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PORTABLE
VOCAL BOOTH The RealTraps Portable Vocal Booth ($299.99 complete) provides an elegant and affordable way to capture dry, clear sounding vocals, even in locations that are less than ideal acoustically. This clever and light-weight device (11 pounds) mounts on any microphone boom stand to create a highly controlled environment for recording vocals and spoken narration in acoustically hostile spaces. Unlike other products that are too small to be effective enough in noisy or live environments, the RealTraps PVB is much larger comprising a pair of 2x2 foot absorbing panels joined with a hinge in a fully adjustable V shape. The integrated base attaches easily and securely to any inexpensive tripod microphone boom stand. The PVB can also be placed directly on a table or other flat surface. Since the RealTraps Portable Vocal Booth is larger than competing products, it blocks unwanted sound and reduces room ambience much more effectively. As you sing or speak into the booth, it prevents your voice from getting out into the room in the first place. This is far more effective than trying to block room ambience and reflections after the fact. The graphs below show the amount of isolation you can expect, and how the on-axis frequency response is affected. The photos show how we tested. You can view two short demo videos that illustrate how effective the Portable Vocal Booth really is at taming room ambience on our Videos page. Assembly instructions are shown HERE, and you can see how little effort is required compared to other products. Top Available fabric colors are White, Wheat, Gray, and Black.
NOTE: The RealTraps portable vocal booth is compatible with most tripod-base microphone boom stands, such as the one shown above at left. Note the boom's angle adjuster lever is above and clear of the threaded portion that attaches to the stand's upright pipe. The photo at right shows a terrific portable case we discovered. Yes, it's a pizza delivery bag! These bags fit our PVB perfectly, and you can buy them HERE for a reasonable price. Thanks to Danny Shatzkes for telling us about these bags. Click the images to see them full size. |
"I received the PVB today and my first tests are impressive! I'm really satisfied by the results, excellent!" --Isham Bachir, Bienne, Switzerland "I'm loving the PVB." --Brian Chapman, Venice, CA "I just received the Portable Vocal Booth. Setting it up was simple just like the website said. I tried it out on a couple of sources and I have to admit that I'm pretty impressed. Moving from a few feet away from the PVB and closer into it I could immediately here a marked difference in the way the sound was contained. Kudos on some great work." --Daniel Shatzkes, Brooklyn, NY We used our two PVBs for a couple of sessions on vocals and guitar and they are working out great. Thanks again for great service, and a great product. --Brynn Chappell, Manchester, UK |
"If you do any amount of recording with microphones ... then one or two Portable Vocal Booths would come in very useful: they are surprisingly versatile and have applications far beyond vocal recording. Even taking into account shipping, this is sensibly priced. It is also well made and should provide many years of reliable service." --Paul White, Sound on Sound magazine review, June 2007 "Got my PVB today and set it up. Installation was easy, and after a few quick vocal takes it seems to be a great product. Nicely done!" --Chris Sebastian, San Anselmo, CA "I just want you to know that I love the RealTraps portable vocal booth. I've been telling everyone how awesome it is, and that it works wonders." --Nina Diva, New York City "Your PVB has helped me get the close intimate vocal tracks I've been dying for. It definately helps me isolate the vocal from the room in my small studio. I can truly say I am pleased I purchased it." --Erik Gurney, Windsor, Ontario "I've been using the PVB for a couple of weeks now, and you probably know this, but it works great. I've been using it mainly to record vocals and acoustics in the Control Room, and electric guitars through a loud amp in a not very good sounding room, every time with good results. Thanks for bringing a great product to the market!" --Juergen Walde, Asuncion, Paraguay "I gotta admit, this thing is incredible. What a huge difference! I'm so pleased - you couldn't have a more satisfied customer!" --Richard Hilton, Chic keyboardist and engineer for producer Nile Rodgers. Top I purchased a Portable Vocal Booth to use for voice over recording, and used it yesterday for the first time. It made a huge difference in the quality of the recording! I couldn't be more pleased. It was very easy to set up and use, and in a room where previous recordings were marred with rather unpleasant room sounds, the recordings sounded much better. --Martin Schiff, Starbirth Music, Maitland, FL I can say without any hesitation that RealTraps Portable Vocal Booth works. It's awesome. It works so well, I doubt I'll ever stop using it. Really. It's that cool. --Chvad, New York City |
Click the graphs below to see them full size.
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Test Procedure Notes The acoustic measurements for the data shown at left were done in my home recording studio using a JBL 4430 loudspeaker as the source, and a DPA 4090 omnidirectional condenser microphone. For the audio examples in our videos we used a large diaphragm cardioid microphone as is typical for voice recording. But a proper acoustic test requires a small diaphragm omni condenser microphone having a uniform frequency response from all directions. The photos at right show the test setup. The first test measured the on-axis response of the loudspeaker (as influenced by the room) without either vocal booth device in place. This is shown in the top photo at right. The microphone was 56 inches above the floor, and 44 inches away from the front of the speaker. All subsequent tests had the microphone at the exact same place to ensure a fair comparison. For one pair of tests each vocal booth product was placed facing away from the loudspeaker, to measure by how much the sound from the loudspeaker was reduced. This simulates a singer facing a band or other noise source, and is shown in Figure 1 at left. When more sound is blocked, the measured SPL level is lower. My partner Doug and I both noticed an obvious coloration when using the SE Reflexion Filter to record the audio demo, so I also ran another pair of tests with the devices reversed. This is shown in Figure 2. In this case the JBL loudspeaker simulates the vocalist, and the measured response shows the coloration added by the devices being tested. The coloration added by the SE Reflexion filter is plainly audible in the video and audio demos linked above. Top |
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