We have a soundproof room about 4m wide and 8m Long.  The concept is
to make it a small studio where we can interview visitors and others
with a view to making either just an audio record or a video interview
(News at 10 style).

Anyone any experience or tips on how to proceed, equipment, software
etc greatly appreciated.

Mike

microbrain  did eloquently scribble:
> We have a soundproof room about 4m wide and 8m Long.  The concept is
> to make it a small studio where we can interview visitors and others
> with a view to making either just an audio record or a video interview
> (News at 10 style).

> Anyone any experience or tips on how to proceed, equipment, software
> etc greatly appreciated.

One idea... lots and lots of cardboard eggboxes.
(to do the sound dampening on the walls)
:)

As for equipment, a PC with something like audacity and video
capture/editing software, a few microphones and a video recorder would seem
to be all you'd need.

Depends how pro you want to go.
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>> Anyone any experience or tips on how to proceed, equipment, software
>> etc greatly appreciated.
>
>One idea... lots and lots of cardboard eggboxes.
>(to do the sound dampening on the walls)
>:)

Heavy drapes are a little more aesthetically pleasing.  I've had good
results with carpet, which also looks good on the walls.  Lots of soft
furnishings and cushions will help too.  Avoid hard parallel surfaces.
Aim for a range of thicknesses of soft items to dampen all frequencies.

Position mikes as close to sound sources as possible.
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On Oct 23, 11:09 pm, microbrain  wrote:
> We have a soundproof room about 4m wide and 8m Long.  The concept is
> to make it a small studio where we can interview visitors and others
> with a view to making either just an audio record or a video interview
> (News at 10 style).
>
> Anyone any experience or tips on how to proceed, equipment, software
> etc greatly appreciated.
>
> Mike

I would recommend a Samson USB condenser Microphone - Only £70 and
very good quality.
Put your recording together with Garageband on the Mac - very easy to
use, and will magically do all the sound engineers job to get the
voice recording sound pretty good indeed. (Garageband comes free on
all new Macs).
Personally I record the voice separately with SoundStudio just because
it's easier to do precise edits.

As Black-dog recommend, heavy curtains are good - not just for
dampening sound, but if you are filming, they give a neutral
background.

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Mr Maff