DIY vocal booth! (Finally!)

This. This is why I’ve been silent for the last few months (it’s probably been longer than just a few months, but I’ll pretend it hasn’t been that long).

Actually, that was the aftermath of the first attempt at putting it all together. This is the finished product:

What is “this”? It’s a vocal booth – made entirely by hand, by me. It’s by far the biggest DIY project I’ve taken on.

So first, the “why”. I live in a tiny apartment, which is about as soundproof as a cardboard box (I can hear my neighbour’s TV at night. Not clearly, but I can still hear it). This is not ideal, not only because a small box-shaped space is bad for acoustics. Too much sound gets in, ruining recordings, and too much sound gets out, and I don’t want to annoy my neighbours. “What about studio time”? I hear you ask? Well, it’s expensive, and I want to be able to practice whenever I feel like it.

The booth is based on the “Soundproof (-er)” booth from Vocal Booth to Go. It uses mass-loaded vinyl, hung in sheets from the frame, with smaller panels on the top and bottom. I got the materials from a company called Acoustica, and they were wonderfully helpful.

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“How well does it work?”, “was it worth the long hours of hand sewing, and great wads of cash?” I hear you ask. First impressions are good. It’s a comfortable space to be in, with controlled acoustics. A rough test when it was first assembled showed it cuts out about 25dB of sound, which is pretty respectable.

I plan on making some improvements over time, the first of which will be lights and a fan. It gets really dark in there, and very hot, too. In the long run, I’m  thinking of replacing the PVC frame with a metal one, and adding some extra vinyl panels to cover the corners. The main thing is that it’s up now, so I’ll worry about the rest later.

Over the coming weeks (I promise to write more frequently) I’ll share more details of materials, construction, cost, and performance, in case you want to build a booth of your own, too (pro tip – it’s a huge amount of work, so get people to help, if you can).

Stay tuned for more!