DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED A MIC ISOLATION SHIELD?

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@sinocelt 11 месяцев назад

I listened to your video at 1.5x speed and could still understand you perfectly, and I'm not even a native speaker. That's a testament to how articulate you are. 👍

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@thilogrimm7109 11 месяцев назад

I think we can all agree that we need more Kitchen-Aiden in our lives😄

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Kitchen Aiden is generally well fed and in good spirits!!

@TristanWhalenHughesMusic 11 месяцев назад

Very accurate assessment of these gadgets' strengths and weaknesses! I actually built myself a couple of DIY portable sound panels out of Ikea frames and Walmart quilts to solve treatment issues for the space directly behind me and, while not perfect, combined with a good shield, manage to do pretty well at rejecting room sound.

@BojanBojovic 11 месяцев назад

The worst thing about it is comb filtering. It maybe stops the voice from going through, but a significant amount is reflected back into the microphone, and this is far more problematic than ugly room reverberation.

@greghernandez7181 10 месяцев назад

This was an excellent review! Thanks.

@alyssiataylor546 5 месяцев назад

Lmfaooo that intro with the fridge noise was so funny. Too real 😂

@DarkCornerStudios 5 месяцев назад

It's becoming one of my favorite jokes

@alexrichienz 6 месяцев назад

Great video! Thank you for this!

@davefk 10 месяцев назад

Your studio sounds great!

@DarkCornerStudios 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@chadfayrobinson7537 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for making this video. I bought one and I thought it made things horrible. I have a lot of treatment in the room and that thing made it so boxy I couldn't use it. I saved the foam and chucked the rest LOL

@tristan8922 8 месяцев назад

this was a really cool video. I'm curious what your take on isolation shields for a loud, live-band stage situation. Are there any commonsense means to mitigate cymbals, snare hits etc where the pros outweigh the cons? For context, I'm running wind instruments (sax and clarinet) into effects like reverb and delay. My set up surprisingly works in most situations through some careful gain staging but occasionally, I find myself dreaming of isolation shields either bought or homemade.

@needsLITHIUM 11 месяцев назад

These are meant for you to be able to do minimal treating of a small corner of your room. In practice, these screens should be facing into the room from a corner, or if you're in a bedroom, from the closet with the clothes on hangers behind you, and either bass traps or the makeshift solution of shoe boxes or rubbermade bins/drawers filled with spare cables or clutter on the floor up against the wall. They still see best use case with some minimal room treatment, or at least a carpeted room with furniture in it.

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

A few issues. Corners aren't horrible...but I would probably prefer something on the wall behind me. Any bare wall behind will add reflections. Also...bass traps are wildly unnecessary for voice. Your voice does not have the power nor frequency range to ever need bass traps.

@needsLITHIUM 11 месяцев назад

@@DarkCornerStudios TBF I was thinking that the corner would be treated. I probably should have been more clear on that. Also, I assume that the same space would be used for mixing or general playback later, for people on a budget, hence the bass traps. Also, I do metal, so growls can get pretty low pitched, and loud.

@mcgritty8842 5 месяцев назад

@@needsLITHIUMdid you say to set up a corner to mix in? Am I losing it???? 😂

@needsLITHIUM 5 месяцев назад

@@mcgritty8842 no. I said put the mic in the corner. Monitor speakers should go along a flat wall or in soffits, roughly in the middle, or at least 3 to 6 feet away from a corner, depending on speaker output and size. I think you're losing it. "Same space" because I'm assuming the treated corner and your desk would be in the same room.

@JothanGurr 11 месяцев назад

I’ve been using the Aston Halo fora while it does nothing to prevent external noise so I still have to soundproof part of my studio. It does cut out so much reflection sound that to me it’s totally worth it.

@AboriginalManswife 5 месяцев назад

Wrd

@theoutsiderjess4869 11 месяцев назад

I bought one for the blue yeti as I live in New york in an untreated space 3 years ago was it the most effective thing no but it was definitely better than what I was working with

@Nofamilly 4 месяца назад

Is blanket is a best choice so?

