SHOULD YOU BUY THE ELGATO SOUND PANELS?

[@bruizer3183]

Not a bad investment for anyone who can't shell out for legit acoustic panels. Gotta hand it to Elgato, their stuff isn't always the cheapest but in general it's good quality and works.

[@raymota4515]

legit acoustic panels vs renegade infrasonic blocks

[@LiamDonoma]

Even on my little phone speaker, I could definitely hear a difference! I have some 2x2 panels from Audimute, and I stuck them up with the 20lb velcro command strips, lol! Been going strong for months now...*knock on wood* 😅

[@julesc8054]

They look fantastic, maybe perfect for taking off the high end zing. They should not be the only solution other than for zoom calls. I feel they should be accompanied by something that can absorb at least down to 250hz for voice. Both these elgato and the oralex both fail where 2inchs of fibre insulation get down to 500hz and compressing them onto a 2ft x 4 ft or 4ft x 4ft 1/4 inch plywood board will get you down to 250hz and if the board you compress the fibre down to is 8 ft long it will absorb all the way down to 125hz. The best is a 3 inch deep tray with 1/4 inch plywood backing glued and stapled onto the back and fill with 50kg/m3 - 4 inch thick fibre or rockwool batts compressed/ covered with the cloth of your choice (thick cloth looks better), wrapped round and stapled, as long as you can blow through it your good to go. One 4ft x 8 ft panel against the wall behind your screens and one 4 ft x 4 ft either side will be awesome. In each of the front corners you could consider a cylindrical bass trap if you are doing music. The back wall should also have a panel or two if you realize the elgato panels are struggling to stay up on the wall.

[@dannylightning-audio-reviews]

I've got phone covering the wall in front of me completely, there's a whole bunch of it on my left side and quite a few pieces of phone behind me that cuts out like a good 90% of the reverb for my room, on the right there's a bed and I got a bunch of pillows and stuff stacked up on it and foam wedges and stuff which will probably help absorb a little more sound but I think the only way to really know how well something like that works would be to cover just about every inch of the wall but I can definitely hear that it made a difference. I wonder how many you would need to hear a significant difference

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Yeah...for the most part...very few will hear a definable difference...but as a reviewer...I guess it is important..lol Too many people pointing it out...so this is the next thing I need to focus on.

[@Danny-Lightning-CSR]

@@DarkCornerStudios you know what is interesting, i hear some reflections i your recordings but not enough to bother me, getting rid of them is a great idea tho... Now the little bit of reflections i hear in my recordings drives me crazy lol

[@davidsillars3181]

I have some of these foam pads, they do work, the elgatos look high quality. My main gripe is getting them to stay up! I have created a reticulated arrangement (a net)of string to stop them falling on me. The net is held in place by thumb tacks. The two sided tape wasn't doing it for me! But my final audio book performance is finally up on Audible. Ima gonna sit back and watch the nickels and dimes trickle in and put that phase of my life behind me. Btw I'm wearing a greenish v neck t today too. Primark?

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Oh shall you bathe in those nickles and dimes my friend...lol I too know the luxury of an audio book trickling in pennies per month. Also...didnt expect to twin with someone on the other side of the world...but here we are you stylish beast!

[@Poesidon238]

Picked some of these as well as some moving blankets for my closet, I mean “studio” after hearing you talk about them on the live stream Friday.

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Ohhh...let me know how it goes

[@NateNakao]

I just put up one starter set and one expansion set in my recording space last week, and it has done an amazing job so far. I did end up bending one of the plastic tabs, but the gram has held together fine for now (fingers crossed). I noticed the tape coming off the wall on one side of one of the frames, but putting some extra pressure seems to have helped for now. I am considering getting a bunch of actual 3M Command Strips to replace the tape after watching your video though

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Yeah...might be worth it. I think 3M does drywall safe stuff...might be worth looking into...

[@fangsoffuego]

Nice, i've been hoping for an acoustic treatment vid, i wanted to ask what your thoughts on the vocal booth to go sound blankets are, im trying to find reverb treatment and curtis judd recommended those in an old vid of his, would you say i should opt for panels or blankets?

[@DarkCornerStudios]

It's so hard to call. Blankets are great in a pinch. Building a whole ass VO booth is the ultimate way to go...but blankets are the best cheap option. I have a good friend CRUSHING it with a blanket booth

[@fangsoffuego]

@@DarkCornerStudios sorry for asking more questions, i wanted to ask which blankets you'd recommend for acoustic treatment

[@djtoman6875]

@@fangsoffuegoJust get moving blankets. I made my wife a booth with PVC piping from the hardware store and blankets hung on all sides and over the top. She uses a Neumann TLM 103 and does commercial voiceover work.

[@fangsoffuego]

@@djtoman6875 got any blanket recommendations sold on amazon?

[@DJPLAYNICE]

Appreciate the work you put in and for sharing the process with us. You RAWK!

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Thanks! These are the videos I really love doing.

[@And-c7n]

Which wall floor ceiling or desk is your first reflection point?

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Desk

[@jenky1044]

What about un-faced Polyisocyanurate insulation.? It comes in different thicknesses and sizes. (It's closed-cell, rigid foam insulation, like they sell at Home Depot and Lowes). I don't know if it would work for your application, but it would be way quicker and cheaper.

