Do you recommend portable studios?

[MattMaratea]

There are portable studios that i see in people's studios lately. All they are is a mic stand with a grate-type thing around the microphone. Do these really help the vocal sound in a room with bad acoustics?

[1StopBeatShop]

Well technology is getting better and you can make a bedroom studio and still produce a pretty decent track. The quality won't be perfect but a good engineer could make it near perfect. I say go for it plus it's always good to practice without leaving your house.

[Freze32]

If you can't treat the room properly I say it's better than nothing

[Delia117]

Im not sure dude

[audiotecnicality]

Those units are marketed as Portable Vocal Booth (PVB) or Reflection Filters (RF), and they do make a big difference in *reducing* the effects of an untreated room. But there is really no replacement for a nice room.

I have one myself, but I still have my room somewhat treated - some foam in key places to minimize reflections, bass traps in the corners to absorb some low end. I use a PVB/RF as well because, like most of us I'm sure, I record in the same room as my computer...and it makes some noise. I'd rather not have that spilling over in to my mic...

[Baggstrom]

Short answer: Yes they help, but only so much. I have my studio in my living room, which means that I have big carpets, a sofa...but even so I have added extra curtains on the wall. It makes a bigger difference than the reflection filter alone.

//Mike

[dvyce]

Well technology is getting better and you can make a bedroom studio and still produce a pretty decent track.

true.

The quality won't be perfect but a good engineer could make it near perfect.

not really... I don't care how good an engineer is... if you give him crap to work with, it cannot be turned into gold. While a good engineer can may your crap sound as good as it could possibly sound, they are still working with whatever you supplied to them.

[wescloxmusic]

Know thy tools.