Putting the studio back together
Well, as is sometimes the case, I had to use my personal recording studio for something work-related. Trouble was, not everything was hooked back up. Compounding the problem is that the room I’m using as my studio is a plaster-walled bedroom with hardwood floors. It’s a very hard room. The ring-time is obscene. So… since I needed to record some voice segments for the phone system at work, I figured I should come up with some sort of sound damping solution for the walls.
I looked at Auralex foam, but at a hundred bucks per 32 sq. ft., I’d be thousands of dollars into damping that room before I had a satisfactory result. I then remembered something a salesman at Caruso’s in New London, CT mentioned to me in passing about ten years ago. He and his bandmates put old mattresses over the windows of his house to restrict sound leakage during band rehearsals. Now, I was not about to go out and buy a bunch of mattresses… but maybe hanging cheap comforters on the wall would do the trick!
Well… I went to a local thrift shop, and found a couple comforters for around $20 a piece… but I had just seen similar-sized units at Target for the same price. I went new. So, I snagged three Full/Queen comforters and tacked the up to the walls. Sure, they’re hiddeous, and don’t match, but they make a huge difference.
Here’s the awful leopard stripe thing behind the desk.
Here’s the other two (one black and one beige) behind the drums (which disappear in front of the black) and the guitar rig.
In other news, for the first time in years, I have pedals hooked up to the Fender amp, and the talk box is ready to rock.
The intimidating talkbox mic
The Fender amp mic’ed, cabled, pedaled and ready to go
…and I finally have a semi-permanent spot for a main vocal mic w/ copy stand! Whee!
I’ll put up some better pics when I have them, but for now, this will have to do.