I made a Reflect Shield
I made a Reflect Shield
Click on the pic:
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If ya wanna hear the difference it makes, there's a cuppla short voice samples zip'd up, here.
Thanx to mikeyc for summa the makings, and the idear!
(Edits for schpellerin'.)
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If ya wanna hear the difference it makes, there's a cuppla short voice samples zip'd up, here.
Thanx to mikeyc for summa the makings, and the idear!
(Edits for schpellerin'.)
Last edited by vvv on Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:33 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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I made one of these as well but I didn't use a drum shell (which is a great idea). My main purpose for the one I made is to use it as a hi hat baffle. I'm gonna hook mine up to a drum stand and place it between the hi hat and snare mic (I also just bought one of those primacoustic drum shield thingies too to use in conjucntion with). I have a session with a hardcore band coming up next weekend, which in my experience hardcore drummers are notorious cymbal bashers, so it should be a good test to see it will actually work with what I intend to use it for.
I just followed these instructions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESF3QZ0i-4I
I just followed these instructions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESF3QZ0i-4I
My musical endeavors!
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It's like anything successfully DIY, y'know?
Is it as "good" as commercial? Debatable ...
Is it as "better" than commercial? Debatable ...
Is it useful? Yes.
Is it less expensive? Yes?
Was it fun? Yes.
Does it continue to be useful and fun? Yes.
If you look at the pic's, you can see where I used some cheap plastic garden fence to make 1/2" air-pockets.
I've read the ads about why they have the holes in the theirs; mine has the screw holes left from the hardware as visible here:
That part about the holes, I'm thinkin', is probably just puffery; I could cut some, but really see/hear no need.
I will say that I was never really bothered by the vocal sounds I was getting in my bedio, but the shield does make for a cleaner vocal track, taking out a myriad of reflections I hadn't noticed before. It's early daze, but I think ultimately it will make the processing of my vocals (99% of the always, I use some kind of time-based effect) more consistent, and consistently repeatable.
Is it as "good" as commercial? Debatable ...
Is it as "better" than commercial? Debatable ...
Is it useful? Yes.
Is it less expensive? Yes?
Was it fun? Yes.
Does it continue to be useful and fun? Yes.
If you look at the pic's, you can see where I used some cheap plastic garden fence to make 1/2" air-pockets.
I've read the ads about why they have the holes in the theirs; mine has the screw holes left from the hardware as visible here:
That part about the holes, I'm thinkin', is probably just puffery; I could cut some, but really see/hear no need.
I will say that I was never really bothered by the vocal sounds I was getting in my bedio, but the shield does make for a cleaner vocal track, taking out a myriad of reflections I hadn't noticed before. It's early daze, but I think ultimately it will make the processing of my vocals (99% of the always, I use some kind of time-based effect) more consistent, and consistently repeatable.
Cool idea!
Thinking out loud, would it be better to use something lighter, like a cardboard tube for cement footers? Like this:
http://www.homedepot.com/Building-Mater ... reId=10051
Thinking out loud, would it be better to use something lighter, like a cardboard tube for cement footers? Like this:
http://www.homedepot.com/Building-Mater ... reId=10051
This thread has been bouncing around in my head for the past few weeks, and I finally think I realized why.
I bought a bunch of HDPE 55-gallon barrels cheap for a big rain-barrel project a while back, and I still have quite a few left over. It would be easy-sauce to cut them into rings (like your bass drum shell) and then in half again to mimic what you did. They would be lighter than wood but serve the same purpose... It would also be easy to drill a bunch of holes in it if need be... for puffery, of course.
I've got the materials to do all this sitting out in a barn, think I may give it a shot this weekend while the lady's at work...
I bought a bunch of HDPE 55-gallon barrels cheap for a big rain-barrel project a while back, and I still have quite a few left over. It would be easy-sauce to cut them into rings (like your bass drum shell) and then in half again to mimic what you did. They would be lighter than wood but serve the same purpose... It would also be easy to drill a bunch of holes in it if need be... for puffery, of course.
I've got the materials to do all this sitting out in a barn, think I may give it a shot this weekend while the lady's at work...
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