I finally built mine. Sharing my homework in case anyone runs into the same issues I did. The 1.5' lengths (which I read as 1'6") should be 1'5". If you cut the 12 sections to 1.5' (1'6") they won't fit, but you only need to cut one inch off of each of the 12 sections to make it work. I think they intended the 2.5ft (2'6") sections to be 2'5" also. They'll still fit together, but at 2'6" your blankets will hang a couple of inches off the floor. As before, if you've cut them to 2.5ft (2'6") you only need to cut an additional inch off of each section. The blankets have loops, not just grommets, and they'll fit the 1 1/2" diameter PVC pipe like sliding curtains onto a rod. When possible, remove the section of pipe and slide it through the loops, rather than sliding the loops onto the pipe (as they did in the video). I ordered a fourth one so that they'll overlap more and have more of a ruffle; they're a bit taut with just three. I used eight 10ft lengths of 1 1/2" diameter PVC pipe, and I listed my cuts below. I didn't have a whole lot of waste, but I'm sure there's a better combination. I don't remember what other lengths they come in, but with something like five 10ft lengths and four 6ft lengths, you'd have nothing leftover. 1st: Two 3ft sections, two 2ft sections 2nd: Two 3ft sections, two 2ft sections 3rd: Two 3ft sections, two 2ft sections 4th: Two 3ft sections, two 2ft sections 5th: Four 2ft 5in sections 6th: One 3ft section, four 1ft 5in sections 7th: One 3ft section, four 1ft 5in sections 8th: Four 1ft 5in sections. If you're a little confused by the differing names of all of the fittings like I was, don't worry about that. Just go by visual appearance and purpose. Make sure you get 1 1/2" diameter. Some of them look tapered, but that's just to prevent snagging; your 1 1/2" pipes will still fit into them. I couldn't find them all locally and the ones I did find were more expensive anyway, so I ordered them all: You need *four* 4-way tee fittings (the link is for a Pack of 4): www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNIYPFI?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (one of these) These go vertically on the rear side. You need *eight* 3-way corner elbows (the link is for a Pack of 4): www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNIYPBM?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (two of these) These are the corners, top and bottom. You need *eight* side tee (the link is for a Pack of 4): www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNIYGXO?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (two of these) Four of these go vertically on the front side; the other four go between the corners at the very top, connected to the cross. You need *one* 4-way cross pipe fitting (the link is for a single unit): www.amazon.com/dp/B018HF6IYQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (one of these) This goes in the very center of the top. You may go over budget on this project, especially with 2022 prices (and if you get a fourth blanket). I ended up close to $300 but it's still very cost-effective.
Thanks so much for spelling out all these details. I'm thinking of making mine a bit larger than the size in the video. I'll be using the booth with a big mic with a shock mount, mounted on a tripod mic stand. Does it seem like 3 feet by 3 feet is enough room to include a mic on a tripod stand, along with a pop filter? I'm also 6'2" tall and I'm wondering if 3" between me and the top of the booth is enough headroom. Do you have any opinions about that? Thanks again
Hey thanks for all the extra information you added to this I found your input very helpful. So I'm just wondering was there a specific kind of pvc pipe that's better than others ? I only ask because the prices are varying at every store I check.
So I definitely want to start building this but I was wondering if you had the measurements on hand of the PVC pipes so I could cut them. Your DIY vocal booth looks pretty roomy and tall enough for someone like me so just the measurements of those you actually used would be fantastic!!!! Thanks in advance.
A tip for tablet users: You can buy a tablet holder that with adjustable clamp to attach a tablet to the pipes. Gives you light and you can read the text from it easily, or control the DAW from vocal booth with suitable app.
Yep, i got a tablet for mine too, haha great for reading vocals and self tracking when it's not for clients. Also, plan to upgrade my led strip so that you can control the light mood from the tablet
"If I were to clap, *clap clearly reveals the roomsound* it's completely dead to the world." Haha you should've done that with a mic in the booth, now it barely made any difference for the reverb
And then the hoo hoo hoo hoo at the end you can clearly hear the reflections, if you can hear them outside the booth,, you can hear it from the inside and the mic will hear it too
@@blazingfire90034 What? I know it's not for sound proofing that's not what I said. If you're doing voice work the deader the better. If you're speaking inside the booth you don't want the mic to pick up room reflections. If a talent agent or whoever listens to your audition or demo and hears the "room", that's a strike. Don't you think reverb is something used artificially? Adding a reverb effect to guitar or vocals? "The booth is for reverb"?? Makes no sense. What you want to do for recording the voices is called "absorption". Homemade bass traps are the best way. If you make this booth and can still hear the room it's useless.
That's AWESOME! At NAB 2019 I checked into 4 x 4 vocal booths and WOW! Cha-ching! This is especially cool for VO, narration, audiobooks, etc. No one cares what it looks like. GREAT video! 👍
It does a good job at the end of the day. Especially if you're doing something like an audio book or quick VO session where there's never an on camera portion of the person. ... Though... i wonder if we can convert this into a mobile sound baffle wall for film sets...?
Finally built one of these for my own! However, i did a few minor tweeks to really give it that more "professional" touch and look. First off, i put some cardboard walls on the inside and lined every wall with acoustic foam squares, and also added a wall mounted fan in one of the corners. For inside lighting i ran an led strip around the top, and cut the surrounding foam to fit. The result is a MASSIVE noise reduction from inside to out, and inside, virtually dead. The sound of a dead clap is quite interesting. All of this and still saved over $200 building it! (I also extended out the side walls to make it a 4'x3' space for more room)
My only tweak I’m adding to your build is going slightly bigger (5x4x7) so I can create both a recording booth and a dj booth for live streaming with green screen fabric lining the inside so I can add my visuals in the background
Check this out: I also bought myself a $100 Gazebo / Pergola (200cm x 200cm) and placed it in my basement on a noise absorbing rug. I left the outside "walls" off and placed moving blankets on all five sides. Got myself a 10M led strip for the inside and some bass traps in the corners and foam on the inside off the blankets. Super easy set-up for recording with my D18 and singing at the same time straight into my iPhone using the Roland Go Pro mix. Call me cheap but I just love my little "tent" inside my basement. Nice and cozy. Love your channel man!!
