Fuzzy Rug saves a paid gig!

[@robitherascal]

Coincidentally, I did the same thing a week ago, also in Florida, while visiting my sister. She had a walk-in closet filled with clothes and I had a little corner I stuffed with pillows so I could record my ads. It worked great! I didn't have a fuzzy rug though. Love how resourceful you get in your videos.

[@SenpaiFruit]

I love these makeshift booths. It's so interesting to see what you can think of for the situations presented.

[@iggykidd]

This is the kind of content I'm here for. Like most voice over talents, I don't get away from home very often, but cobbling together booths from hotel materials and whatever gadgets you can fit in a suitcase is some of the most fun you can have in this profession.

[@PictureFit]

Without context, this would really trip out the hotel staff.

[@dangraphic]

It's an apartment.

[@Moodyrunescape]

fancy seeing you here how's fit fiona and her crusade agains gainz

[@fredfichman6027]

Miike, Here's a tip to avoid laptop fan noise...I put a Word app on my iPad and use that for displaying my script. A flick of the finger to scroll up or down. Works great for me.

[@chloehazle2726]

I love these makeshift booth videos. They are so inspiring. I made my first makeshift booth today. Thank you!

[@Tysto]

If you have a walk-in closet of your own that you want to use as your regular sound booth, you can hang some cheap moving blankets behind the clothes on little spring clamps with hooks. When you're ready to use the booth, you can hang more blankets in front of the clothes, if you want. Hang a shoe organizer on the door, maybe over a foam board panel.

[@JDBriceProductions]

I now have a new warning while staying with friends: "Anything not nailed down may become a recording booth."

[@FrostySkull]

im just commenting to show my appreciation for you

[@BoothJunkie]

I'm just replying to show my thanks for your appreciation!

[@JahazielPerezUreta]

The "go record something amazing" ending, always fells wholesome. Great videos!

[@tylersecrest5536]

Thanks so much, man. I was feeling discouraged when I couldn't figure out a place and way to make a booth. This is a lifesaver!

[@AdrianClement]

So I have all my recording stuff for singing and doing music in my garage. And I was skeptical that I would be able to build a booth that would really help my recording‘s or not. This past summer I made a beach canopy using a cube shape pieced together using PVC pipe. It just so happened that the pieces I had left over from that project were just the right length to make a smaller cube using all the same connectors I had on hand, so I layered it with thick blankets on all sides and wouldn’t you know the recording of just a plain audio track with no settings what so ever had very little reverb and it sounded very nice and smooth. I am totally impressed!! I could break this thing down and put it in a carrying bag and take it anywhere if I needed to very easily. I want to say I might’ve spent between 20 and $40 on the PVC pieces so I basically got two different size cubes out of that no problem.

[@mvinch101]

I can watch him build improvised booths every day

[@LeadingEdgeHD]

That was a cool makeshift booth. I could hear the sound dramatically change as you turned your back to it. Very cool!

[@TestedTwice]

You are an absolute PRO. You are a lot of fun to watch!

[@theculturedbumpkin]

Awesome video! Love your creativity and resourcefulness

[@Digital.Done.Right.]

Love the DYI style here Mike. Hope you share even more

[@declanmurphy1006]

I'm working on a semi-temporary booth at the moment and I'm really excited about the design. The key is how the frame is built and how it breaks down into three main bits.. It is essentially a 30 inch plank of wood that mounts a door very securely via backwards L-brackets. There are screw hooks which hold one acoustic panel in place against the door. Then on either end of the plank, there are detachable IKEA table legs, 3 bucks each. They act as rails to hold 2 other panels, as well as the "roof" which is at door-height.

[@jazzman1914]

Thanks I now know I'm on the right track.

[@mageprostudios4334]

Amazing job! I have to admit that I am surprised to see a vent in a closet. Way to sweat through it!

[@aipolitics2]

Legend.

[@slowpinger]

Came for random mic review. Stayed for hours for your interesting content!