@smartduck904 2 месяца назад

I have a heavy duty one and I also have the eyeball it works great just have to have shielding behind me

@chinmeysway 9 месяцев назад

I put fiberglass insulation on my face and cut out a mouth hole and then the reflections off the mic body won’t rereflect off my big forehead into to mickropfon

@johnnydiamondsmusic1673 11 месяцев назад

To be honest when I bought mine I worked out that for myself and got good results for my home studio

@RudolfWolph 11 месяцев назад

I'd be curious to hear something like this with a multi-pattern mic set to figure 8 Figure 8 is the tightest polar pattern on those types of mics, so if you could effectively block some sounds coming to the rear of the microphone you could conceivably wind up with lower room noise overall than with a cardioid mic.

@chrisw5742 11 месяцев назад

And believe it or not an omni mic sounds awesome for recording even with room speakers on and no headphones.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tmhik9YpdGw.html

@annekedebruyn7797 11 месяцев назад

I have used these shields with 8-pattern mics on instruments and vocals. Works great to get a more cardioid-like room rejection from the back. Granted, in normal studio environment, it shouldn't matter that much. But it did help in that particular situation.

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Yeah...they definitely have a purpose!!

@chinmeysway 9 месяцев назад

I like reverb it’s ok I just add it synthetically later so nobody is hurt but yeah those thingies seem silly if not using fig8 or Omni polar pattern.

@davidsillars3181 11 месяцев назад

Definitely better than setting up under a quilt though. I did an audition that way once!

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Me too...did a few under the covers in hotels. That sounds dirty

@sinocelt 11 месяцев назад

Better than doing it under a kilt. Especially if someone is wearing it at the time.

@davidsillars3181 11 месяцев назад

@@sinocelt I think The Goon Show was always recorded under the kilts of a regiment of the Gordon Highlanders, hence the unique acoustics. I may be wrong. 😂

@sinocelt 11 месяцев назад

@@davidsillars3181 I hope you are... for everyone involved! 🤣

@djbustaa 23 дня назад

is an isolation shield useful if you game in the same room as another person and want to block their voice from getting in your mic?

@SipItAndRipIt 27 дней назад

I was looking at some options for managing other voices in close proximity leaking into other microphones. Would something like this be worth trying?

@MatthewHaines 11 месяцев назад

I would love to have heard the example you spoke of: treated back wall combined iso-box.

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

I have a video on the Isovox!

@MatthewHaines 11 месяцев назад

@@DarkCornerStudios I’ll check it out!

@DanAshleyChicago 11 месяцев назад

I scrolled through your videos looking for recommendations or reviews of sound treatments on your walls. There are a lot of squares on Amazon running about $1 to $2 per square foot. Do you have any opinions or advice about what kind of economical wall treatments are recommended?

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Yeah...those Amazon squares aren't brutally bad...though I did a video a few years back for making acoustic panels. I still use them to this day

@DanAshleyChicago 11 месяцев назад

@@DarkCornerStudiosI will look again for your video on making acoustic panels. I could not find it the first time I looked.

@DanAshleyChicago 11 месяцев назад

@DarkCornerStudios Found it! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HlJtURhlBv8.html

@annavmusic6309 3 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing this! How much is the sound coming from the ceiling impacting the vocals?

@DarkCornerStudios 3 месяца назад

Basically the same as a wall. The direction doesn't really matter...just the material Ceiling treatment or drop acoustic ceilings are best

@annavmusic6309 3 месяца назад

@@DarkCornerStudios thanks!

@kraavok 7 месяцев назад

What about if the shield is behind you?

@JerryMeehanJr 2 месяца назад

is this thing good if im trying to do voice overs in my apartment and dont want my neighbor to hear me at my desk lol

@calebmckay704 3 месяца назад

From my experience recording with my closet behind me (adjacent to the microphone) renders better results than recording vocals into my closet, having my closet directly behind the microphone. Seems a bit unconventional for some reason but yields much better results.