Great video! This was exactly the kind of solution I was looking for. Quick question: How well does that setup keep loud noise IN? I live in an apartment building with thin walls/floors. If recording VO's (especially at night) require moderate yelling or shouting I want to make sure that my neighbors can still get good sleep, lol.
Not well at all, unfortunately! The moving blankets just don't have enough mass or absorption ability to really dampen the sound very much. This is more for controlling reverb and room echo.
You can add more blankets to this type of setup to get multiple layers for a *little* better control of your yelling, maybe even air-gap the blankets by an inch or two, but yeah...still not going to quite you down very much.
Great video! I know the purpose is not sound isolation, but will it reduce the volume enough to be used for vocal recording in apartments without disturbing the neighbours too much? I mean; how much will it reduce the noise for people outside the booth?
I think this idea is great. I have a pretty isolated room already, but need slightly better absorption for some of my recordings. I think this is a great solution. And for those TH-camrs out there that want it to be a little more aesthetically, pleasing, you could always double down on the blankets, and have a second set on the INSIDE of the pipes too, so you don't have to see them. 💪
The pipes being round, it will be fine either way. The sound will disperse unequally on the round pipe and then bury itself in the blanket. The key is ridding yourself of hard flat parallel surfaces where the standing waves and reflections can cause problems.
I built my vocal booth using this same method with pvc pipe and heavy sound blankets. The way I see it is if your going to hang the blankets you might as well hang them from the inside covering the pipes.
@@rjsrox07 nice, does this work? like idk if these blankets are as powerful as professional sound absorbing panels,bc this method is perfect and affordable,but id like to see the difference
Just finished this design. Had to special order some pieces from Home Depot (the 4-out joints), but this was easy to do. I used 1" pipe to save some money and it's still plenty sturdy.
Thanks for this. I was fighting over whether or not to get the 1" pipe (since the price of PVC has gone through the roof). You saved me $40, so again much appreciated.
This is like an adult version of building a house/tent indoors, something kids love doing. Real nice idea and not much more than these pre built isolation booths which are a lit smaller and probably less effective.
This turned out really well! The only thing I would probably do differently is thread the moving blankets on the INSIDE of the booth, thus removing any possibility of the PVC pipes affecting the sound.
Designed and built one of these, trying two types of moving blankets. I didn't notice a huge difference in recording with or without it. Been using a master closet, filled with clothes instead... Just like engineers did in the past.... Closets, bathrooms, kitchens :) Works really well, but it means moving equipment to the closet but, found a moveable rack cabinet, which a laptop can sit on. Planning to modify & build it. Will probably sell the vox booth. If u build one, make sure you don't make it 8 ft tall if u have an 8 ft ceiling. Have enough room for a person, wearing headphones (adding height) and a mic stand and possibly a stand for lyrics on paper, a phone or tablet. If u don't have a ton of room, think outside the box (pun intended), like making it triangular so it's placed in a corner.
this is actually pretty cool. This, as a core idea, is great for future developing a DIY foldable vocal booth. I can see myself using this idea with like tent-bone structure (sticks that unpack to a structure) and make it rather portable. Good job, as always guys!
I made one of these a few years back. I made the mistake of making it too small. Big enough for one person and mic. It's nickname is the casket. As bad as that sounds it ended up creating a really nice isolated sound. Paired with a SM7B it was very much worth the effort.
I'm in the middle of building this and I just discovered I REALLY could have used a clearer description of all the PVC fittings. I cannot figure out what the difference is between a side elbow and side tee. Back to Home Depot where they don't know either :( A graphic of the different pieces would be extra helpful. Just Saying.
I love that you included a shopping list of parts...i cant afford it in one go but with a solid list i can pick up a couple parts from each of my paychecks over a coupls months. I will finally be able to start singing again with some kind of quality. Thank you for this video guys!
I need to get me some of those blankets. I’ve had two last minute requests for recording audio at someone’s business and both times I was wishing I had the right gear on hand to do the job correctly.
I’m a lyricist and a comic book writer and wanna branch out to make my own music. Thanks for the video this will really help me get into creating my own sound recording studio. Right now I’m a truck driver and small comic book writer
Just built this out, so a note if you're looking to build based on these specs: The pipe fittings add 2in, so you have to adjust for either the 1'-6" pipes to each be one inch shorter at 1'-5" or the 3'-0" pipes to be two inches longer at 3'-2" in order for the width of the sides to match up.
Yep, I had the same issue... they didn't account for the length of the connector in-between. I made mine larger... 5 feet instead of 3 feet, with 2.5 feet at the top instead of 1.5, but obviously the same problem. Easy enough to cut the short ones a little shorter, but it would've been better to know ahead of time.
I'm an opera singer, and due to the fact that the concert halls are closed because of the pandemic, I think I'll build one to record some home-made videos. I think this will help a lot to isolate exterior sound and without bothering my neighbors (that much lol) .
you're the best Unfortunately, I can't find such product in my country. They also don't ship to my country. Can I use throw blanket or that dunlopillo thermal blanket as replacement?
For sound isolation, I record in the middle of the night. But I still need to solve the sound absorption problem because my room is super echoey. This seems like a great solution.
@@rome8180 get some acoustic blankets that can help get the job done it definitely helps to deaden that nasty reverb sound in the room this can definitely help from the sound of the room get you might here a little reverb but it a whole lot more better than nothing
Thanks for the video, perfect for my needs. Do you recommend a particular diameter PVC pipe? Not so much for strength, but making sure I get small enough to fit through the loops on the moving blanket. Also, assuming 2 blankets will do the trick (72"x78" each). Thanks!!
Just a question. Take your frame and blanket setup and add some 2 to 3 layer cheap blackout curtains to the inside. Not flat but waved vertically similar to if they were pulled aside partway on a window. They are designed to block out light and noise. I think the curtains and blanket setup would block most outside noise and flatten all frequencies. What's your take on this change?
