ideal recording space/tips to improve one's low budget recording space

[bagpipe]

Originally Posted by bagpipe

Thats where I'm at: my room acoustically stinks: a little 9ft by 12ft rectangle with a flat roof. My best results have come when I close mic my acoustic guitar or mandolin, and add some minimal reverb to mimic an actual space.

Originally Posted by Ty Ford

try using 2 reverbs, one set to short and one longer, then mix the two.

It makes for a more complex reverb field. Stay away from spring reverbs for the main reverbs. They sound springy on the decay trails.

Thanks for the tip: I'll give that a try. I find when adding reverb either I can barely hear it, or it sounds like I'm recording in a train tunnel. Maybe mixing 2 different reverbs will help with that.