Ever have a need for a portable sound booth for Voice work on the road?
I travel a bit, and have need for a small, easily transportable microphone reflection method to record dry voice (aka a portable voice over sound booth!)
It works fine for producing a “dead” area for your mic from an absorption standpoint.
I found this nifty idea from v/o pro and author, Harlan Hogan, which goes into plenty of detail in his article The New & Improved Voice Over ?Porta-Booth
Quality recordings on the go and on the cheap.
How I built my own Portable Sound Booth
I found a collapsible canvas 10″ x 14″ cloth-covered storage box at Target for around $10.00, had some extra Auralex studio foam, and put it together. Here it is assembled, which takes about :60 set up time from bag to record mode.
Note: You don’t stick your head into the box to record. Just set up your copy stand on the table, and face the mic, which sits inside the porta-booth.
Portable Sound Booth Assembled
Portable Sound Booth Materials
The container collapses flat, and I “nested” the foam pieces so they take up less space.
Portable Sound Booth Packed and Ready to Travel!
Everything fits into a small comforter zipper bag with built-in carrying handle. Sure beats sitting in an uncomfortable self-made fort made of pillows and comforters in hotel rooms while I am on the road. SWEET!
Bobbin’s booth
The lovely and talented Bobbin Beam has posted pics of her portable sound booth. Certainly we’ve seen this type of booth before, but Bobbin has pics of how this compacts so nicely into a plastic bag for on-the-go recording. Nice work, Bobbin!
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Bobbin’s booth
The lovely and talented Bobbin Beam has posted pics of her portable sound booth. Certainly we’ve seen this type of booth before, but Bobbin has pics of how this compacts so nicely into a plastic bag for on-the-go recording. Nice work, Bobbin!
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Beautiful job, Bobbin! I like the fully compacted pics you posted. I always wondered how such a box was portable. Now I know. Thanks!
Thank you for stopping by, Jeff, and for your kind words. I have seen these pre-made portable booths selling for about $79.00 plus shipping, so I like the fact I saved myself some $$, and hopefully others can, too, while enhancing my remote recording capability.
Remodeling Blues
Whoa. The reason I haven’t had many entries in the past week was due to what we thought was a small home modification. What we believed would be a simple removal of the acoustic
(popcorn) ceiling material from three rooms in the house
Remodeling Blues
Whoa. The reason I haven’t had many entries in the past week was due to what we thought was a small home modification. What we believed would be a simple removal of the acoustic
(popcorn) ceiling material from three rooms in the house