of difference and something I'd not hesitate to recommend to anyone wanting to record some vocals for music (which is what I'm using my set up for).
@afundayproductions9111
5 жыл бұрын
your setup is wrong if something with no mass is improving the sound of a small booth with little real acoustic treatment mr small booth lots of foam guy how about you plz learn of deversion of sound and waves
@afundayproductions9111
5 жыл бұрын
and show a video of it in action with no added reverb noise reduction 0 subs guy
@seerking
4 жыл бұрын
Could just make one for a fraction of the cost that works just as good.
@jeanmedina8670
4 жыл бұрын
A FUN DAY production's stop being rude, trash ass Insecure you tuber calling him out for 0 subs when doesn’t even do KZitem, you just frustrated with your lack of success in KZitem buddy.
@EmJeRo14
2 жыл бұрын
@@seerking a fraction of a cost but requires certain skills and knowledge which, despite how easy those are, still needs time and effort invested. Not everyone has the know-how or even the inclination to do that.
@labbaby189
5 жыл бұрын
There's many other factors in dealing with room acoustics during recording. Unless you're in a completely isolated studio booth, you're always gonna deal with some level of unneeded noise. A lot of commercially released projects in the past 10 years were recorded in tour buses, hotel rooms, bedrooms, etc. Jay and Kanye's Watch The Throne album was mostly recorded in a hotel, and Erykah Badu's New Amerykah album was recorded at her home and in a studio with the monitors playing in the background. A good producer, engineer and mixer can find ways to deal with noise and room acoustics. You'd have to pack the room and keep it as isolated as possible. Gates/limiters/compressors can deal with the remaining noise in your mix. As far as the reflection filters go, there's better ones than the one in the video (I have one that came in a bundle pack for $100)... but they definitely help in getting rid of a great deal of noise. It's not what you use, but how you use it.
@MichaelTurner856
Жыл бұрын
How would you recommend using it for bedroom artists/producers like me?
@jerijah1999
4 ай бұрын
thanks for the advice!
@BulmaBunny
6 жыл бұрын
Saved me some money, thanks dude
@manunoyonify
4 жыл бұрын
I bought one and it damned works. I can more or less close it, and if very closed it works really really well...
@YungAlone
4 жыл бұрын
@@manunoyonify you gotta remember that comment was 2 years ago they were probably getting scammed and not working back then
@H-CogentOfficial
3 жыл бұрын
His one is shit ... It's all about the type
@H-CogentOfficial
3 жыл бұрын
Look at this one kzitem.info/news/bejne/mIeEza2pkoxyrH4
@gmarod6099
3 жыл бұрын
Makes ur voice sound fuller
@zandervera7386
3 жыл бұрын
Ya, I have one and honestly, my trick was to put it on its own stand and put it behind me - believe it or not, it actually worked much better.
@rafaelmarmusic
5 жыл бұрын
I use pillows, foam, behind the mic, and very important, I put a matress behind me. This makes all the difference.
@ProvenSawlid
3 жыл бұрын
I just ordered one and used it for the first time today and I can definitely tell a difference in my audio
@allybeatz4853
3 жыл бұрын
SE is not good.. I have it but it has some bad frequencies
@rv.b2903
3 жыл бұрын
@@allybeatz4853 what model ?
@muhacks
7 жыл бұрын
Just a note that if you are doing voiceover work, this is probably true. If you are projecting and singing loudly, this is not true at all. This is an extremely effective filter. While I like this channel for some review data, note that a lot of these scenarios are specific to voiceover work and don't hold true if you are using these for recording amps/singing. That being said i love the C100s :)
@Vambibuda
2 жыл бұрын
In my experience this worked like a charm. I did multiple recordings with ans without and the difference was significant. My recording studio, before installing the panels, it was very reverbish, and when I tried the SE it did made a huge difference.
@letter_p6752
2 жыл бұрын
do you record with your face near mic as his in the video? I'm just wondering if it would work if I install in next to my drop down mic so my voice would have some distance from the microphone. Table stand mic kind of block my gaming view, thanks!
@damionsheppard812
8 жыл бұрын
Man, your videos are great and I don't know why you don't have more views! Straight to the point, well explained, great stuff. And 3:10 was absolutely hilarious. Good work.
@BoothJunkie
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Glad you find them helpful!
@PramodBhattarai
7 жыл бұрын
Damion Sheppard I liked that part as well😁😁
@EdwoodCA
6 жыл бұрын
Yep. 3:17 was the best moment, haha. Just that look, without saying anything.