[@chrisalvino812]

The most functional pillow fort ever!

[@TheFinalRevelation2]

I can feel for the hosts.

[@airwolf1337]

nice ideas, thx!

[@wbuttry1]

I love fuzzy rugs they are so fuzzy

[@joedeshon]

I recorded my entire audio book in my walk-in closet with foam surrounding the mike, reading a PDF on my Kindle.

[@RedBearAK]

Mike, have you looked into the Carry-On Vocal Booth from the guys who make the Producers Choice acoustic blankets? They have an optional hood that creates a wrap-around vocal booth with built-in table and mic mount. Seems like it could make your VO life a lot simpler. If nothing else it would be interesting to have you review it.

[@BoothJunkie]

I've considered it but never pulled the trigger on it.

[@coltonbelley5213]

I know you see this all the time, but I just wanted to say that I love your videos and I’m not even a voice over guy.

[@DawnOfRiku]

That thumbnail is perfect

[@OCUBOX]

My current pro VO booth is not that different from this setup ;) About to upgrade with some acoustic sound blankets for my "Whisperroom" type sound isolation XD

[@projecttrap1775]

Great! Keep it up!

[@KarmixTV]

Great video

[@SoundSpeeds]

Nice! Kinda surprised you didn't grabbed the mattress pads. I've made "wild line booths" to record lines with mattress pads and they made a good solid base.

[@BoothJunkie]

Not a bad idea!

[@damsfonky3308]

Hello Mike, i've seen many tutorials about home made pvc pipes and moving voankets portable vocal Booth. Have you ever made one of these? You use bed comforter in this video, it's more expensive than moving blankets but do you think it provides a better sound? Thank you for your time and all these great videos

[@DeepBlueWaves]

So thorough, as always. What amount of low-cut did you use on the Zoom, if any?

[@starshiptexas]

I want a fuzzy booth

[@geren11]

Hi Mike! Just a heads up that the CAD E100s is back on Massdrop again! $299 again.

[@k1eea]

Great videos, Michael!!! Keep them coming! Are there any plans to review the Aston Spirit or Origin microphones? Thank you!

[@BoothJunkie]

If I can get my hands on either (or both!) I certainly will!

[@Coolmusicplaylist]

Hers the sound change immidiatly

[@ConnorTerrell]

There's a semi walkin closet in my office space. However, I feel I'm limited by my setup.

[@sarahwaters4448]

is/are there any shortcuts/templates for h5/garageband 2016 ish? . . thanks for the steps to get "voice-overs-singing" done!!!!

[@EmoEmu]

Have you ever made a video about optimising your audio at a PC using something like a Blue Yeti? Making the space around you sound nicer. I'd be very interested in that one.

[@kerradeph]

Yeah. most of his videos are saying "Record away from your computer.". Although I think a large part of making recording at your desk better would be quiet down your computer by getting better fans like Noctua or Be Quiet! fans and where possible move to SSDs so you don't have seek sounds.

[@RiffHarvester]

Just recorded an album in Alabama. We had to cut off the ac for every take, which were up to 30 minutes!

[@KarlAlfredRoemer]

What about the floor and the ceiling? Don't they produce a lot of reflections?

[@le_chef]

Any chance you'd get a chance to check the RE320? I'd love to see how that one performes with your voice :)

[@vvickyvoiceover8604]

thank you... what brightness are you talking about @3:08? is it anything related to acoustics? or simply lihgt reflection brightness?

[@thomasuriarte3182]

Hi Booth Junkie, Do you do any post production work yourself? Cheers from Miami, Fl.

[@ncwaleye]

ok here's a question for the booth junkie hive mind. what about using a ipad for a daw? if you record on a zoom h5 then transfer your card to an ipad with daw software? thoughts?

[@Anime-nl9mr]

I don't have any! T^T small room, hey, here's a challenge if I send you a picture of my apartment with a sound test, woul you make a video for me as in how to soundproof it or how to do a propper voca booth for that¿? That would be great!

