Minimizing echo while shooting in apartment

[Danny Grizzle]

I keep responding to Stan’s posts, then read down the page to learn a bit more about his project.

I must be missing something in all this discussion of sound blankets and shooting video. Are we talking about shooting video, or using a video recorder to record audio-only for a podcast?

Putting sound blankets off camera on walls and ceilings makes sense, though at some point you may need to get a permit from the fire marshall. Beware when you fire up the hot lights!

If you are shooting video, the lavalier makes sense. Besides mic placement, you don’t have to worry about boom shadows and such. This is especially true if Stan is doing this as a one man band, as producer, talent, gaffer, shooter, and sound guy.

On the other hand, if this is a podcast, or the style can accommodate a “live from the apartment studio” look like the Howard Stern show, then I’m back on Rode broadcast mics. I’d prefer good mic technique and modest sound treatment over the hassle of rigging suspended sound blankets.

Danny Grizzle