When most audiobook narrators are setting up a booth, one place they tend to get stuck is understanding how to find the optimum position for their microphone.

The common advice that leads to lots of poorly placed microphones.

The 2-Fist or Hang-10 approach is the most common thing that people w...

DEREK [not his real name]: Hi Steven! Got some time to answer a few questions about my new booth?

ME: Hey man, new booth?

DEREK: Yeah, used the Covid stimulus money to get one used off Craigslist. Gina [not her real name] helped me move it to my place.

ME: What kind of booth is it?

DEREK: A...

Up until very recently, all of my voiceover work was recorded on a CAD E100S. Then, I got a chance to hear one of Michael Joly’s custom microphones, and everything changed…

Let me start by saying, I loved my CAD E100S. Flat response, low self-noise, and tight pick up pattern, what’s not to love?...

Yes, I finally have my vocal booth – a prototype of the new StudioBricks One Plus – set up and ready to go!

The delivery process itself was an interesting experience. Shipping a vocal booth is not a UPS, DHL, or FedEx experience. A 600 kg (1300 lbs) crate needs to be shipped the old fashione...

Buying a Vocal Isolation booth is a big ticket investment in your voiceover career.

After all, a cheap pre-built booth can still cost more than a Neumann u87, and not many of us use one of those in our home studios. Though I went through my purchasing process pretty thoroughly, I am still gett...

Today, at Frankfurt Musikmesse, StudioBricks has announced the new StudioBricks One Plus. Guillermo Jungbauer has taken everything that he has learned from the original StudioBricks One and improved upon it with the One Plus.

The first noticeable difference is the size. The original One had an...

In Part 1 of this series, I went through the questions that anyone should ask themselves to see if their sound issues can be handled without the expense of a Vocal Isolation Booth. In Part 2, I went through some questions that anyone should consider if they have decided that they do indeed need...

So, it turns out, that after doing some pretty thorough research (see last week’s article), I do in fact indeed need a Vocal Isolation Booth. And, with all of the choices on the market, it seems like a good idea to document the process.

Question #1: Do I want to permanently transform part of my ...

At some point, almost all Voice Over Professionals ask themselves the same question: Do I need a real Vocal Isolation Booth to improve the sound quality in my studio?

For most of us, the answer really should be No.

We can handle boxy or reverberant spaces with simple sound treatment p...