Mic Reflexion Filter

nige_jude

Has anybody had any experience with mic reflexion filters? Do they help with sound quality at all?

I wouldn't mind getting/making one if they actually produce good results!

fitz

I have one.
It's not gonna get rid of your room sound, but it certainly helps tame it a bit.
Good for home use.

PaulBrewer

As sE Electronics' Distributor in Ireland I have this to say -

Fitz is right ...;)

nige_jude

Haha, of course you'd agree! :-)

Yeah, it would only be for home use. The sE version looks extremely impressive. In your opinion is it worth the money? At the mo I've just the condenser mic with the pop shield in an open room. If I'm feeling particularly creative I'll open the cupboard with the hung up clothes and use that as sound absorber!

PaulBrewer

No !
My point is, it's not going to turn shyt into chocolate but could make some marginal improvement - no more.

I don't own one but know of many who do.

In truth your cupboard could be as effective.

tubedude

I got the thomann replica of the Se one for less than half the price or somethin, if you're on a budget. It's very handy alright. I found it good for guitar amps, to help isolate the sound, and minimise reflections (obviously...) Won't get rid of the need for a treated room though...

Rockshamrover

Cardboard is the way to go. I think you can get the instructions on Blue Peter.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD-DcRFAcYM

dav nagle

Rockshamrover wrote: »

Cardboard is the way to go. I think you can get the instructions on Blue Peter.

+1 Agreed,

One of the best tips is to wear plastic bags on your feet for a proper 'bag sound', the Beatles did this on all their records, thats why they sounded so good. Bags on your feet will reduce bass frequencies bigtime. But I am not getting into that now, here is how to create a proper filter..

Seriously if you want a good reflection filter then think about buying some old panties and a mirror, grannies panties will do just fine. Stretch the panties over a square shaped coat hanger. Use a pole instead of a proper stand, an old stick will do just fine. Now attach the hanger to the pole using an old bit of string. Do this 3 times until you have created the famous 'wall of sound', although not particulary flash this was used in the 50's on every major record in the US.

Rockshamrover

dav nagle wrote: »

+1 Agreed,

One of the best tips is to wear plastic bags on your feet for a proper 'bag sound', the Beatles did this on all their records, thats why they sounded so good. Bags on your feet will reduce bass frequencies bigtime. But I am not getting into that now, here is how to create a proper filter..

Seriously if you want a good reflection filter then think about buying some old panties and a mirror, grannies panties will do just fine. Stretch the panties over a square shaped coat hanger. Use a pole instead of a proper stand, an old stick will do just fine. Now attach the hanger to the pole using an old bit of string. Do this 3 times until you have created the famous 'wall of sound', although not particulary flash this was used in the 50's on every major record in the US.

So let me get this straight, you're saying the beatles had their bags around their ankles while singing into their grannies knickers?:D

ogy

i have one too, plus two of the smaller ones for SDCs

i like it alot, its definitely a huge improvement on the sound, and i recently came across a much handier way of mounting it thats in the german manual and not in the english one which has made me like it even more!

BumbleB

Rockshamrover wrote: »

So let me get this straight, you're saying the beatles had their bags around their ankles while singing into their grannies knickers?:D

Did ya not know ? Day Tripper was titled called "bag dropper".

Just wondering if Dav would rob a pair of his gran's jocks and do a you tube video for us to create the "wall of sound".

RealEstateKing

and sold it soon afterwards. The SE Reflexion filter has all sorts of different layers in it that have been designed to absorb sound in different ways.

The Thomann copy is simply a peice of sheet metal with some holes in it, that has had a peice of acoustic foam (too thin to make any difference) that has been (badly) glued to it. It is obviously made to look like the SE , but there the similarity ends.

If anything it made the sound worse as it made it sound like you were singing into a box.

Seziertisch

I have also heard of fellas using the SE as a way of controlling how much of the rest of the kit/room is picked up by the outside kick mic and vice vearsa.