@aliceedmunds4377
6 жыл бұрын
I loved that part. Was lmfbo!
@honzaschmid493
3 жыл бұрын
I have quite different experience with that one. Mine is very cheap and deeper, made out of foam only and slightly thicker. I am also putting a towel over the top and you can deffinetly hear the difference with and without it. Also since you are standing in front of the mike, your head and body is mitigating some front reflection too. I think that for home setup this is useful piece of gear and actually make your takes better. It`s not matching the high end studio acoustic treatment, but better than nothing in my opinion
@AmielRocker
7 жыл бұрын
actually your voice sounds way better with the SE Reflection Filter... your room is very reverberant.... so regardless you should treat your room and THEN use a reflection Filter.
@danieljoshua4481
6 жыл бұрын
I mostly agree. In a multitrack band environment, it would provide a little protection from other instrument bleed. Also, use it facing into the room with your closet behind you. Might do something.
@neonwilliams5300
6 жыл бұрын
The one good thing about these filters is that when you sing, (especially belting), it stops your voice hitting the wall in front of you, bounce back to behind you, then back into the most sensitive side of your mic. Used in conjunction with other foam I think it is quite useful. Of course, for the $$$, a DIY vocal booth isn't that hard to make, which will do the trick better overall.
@rachelraykar
Жыл бұрын
hey! im trying to figure out if i should get a 5 panel reflection filter/isolation booth because i sing alot of belted pop songs and my room is not treated in any way. if i want lesser reflections should i record with my back to a wall and have my isolation shield in front of me?
@usermanualforyourmind5497
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, your video is very informative and helped me trmendosly. I am seting up my area so I can record audio books. Your video answered many of my questions, I am so happy to have found your video.
@bassgypsy00
7 жыл бұрын
My studio set up is in a bedroom, which is a 12x12 box, and very bad for recording. I bought an Auralex Roominator Kit about ten years ago. The newer ones look like they absorbs better then the kit I have. The kit removed the slap back and a few of the upper and lower reflections, but I still had unwanted a lot of low and upper mid frequency build up. During the mixing stage I used to have to do a lot of surgical EQ cutting. For years I had to deal with this, until I bought the same filter he is demoing about two years ago. It worked out great for vocals and just amazing for micing up my guitar cabinet. Now I do very little EQ cutting, thus retaining the source sound. The room he is recording in doesn’t really sound bad. No slap back, not bassy, but with a little bit of airy highs from the back wall. When he stands behind the filter it removed little bit of the upper frequencies and the airiness in the room. Understand that your room needs may not be the same as his room needs, Every room is different. Some rooms need more dispersion, while others need more absorption or both. This filter helped with my problems. Is it perfect no, but my results are a hell of a lot better then what I had before...plus its portable. :)
@borisi3692
3 жыл бұрын
It actually can help (in theory) as it absorbs a lot of soundwaves of your voice, preventing them from bouncing off the walls in front of you, which would otherwise then bounce off the walls behind you into the sensitive part of the microphone. Would've liked a better side-to-side comparison than you did now.
@kb9788
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely he did nothing except repeat his opinion over and over..
@MorbydManic
Жыл бұрын
You do realize how sound works right? Before the microphone even captures your voice the sound wave has to first bounce off the wall in front of you, then it will move to the wall behind you, and finally it reaches the mic on the travel back from the wall behind you back to the front of you. So (in theory) if this is how sound works. Putting a deflection on the front will do nothing for the reflections that are caught from the wall behind you during the soundwave's travel. You have to treat what is in front of you and behind you(acoustically treat) in order to even get any real results. This is also why condenser microphones have a designated front and back of the micrphone, because sound isn't as simple as you'd think. So yes, these shields are quite pointless alone.
@borisi3692
Жыл бұрын
@@MorbydManic I don't agree with you. Sound waves created by your vocal chords get picked up directly by your microphone. Those soundwaves bouncing off the walls are exactly the things you want to eliminate from being able to be picked up by the microphone. This is why you want something like this to absorb the soundwaves after they reached the microphone. And yes indeed, most condenser mics only pick up audio from one side, the side you talk in.
@Rck-vert
Жыл бұрын
@@MorbydManic idiøt 🤦🏻
@drumbyte
7 жыл бұрын
If there's a wall in front of you then it will prevent the sound from bouncing behind you and back to the front of the mic. So it is better than nothing at all in an untreated room.