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Like Corning? That stuff is awesome...and if you are good with fabric you can dress it up nice too!

[@jenky1044]

That would be cool. I wonder if painting it would ruin the sound deadening qualities.?

[@DarkCornerStudios]

@@jenky1044 depending on how it's printed. Interesting question though

[@savoirfaire8979]

Might be tacky to ask, but where did you get those blue glasses?! They look great!

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Not at all! They are Gucci...lol Now before you think I am *THAT* person...I only bought them because it is IMPOSSIBLE to find mens glasses that pop for video. If I am going to be blind...I might as well be stylish as hell!!

[@baronvonderg]

Clap test - always a classic, Yell, talk, whisper in that environment in all stages of the testing. Remove all processing from your chain and video stuff.

[@DarkCornerStudios]

I don't have processing on my chain. This was all just me

[@DarkCornerStudios]

As for the clap test...yeah...I should have tried that.

[@TheClayAlanChronicles2024]

I love the shot of the frames falling! 😆

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Yeah........ Me too...lol

[@TheClayAlanChronicles2024]

@@DarkCornerStudios i know.. it was frustrating. But it made great content!!

[@orvet]

A humble reminder to always check how panels rate in terms of safety, i.e. how do they deal with fire. Some cheaper “brands” fail horribly in this regard. Elgato likely has a decent rating. Me, I love the sound blankets. Ugly as a coyote but flexible.

[@DarkCornerStudios]

@@orvet are you asking me to burn a panel?

[@orvet]

No no no! :) There should be a rating listed in the paperwork with the product. Likely the ASTM E84 rating.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

A mounting system might be the only way my would allow me to treat the room until I found out they break easily

[@DarkCornerStudios]

I just ended up screwing one screw per grouping in. No more falling off the wall

[@SmokeDaJitt]

Building a booth to do the tests that you mentioned you wanted to do honestly doesnt sound like a bad idea! Great video 😀

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Thanks! I have been considering it for some time.e. Bonus I get to do a series of videos on booth building

[@SmokeDaJitt]

@@DarkCornerStudios From a fellow creators perspective it''s always good to hit a 2 birds one stone situation. 😁

[@kingdaroose04]

did elgato send you replacement panels? one of mine broke when hanging up i got the rest of them though 😂

[@DarkCornerStudios]

@kingdaroose04 yeah...but of a process to go through...but if you email them...they eventually get it done

[@kingdaroose04]

appreciate it. I actually got them for free by ordering a low profile boom arm. Glad I could find a soundproofing option that won't damage my walls! Thanks for your video helping me make this purchase.

[@raymota4515]

Egg cartons, moving blankets, curb food foam and left over inserts??? Is this mic on? Can you hear me Bob?

[@funtsittavaa2nd]

Even on tablet speaker, there is a noticable difference 👍

[@raymota4515]

Said as IF there really were other than in your Rainbow Unicorn dream of Imagine this.

[@_SR375_]

I missed last Friday's live; however, I know there is a bit of a troll here; YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY TELL A DIFFERENCE ON A MAC PRO SPEAKERS. However, the difference is more pronounced in real listening configurations. However, I will stay with this; regardless of the end users' limitations, the efforts will show. And im so sick in tired of audio snobs getting lost in the facts that nothing beats quality capture, and can make garbage outputs still sound a bit better.

[@_SR375_]

Also, Elgato, make the brackets available as a 3d print STL< beef up the print, and include real 3m tape; people will pay a bit more for the quality... aide note, making the STLs available will allow people to experiment on the spacing between the wall and the materials.

[@_SR375_]

im sure I could also tell the difference on some dirty bird pods but yah... a troll must troll , that said, I have very sensitive ears.

[@_SR375_]

that said, the sensitivity is mostly due to my A** hole neighbors.

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Bah...no troll here...there is a definable difference for sure. Helps that the test was done with a shotgun mic that was pointed towards me...and the rear wall

[@TheClayAlanChronicles2024]

You can definitely hear the difference.

[@raymota4515]

Obviously BECAUSE a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.

[@TheMixClub]

Enjoyed

[@Fl4ppers]

Those mounts are probably where 70% of the cost comes from, too.

[@DarkCornerStudios]

Naw...that foam isn't cheap...and the R&D on these must have been big. Also...pretty sure the mounts are just 3d printed by the boatload

[@Fl4ppers]

@@DarkCornerStudios those Elgato ones are £110 here, but the factory "copies" are £30. They look exactly the same but the mounts are not included in the cheaper set. They're also in undied white and look like a padded cell on the cheap ones 😂

[@DarkCornerStudios]

@@Fl4ppers who released the "copies"? Just a word of warning...not all foam is created equally

[@Fl4ppers]

@@DarkCornerStudios amazon is full of these. they push them as "sponsored". You can find them easy (I cant make links on here) and they have the exact same moulding/patterns/dimensions.

[@raymota4515]

Hard parallel walls, vs Baffling BS. Let your wallet make the call.

[@DUSHNILAtv86]

Hey wall is safe

[@annebokma4637]

The price for what it does is terrible. And they are ugly, 1990 ugly