From: "Aaron Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: information on an economical voiceover booth solution I'll add something quick: electrical hum. If by chance you have two outlets (an "outlet" usually defined as two receptacles on one panel) that're right next to each other, and you're in a commercial building...it's a good bet that each outlet is on a different trunk to the power off the street. Plugging some equipment into one outlet and other equipment to the other WILL result in an annoying 60Hz hum that's from the eletrical properties of each not being quite the same (they can't possibly be identical as the loads from whatever is plugged in on each trunk will be different). Took me two weeks to realize this when I installed an ISDN into an existing audio system once. Felt like a real dope afterwards, too. Just hope I'll save you the time and humiliation :-) Aaron Bishop CW Audio Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ableza Institute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: information on an economical voiceover booth solution Good advice re: building a sound booth. Don't forget to take room air conditioning/heating into account and locate the booth away from forced air vents. Also beware of fluorescent lights, as the hum is very difficult, if not impossible, to remove. As far as microphones go, I prefer Sennheiser mics for vocal recording. The venerable MD 421 is great for speech. For more money, the ME 65 is a superb mic. The Shure SM-7 has always seemed "boomy" to me, but to each his own... Get a mesh pop filter and put it in front of the mic (stretched panty hose will work well in a pinch.) If you can't find or afford Sonex acoustic foam, a workable cheap substitute is to use old blankets. Two layers of old quilts or wool blankets makes a nice dead room. For sound recording and editing, I use Sound Forge software on the PC and Pro Tools on the Mac. Good luck! David Yohn ******************************************************* The RealForum is an email discussion group focused on using RealNetworks products. The RealForum is a place to post messages about the best methods for creating content using RealNetworks technologies and the planning and implementation of streaming-media web sites. Archives of RealForum can be found at http://realforum.real.com If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe realforum or from another account, besides the address you subscribed with: unsubscribe realforum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