@TheHouseofKushTV
4 жыл бұрын
Only if your wall is made of foam, otherwise that wall will quickly bounce the sound from your mouth back into the mic (very bad) and also back into the room where it'll scatter in all directions and eventually come back into the mic, blurred and reverbed from all the trips. Generally speaking, you want mics as far from any hard, reflective boundary or surface as possible.
@stevec5586
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheHouseofKushTV- He means that the mini sound booth reduces the sound level reaching the wall ahead of you, and therefore less sound gets to bounce back past you and reflect back again to your mic off the the wall behind you. I reckon that's true, and similar to the previous technique with the clothing.
@heavymetalmusichead4969
3 жыл бұрын
No. Very wrong.
@razing717
3 жыл бұрын
@@heavymetalmusichead4969 elaborate?
@affordabletechsolutions6917
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly right, but not just walls...in the real world a lot of people are at desks or near computers, mixers, monitors, etc...and while everyone is so focused on walls, they forget that any large surface is reflective.
@timsolly9913
7 жыл бұрын
You've just saved me tons of money bro! thanks for the review!
@BoothJunkie
7 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Tim!
@timsolly9913
7 жыл бұрын
Would you say I made a mistake in buying the Samson CO1U? Planning to use it for my animation. Thanks man.
@DezBusta
7 жыл бұрын
Tim Solly fuck I spent like $120 on one of these and realized it didn't do much , wish I watched this before
@timsolly9913
7 жыл бұрын
DezBusta that sucks bro. I'm not far enough in my animating to start recording anything yet, so honestly I don't even know if what I have will work for me or not. I'm trying to do better about looking for tutorials, or reviews before buying things now.
@PaulyStax
7 жыл бұрын
You talk too much man you're not Eddie Kramer just get to the point we already know the answer we're just watching to see if you know what you're talking about
@JWS1968
4 жыл бұрын
Solution: Heavy 'moving blankets' really cheap of Amazon (or expensive Professional acoustic blankets) place one on the floor, one behind and in front I like these because it's a portable collapsible solution. For a fixed studio solution buy some rockwool slabs and put them in wooden frames covered with a moderately 'loose' knit fabric. It's important that the fabric weave/knit is loose enough to allow the sound to enter and get absorbed by the rockwool. A fabric with too tight a knit will actually reflect the sound and stop the panel from working. These panels are remarkably effective and work best when fixed above your head out of shot. and then on the back wall behind you as you talk into the mic and then a couple out of shot on the side walls. A thick deep pile carpet also is very effective providing it covers wall to wall. 😉
@emceeunderdogrising
3 жыл бұрын
I made a cheap ass vocal booth with PVC pipe. Covered it in moving blankets. It sounds amazing. Was wondering if adding a reflection filter would help. Probably better to buy foam for inside the booth. Moving blankets are clutch though.
@tbhv
4 жыл бұрын
I think these shields are effective and helpful when used strategically. The shield doesn't help in this video because the reflections are mostly coming from that massive corridor behind you. I bet you would get better results if you turned your whole set up so the off axis point of the mic was aimed at the corridor and then you drew some curtains on the windows on your sides.
@daveshangar6820
7 ай бұрын
I really appreciate you taking the time to demonstrate the ins and outs of this device. I'm a new voice over artist and I invested into a portable booth that is 4 x 4 and is made up of black PVC pipe and what looks like moving pads. It seems like it does a great job of absorbing all the sound all around me but after seeing those devices I often wondered if maybe I should have invested into something a little smaller that would get the same job done. Now after watching your video I realized that that would not have been a great investment after all.
@sundeep7am
4 жыл бұрын
I cover myself under a blanket and keep the mic with me and sing on it. Just does the work perfectly.
@mario9775
3 жыл бұрын
It works better with a thick blanket or a thin one??
@theoutsiderjess1869
3 жыл бұрын
I don't have acoustic treatment so I picked one up and it has done wonders for my blue yeti when I record videos
@bigxrecords7375
5 жыл бұрын
Dr dre used it for the Compton album
@TheMaximumMinimalist
4 жыл бұрын
cuz its a bad ass tool, i finally upgraded.
@randomrandy3059
4 жыл бұрын
Yea but Dre also has treated rooms where as we don’t. My solution would be to put foam behind me.
@magicmulder
4 жыл бұрын
The setup with all the negative space made it clear something was going to happen on the right side, film making 101. :D
@wghd6782
5 жыл бұрын
Thx, this viedeo has been very helpful for my rap recordings. Standing infront of a full closet and an old matress behind me has done wonders for 0$
@ColtraneTaylor
4 жыл бұрын
What about on your sides?