I built one like this myself, draped two layers of moving planets over it. It got really hot in there when singing and when I sang louder still a lot of low end reverb and echo bled through. I ended up buying an Isovox2 and it’s vastly superior to any home made vocal booth. It’s expensive but so is completely acoustically treating your room. Pound for pound the IsoVox2 is the best option out there. I wish it wasn’t so damn expensive though
we ended up doing some tweaking to get this design to where we wanted it, but also glad to hear you found success with the IsoVox. It's a very unique product.
First, I would like to shout a HUGE thank you for sharing this brilliant idea that I needed to see a lifetime ago LOL.......but really God knows exactly what I need and when. This is just what I need. I've gotten my blankets and saw, but that PVC is now 2-3X the price listed in this video!!! I have searched all over online, locally and second-hand, and the prices are all pretty much the same!!!! This is definitely less expensive than the Vocal booth to Go, but is no longer very budget-friendly. I'm ecstatic about building my booth because I have songs that need to be recorded like yesterday so I have no choice but to invest the necessary funds to complete the build, but I thought it would be a kind gesture to update everyone's expectations on what they should be prepared to spend on this alternative DIY booth. I will be sharing my experience when I begin building my also. Wishing everyone all the best.
Thanks for the tutorial! I went ahead and made this too. I'm currently waiting on the blankets to arrive. I will note, that if anyone else is planing to make their own vocal booth, don't forget to take the thickness of the PVC fittings into account. If you follow the measurements in the video, you will end up with something that is taller than 6.5 ft.
@I A M D Y N A S T I I built it, but if I could go back, I would actually just build sound panels and cover my walls with them. But if you're set on building this booth: I recommend double layering it, to make sure there are no reflections coming off the walls into the mic. Also! DO NOT buy the blankets from the link in the description. They arrive damaged and smell terrible. I instead got all the blankets and grommet kit I needed from a Harbor Freight store. You can find them at a hardware store. I got 9 blankets total, two per side, and one for the top. In the end it was about $250. You should buy a PVC cutter tool. Makes it easier.
I did this project for probably $400. PVC from Lowe's. Some of the fittings from there, the rest online. Plus, mine is 5' wide and 4' deep. Still a budget "friendly" project!
(Sigh) ...it HAS been an adventure..... This was my experience..... 1. I had to cut half/most of the pipes AGAIN to make them an inch shorter to account for the distance between where the PVC pipe stops in the joint/tee and the dead center of the joint/tee itself. Gratefully, I had almost if not a full shop in the same room, so (after obscenities) it wasn't the end of the world. 2. If you play your cards right, you could probably do it with nine 10 foot PVC pipes. You might even be able to do it with eight...but I would check the arithmetic on that. 3. I ordered the blankets using the link provided, and after hanging them, they were FIVE inches too SHORT (from the floor)! ....back to the chop saw-- AGAIN. Gratefully, the cage is still a little taller than I am...something to consider when you're planning your project. As an observation....if you wanted the cage to be sturdier withOUT gluing it together...drill pilot holes and drive small screws to hold the pipes in place. That way, it's sturdier but still "semi-portable" after you unscrew everything. Oh...and as another observation...if/when you want to disassemble it....bring a pipe wrench...big enough that the Orca dude doesn't laugh at you in the middle of a perfectly good bar fight. Even without the screws...the pipes ARE going to STICK....over time..... Plan it out on paper down to the inch....you'll save yourself a lot of Pepto-Bismol.
Did you find that without cutting the sides down, the top “ceiling” bars didn’t fit, and it all came tumbling down? Cause that’s where I’m stuck 😂 How much exactly did you cut off the 3ft sides? I need help 😭
@@kaysm7567 ...as I recall....I had to cut the roof sections one to one and a half inches shorter to get them to fit right and the corners lengths five inches shorter to get the mats to touch the floor. Hope that helps.
That's way less expensive than I was expecting, and probably much lighter weight. You can probably get the price even lower if you build the booth into the corner of a room or a closet.
Maybe for a spoken word, but only if you speak very softly, but for singing there will be a looooot of comb filtering. Very nice build, but nothing really helps with physics.
Don't use those foam pads. They're actually helping 0%!!! Just because it's technically "foam" it doesn't make it absorbant. Especially high frequencies will bounce of of its plane surface and you got your self a nice little custom echo floor
Excellent! I've been designing a PVC based booth (my first) but this is the first execution I've found. I think it's great, but I'm going to scale it up a bit to accommodate me.
Where are you buying those moving blankets? Harbor Freight has a better price on those, and they come in several different sizes. I've got several walls in my room covered with them, and they do a great job on killing those reflections.
Would gluing 2 inch high density foam to the inside of the moving blanket add to a more dampened space? Only asking because I have a good amount of them and am wondering if they will offer more dampening to the blankets? Thanks, getting ready to build this booth.
You could also mount blankets to a corner of the wall( 2 sides settled) and just construct an L shaped wall to close up. Obviously this isn't portable, but takes up less room as the L shaped " wall" can be turned around to lie flat against wall
I found this channel today, and I'm looking to make a similar booth or sound treat otherwise. I can't find the same blankets with the link in any of your videos mentioning it, so I was curious if you had other recommendations or any similar products. Please let me know!
Would sound isolation be possible if an outer structure were placed around the vocal booth without it actually being attached to it? A while back an architect told me that there's some empty space between walls to aid in soundproofing or something related to it. It was a while back so I don't remember exactly what it was he said. So I'm wondering if this would aid as a work around without having to work on the actual architecture of the room itself.
So these blankets are no longer available. I ordered a 4 pack of moving blankets from amazon but I'm wondering what the original measurements of these blankets were. Anybody know?
Where can you find the 2", 4-way elbows? I checked Home Depot, Lowe's, Ace Hardware and none of them even carry it. Now I'm stuck with everything else to complete the build. Please help.
Thanks for the idea here. Nice to be provided with the costs onscreen. However, it was very surprising to me that you didn't record a with, and without, the booth for comparison. In fact nothing was even recorded from within the booth. recording audio from within the booth is, to me, an essential element to any video about vocal booths. It gives viewers a realistic idea of how much abortion the booth in question can offer. Just stating this as people might get a false sense of how much absorption moving blankets can offer, build it and then get disappointed. Thanks though for the idea.