@RockG.o.d 11 месяцев назад

I use a smaller version of this when recording my amp.

@mr.bigmangames 11 месяцев назад

A was expecting an eyeball testing but didnt find it in video (

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

No real difference

@rabbitnoize 5 месяцев назад

How abt the eyeball ard the mic and a mic shield right behind you

@djmidnightwolf 11 месяцев назад

Why do I feel attacked using my sE Reflex in my kitchen studio.

@Shannon_Robbie 28 дней назад

The Aston Halo is over $400 and you don't even have room to put your script in there to read it!

@DarkCornerStudios 28 дней назад

Reflection filters are different than this. I did a whole video on them...worth a watch. It's called "Do You Actually Need A Mic Isolation Shield"

@Shannon_Robbie 27 дней назад

@@DarkCornerStudios Well, yes that's the video I'm commenting on. I'm just learning so I didn't realize that the Halo was a reflector filter and the isolation shield was different. Audio recording is a steep learning curve!

@tomz58 3 месяца назад

A possible answer is to put 2 of them together, so that it surrounds you more(?). Also, NO PLACE to put copy (tablet or hard copy) if you are a VO guy.

@Sumbibebe 11 месяцев назад

Great video, indeed. What if I use one extra shield behind close behind me? Thanks

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Better off just treating directly behind you with a curtain or something... Probably much cheaper as well

@Sumbibebe 11 месяцев назад

@@DarkCornerStudios got it, will do. Thank you👍🏾

@CONTENTCREATORCORPS 11 месяцев назад

Perfect assessment. Thanks for doing this, Aiden. As a VO educator, I'll speak for why you don't see pro VO people use this kind of setup: _Try reading copy when using one..._

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Amen to that!

@EthanWiner 10 месяцев назад

The problem with all of these products is they're too small to truly contain your voice and keep it from bouncing around the room. The ONLY product that really works is the RealTraps Portable Vocal Booth (PVB). At $300 it's a little more expensive than the cheap products, but it works very well and doesn't require more absorption behind you.

@Hectagonist 6 месяцев назад

I have a bunch of RealTraps panels in my studio and can attest they're super high quality and built to last. Haven't tried the PVB though.

@TheBluuHouse 6 месяцев назад

Was Rode being creative when they named the NT-1? Can we call it the Rodent 1?😅

@meirgoldenberg5638 Месяц назад

Why not simply record through Zoom? It has wonderful filtering of outside noises.

@RaddDronzy 11 месяцев назад

Just cover the back side of the mic with tape to avoid reflection.😅

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Lol

@chrisw5742 11 месяцев назад

On a cardioid dynamic you can tape the side ports off then you have an omni mic.

@christopherdunn317 5 месяцев назад

Your better off putting it behind your head, then sing into the mic cause any sound that comes at you will adsorb back into the foam and not into the mic !

@ellisgl 10 месяцев назад

Wouldn't the worst case scenario be the bathroom?

@moleedaboi 3 месяца назад

Mostly, yeah

@moleedaboi 3 месяца назад

An empty garage is worse imo.

@lewiswilliams1893 9 месяцев назад

So the solution is to mount these right behind your head, maybe on your shoulders. Hmm...

@user-os9db1ch5b 11 месяцев назад

so not pointless but useless . got you lol

@DarkCornerStudios 11 месяцев назад

Perhaps better said... It's VERY situational

@tricogustrico 11 месяцев назад

snake oil, i will pass

@effyiew7318 11 месяцев назад

You don't look like the snake oil guy

@ThinkAboutMyComment 10 месяцев назад

The metal worries me

@foljs5858 11 месяцев назад

Yes, if you have Forrest Gump intelligence, like the user of the product in the video, it wont help. If on the other hand you can manage the IQ to not put in the open side facing your whole kitchen plus a window, and instead, e.g. you have the open side close to and facing a wall with sound absorber/diffuser on it, then in would help a lot.