@animationdoc
3 жыл бұрын
I made my own isolation box just like you showed - paid about 20 bucks from Walmart for a bin and foam bedding topper. Works pretty well - reading copy is a bit of an issue but I put it on my desk and have a monitor beside it. Also just recently added NVIDIA Broadcast which eliminates other noises - works amazingly. I can talk and my son can play music right beside me and you can't hear the music on the recording - like magic.
@PsyCoCinematics
Жыл бұрын
Nice tip, Doc! Thank-ya!
@Kyotosomo
8 жыл бұрын
Your dog is so cute
@DJURBANBG
7 жыл бұрын
its a cat !
@1985LISS
6 жыл бұрын
I love the way he came back and stared like " are you done"? or who are you talking to ? lol till he finally sat down. I wish I was there to sit on the floor and pet him I just love dogs!!!!!
@nicobalschuweit8872
6 жыл бұрын
DNA for dummies
@StudioCosentino
6 жыл бұрын
I know :) I agree
@youngmould
5 жыл бұрын
ha ha ha......you were suppose to look at the guy not the dog lol.
@ManosFatsis
4 жыл бұрын
I was ready to buy one of those to minimise the reflection on the room and you saved me !!! You are so right on anything !!! We needed somebody to clear that for us !!! thank you so much !!!
@FrederickDunn
6 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh that closet trick was actually taught in my cinema course :) This video presentation was very VERY helpful and you've just saved me some serious $$$ I'm actually considering a complete sound booth and that's probably embarrassing overkill as I don't have your skills or voice quality. Thumbs UP and I wish you all the best! For at least the next ten minutes, you're my vocal hero!
@FrederickDunn
6 жыл бұрын
That's an interesting solution FloodOfSins.. thanks for sharing your idea
@reidlingtheseedling
Жыл бұрын
Standing with a closet behind you and singing/talking in to one of these is probably the best solution.
@mrparkinson
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have been saying this for a long time. Making a makeshift booth out of moving blankets and a few mic stands would do a lot more.
@travonovar
4 жыл бұрын
Tips for all get an extension chord and take the microphone in your car
@tonysteel1377
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@msal
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. No one else was as straight forward in explaining this.
@schrodingersneko9060
4 жыл бұрын
The most important way to combat reverb, in my opinion, is a GREAT audio engineer. He or she will fix all of your problems easily. I have an audio engineer, producer that fixes my audio and I use a blue yet mic.
@TheStonersCommittee
5 жыл бұрын
3:00 I thought he was really talking to me because I definitely wasn't looking at that 😂
@PeterDobbinga
4 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAHA!!! SAME HERE!!! HAHAHAHAA!!!!!! I am watching you!! HAHAHA!!!
@edherrera1989
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😭
@cevxj
3 жыл бұрын
Dude, your videos are so good, relative to many other educational or tutorial type you tubers.
@DMSProduktions
6 жыл бұрын
I didn't THINK these things were much chop! THANKS for the advice. A FULL booth, or none at all!
@TyFord
6 жыл бұрын
Well, no. I have a 25 X 35 foot room. I'm behind the mic and siting in an alcove, talking into the room which is all tricked out with absorption and diffusion. It's a great space in which to record VO.
@DMSProduktions
6 жыл бұрын
Well IF you have something like THAT, the above is NOT needed is it?
@ravenrest7
4 жыл бұрын
Thank God....I watched this video before buying something that'll be absolutely useless, Thanks for the info mate
@Jp2Jp1
8 жыл бұрын
"Go out an record something amazing!" Damn dude I loved that part put a smile on my face today your awesome thanks for the help!
@massfusionstudio
6 жыл бұрын
Definitely true. I use a reflection filter also. But!!! I also have the room treated. Not just the walls. Many forget the ceiling above the vocalist and microphone!!! Lol That makes the bigger difference. Even old blankets or bath towels can do a room justice. Many engineers recommend book shelves with books inside along the back wall to trap bass and unwanted reverberations. Old-school studios from years ago would use heavy curtains along the walls. The same curtains used in theaters for theatrical plays. Those big curtains that closed across the stage. You are completely correct about this tutorial. Isolating filters aren't a one stop shop for a make shift vocal booth. They help, but there's more pieces to the puzzle
@doppewaxy282
3 жыл бұрын
Of course it helps out a much,thanks boy,have been discussing myself what gonna be useful way,you saved me a lot of bucks,greatings from East Africa Tanzania🇹🇿
@ButeraVids
4 жыл бұрын
There are other reflection filters that can bend and surround the mic almost fully, leaving only the space needed for you to be infant of it. I believe those ones work better than the one you showed.
