Boxiness?
I've looked at the other posts RE boxiness and they don't seem to answer my issue.
I've just made some changes to the studio I'm recording in, added a bunch of new sound paneling. It's sounding better than EVER. So I thought I would finally be past getting rejected for the reverberation in the room. Now I've been revised for "Boxiness"
The room itself isn't square sadly, I've got 5 walls at slightly strange angles. There's now sound panels on every wall, where as I only had panels on my wall directly behind the mic before. I'll throw some photos in the drive folder as well.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RLYbUONgN7RnhCSuENZEWSCfgdtEfcBC
Here's the longer samples from the project. Let me know what you think?
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Hi Matthys,
I've listened to your samples and there are some audible room reflections but IMO it's not too bad. From the pictures, the mic might be a bit close to a corner, which can cause problems. Try moving the mic around and see if that changes the sound. Also, how far are you recording from the mic? That can also change things.
You're definitely not far from what we're looking for.
-Seb
Hey Sebastian,
I do pull the mic toward the middle of the room, getting it away from that corner. Mic position is ~4-6" away from my mouth, voicing diagonally across the mic face.
In the revised audio (the stuff in the folder) I pulled back away from the wall to hopefully give a little bit more space to it, but had QC call me on "Boxiness" again. Very frustrating, I just want to be able to get these done!
Hey! That's a great starting point, have you tried recording a bit closer to the mic? Is there a particular reason you record diagonally (plosives or sibilance)?
Yeah I try to avoid plosives by recording across the mic.
Wouldn't recording even closer to the mic increase the "boxiness' sound? Maybe I'm not fully understanding what QC means by "boxy"
Boxiness is the term used when something sounds like it was recorded in a small room but there are still audible reflections/room echo.
When you record too close to the mic sometimes there's 'boominess' which is when the audio starts to sound bassy, with a lot of low frequencies.
Boominess is more easily fixed than boxiness.