0512 – How The Studio Space Affects Your Voice

2022.05.27 – 0512 – How The Studio Space Affects Your Voice

THE STUDIO

Recording location

The studio space will affect your voice because too much other noise may be a distraction, you may be lost in the mix, or the acoustics of the room will simply alter how your voice sounds.

Outside of a professional recording studio, the podcaster will ideally choose a recording location that has the least amount of background noise or the one which will be easiest to soundproof. So, review any potential location from the perspective of the least amount of noise:

·        Outside noises getting in – such as neighbours, traffic, animals (birds), weather (wind & rain), plumbing.

·        Internal sound sources – computer fans, air conditioning, pipework, or any other noisy equipment. Consider turning them off while you record, or having your mic as far from them as possible.

Stopping outside noises interfering with your recording is a matter of sound-proofing the room that you are using as your studio. The aim is to stop virtually all external noises being heard inside. It can be a big and expensive job with the possibility of suspended ceilings or floating floors and padded with sound-deadening foam and air-space. There are plenty of companies that will sell you acoustically treated isolation booths that you can construct in your existing room – a ‘room within a room’ if you like - (https://www.acousticabins.com/ https://www.kubevocalbooth.com/ https://whisperroom.com/ ) or of course you can build one yourself. 

But for a basic alternative:

·        Have a home studio in the quietest part of your home, probably upstairs and at the back of the house to reduce road noise, 

·        Consider recording at the quietest part of the day - perhaps on Sunday morning at 7 when the neighbours are quietest, rather than in the morning rush hour when the road outside may get busier.

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