[@dannylocuvideo]

Hi, could you tell me what size do you recommend for a whisper room for my voice over home studio? I´d like to know some options. Thanks, good videos.

[@guitourney]

I am not even interested in voice records, I just like your voice

[@kerradeph]

I think what it is is that he has such good recording gear and has an ear for the sound that his videos just sound amazing without much apparent effort. Especially when compared to so many of the other channels on youtube.

[@th3drizzl378]

ughhhhh it rains constantly here lately.

[@Simmymind360]

Hi Mike ..do you get to travel a lot on Voiceover.

[@iqcq2063]

Im almost gonna start a voice over thing but i would like to know when i travel is the shure sm7b and the tridant fethead and the zoom h5 and ok kit or should i loom at a different mic like the mkh416 like you i dont really know which to pick plus i havent considered a bunch of other mics but i would prefer a sm7b or mkh416 So can you help me choose

[@th3drizzl378]

what about the mattress lol 😂u could have stood it in front of the open door

[@JackRatermannFilms]

Cad e100s back on massdrop, $299.99 for those interested

[@JackRatermannFilms]

I am potentially looking at a mic upgrade, could you recommend a mic for commentary that will block out noises better like PC fans, and ac, noise outside of the room etc. I hear this is where a dynamic mic is better than a condenser because it isn't as sensitive. Would you recommend something like the cad e100s, or the dynamic mics such as a shure sm7b? (I know the cloud lifter situation) Or maybe some other mic (shotgun mics?) I have looked at some dynamic mics and am curious to get more of a professional's opinion.

[@CzornyLisek]

There is no magical microphone that will get rid of noises... well there are contact mics that are worn like collar(called laryngophone) but they doesn't sound that great(but are great in planes, tanks ect.) If You don't want noise. Get rid of them physically or isolate yourself from them as best as it's possible.

[@JackRatermannFilms]

Yeah, which I am just aware that if I were to upgrade to a better microphone, some options will block noise more than others, and yeah I agree the lavalier mics are not too great sounding.

[@CzornyLisek]

I don't alk about lavalier mics that are just normal microphones but about laryngophones. Laryngophone is microphone that is worn like collar tightly on neck. It's contact mics meaning it take vibrations directly from surface it's connected to. It's practically 100% immune to noise around. Those stereotypical army communication sounds in films, games ect. many times come from larygophones. No no mic will rly block better. ALL microphones for low freq are practically omnidirectional while for hi freq are quite directional, with some types to the point it's a beam. So from where come names cardioid, hypercardioid, omni ect.? Well such names mean that microphone have more less such freq response in around 1-5kHz range(depending on design ofc). So yeah shotgun will be more like beam than omni. But never the less it's still will by practically omni for low freq. And omni microphone will be practically beam for hi freq. Dynamic microphone might be too "crude" to "hear" fly farting(as membrane will simply work as damper) but still even low volume sounds will be there given enough gain. Even more "crude" might be ribbon microphones with transformer inside(transformer and ribbon have simply pure impulse response most of the time). But not "hearing" fly farting doesn't mean sound rejection.

[@JackRatermannFilms]

ah I gotcha, thanks! Also cool to hear about those laryngophone!

[@RespawnPoints]

Isn't that the microphone stand from the blue snowball.

[@quotastrider801]

I use toilet paper packs as my mic stand (not gonna last)

[@sssckucosssckuco2460]

Man i like you to teach me you have sharp ears

[@FacelessAudio]

90 degrees super hot? como to phoenix, az.. lol ... btw, great videos, man!

[@debw6410]

Seriously? You need an Amazon commision from a fuzzy rug?

[@mitschcrafter6766]

germany literally gives a shit about these kinds of wardrobes

[@PhoenixWakeStudios]

That thumbnail picture is just too sensual. Next time mark this as NSFW, Mike!

[@sarahwaters4448]

is/are there any shortcuts/templates for h5/garageband 2016 ish? . . thanks for the steps to get "voice-overs-singing" done!!!!