@blakecamp5848
2 жыл бұрын
To block behind me when I record, I have a cheep adjustable height garment rack I got from Amazon. I hang heavy drapes on it. Even a couple of bedspreads or old sleeping bags work. As well I'm thinking of getting 3 more and make a portable sound booth. For any photographers out there hang your light diffuser on the cloths rack, makes a good stand for light diffuser.
@andreaamadei9912
4 жыл бұрын
If I talk into the mic, the panel keeps my voice around the mic, thus avoiding my voice to go around the room and come back into the mic as reverb. The panel's job is to avoid my voice to spread, that's the reason why it is in front of me speaking. It is not a barrier against sounds coming from around, it is a levee to contain the sound I am recording.
@jroar123
5 жыл бұрын
Now I understand why my recordings sounded hollow. This was great information, thank you very much.
@candyoconnor4969
4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU, I'm new to this and you just explained a lot.
@RecordingLounge
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving people honest advice about why Portable vocal booths / foam eyeballs / etc., do NOT replace actual acoustic treatment, and many times cost 3-4x the price of normal fiberglass absorbers that DO actually work.
@p8ntballr91
5 жыл бұрын
ie. record IN FRONT of a closet, not facing it. It would prevent reflection from behind you and the screen would block reflections from the room.
@trualchemi
5 жыл бұрын
My EXACT thoughts.
@NKWTI
4 жыл бұрын
I have a reflection filter...but it is made by a sound engineer who owns a company. Instead of acoustic foam, it is made of a specific grade, hard insulation (I forget what it's called) and it doubles as a bass trap. It is not curved and small like the one in this video, but it is instead on custom rack arms and can be spread open or closed as wide or constricted as you want and is V shaped. It is also much bigger than the sides seen on the SE one in this video. It works amazingly, much more effective than mass produced ones.
@CyrilViXP
2 жыл бұрын
Mineral foam?
@kwindzy
7 жыл бұрын
might also use a pair of VR goggles to read your copy
@CaptainCocaine
6 жыл бұрын
Copy of what?
@NathanPaulIskandar
6 жыл бұрын
Hahahah good idea!
@alexeypolevoybass
6 жыл бұрын
Sadpants McGee Lyrics or voiceover text, obviously.
@TinyduPreez
3 жыл бұрын
Here's thought. I have been working in the industry in South Africa for the last 30 years. I own a studio on the sunny east coast and do mainly independent television work. I have a client that is in another province and roughly an hour and a half flight away. There is a facility nearby where she can record her voice over for a show that I do the dubbing mix for but she is so busy with her production schedule that she simply does not have the time to get to that. So I came up with an idea to get her voice down in the comfort of her own home.Now I might add at this point that it is a lower budget production and she produces the show as well as do the voice over for it. For the firs episode she set up a cardioid mic at her dining room table and recorded straight into the edit suite where she was doing her offline edit. That was a big fail. So I got her to set up a small table right in front of her open closet with her back facing the closet. Then I had her drape her duvet over the open closet doors above her, effectively creating a make shift booth. And that just worked like a charm. The reflections coming from the front wall to the back wall was trapped in the thick layer of clothing behind her. And there is no reflection from the roof as her feather duvet takes care of that. We are voicing the 9th episode this week. So far so good. And it really sounds pretty good. Thank you for giving me some insight into these reflection booths. I now know what I always suspected. They are a bit of a waste. Keep up the good work. I enjoy your channel.
@synergy3433
7 жыл бұрын
What I would do is buy one of these & have it in the corner of the room with my back facing the wall & have foam behind me
@ajhungai
7 жыл бұрын
Synergy I was thinking of doing the same thing 😃
@catmonkey4351
6 жыл бұрын
That's what I have done. I have a large empty closet with sound treated walls behind/beside me, bass traps on the ceiling, carpeted floor, and the shield in front of me. I can see my copy just fine on a music stand below it. I'm new but it appears to work well! My shield is a bit bigger and more semi-circular than the one he uses. I do get his point, however.
@catmonkey4351
6 жыл бұрын
This is the one I bought: Not bad for a hundred bucks. www.amazon.com/LyxPro-Isolation-Microphone-Absorbing-Performance/dp/B00WRHTVS6/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1511905352&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=audio+isolation+shield&psc=1
@Massielnh
4 жыл бұрын
Man, I wish I would have found this video before I bought my portable isolation booth. I would have saved some money. Thank you so much for your video.
