It is all essentially guess and check unless you want to learn acoustics, short of that the best you can do is search for what people have done in a similar situation. Dimensions of the room and what you are recording play a big role, reducing echos for recording a full drum kit is a very different thing than reducing echos for a single person recording narration for their youtube videos, for the former you will likely need full room treatment, for the latter just treating the wall you face or even rearranging the room may be enough. Changing mics could also do it, a highly directional dynamic pointed right at the source and up close will pick up less of the room than an omni condenser. Are you even recording or are you just trying to make you living space quieter?
Recording voice overs mostly. My directional mic is picking up a good bit but maybe I'll try another one just to be sure. I've got this cheapo right now that worked pretty well on my old space - https://a.co/d/gUmdYpM
That and some drapes will be what I try this weekend, maybe next weekend try to add some acoustic panels to the wall right in front of my desk or something.
I appreciate it's a good bit of guess and check. I was hoping to avoid that and get to the root of it with a technical acoustics answer but I also appreciate there's people with phds in this kind of thing so something something balance.
ofalkaed|2 years ago
therealwardo|2 years ago
That and some drapes will be what I try this weekend, maybe next weekend try to add some acoustic panels to the wall right in front of my desk or something.
I appreciate it's a good bit of guess and check. I was hoping to avoid that and get to the root of it with a technical acoustics answer but I also appreciate there's people with phds in this kind of thing so something something balance.