He should move from Metropolis to to the west coast. There are ample tent cities on the sidewalk he could use.
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He should move from Metropolis to to the west coast. There are ample tent cities on the sidewalk he could use.
Heck even before Covid, for Star Wars 9, they needed a pickup line from Adam Driver, but it was such a small thing it wasn't worth flying him out, so they just had him do it in his closet heh.
I wouldn't be surprised this has happened a lot in the industry when it wasn't worth getting someone to a studio.
Walk-in closets (with the clothes still in them) are great places to record. The inside of a car can be a great place to record. A lot of voiceover pros use "pillow forts" when they're on the road.
Who doesn't? Where do they record though?
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I believe it is a Weird Al song.
I think this was popularized by the film Hustle & Flow, but my understanding is that, generally speaking, it doesn't work. It's better than nothing, but hanging moving blankets or bedspreads on clothing racks would probably do more in less time.
Note that simple foam tiles will kill high frequency sound, but it will do little for reverberant low-frequency noises like rumbling sounds. You have to have a certain density and thickness to absorb certain frequencies, and if the density is too great it will act as a reflector rather than an absorber.
Considering he could have spent significantly less time just building sound absorbing panels made of towels or mineral wool that would have been more effective, I would discourage such an undertaking. (Although, for safety reasons, I'd prefer using denim insulation instead of fiberglass. Use protective gear in either case, but with denim you technically don't need it unless you're cutting the insulation to fit.)The audiovisual lecturer at my college in 1977 spent several months nailing hundreds of donated egg cartons to a partitioned section of his room. Worked better than not having egg cartons on the walls.
Wait... I can use my jeans from back when I was a thin trekkie to insulate for sound? Excellent. Now if I can find a use for old some Z. Cavarrici and Zubaz pants...
But I have egg cartons and a nailer.
It was 1977, a budget of $0 and many donated egg cartons.
Well, technically you can if you have enough jeans, but the denim insulation is treated to be resistant to fire and mold, whereas your old jeans are not.
I guess the question is whether you value your time or not. If you value your time sufficiently, you may decide that it's worth the dollar amount to do something else.
Whatever that's supposed to mean...
I was originally responding to this:
Is the money you would spend on materials worth several months of your spare time? By just valuing your own labor at minimum wage, your spare time over several months could be worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. I'd argue that this would justify looking at other approaches, even if it requires spending some money.The audiovisual lecturer at my college in 1977 spent several months nailing hundreds of donated egg cartons to a partitioned section of his room. Worked better than not having egg cartons on the walls.
(Not that it matters anyway, because the egg cartons are probably a fire hazard.)
I always do cheap. So, if I have egg cartons and means to connect it for the occasional audio work I think it is well worth while. Or just fun. You know...fun? I know; it's a strange concept to talk about.
what about salmonella/bacteria?
The point being, if he went with whatever commercial soundproofing was available in 1977, he would be donating the cost of materials himself. Donating them to his place of employment. The egg cartons were free. So it was egg cartons or nothing.