@reekrodriqguez6552
4 жыл бұрын
It still helps tho, but you still gotta treat your room because that vocal booth shield can only do so much
@RobCabreraCh
5 жыл бұрын
This guy Mike has a very good voice. I just found his channel today, and the information he gives is very good. I'll be returning for more information going forward!
@wink2876
7 жыл бұрын
These do work. When sound leaves your mouth and hits the shield, the sound ceases to travel. The sound has no chance to bounce off walls and reenter the mic from the front
@danjwalker
7 жыл бұрын
How do we know you're not just a shill working for Big Booth?
@BUDDERARMYSKYARMY
6 жыл бұрын
Daniel Walker nigga trust the homie got a studio with this exact booth for his setup and it sounds like a professional studio but he does have it faced towards the wall with foam where his back is facing
@tablatom
6 ай бұрын
Duvet on the wall behind the singer and a reflection filter. Great results
@TechLineHD
7 жыл бұрын
thank you for the explanation!
@JoshuaHults
4 жыл бұрын
thank you ! Just saved me money, time breaking down the cardboard box and recycling, and a heck of a lot of headache and space trying to get this thing to work.
@penzman
4 жыл бұрын
I thought I was crazy for singing inside the discarded box of a new refrigerator. Stapled old towels on the inside.
@frborsch
3 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. Hope many people see your video before they spend money.
@NURREDIN
6 жыл бұрын
I have to disagree on this one. I use a Primacoustic Voxguard with a Neumann U47 Fet and it works perfectly. I've used it on EVERY one of my uploads on my KZitem channel. I didn't like the way the Se Reflexion filter used in this video sounded. It bounced too much sound around.I think it's because of the material they used during construction.It was kinda harsh. My mic is cardioid only, and I could still hear reflections off the Se like it was an omni. PLUS, the Primacoustic costs HALF the price of the SE Reflexion Filter Pro.
@TyFord
6 жыл бұрын
The SE filter didn't bounce the sound around. It couldn't stop the sound from bouncing around.
@NURREDIN
6 жыл бұрын
I use a CARDIOD mike in a CONFINED SPACE..The SE's surface was too hard.
@TyFord
6 жыл бұрын
Well, not only too hard, but ineffective even if it had been soft.
@BigbabyyMLB
3 жыл бұрын
This goes back to the old fashion of treating your room and building your decent vocal booth.. No escape
@Enonymouse_
3 жыл бұрын
For the cost of some of these filters you could get a decent head start on acoustically treating your room.
@aladinsalama8445
6 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I saw this before pulling the trigger. Thank you
@Shunderz
7 жыл бұрын
I don't understand. You say that one of the reasons it's not good is because it doesn't protect the sound reflecting behind you, but in your video about creating a voice booth, you talk into the closet, but you don't have anything to absorb the sound behind you. So which side should you prioritize in absorbing reflections?
@Shunderz
7 жыл бұрын
But it's still in front of him, even though the most sensitive part of the microphone gets reflections from behind him, right? So shouldn't he speak with the closet to his back, instead?
@xleepy4006
7 жыл бұрын
no, he's talking about the sides. your voice will go out to your left and right which clothes in the closet absorb.
@KwyatMan
7 жыл бұрын
See, I've always pondered this. There's a video of Amy Winehouse recording with Mark Ronson and she has her back to a mattress (they're also above her). So.... Wouldn't it be best to use the filter in front and the dampening behind?... Confusing.
@EdwoodCA
6 жыл бұрын
Perhaps, stand inside the closet as much as you can, and face outward into the curved reflection filter to better contain you from all sides?
@VicTorRific
6 жыл бұрын
Majority of the reflections coming from behind in the room he's talking in throughout the video are from the sound hitting the floor, ceiling, and walls behind the mic and then reflecting off the walls behind him. In the closet, all of these waves are heavily dampened soon after they leave his mouth.
@yrtracingteam106
2 жыл бұрын
It will help when you’re surrounded by walls on every side around you. Otherwise, try a wider/ larger mic screen with adjustable sides. And don’t forget it will never be a studio surrounding, its just helping you. Its all in the setup. And your copy you can pin in the foam with a needle. Be crative when you don’ have much or don’t have access to a (expensive) studio 24-7. Just saying 😉 Good luck 👊🏼
@tonygskar
4 жыл бұрын
hahah when you mentioned about closet made me laugh man i was doin the same thing before lol
@Meechda1
4 жыл бұрын
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@Dangoldmedia
4 жыл бұрын
You’re spot on. It’s terrible when a wardrobe performs better than one of these.
