Microphone Isolation
Microphone Isolation
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Primacoustic Voxguard Microphone Isolation Panel $99.99 The high-performance Primacoustic VoxGuard ambient noise attenuator surrounds your microphone and impedes unwanted sounds from contaminating your recordings. The near field VoxGuard absorber creates an acoustic boundary around the microphone that contains vocal sounds while preventing room reflections from entering the mic. Unlike other mic guards that employ heavy and cumbersome steel parts, the VoxGuard is lightweight and extremely easy to use. Its high-impact ABS outer shell that fits snugly to a mic stand where the microphone's clip holds the VoxGuard in place. The lightweight VoxGuard is easy to set in place without the usual fear of the stand falling over and damaging your microphone. The VoxGuard works equally well with round-base stands, tripods and even with large studio booms. Once mounted, the VoxGuard isolation panel's innovative rear access cable port does not impede movement of the microphone to direct it at specific sound sources. That means you can also use the Primacoustic VoxGuard as an acoustic screen. All this acoustic magic is performed with a high-density open-cell acoustic foam liner. This effectively absorbs the voice range while keeping room ambiance out to produce a dry rendering. This is particularly important when attempting to recording in rooms with less than ideal acoustics or in noisy spaces. Since the VoxGuard is 50% larger than comparable products, noise flanking is significantly reduced and performance vastly improved.Controls ambient space around the microphone Creates intimate sound field around the mic Delivers cleaner more articulated voice track Allows you to add ambiance or effects as needed Threaded mic stand adapter and knurled ring included Easily attaches to mic stand Lightweight design insures mic and stand remain stable |
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Primacoustic VoxGuard Microphone Isolation Panel $99 The high-performance Primacoustic VoxGuard ambient noise attenuator surrounds your microphone and impedes unwanted sounds from contaminating your recordings. The near field VoxGuard absorber creates an acoustic boundary around the microphone that contains vocal sounds while preventing room reflections from entering the mic. Unlike other mic guards that employ heavy and cumbersome steel parts, the VoxGuard is lightweight and extremely easy to use. Its high-impact ABS outer shell that fits snugly to a mic stand where the microphone's clip holds the VoxGuard in place. The lightweight VoxGuard is easy to set in place without the usual fear of the stand falling over and damaging your microphone. The VoxGuard works equally well with round-base stands, tripods and even with large studio booms. Once mounted, the VoxGuard isolation panel's innovative rear access cable port does not impede movement of the microphone to direct it at specific sound sources. That means you can also use the Primacoustic VoxGuard as an acoustic screen. All this acoustic magic is performed with a high-density open-cell acoustic foam liner. This effectively absorbs the voice range while keeping room ambiance out to produce a dry rendering. This is particularly important when attempting to recording in rooms with less than ideal acoustics or in noisy spaces. Since the VoxGuard is 50% larger than comparable products, noise flanking is significantly reduced and performance vastly improved. |
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Shure A55m Isolation Mount $25 The Shure A55M Shock Stopper isolation mount reduces transmission of mechanical noise and vibration to your mic by more than 20dB. Compatible with Shure models SM57, SM58, Beta 58A, or any Shure microphone with a tapered handle. |
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Randall Isolation 12 Speaker Cab $399.99 Essential whenever or wherever you're unable to crank full performance volume and tone. The concept is simple. A speaker is mounted in a completely closed, hinged cabinet with a microphone suspended inside. The cab has 1/4" in and outs, as well as a mic out to the mixing console. For recording, Isolation lets you record your amp full out, reflecting your true tone without waking the neighbors or inspiring visits from the cops. 12" Celestion Vintage 30 speaker. 18"W x 18"H x 31-1/2"D.Retractable handleCelestion Vintage 30 - 12" speaker10" gooseneck for mic supportMic not included, condenser mic recommended |
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Shure A53m Isolation Mount/Swivel Adapter $38 The Shure A53M Shock Stopper isolation mount and swivel adapter reduces transmission of mechanical noise and vibration to your mic by more than 20dB. Compatible with the following Shure microphones:Shure 849Shure SM81Shure SM94Shure VP64Shure KSM109Shure KSM137Shure KSM141 or any 3/4" (1.875 cm) Shure microphone. |
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MXL MXL41-603 Pencil Microphone Shockmount $34.95 The MXL-41S microphone shock mount provides excellent isolation from mic stand noise. Designed for the MXL 600 and 603 mics. |
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Mxl Mxl41-603 Pencil Microphone Shockmount $34.95 The MXL-41S microphone shock mount provides excellent isolation from mic stand noise. Designed for the MXL 600 and 603 mics. |
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MXL MXL90 Microphone Shockmount $34.95 The MXL-90 is a high-isolation shock mount for MXL 770/990 and other wide body microphones (2-3/8" O.D. or greater). |