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I tried building this and it was a disaster 😭 I got the exact measurements and stuff you suggested...and once I tried to build the top “ceiling” the 1.5 ft pieces didn’t reach to the sides and it all kept falling apart. It seems like on the sides a inch or so longer than 3ft is needed, on top a couple inches longer that 1.5ft is needed.... I would love some help/advice to troubleshoot!! 😂
Are my neighbors next door or my family members in the other room gonna hear me when I sing in that booth? I really wanna achieve something what is gonna allow me to sing so I do not bother others. Thank you! 🙏🏻
Yes they will hear you. Like he said in the video the diy booth is made for sound absorption not sound isolation. they wont hear you as loud because some of the sound is absorbed but it wont be isolated to just the booth.
Two questions: 1. The folks at Vocal Booths to Go say that unless you glue these PVC frames together, there's a good chance they'll fall on you. Have you had any stability issues? 2. To what extent does size/shape matter? I've heard some VOs that were done in very small booths of this sort that sound muffled. Thanks.
@@DeityMicrophones Thanks very much for your response. I ask because the room in my home where external noise is least likely to be an issue is a bit small, so having a booth I can assemble and take down would be great. Just to clarify: when you say you've used the booth for "several" voiceovers, does that mean you don't use the booth regularly? Do you leave the booth standing, or assemble it/take it down as needed? Thanks again.
Would this type of booth mask regular talking level sound from people in other rooms being able to hear? I have a doorless upstairs room and was wondering if this could give me more privacy.
This is great; thank you for sharing. I was curious though, if hanging the mats on the inside as opposed to the outside would make a difference. Would sound bounce off of the PVC? Just curious as I try to learn more about this. TIA
Anyone tried slotting in some sound canceling foam in the spaces between pvc pipes for more sound proofing? Might be able to get away with using velcro strips or something of the like?
anyone can give me some ideas on how good it is in sound insolation from inside to outside? I live in an apartment where I can hear what people in next doors say. Does this isolate my voice from going out?
I finally built mine. Sharing my homework in case anyone runs into the same issues I did.
The 1.5' lengths (which I read as 1'6") should be 1'5". If you cut the 12 sections to 1.5' (1'6") they won't fit, but you only need to cut one inch off of each of the 12 sections to make it work.
I think they intended the 2.5ft (2'6") sections to be 2'5" also. They'll still fit together, but at 2'6" your blankets will hang a couple of inches off the floor. As before, if you've cut them to 2.5ft (2'6") you only need to cut an additional inch off of each section.
The blankets have loops, not just grommets, and they'll fit the 1 1/2" diameter PVC pipe like sliding curtains onto a rod. When possible, remove the section of pipe and slide it through the loops, rather than sliding the loops onto the pipe (as they did in the video). I ordered a fourth one so that they'll overlap more and have more of a ruffle; they're a bit taut with just three.
I used eight 10ft lengths of 1 1/2" diameter PVC pipe, and I listed my cuts below. I didn't have a whole lot of waste, but I'm sure there's a better combination. I don't remember what other lengths they come in, but with something like five 10ft lengths and four 6ft lengths, you'd have nothing leftover.
1st: Two 3ft sections, two 2ft sections
2nd: Two 3ft sections, two 2ft sections
3rd: Two 3ft sections, two 2ft sections
4th: Two 3ft sections, two 2ft sections
5th: Four 2ft 5in sections
6th: One 3ft section, four 1ft 5in sections
7th: One 3ft section, four 1ft 5in sections
8th: Four 1ft 5in sections.
If you're a little confused by the differing names of all of the fittings like I was, don't worry about that. Just go by visual appearance and purpose. Make sure you get 1 1/2" diameter. Some of them look tapered, but that's just to prevent snagging; your 1 1/2" pipes will still fit into them. I couldn't find them all locally and the ones I did find were more expensive anyway, so I ordered them all:
You need *four* 4-way tee fittings (the link is for a Pack of 4):
www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNIYPFI?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (one of these)
These go vertically on the rear side.
You need *eight* 3-way corner elbows (the link is for a Pack of 4):
www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNIYPBM?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (two of these)
These are the corners, top and bottom.
You need *eight* side tee (the link is for a Pack of 4):
www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNIYGXO?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (two of these)
Four of these go vertically on the front side; the other four go between the corners at the very top, connected to the cross.
You need *one* 4-way cross pipe fitting (the link is for a single unit):
www.amazon.com/dp/B018HF6IYQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details (one of these)
This goes in the very center of the top.
You may go over budget on this project, especially with 2022 prices (and if you get a fourth blanket). I ended up close to $300 but it's still very cost-effective.
holy cow, well done! hope your build is working for you :)
Thanks so much for spelling out all these details. I'm thinking of making mine a bit larger than the size in the video. I'll be using the booth with a big mic with a shock mount, mounted on a tripod mic stand. Does it seem like 3 feet by 3 feet is enough room to include a mic on a tripod stand, along with a pop filter? I'm also 6'2" tall and I'm wondering if 3" between me and the top of the booth is enough headroom. Do you have any opinions about that? Thanks again
Hey thanks for all the extra information you added to this I found your input very helpful. So I'm just wondering was there a specific kind of pvc pipe that's better than others ? I only ask because the prices are varying at every store I check.
How many blankets should we buy? :)
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So I definitely want to start building this but I was wondering if you had the measurements on hand of the PVC pipes so I could cut them. Your DIY vocal booth looks pretty roomy and tall enough for someone like me so just the measurements of those you actually used would be fantastic!!!! Thanks in advance.
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Where did you get those cross tees?
www.pvcfittingsonline.com/
A tip for tablet users: You can buy a tablet holder that with adjustable clamp to attach a tablet to the pipes. Gives you light and you can read the text from it easily, or control the DAW from vocal booth with suitable app.
