3 Ways To Reduce Echo & Reverb (Without Spending Any Money)

These free tricks will help you get better-sounding recordings even if you're recording in a room with bad acoustics!
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0:00 - How To Reduce Echo & Reverb
0:07 - Trick #1
1:34 - Trick #2
3:43 - Trick #3
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[@PaulEubanks]

2:42 I think the intent of these SE reflection filters is to absorb the source audio and attenuate it before it even hits the first reflection point behind it. They do make a noticeable difference, even with cardioid pattern mics. Ideally you have a combination of treatment options

[@cURLybOi]

i think the U-shaped devices that don't make much sense should work in the way, that they prevent the sound to travel past the microphone, where they could hit a wall and reflect to the wall behind you or next to you. so you're not blocking the reflection coming to the mic, you're preventing (to a degree) to even reach that point. i don't own one so i am just guessing...

[@AudioUniversity]

That probably is the intention. I would guess that a good amount of energy is reflected back toward the microphone by the device itself, unfortunately.

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@@AudioUniversity I'd be interested to see a test of this theory. In my experience it doesn't reflect audio back towards the microphone.

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[@griffini19]

Yikes. Really? You are feeding poor info to those who are trusting you to know what’s up. Although you are clearly a smart guy and doing your best, I suspect you have limited real world Professional recording experience. What made me stop listening and now commenting was you comments about proximity effect of microphones. Particularly your comments regarding ‘Omni’ mics. ONLY PRESSURE Omni mics with a SINGLE diaphragm will not exhibit proximity effects. And 90% of mics people use in ‘omni’ mode are not truly Omni. Only the very few single diaphragm pressure omnis made have no proximity effect. Ever used one? They are IMO absolutely wonderful. Good luck. Live and learn

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It’s true that multi pattern mics still exhibit some proximity effect. But as you can hear, there is less proximity effect compared to a directional variation . To include that info would be a lot to handle in a beginner video like this one.

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Ok. Your comment make sense. It takes many years of actual recording of real musicians to start to understand all of these things. Real world experience is how you really learn. There are no secret shortcuts. Good luck to all of you.