Audio Booth – Planning & Design

Audio_Booth_Diagram (3D Studio MAX Diagram File)

This Booth is Planned, designed and implemented by me & Brian (Broadcast Engineer, BBC) over 5 years back. Recorded voice in a smooth suppressed environment, at first it was freaky for me to speak in an echo less room, it’s a complete discomfort feeling, where your voice are really suppressed and it does not echo πŸ™‚ Edited recorded sound sample with Adobe Audition, a truly amazing software, later on re-sampled it Sony SoundForge and other software’s. Output of the speakers were then presented in the “BBC Mojai Mojai Shekha” in the English Learning Program, which later came out as a sequence of CD’s. You need to choose your sound proofing materials well, or consult a professional if you want to carry out a project like this or in larger scales. Believe me you can tweak with it and spend millions still there are scopes to develop and someone else can do it in a better form with half the money you have spent.

Equipment List:

  • Allen & Heath XB14 Mixer. (1000 Quid)
  • M-Audio DELTA-66 With Digital I/O.
  • Genelec 8030A Speakers. (1000 Quid a Pair)
  • RockWool behind the Foam, over Polystyrene.
  • CANFORD Sound Suppressor FOAM.
  • AKG C414B XL-II Microphones. (750 Quid Each)
  • Sennheiser HD25 SP-II Earphones. (135 Quid Each)
  • HP-LP2475w, 24-inch-Widescreen Monitor. (250 Quid)
  • Murray Pro Pico-2 PPM Meter with Phase Correction (Peak Programme Meters). (250 Quid)

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Screenshot of the room (After Construction):

DSC03872_jpgAnd the actual design of the room, functional diagram of the connectivity of all devices.

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