Yep, i got a tablet for mine too, haha great for reading vocals and self tracking when it's not for clients. Also, plan to upgrade my led strip so that you can control the light mood from the tablet
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"If I were to clap, *clap clearly reveals the roomsound* it's completely dead to the world." Haha you should've done that with a mic in the booth, now it barely made any difference for the reverb
the door was open
so the sound entered the room
Shut up.
And then the hoo hoo hoo hoo at the end you can clearly hear the reflections, if you can hear them outside the booth,, you can hear it from the inside and the mic will hear it too
@@theshizon that's not how reverb works. The booth is for reverb not sound proofing.
@@blazingfire90034 What? I know it's not for sound proofing that's not what I said. If you're doing voice work the deader the better. If you're speaking inside the booth you don't want the mic to pick up room reflections. If a talent agent or whoever listens to your audition or demo and hears the "room", that's a strike. Don't you think reverb is something used artificially? Adding a reverb effect to guitar or vocals? "The booth is for reverb"?? Makes no sense. What you want to do for recording the voices is called "absorption". Homemade bass traps are the best way. If you make this booth and can still hear the room it's useless.
1 minute into the video I went to Amazon and typed “portable dressing room”. I think those options are cheaper and less time consuming lol
Same I saw the dressing room first you’ll only need blankets n exercise form
This is a great idea😂
brilliant 😂 probably gonna do this, but liked the video just to be nice
Thank you ❤
that is exactly what I was looking for. This is genius!
That's AWESOME! At NAB 2019 I checked into 4 x 4 vocal booths and WOW! Cha-ching! This is especially cool for VO, narration, audiobooks, etc. No one cares what it looks like. GREAT video! 👍
It does a good job at the end of the day. Especially if you're doing something like an audio book or quick VO session where there's never an on camera portion of the person. ... Though... i wonder if we can convert this into a mobile sound baffle wall for film sets...?
@@DeityMicrophones I absolutely think that could be done. A bag to fit the PVC tubes and some blankets. BAM! A great idea!!! 👍
Finally built one of these for my own!
However, i did a few minor tweeks to really give it that more "professional" touch and look.
First off, i put some cardboard walls on the inside and lined every wall with acoustic foam squares, and also added a wall mounted fan in one of the corners. For inside lighting i ran an led strip around the top, and cut the surrounding foam to fit.
The result is a MASSIVE noise reduction from inside to out, and inside, virtually dead. The sound of a dead clap is quite interesting.
All of this and still saved over $200 building it!
(I also extended out the side walls to make it a 4'x3' space for more room)
Hi ! How that cost you in total ?
My only tweak I’m adding to your build is going slightly bigger (5x4x7) so I can create both a recording booth and a dj booth for live streaming with green screen fabric lining the inside so I can add my visuals in the background
genius
dude you definitely gotta do a video or show a picture, that sounds really interesting
Check this out: I also bought myself a $100 Gazebo / Pergola (200cm x 200cm) and placed it in my basement on a noise absorbing rug. I left the outside "walls" off and placed moving blankets on all five sides. Got myself a 10M led strip for the inside and some bass traps in the corners and foam on the inside off the blankets. Super easy set-up for recording with my D18 and singing at the same time straight into my iPhone using the Roland Go Pro mix. Call me cheap but I just love my little "tent" inside my basement. Nice and cozy. Love your channel man!!
Nice! Always cool to hear different people's approach to this
I’m fortunate that I have a closet in my room that I just hang up blankets in.
But then you still have hard walls hidden less than an inch on the other side of the blanket.
@@webvudu6998 The closet is big enough that there is several inches between the walls and blankets.
Wouldn't it be more beneficial to hang the padding INSIDE of the frame, and eliminating the pvc ?
Yep. I was already thinking that’s how I’m gonna do it ☑️
Lmk how it goes!
Great video! This was exactly the kind of solution I was looking for. Quick question: How well does that setup keep loud noise IN? I live in an apartment building with thin walls/floors. If recording VO's (especially at night) require moderate yelling or shouting I want to make sure that my neighbors can still get good sleep, lol.
Not well at all, unfortunately! The moving blankets just don't have enough mass or absorption ability to really dampen the sound very much. This is more for controlling reverb and room echo.
You can add more blankets to this type of setup to get multiple layers for a *little* better control of your yelling, maybe even air-gap the blankets by an inch or two, but yeah...still not going to quite you down very much.
I bought all the stuff, put it together, tested it out, wondered why it didn’t block sound from escaping and just saw this comment. Fuck.
@ I’ve never heard of that. I will definitely look it up!
Awesome!! Do you think I could glue some sound proof foam panels to the pvc? 🤔
Can't wait to hear that VO!
They should hire you for the VO.
😂😂
Do you guys have a full spec list including # of pipes, pipe diameters and lengths etc? I’d like to build this exact booth. Thanks
2:26 is a specs list, 3:46 has dimensions
Great video! I know the purpose is not sound isolation, but will it reduce the volume enough to be used for vocal recording in apartments without disturbing the neighbours too much? I mean; how much will it reduce the noise for people outside the booth?
Yes, it'll
I think this idea is great. I have a pretty isolated room already, but need slightly better absorption for some of my recordings. I think this is a great solution. And for those TH-camrs out there that want it to be a little more aesthetically, pleasing, you could always double down on the blankets, and have a second set on the INSIDE of the pipes too, so you don't have to see them. 💪
Or spray paint the pipes black so it so a bit more seemless
except you should reverse the blankets to hang from the inside so the pipes are exposed on the outside.
Clearly didn't think of that but yes, that would have been better...
The pipes being round, it will be fine either way. The sound will disperse unequally on the round pipe and then bury itself in the blanket. The key is ridding yourself of hard flat parallel surfaces where the standing waves and reflections can cause problems.
What about putting foam pipe insulation, or pool noodles on pipes?
I built my vocal booth using this same method with pvc pipe and heavy sound blankets. The way I see it is if your going to hang the blankets you might as well hang them from the inside covering the pipes.
@@rjsrox07 nice, does this work? like idk if these blankets are as powerful as professional sound absorbing panels,bc this method is perfect and affordable,but id like to see the difference
Just finished this design. Had to special order some pieces from Home Depot (the 4-out joints), but this was easy to do. I used 1" pipe to save some money and it's still plenty sturdy.
