Comments on: Reflexion Filter: The Premium Portable Sound Booth http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/ A starry-eyed quest for beautiful eLearning and presentations. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:26:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Chris Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:12:17 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-608 Frank, the blankets/batting material will only help deaden reflected sound, i.e. sounds bouncing off your walls. They're not going to block the sound entering your mic directly from the monitor fan. Where is the monitor that is producing the noise? Inside the closet? Frank, the blankets/batting material will only help deaden reflected sound, i.e. sounds bouncing off your walls. They’re not going to block the sound entering your mic directly from the monitor fan. Where is the monitor that is producing the noise? Inside the closet?

]]> By: Frank http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Frank Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:30:48 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-607 I need to keep sounds outside the space where I record - a closet - and now it appears from the monitor which has a loud fan. Will the blankets work? I need to keep sounds outside the space where I record – a closet – and now it appears from the monitor which has a loud fan.

Will the blankets work?

]]> By: wend phillips http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-594 wend phillips Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:05:32 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-594 You can make your homemade sound booth a bit more sturdy using the harlan hogan method - folds away neatly but I just keep mine in a cupboard til I need to use it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/59426010@N00/sets/72157604851038912/ You can make your homemade sound booth a bit more sturdy using the harlan hogan method – folds away neatly but I just keep mine in a cupboard til I need to use it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59426010@N00/sets/72157604851038912/

]]> By: Caspar http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-536 Caspar Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:07:39 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-536 I like your home-based sound booth. It looks especially inspiring for teachers, who are afraid of high-tec and do not have lots of money. Caspar I like your home-based sound booth. It looks especially inspiring for teachers, who are afraid of high-tec and do not have lots of money.

Caspar

]]> By: David Anderson http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-535 David Anderson Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:42:48 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-535 The panels are great. Richland College (Richardson, TX) built an audio room with those panels. They look great and really do the job. The sound blankets are not attractive but they really work. I don't record meaningful audio every day so most of their folded and stored. When hung, they make you feel like you're in a moving truck - a quiet moving truck. Not sure about the iPhone. Heard that was a feature people were asking about. Always felt they missed an opportunity with true recording on the iPods as well. The panels are great. Richland College (Richardson, TX) built an audio room with those panels. They look great and really do the job.

The sound blankets are not attractive but they really work. I don’t record meaningful audio every day so most of their folded and stored. When hung, they make you feel like you’re in a moving truck – a quiet moving truck.

Not sure about the iPhone. Heard that was a feature people were asking about. Always felt they missed an opportunity with true recording on the iPods as well.

]]> By: Chris http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Chris Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:45:01 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-532 Thanks for the pics! Nice computer setup. And I like the blog on your screen. :) I like the panels - I may have to look into those. I'm not fond of the temporary look of the blankets - I don't want to put them up every time I have to record something, and they don't look great enough to leave them up all the time. I'm planning to build a new house soon - perhaps I can incorporate the AlphaSorb panels. There's still the issue of computer fan (and occasional hard drive) noise though. How do you deal with that? I'm wishing Apple would update their iPhone software to allow external mics via the dock connection. Then I could record my narration straight through to my iPhone without dealing with computer noise, transfer it to the computer, and do my editing work there. There were rumors that the last update had this feature buried in the code, but it apparently didn't make the final cut when the firmware was updated. Then again, I don't even know if the phone's processor can handle full-res audio... Thanks for the pics! Nice computer setup. And I like the blog on your screen. :)

I like the panels – I may have to look into those. I’m not fond of the temporary look of the blankets – I don’t want to put them up every time I have to record something, and they don’t look great enough to leave them up all the time. I’m planning to build a new house soon – perhaps I can incorporate the AlphaSorb panels. There’s still the issue of computer fan (and occasional hard drive) noise though. How do you deal with that?

I’m wishing Apple would update their iPhone software to allow external mics via the dock connection. Then I could record my narration straight through to my iPhone without dealing with computer noise, transfer it to the computer, and do my editing work there. There were rumors that the last update had this feature buried in the code, but it apparently didn’t make the final cut when the firmware was updated. Then again, I don’t even know if the phone’s processor can handle full-res audio…

]]> By: David Anderson http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-531 David Anderson Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:19:31 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-531 Pics: http://www.multimedialearning.com/images/reflexion/IMG_8014.jpg http://www.multimedialearning.com/images/reflexion/IMG_8011.jpg It's big - too big. What you have going is really great and I've done that as well. Honestly, the best $150 you can spend is on sound blankets: http://myworld.ebay.com/audimute/ I've used them for five years and they do 80% of what an audio booth does. They're portable and remove enough ambient noise to record clean, flat audio. Remodeling my home office right now and putting these up: http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/products/panels/alphasorb.asp A bit more expensive but they work as well as the Auralex foam and much more attractive. David Pics:
http://www.multimedialearning.com/images/reflexion/IMG_8014.jpg
http://www.multimedialearning.com/images/reflexion/IMG_8011.jpg

It’s big – too big.

What you have going is really great and I’ve done that as well.

Honestly, the best $150 you can spend is on sound blankets:
http://myworld.ebay.com/audimute/

I’ve used them for five years and they do 80% of what an audio booth does. They’re portable and remove enough ambient noise to record clean, flat audio.

Remodeling my home office right now and putting these up:
http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/products/panels/alphasorb.asp A bit more expensive but they work as well as the Auralex foam and much more attractive.

David

]]> By: Chris http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Chris Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:28:57 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-530 David, I too thought this thing might be too big to be practical, but then I take a look at my "little" jury rigged soundbooth and realize the Reflexion can't possibly be *that* big. I record my narration at an angle, reading my script off to the side. Not the most ergonomic or comfortable setup, but it's the best I can do without building an actual sound room. Since I don't do screen tutorials, perhaps you'd like to sell your Reflexion Filter? :) P.S. some pics of this thing "in the real world" would be great, if you have some... David, I too thought this thing might be too big to be practical, but then I take a look at my “little” jury rigged soundbooth and realize the Reflexion can’t possibly be *that* big. I record my narration at an angle, reading my script off to the side. Not the most ergonomic or comfortable setup, but it’s the best I can do without building an actual sound room.

Since I don’t do screen tutorials, perhaps you’d like to sell your Reflexion Filter? :)

P.S. some pics of this thing “in the real world” would be great, if you have some…

]]> By: David Anderson http://www.equixotic.com/2009/02/05/reflexion-filter-the-premium-portable-sound-booth/comment-page-1/#comment-529 David Anderson Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:07:50 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=289#comment-529 I bought one of these a while back. It's amazing and does everything it says. You can move the microphone closer or farther from the back to control flatness. But... I've never used it. It's huge. There is no way to record screen tutorials using this thing. The only way to use it is to put it off to the side but then you're not talking directly into the microphone and losing the absorption behind the mic. See if you can try it out before you buy it. You'd be hard pressed to use this along with a music stand to read scripts. It's just too big. I can post pics if you're interested. I wish they had a smaller size. David I bought one of these a while back. It’s amazing and does everything it says. You can move the microphone closer or farther from the back to control flatness.

But…

I’ve never used it. It’s huge. There is no way to record screen tutorials using this thing. The only way to use it is to put it off to the side but then you’re not talking directly into the microphone and losing the absorption behind the mic. See if you can try it out before you buy it.

You’d be hard pressed to use this along with a music stand to read scripts. It’s just too big.

I can post pics if you’re interested. I wish they had a smaller size.

David

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