duvets or mic screens

[Hugh Robjohns]

Being close to the corner can exacerbate bass mode problems where the mic essentially develops an unusually pronounced bass boost, often quite a lumpy one too! The advantage is that the duvets stretch out to the sides as well as just the rear, making it more effective at damping room reflections over a wider angle.

Personally, I prefer to rig the thing on a wall rather than the corner, away fromt he wall if the mounting arrangemetns allow, and with the duvte arced around the back of the performer if possible.

hugh

[planetnine]

Perhaps, a stupid question, but how do you hang the duvets up? They're not the lightest things and don't normally come with pre-fitted eyelets! I'll just buy a couple and use them for this purpose. Doing whatever is necessary, is fine. So...

Nail them to the wall? Use curtain rails and add eyelets to to them. Use some kind of high clothing rail?

Lastly, (and this has the potential to have some serious p***-taking) any TOG rating? The higher the better, I presume.

Thanks,

Neil (awaiting comical abuse, followed by useful info)

I use a lighting stand, a lighting 'T'-bar with no lights on it, and four or six "springclips" (market stall traders use them to fasten the tarpaulin onto their stall frames).

We have set up truss in someone's living-rom before, though...

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[artifus]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SINGLE-ADJUSTABLE-GARMENT-CLOTHES-CASTORS/dp/B002GODMF8

[JPH]

hi.....if i have endless patience, lots of gaffer and string...and loads of duvets, do i really neded to invest in screens and reflection filters etc for my home recording......or in a small hall even, where visuals is not important????

Well, have recorded perfectly adequate guide vox without the filter, but managed to find a Project Filter at a good price just before Christmas.. so will be combining both duvets and filter for the proper vox to go down in a couple of weeks...

Will let you know what I find!

[Jimmy T]

I find a staple gun is a discreet way to hang duvets.
The holes left by the staples are very small and will disappear with a lick of paint.
Depends on your wall but for wood chip or bubbly paper this method is good. Works well on the ceiling too.

[IvanSC]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SINGLE-ADJUSTABLE-GARMENT-CLOTHES-CASTORS/dp/B002GODMF8

Way too flimsy. I own two of these and they are just JUNK, even as clothes hangers.

Hanging a duvet on them even when fully extended doesn't go high enough, either.