I remember a discussion (that I participated in) about recording audio outside a studio.
Someone suggested the use of a box with the microphone in it and provided links to commercially available products for this purpose. I can't find the posting and seem to have lost the product name and link.
Anybody remember this -- and can provide a link to the discussion or the product discussed?
While I try to dig up that thread, I'd recommend reposting this over at the Building Better Courses forum as well. Even if no one can give you the exact discussion, I'm confident that they'll have some great ideas for you. Good luck!
We do all of our audio recording outside of Articulate and just recently purchased a portable soundbooth. We purchased ours from Voiceover Essentials (http://voiceoveressentials.com/) . It's called the Porta Booth Portable Soundbooth and was $129. We love it and it works great for us.
You could go to Target or Ikea and buy one of thosecollapsible boxes put some foam in it and save about $100. I was at someone's place recently and they had a cardboard box with foam and it worked just as well. He probably saved $129 less the cost of the goods that were in the originally.
We bought a Portable Sound Booth about 8 months ago. We had a lot of audio to re-record for about 10 courses that required rebranding. We LOVE it. I know there are cheaper alternatives and I did try a box with foam for awhile before the Portable Sound Booth arrived (it got caught up in customs for a couple of weeks) but we weren't happy with the sound quality. The sound book is the perfect shape, very easy to use, and gives us the level of quality we need. I know it's not studio sound but it's close enough for us.
If you don't want to go that route you can do a bit better than regular foam by talking to a local music shop about the proper audio foam. It can be a bit expensive so watch your prices - you might find the Portable Sound Booth a better deal in the end.
Dave. I think it works fine. My office is pretty quiet and also fairly small, so the does not sound bad without the box, but I can definitely tell a difference. The mic in the box is the Yeti, by Blue.
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Hi Brian!
While I try to dig up that thread, I'd recommend reposting this over at the Building Better Courses forum as well. Even if no one can give you the exact discussion, I'm confident that they'll have some great ideas for you. Good luck!
We do all of our audio recording outside of Articulate and just recently purchased a portable soundbooth. We purchased ours from Voiceover Essentials (http://voiceoveressentials.com/) . It's called the Porta Booth Portable Soundbooth and was $129. We love it and it works great for us.
Thanks Julie -- I think that is the one that was discussed.
You could go to Target or Ikea and buy one of thosecollapsible boxes put some foam in it and save about $100. I was at someone's place recently and they had a cardboard box with foam and it worked just as well. He probably saved $129 less the cost of the goods that were in the originally.
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Ron.....does that really work?
-Dave
We bought a Portable Sound Booth about 8 months ago. We had a lot of audio to re-record for about 10 courses that required rebranding. We LOVE it. I know there are cheaper alternatives and I did try a box with foam for awhile before the Portable Sound Booth arrived (it got caught up in customs for a couple of weeks) but we weren't happy with the sound quality. The sound book is the perfect shape, very easy to use, and gives us the level of quality we need. I know it's not studio sound but it's close enough for us.
If you don't want to go that route you can do a bit better than regular foam by talking to a local music shop about the proper audio foam. It can be a bit expensive so watch your prices - you might find the Portable Sound Booth a better deal in the end.
Dave. I think it works fine. My office is pretty quiet and also fairly small, so the does not sound bad without the box, but I can definitely tell a difference. The mic in the box is the Yeti, by Blue.
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