SE reflexion Filter or vocal booth in a wardrobe?

[professorlamp]

So im stepping up once more to try and get a better vocal sound so would you guys recommend me to
.Buy some acoutic treatment and line the wardrobe with that (I willbe removing clothes and shelves etc etc..
.Buy the reflexion filter instead?
OR
do the first one and then put the reflexion filter in the wardrobe as well?

I have about £200 total to spend

 

[updog]

I tried making a vocal booth out of a wardrobe, but it turned out shit. Don't buy a SE Reflexion filter though, buy a Millenium Mic Screen instead. Put a mattress behind the vocalist.

 

[professorlamp]

so get the mic screen AND put the mattress behind it?

 

[updog]

Yes. Put the mattress behind whatever you're recording, like behind the vocalist etc... so it should dampen most of the reflections. Just experiment! You MIGHT have to put something over the thing, but not necessarily.

 

[professorlamp]

ahh right sweeeet , I've been looking around and can't find the millenium mic screen hmmmm......

 

[updog]

check Thomann

 

[professorlamp]

I've gone through 600 millenium items on thomann not one of them was that hahaha
Might have to go for the reflexion filter then

 

[updog]

I'm sorry man it was a t.bone screen...

 

[professorlamp]

hahah oki dok
I'll have a another route through

 

[professorlamp]

from the reviews ive read it doesnt look to promising so i might stay clear of that for now, Thanks for the help anyway though

 

[006]

The SE one I have heard works pretty well. Also, if I ever get some spare cash for one, I wouldn't mind getting one of these from them for the 57 on the snare.

 

[professorlamp]

wow that does look handy but for now im gonna go with the SE once I've saved up mah bread yo

 

[Trevoire520]

Personally I think that homemade vocals booths aren't the greatest. Unless it's big enough to get some thick foam in there you're still going to have lower mid-range reflections going on resulting in a boxy sound. I tend to record vocals in open rooms rather than cupboards these days.

I would get a set of Auralex Aural Expanders, use the 14" baffle behind the mic, and use a mic stand to hang a thick blanket behind the singer. Should only knock you back £40-50 for the Auralex Expander kit and you'll have extra baffles and stuff to use when you're mic'ing drum kits too!

 

[ParsonsMatt]

Not to derail the thread, but how important is this when using an SM7b?

 

[006]

Not to derail the thread, but how important is this when using an SM7b?

Not a lot, actually. SM7's have excellent rejection. Some dudes, Devin Townsend for one, will sometimes track their vocals while blasting monitors.