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Mxl Mxl90 Microphone Shockmount $34.95 The MXL-90 is a high-isolation shock mount for MXL 770/990 and other wide body microphones (2-3/8" O.D. or greater). |
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Rivera SilentSister 1x12 Guitar Isolation Speaker Cabinet Black $999 The Rivera SilentSister speaker cab solves the major faults that plague most isolation cabinets, eliminating their distorted sound, nonlinear frequency response, and short lifespan. Rivera devised a way to relieve iso cabs' air pressure issue by building an air labyrinth into the rear of the SilentSister cabinet. This labor-intensive solution substantially attenuates the sound level while relieving the sealed compartment air pressure drawbacks. Also, each of the angles of the panels inside of the SilentSister are designed to relieve standing waves and reflections. The bottom line is that the SilentSister delivers fabulous tone, like having a great sounding speaker cabinet in free air, with the advantage of high attenuation of external sound pressure levels, and easy microphone placement. Rivera SilentSister guitar speakers come standard with 2 pre-wired microphone goosenecks that have a panel fitted with two Neutrik XLR connectors on the back of the cabinet for easy signal connection. It comes with a Celestion G12T-75 speaker (8 ohm) as standard, and it is pre-wired into a jack panel at the back of the cabinet as well. Ruggedly built with hardwood-core plywood and finished in black Nyflex carpet for years of road abuse. Equipped with casters. Perfect for home and studio recording, churches, pubs, nightclubs and cafés—or anywhere you need to record or reduce the on-stage level through the PA system. |
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Rivera Silentsister 1X12 Guitar Isolation Speaker Cabinet Black $999 The Rivera SilentSister speaker cab solves the major faults that plague most isolation cabinets, eliminating their distorted sound, nonlinear frequency response, and short lifespan. Rivera devised a way to relieve iso cabs' air pressure issue by building an air labyrinth into the rear of the SilentSister cabinet. This labor-intensive solution substantially attenuates the sound level while relieving the sealed compartment air pressure drawbacks. Also, each of the angles of the panels inside of the SilentSister are designed to relieve standing waves and reflections. The bottom line is that the SilentSister delivers fabulous tone, like having a great sounding speaker cabinet in free air, with the advantage of high attenuation of external sound pressure levels, and easy microphone placement.Rivera SilentSister guitar speakers come standard with 2 pre-wired microphone goosenecks that have a panel fitted with two Neutrik XLR connectors on the back of the cabinet for easy signal connection. It comes with a Celestion G12T-75 speaker (8 ohm) as standard, and it is pre-wired into a jack panel at the back of the cabinet as well. Ruggedly built with hardwood-core plywood and finished in black Nyflex carpet for years of road abuse. Equipped with casters.Perfect for home and studio recording, churches, pubs, nightclubs and cafsor anywhere you need to record or reduce the on-stage level through the PA system.Specialized air labyrinth design relieves air pressure issues typically associated with isolation cabinetsCelestion G12T-75 speaker (8 ohm)Ruggedly built and equipped with castershome and studio recording, churches, pubs, nightclubs and cafs |
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Cad Dsm-1 Drum Microphone Mount $19.99 The DSM-1 microphone mount from CAD is a heavy, die-cast drum mic mount with a slick, locking cam. Attaches securely to any standard drum, yet removes easily. Thick rubber pads protect the drum finish, while a neoprene-surround insert (threaded for standard mic clips) offers additional shock isolation. CAD includes a 3" extender with the DSM-1 microphone mount.Locking cam attaches securely to any standard drum Removes easily Thick rubber pads protect drum finish Neoprene-surround insert offers additional shock isolation Includes 3" extender |
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Sennheiser E838 Dynamic Microphone $139.95 The Sennheiser e838 Microphone from the evolution 800 Series has been engineered for the vocalist who needs the vocals to cut through the band. Due to its excellent acoustic properties, the e838 mic delivers a high signal output to cut through high on-stage sound levels with ease. A gentle presence boost to even tonal response ensures vocal clarity and projection. The balanced frequency response maintains signal quality when moving on and off axis during performance. The minimal proximity effect provides for consistently clear bass-end performance when singing closer to, or further from the microphone. The cardioid pick-up pattern provides excellent feedback rejection and good isolation from incidental rear noise. The rugged metal construction and internal damping isolates handling noise.Rugged metal bodyShock-mounted capsuleFrequency-independent directivityExceptional feedback rejectionExcellent vocal projectionHumbucking coilIncludes microphone clamp and heavy duty pouch |
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CAD DSM-1 Drum Microphone Mount $19.99 The DSM-1 microphone mount from CAD is a heavy, die-cast drum mic mount with a slick, locking cam. Attaches securely to any standard drum, yet removes easily. Thick rubber pads protect the drum finish, while a neoprene-surround insert (threaded for standard mic clips) offers additional shock isolation. CAD includes a 3" extender with the DSM-1 microphone mount. |