Hi where did you get the joints??
Thanks for this. I was fighting over whether or not to get the 1" pipe (since the price of PVC has gone through the roof). You saved me $40, so again much appreciated.
This is like an adult version of building a house/tent indoors, something kids love doing.
Real nice idea and not much more than these pre built isolation booths which are a lit smaller and probably less effective.
This is nerdy af, don't know how this got in my feed, but I will sub to this type of shit. Love DIY.
How
This turned out really well! The only thing I would probably do differently is thread the moving blankets on the INSIDE of the booth, thus removing any possibility of the PVC pipes affecting the sound.
That and velcro loops so you don't have to thread the pipe through the loops.
Exactly what I was thinking. Those PVC pipes are pretty live.
4 days ago? I literally just decided to make a booth. Had I figured out my closet wasn't gonna work a week ago, I woulda missed this gem.
Designed and built one of these, trying two types of moving blankets. I didn't notice a huge difference in recording with or without it. Been using a master closet, filled with clothes instead... Just like engineers did in the past.... Closets, bathrooms, kitchens :) Works really well, but it means moving equipment to the closet but, found a moveable rack cabinet, which a laptop can sit on. Planning to modify & build it. Will probably sell the vox booth.
If u build one, make sure you don't make it 8 ft tall if u have an 8 ft ceiling. Have enough room for a person, wearing headphones (adding height) and a mic stand and possibly a stand for lyrics on paper, a phone or tablet.
If u don't have a ton of room, think outside the box (pun intended), like making it triangular so it's placed in a corner.
this is actually pretty cool. This, as a core idea, is great for future developing a DIY foldable vocal booth. I can see myself using this idea with like tent-bone structure (sticks that unpack to a structure) and make it rather portable.
Good job, as always guys!
Do it!! And then share the build with us.
wouldn't it be better to have the blankets covering the inside of the booth so the sound wont reflect off the hard surface of the pvc pipe?
It don't make that big of a difference
I wondered about that until I realized that you want the pipes on the inside to hang things on.....
If it's too much, could go this route and just line most pipes with pool noodles
You dont need 100% dead anyway, the PVC pipes do like 2-5% percent of what a regular room does.
Would be good for any apartment for privacy or remote workers let’s face it Americas apartments most always lack insulation for privacy
I made one of these a few years back. I made the mistake of making it too small. Big enough for one person and mic. It's nickname is the casket. As bad as that sounds it ended up creating a really nice isolated sound. Paired with a SM7B it was very much worth the effort.
I'm in the middle of building this and I just discovered I REALLY could have used a clearer description of all the PVC fittings. I cannot figure out what the difference is between a side elbow and side tee. Back to Home Depot where they don't know either :( A graphic of the different pieces would be extra helpful. Just Saying.
would love to get a link to the video where you previously used t stands. i tried searching your videos but couldn't find it.
Thank you so much for sharing this. You're helping the VO community so much. You guys are amazing.
Excellent! I think I may have missed the O.D. of the PVC, though. I wouldn't want to get something too big to fit through the loops on the blankets...
I love that you included a shopping list of parts...i cant afford it in one go but with a solid list i can pick up a couple parts from each of my paychecks over a coupls months. I will finally be able to start singing again with some kind of quality. Thank you for this video guys!
Ditto
My DIY vocal booth: a blanket on my mic and over my head , costs 20$ and is just as effective 😅
Man, that's So Relatable 😂😂
Bro get some acoustic blankets it’s way more comfortable and simple pipes way better I know it be getting hot in there
@@alien-hs1zn lol
:-)
Make a tuto pls
I need to get me some of those blankets. I’ve had two last minute requests for recording audio at someone’s business and both times I was wishing I had the right gear on hand to do the job correctly.
These worked great!
I’m a lyricist and a comic book writer and wanna branch out to make my own music. Thanks for the video this will really help me get into creating my own sound recording studio. Right now I’m a truck driver and small comic book writer
Nice! Good luck, it may be a bumpy road but stick with it. www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/ is a great resource.
Would be cool if we could Herberge measurements of the booth of the parts so we can exactly rebuild
Just built this out, so a note if you're looking to build based on these specs: The pipe fittings add 2in, so you have to adjust for either the 1'-6" pipes to each be one inch shorter at 1'-5" or the 3'-0" pipes to be two inches longer at 3'-2" in order for the width of the sides to match up.
Yep, I had the same issue... they didn't account for the length of the connector in-between. I made mine larger... 5 feet instead of 3 feet, with 2.5 feet at the top instead of 1.5, but obviously the same problem. Easy enough to cut the short ones a little shorter, but it would've been better to know ahead of time.
Luckily PVC is very easy to cut with just a hand saw!
Bear in mind that acoustic blankets with the grommets do cost quite a lot more than standard moving blankets.
vPlease excuse me if this has been covered but I couldn't find the info. What diameter of PVC are you using for the build?
this was pretty pointless you didnt even test it out. A simple dB test would have been quick.
Nah i just built mine it works perf
@@crispysteveegon make one for myself
What would you do if you had a DIY recording booth?
I'm an opera singer, and due to the fact that the concert halls are closed because of the pandemic, I think I'll build one to record some home-made videos. I think this will help a lot to isolate exterior sound and without bothering my neighbors (that much lol) .
I would record in it
I got one, and record in it a lot :D Or just chill out in there when I need to have a little time with muted sounds and peace and quiet
Idk probably record in it
Thank you for the wonderful instructions. I am planning to record very short audio Bible passage for the senior citizens who have poor eyesight.
you're the best
Unfortunately, I can't find such product in my country.
They also don't ship to my country.
Can I use throw blanket or that dunlopillo thermal blanket as replacement?
The key is to use a heavy dense blanket
@@DeityMicrophones noted
thank you so much :D
For sound isolation, I record in the middle of the night. But I still need to solve the sound absorption problem because my room is super echoey. This seems like a great solution.
@gid dude, I have literally all the pillows, blankets and clothes in my entire house in my vocal room. I even dragged in a spare mattress.
