mitchell.shane•10d agoProlific Poster

A voice actor client told me my DIY vocal booth sounded like a 'wet cardboard box' and I had to rethink all my acoustic panels

I swapped my 2-inch foam tiles for 4-inch rockwool traps after he sent me a frequency chart of my untreated room and now I'm actually getting clean takes instead of that boxy low-end mud, anyone else had a professional call out their setup and force a total rebuild?

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angela_wilson789d ago

It always takes an outside set of ears, or eyes in this case, to really see what's wrong. That frequency chart must have hurt a little but man what a difference it made. It's like how you can live in a messy room for weeks and not even notice the smell until someone walks in and says something. Once they point out the problem, you can't unsee it and you wonder how you ever put up with the old setup. That kind of direct feedback is brutal but it's the only way to actually improve, otherwise you just keep tweaking the same bad foundation. Most people probably never get that honest of a critique and end up stuck in their own little bubble of okay-sounding recordings.

simon_chen9d ago

I get what you're saying @angela_wilson78 but I actually think too much outside feedback can mess with your own instincts sometimes. That messy room analogy works but only if you're actually blind to what you're doing, and a lot of us already know our weak spots we just don't have the budget or gear to fix them overnight. Sometimes hearing too many critiques just makes you second-guess everything instead of moving forward with what you already know works for the sound you're going for.