@GingerDrums
3 жыл бұрын
Again, absorption is most important BEHIND the talent when using cardioid or hypercardioid microphones. The microphone is directional and is already designed to achieve what these type of "mic shields" achieve. Also, a crescent shape is terrible for early reflections and will cause a certain amount of comb filtering which will make your voice sound thinner. I'd say better save your money! A friend recorded at home and I suggested the following: Putting her mattress vertically against a wall, using a shotgun mic and speaking 3cm away from capsule with her back to the mattress. The results were usable for TV with a little denoising. Big love from a German Broadcast VO recording engineer.
@agondistortion
Ай бұрын
Yes it does even puting a hand behind mic helps with the focus , so this should help the mic not get reflections back from the glas that separates booth from control room which I often have to adress
@WasteFaced
6 жыл бұрын
I've been using my unfinished laundry room to record, the cement floor absorbs any vibrations, the exposed insulation absorbs sound, and there are no windows. I think I'll just leave it like that.
@craigdaubbeats-rapinstrume9185
4 жыл бұрын
Just get a big box and line it with sound treatment. Then if you have somewhere with enough room to attach it to a wall you're good to go. Probably not gonna help you if you live somewhere loud like a busy road like me. But if you can get hour house quiet enough, it'll block most of that reverb if not all of it and a lot of general low noise. Ideally the best bet for a home Studio is to build a noise isolation booth. If your crafty enough you could do it relatively cheap.
@im215exempt
7 жыл бұрын
Sadly, the late Tom Petty was the only person I have ever seen use these properly whereas he set these up around the microphones he was using to record his amps in a live setting. Preventing outside bleed is their purpose and I guess the manufacturers will do anything to sell them..
@Bourbon-Canted-Ky-Windage
4 жыл бұрын
The reflection filter is only part of it. Yes they do work when used properly. To be in the middle of the room is a no-no! For your set-up try using the open closet behind you, a reflection filter in front of you and something like an acoustic panel on each side of you, like the Auralux ProMax stand mounted acoustic panels. Now your ready to record your vocals. , FYI, The $99 sE plastic reflection filter is actually the one that works the best! The mic needs to be an inch or more deep into the filter. The ProMax panels aren't cheap! I have a pair and they work great! Best wishes and good luck to all!
@rohanfirminger9182
7 жыл бұрын
The amount of variables involved in this kind of discussion is considerable. I've seen such a wild range of different results over decades, and I'd have to say, the easiest answer is "it depends". LOL In practical terms, I have one of these types of shields I use for specific singing voices with specific mics WITH specific room acoustic treatments IF the trade-off for higher frequency reverberation reduction outweighs the "coloring" at the bottom end. Probably one of the most reputable and well thought out tests in this space is from SOS: www.soundonsound.com/reviews/how-effective-are-portable-vocal-booths Personally, I think these can work in specific situations, and depends a lot on the room and the acoustics of that room (treated or not, and if treated, with what measures). Generally we're talking in frequency terms above 1 kHz and and probably more like 2-3 kHz range and UP to reduce reflections, which generally helps. However in the low range (often 200-400 Hz range) these can cause "early reflections" which "color" (colour) the sound, and may produce unwanted elements. SOS suggests using a cardioid pattern mike which faces AWAY from the shield, hence potentially reducing any early reflections. So, setting up the recording gear effectively and optimally is, "surprise, surprise", going to have a significant influence on the outcome. For example, what kind of voice we're recording, and what it is doing makes a huge difference - deep toned pod caster vs powerful soprano singer - everything is completely different. Add into that "taste" and a plethora of desired outcomes, and honestly making a sweeping claim something is "good" or bad" with no bench-marking reduces the usefulness of this video. Really, it's "horses for courses", and lot depends on what the "producer" in a studio wants, or the person at home recording vocals or podcasts. The variables are immense. So as stated at the start, "it depends". Hope that helps - or did I just "muddy the mix"? LOL
@johnnymorell4974
6 жыл бұрын
Rohan Firminger Excellent post. It is sure to help many!
@One_of_Many750
5 жыл бұрын
Rohan Firminger That Was Incredibly Stated!!! Love That Bit At The End There👍🏾👍🏾😊😊
@saxondale83
4 жыл бұрын
If the case is that it reflects from behind u mainly then put the filter behind your head/back and position the mic infront of a curtain Sound won't reflect too much into the reverse of the mic as its cardioid and curtain combo. Job done.