@@rome8180 get some acoustic blankets that can help get the job done it definitely helps to deaden that nasty reverb sound in the room this can definitely help from the sound of the room get you might here a little reverb but it a whole lot more better than nothing
Thanks for the video, perfect for my needs. Do you recommend a particular diameter PVC pipe? Not so much for strength, but making sure I get small enough to fit through the loops on the moving blanket. Also, assuming 2 blankets will do the trick (72"x78" each). Thanks!!
Just a question. Take your frame and blanket setup and add some 2 to 3 layer cheap blackout curtains to the inside. Not flat but waved vertically similar to if they were pulled aside partway on a window. They are designed to block out light and noise. I think the curtains and blanket setup would block most outside noise and flatten all frequencies. What's your take on this change?
Adding more sound absorbing material will always help
I want to construct this, anyone of you say the cost for 6x4x6 feets and say place to buy theses quality products tq
The clap did have reverb to it. No doubt because one side of the booth was open.
If I have a carpeted room, do I need the floor mats?
Naw, you'd be okay
It was over 300$ just for 90 feet of pipes. No connecters. lol .
Amazon fitting room for $149 then just get your blankets n exercise pad
I used a grow tent, worked really well with foam glued to the inside and was cheap.
What Gary said....👍
I built one like this myself, draped two layers of moving planets over it. It got really hot in there when singing and when I sang louder still a lot of low end reverb and echo bled through. I ended up buying an Isovox2 and it’s vastly superior to any home made vocal booth. It’s expensive but so is completely acoustically treating your room. Pound for pound the IsoVox2 is the best option out there. I wish it wasn’t so damn expensive though
we ended up doing some tweaking to get this design to where we wanted it, but also glad to hear you found success with the IsoVox. It's a very unique product.
Hey! What are the measurements for this vocal booth? I wanna see if I can fit it in my room before ordering all the materials
4x4x7ft
Thanks. Which blankets did you use? Think link you provided had many. Why are they better tan Harbor freight types?
Hey guys thank you for the advice your tip I've been struggling with my voice sound echo and I'm going to do this thank you
Nice idea, for anyone wanting to put one of these together I’d suggest putting the blankets inside of the tubes 🍻
First, I would like to shout a HUGE thank you for sharing this brilliant idea that I needed to see a lifetime ago LOL.......but really God knows exactly what I need and when. This is just what I need. I've gotten my blankets and saw, but that PVC is now 2-3X the price listed in this video!!! I have searched all over online, locally and second-hand, and the prices are all pretty much the same!!!! This is definitely less expensive than the Vocal booth to Go, but is no longer very budget-friendly. I'm ecstatic about building my booth because I have songs that need to be recorded like yesterday so I have no choice but to invest the necessary funds to complete the build, but I thought it would be a kind gesture to update everyone's expectations on what they should be prepared to spend on this alternative DIY booth. I will be sharing my experience when I begin building my also. Wishing everyone all the best.
The link is dead for the blanket. Where to buy?
also looking
Thanks for the tutorial! I went ahead and made this too. I'm currently waiting on the blankets to arrive. I will note, that if anyone else is planing to make their own vocal booth, don't forget to take the thickness of the PVC fittings into account. If you follow the measurements in the video, you will end up with something that is taller than 6.5 ft.
@I A M D Y N A S T I I built it, but if I could go back, I would actually just build sound panels and cover my walls with them. But if you're set on building this booth: I recommend double layering it, to make sure there are no reflections coming off the walls into the mic. Also! DO NOT buy the blankets from the link in the description. They arrive damaged and smell terrible. I instead got all the blankets and grommet kit I needed from a Harbor Freight store. You can find them at a hardware store. I got 9 blankets total, two per side, and one for the top. In the end it was about $250. You should buy a PVC cutter tool. Makes it easier.
How many moving blankets we’re used?
lol that moving blanket link is outdated😂
PVC is so expensive now (3x the price since before Covid) that this isn't a 'budget' option anymore. :(
Yesssssss, extremely expensive. I have been searching all over even for second-hand options and all are still 2X-3X the price listed in this video.
I did this project for probably $400. PVC from Lowe's. Some of the fittings from there, the rest online. Plus, mine is 5' wide and 4' deep. Still a budget "friendly" project!
@@Jaylowen29 I finally built mine!!!! For about the same price of $400 in total!!!!!!
(Sigh) ...it HAS been an adventure.....
This was my experience.....
1. I had to cut half/most of the pipes AGAIN to make them an inch shorter to account for the distance between where the PVC pipe stops in the joint/tee and the dead center of the joint/tee itself. Gratefully, I had almost if not a full shop in the same room, so (after obscenities) it wasn't the end of the world.
2. If you play your cards right, you could probably do it with nine 10 foot PVC pipes. You might even be able to do it with eight...but I would check the arithmetic on that.
3. I ordered the blankets using the link provided, and after hanging them, they were FIVE inches too SHORT (from the floor)! ....back to the chop saw-- AGAIN. Gratefully, the cage is still a little taller than I am...something to consider when you're planning your project.
As an observation....if you wanted the cage to be sturdier withOUT gluing it together...drill pilot holes and drive small screws to hold the pipes in place. That way, it's sturdier but still "semi-portable" after you unscrew everything. Oh...and as another observation...if/when you want to disassemble it....bring a pipe wrench...big enough that the Orca dude doesn't laugh at you in the middle of a perfectly good bar fight. Even without the screws...the pipes ARE going to STICK....over time.....
Plan it out on paper down to the inch....you'll save yourself a lot of Pepto-Bismol.
Did you find that without cutting the sides down, the top “ceiling” bars didn’t fit, and it all came tumbling down? Cause that’s where I’m stuck 😂 How much exactly did you cut off the 3ft sides? I need help 😭
@@kaysm7567 ...as I recall....I had to cut the roof sections one to one and a half inches shorter to get them to fit right and the corners lengths five inches shorter to get the mats to touch the floor. Hope that helps.
Awesome tutorial! The only spec I did not see... What size/diameter PVC pipe did you use?
Those look pretty big. Probably 2"+
Thanks for the vid, learned a lot from it. Since I already have the base I'll try to use the blanket. Surprised how inexpensive they are!