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Mxl 2003A Condenser Microphone $179.95 The MXL 2003A is a go-to condenser microphone for those critical recording applications like acoustic guitar, where clarity, presence, and detail are essential. Selectable bass cut and -10dB pad provide additional recording options, while its transformerless FET preamp will please the pickiest engineers with its smooth and even response.Vintage modeled capsule designBalanced transformerless output for low-noise operationBass roll-off switch set to 150Hz at 6 dB/octaveAttenuation -10 dB pad switchComes with MXL-56 high-isolation shock mountWired with Mogami cable3-year warranty |
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How To Acoustically Treat Your Home Recording Studio
At music production schools, colleges and universities in London, I give lectures on acoustics and room treatments. I also cover this subject in my own music production courses at Garnish School of Sound. With technology advancements and computer processing power as it is now, the whole process of making hit records can be done in home studios, unless of course, you require a real orchestra! People with home studios often do not realise just how important the acoustic environment is. We tend to get a lot more excited about spending a few hundred quid on a shiny new synth than acoustically treating a room. There is also the issue of aesthetics.
My lecture on acoustics at universities can be six hours long and sometimes it can be difficult keeping some of the more musical and less scientific of students interested, specially when I start on standing waves. If we are in a room small enough (a control room or classroom and not lecture hall), a good way of vibing things up is to measure the distance between two parallel solid walls and try and generate a standing wave. You can determine what is the frequency of the standing wave for your room with this simple formula:
V / 2d=f V = Velocity of sound (343m/sec)
d = Room dimension in meters (length, width, or height)
f = Frequency of the standing wave.
Other standing waves occur at harmonics of the frequency that is 2, 3, and 4 times the fundamental but obviously, the higher the frequency, the less noticeable they become. Why not try it yourself. Grab a tape measure and use the oscillator in your DAW. You need to have solid parallel walls in your space. Standing waves are the reason you never see parallel solid walls in a professionally treated recording studio control room.
Neil Johnston from Focusrite showed me the KRK ERGO. Wow, what a little box this is (if it does what they say it does of course). KRK make fantastic nearfield monitors and I would say are a company to be trusted. The first time I listened to a pair of KRK monitors was when I was assisting Mark Spike Stent mixing Madonna at Olympic. He had a pair of KRK 9000s which sounded fabulous. Back then pretty much all monitors were passive and so were the 9000s. It seemed crazy to me but a lot of freelance mixers karted around their monitors of choice from one studio to the next but just used whatever amp that was in the studio. Active monitors solved that one.
I have always had a problem with bass in my studio. I am lucky to have very high ceilings but unfortunately I think most of my bass gets lost up there in the chandelier. I do get a bit of bottom end but much further back from my seated position in front of the monitors. I have treated my room behind my monitors and I have some bookshelves at the back with act as nice diffusers for the mid frequencies. I could have of course have lost the chandelier and replaced it with a huge bass trap but I do not think my girlfriend would have been feeling that! And quite frankly, I like my chandelier, my high ceilings and the position of the studio so I make do for now by sticking my head in certain spots just before any waves get diffused by my bookshelves to check the bottom end. Also, I check in the car which is only on the driveway. It is inconvenient, but I know the curves so well now in the space, I can make it work. So maybe the KRK ERGO will be a much more convenient solution for me. It works like those Bose hifi systems by chucking out a load of test tones (all frequencies at the same time interestingly), monitoring them with a microphone and feeding back the data to the software (Mac AND PC btw). The box will then tweak your curve and theoretically, you will get a much truer curve where you position the microphone. Gav said he would be able to get one for me to try. I will get back to you with my thoughts i am sure If it is as good as they say, they will sell bucket loads. Given Bose have been doing something similar for the consumer market for years, I wonder why no one thought of doing this ages ago especially now with so many more records being made in home studios. I also wonder if the technology is any better than Bose or if there is any patent. If no, I reckon KRK will not be the only people making these boxes in 2010. I wonder if it can do anything about standing waves. I did not think at the time to ask Neil. Oh, that thought is what got me on standing waves here in the first place!
About the Author
Dave Garnish is the founder, owner and teacher at Garnish School of Sound; the boutique music production school providing music production courses for advanced professional learners covering Sound Design and Mixing to a Logic course for serious beginners.
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