@tylerwest9330
5 жыл бұрын
I know this is an old video but hear me out. What about using the reflection filter and closet in tandem? Like you have your back to the closet and the reflection filter / microphone set up in front of you. That way it would be the best of both worlds :p
@konanle.khardo1245
5 жыл бұрын
Have you tried it before?
@JayStudda
5 жыл бұрын
Literally what I thought when I saw this vid and placement matters he didn't hook it up right i have that saw exactly reflection filter
@randomrandy3059
4 жыл бұрын
Great points. So through Pro Audio journey I have definitely learned to hear those sounds. In the beginning I couldn’t hear the differences. You’re right mics don’t pick up from the back side where the filter is place. You can immediately tell. Good video man.
@richrich1k
2 жыл бұрын
This guy is either raw asf or the companies don’t pay him enough money to say good things about their products.
@Czyszy
6 жыл бұрын
Your room sounds really good (judging by the fingersnap reverb). I'd love to hear drums recorded in that very room. ;p
@j.r.regenold9094
5 жыл бұрын
I am lucky to have ample room to build a sound booth. Have tried all kind of other stuff and nothing really works well. Good video, will save people a lot of money if they watch this.
@AlmatikMusic
5 жыл бұрын
Out of all comments, no one is talking about COMB FILTERING? Don’t buy these, spend money on bass traps and studio foam for your recording room(bedroom, living room, etc)
@johnkotches8320
3 жыл бұрын
This is true for a cardioid microphone... go for an omnipolar or a ribbon where sound does come in from the back of the microphone you might find a radically different result.
@owlmuso
4 жыл бұрын
I agree. I have the SE reflection filter as shown in this video and I actually think it makes the sound worse by creating resonances WITHIN the filter itself, let alone not blocking out room reflections. I wish it were a magic bullet but it aint
@Official_JC_Torres
2 жыл бұрын
I purchased this along with the a Stedman pro pop filter in front of my mic and it is Amazing. My studio in a basement with cement walls and floor and it sounds great. So pop filters do work wonders for those that can’t afford to sound proof a room with foam and it works great.
@CYMotorsport
3 жыл бұрын
4:09 isn’t this unfair? Your snapping is projecting frequency in all directions vs your projecting your waves into the shield. Moreover, when you’re talking dead center of the shield, it’s meant to mitigate the spread. It’s far from perfect, but off center speaking and snapping away from the core of the shield are far from what it’s supposed to treat. Though without levels on screen, it’s sheer speculation on my end! It’s an old video tho I’ve seen your latest stuff. Just in the fence about these shields still
@KNGxARK
3 жыл бұрын
Also he should be further back but hey we like what we like I personally just bought one and I live in a trailer and it was exactly what I need the vocals I've been able to produce with it is a big step up
@CYMotorsport
3 жыл бұрын
@@KNGxARK I ended up getting one too haha. The levels when I tested them in a controlled environment weren’t different enough to warrant buying on their own but psychologically I did notice my mic technique was WAY better so it actually ended making a difference you can hear. But not functionally haha so in a weird way, it does work for me. We like what we like, as you correctly said.
@RDYC
5 жыл бұрын
They do help. Just as singing into an absorption wall will allow very few reflections and give a dry sound. These help in the same way.
@tonystephenson5682
5 жыл бұрын
The Aston Origin Mic is the best audio purchase I have ever made I,ve been a proffesional sound engineer for many years and was amazed at its performance especially as i am used to using prestige products like Neumann and Sherp microphones. The Halo that I have seems to add certain darkness to the tone of the voice and makes the vocals sound dark and cumbersome. I am hoping that the Aston halo will help retain the fresh vibrance of my recordings. Well done Aston.
@velvetonecustomshop5026
5 жыл бұрын
Seriously?? First they don’t block “Reverb”, by which he probably means flutter echo or initial reflections, it is meant to improve off axis rejection from the back of the mic capsule. Second, it certainly doesn’t help that he has the mic not only outside the reflection filter, but has the front of the capsule angled up towards the ceiling getting those reflections, making the back of the capsule angled towards the floor not into the filter. Yes these work well, but of course you can make one yourself for super cheap.
@johnperry9082
5 жыл бұрын
Good point about the mic position and angle.
@efrenplancarte1235
3 жыл бұрын
I was about to buy one but not after seen your video , thank you very much for taking the time to show us
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