Could you write the links of all products to buy? Thanks!
That's way less expensive than I was expecting, and probably much lighter weight. You can probably get the price even lower if you build the booth into the corner of a room or a closet.
Maybe for a spoken word, but only if you speak very softly, but for singing there will be a looooot of comb filtering. Very nice build, but nothing really helps with physics.
Don't use those foam pads. They're actually helping 0%!!!
Just because it's technically "foam" it doesn't make it absorbant. Especially high frequencies will bounce of of its plane surface and you got your self a nice little custom echo floor
Excellent! I've been designing a PVC based booth (my first) but this is the first execution I've found. I think it's great, but I'm going to scale it up a bit to accommodate me.
Where are you buying those moving blankets? Harbor Freight has a better price on those, and they come in several different sizes. I've got several walls in my room covered with them, and they do a great job on killing those reflections.
Would gluing 2 inch high density foam to the inside of the moving blanket add to a more dampened space? Only asking because I have a good amount of them and am wondering if they will offer more dampening to the blankets? Thanks, getting ready to build this booth.
You could also mount blankets to a corner of the wall( 2 sides settled) and just construct an L shaped wall to close up. Obviously this isn't portable, but takes up less room as the L shaped " wall" can be turned around to lie flat against wall
I found this channel today, and I'm looking to make a similar booth or sound treat otherwise. I can't find the same blankets with the link in any of your videos mentioning it, so I was curious if you had other recommendations or any similar products. Please let me know!
Would sound isolation be possible if an outer structure were placed around the vocal booth without it actually being attached to it?
A while back an architect told me that there's some empty space between walls to aid in soundproofing or something related to it. It was a while back so I don't remember exactly what it was he said. So I'm wondering if this would aid as a work around without having to work on the actual architecture of the room itself.
So these blankets are no longer available. I ordered a 4 pack of moving blankets from amazon but I'm wondering what the original measurements of these blankets were. Anybody know?
Where can you find the 2", 4-way elbows? I checked Home Depot, Lowe's, Ace Hardware and none of them even carry it. Now I'm stuck with everything else to complete the build. Please help.
Thanks for the idea here. Nice to be provided with the costs onscreen. However, it was very surprising to me that you didn't record a with, and without, the booth for comparison. In fact nothing was even recorded from within the booth. recording audio from within the booth is, to me, an essential element to any video about vocal booths. It gives viewers a realistic idea of how much abortion the booth in question can offer. Just stating this as people might get a false sense of how much absorption moving blankets can offer, build it and then get disappointed. Thanks though for the idea.
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I tried building this and it was a disaster 😭 I got the exact measurements and stuff you suggested...and once I tried to build the top “ceiling” the 1.5 ft pieces didn’t reach to the sides and it all kept falling apart. It seems like on the sides a inch or so longer than 3ft is needed, on top a couple inches longer that 1.5ft is needed.... I would love some help/advice to troubleshoot!! 😂
Are my neighbors next door or my family members in the other room gonna hear me when I sing in that booth? I really wanna achieve something what is gonna allow me to sing so I do not bother others. Thank you! 🙏🏻
Yes they will hear you. Like he said in the video the diy booth is made for sound absorption not sound isolation. they wont hear you as loud because some of the sound is absorbed but it wont be isolated to just the booth.
Those pipes will resonate and ring! You will hear in your recordings... I would fill all pipes with liquid foam...
Hang the blankets on the inside so they cover the piping.
LEDs are notorious for EMI, especially inexpensive ones with cheap drivers. I would strongly suggest a different light fixture.
Hey Guys great stuff. Not sure if I missed something but what diameter is the PVC pipes are you using? Thanks. BB
Two questions:
1. The folks at Vocal Booths to Go say that unless you glue these PVC frames together, there's a good chance they'll fall on you. Have you had any stability issues?
2. To what extent does size/shape matter? I've heard some VOs that were done in very small booths of this sort that sound muffled.
Thanks.
I can say we've used this type of setup for several voice overs and neither of those worries are true.
@@DeityMicrophones Thanks very much for your response. I ask because the room in my home where external noise is least likely to be an issue is a bit small, so having a booth I can assemble and take down would be great. Just to clarify: when you say you've used the booth for "several" voiceovers, does that mean you don't use the booth regularly? Do you leave the booth standing, or assemble it/take it down as needed? Thanks again.
@@Anthonyprinciotti we assemble a booth when needed. We also use these blankets for when we shoot other things.
@@DeityMicrophones Good to hear; thanks!
Doesnt it get super hot in there though? That would be a concern i live in FL always hot lol
Yes, yes it does.
This may already have been addressed, but what about ventilation?
Would you want to hang the blankets inside the frame so the PVC doesn't create any weird noise or is that just overkill?
Hey guys have you any ideas how to buy this things in Europe? I live in Austria and it seems impossible to find these. Thank you for any help!
I do have a question, can I build the booth around my desk? If I just add more PVC?
Would this type of booth mask regular talking level sound from people in other rooms being able to hear? I have a doorless upstairs room and was wondering if this could give me more privacy.
This is great; thank you for sharing. I was curious though, if hanging the mats on the inside as opposed to the outside would make a difference. Would sound bounce off of the PVC? Just curious as I try to learn more about this. TIA
What was the length of the 10 pipes you bought before cutting them?
Great tips! I need to share this with my authors who want to self-narrate their books. Well done!
Anyone tried slotting in some sound canceling foam in the spaces between pvc pipes for more sound proofing? Might be able to get away with using velcro strips or something of the like?
Hate to say it, because I had such high hopes for this project. The echo remains just awful. What you have is theoretically great but it doesn’t work.
anyone can give me some ideas on how good it is in sound insolation from inside to outside? I live in an apartment where I can hear what people in next doors say. Does this isolate my voice from going out?
do you just have really long cords that reach from your computer to the vocal booth while you read off an ipad?
I built something like this and almost passed out due to lack of ventilation. How do I fix that?
if you have $200 just gone ahead and buy yourself a 4x4 Gorilla grow tent.