Where is the best place to record?

Question

I want my audio to be high quality, but I don’t want it to echo or have any background noise.

Answer 1

Why do you think you want the recording to have no echo ? A recording that has no reverb of any kind has no life, it is dead and lifeless. Echo is a essential part of music and a recording that sounds natural and alive. The idea of recording in a acoustically dead room is a huge mistake. But you could try it and you will see later that it sounds unnatural.



I first determine the type of music and then find the best recording space for that type of music. A church or hall, or sometimes even a living room. Yes you need to control the amount of reverb but it is essential part of music.



Then you get into what format to record in and the best equipment to use to get the best sound. Hopefully its being recorded by someone who knows good sound has a good selection of microphones and knows how to place them. Best way to know is simply listen to the recording engineers personal recordings to know its a sound you are after.



Lastly is finding a good mastering engineer who also knows what he or she is doing.



Kevin

40 years high end audio video specialist, recording and mastering engineer

Answer 2

A sound prove room is best place for recording.

Answer 3

A professional recording studio.

Answer 4

Lots of good advice so far. I would add that HOW you use the equipment is very important. If your recording level is set too high, and you stand away from the microphone, you will pick up a lot more noise. Before making a full recording you should practise to find the lowest recording level that works, and you should keep the mic close and sing/speak loudly enough. That way, in the playback, the difference in volume between the voice and the noise is maximised.

Some people foolishly think that an expensive mic will make up for any vocal deficiency, but you have to practise to get the best out of both.

Answer 5

My flute teaching studio is essentially a third bedroom, with a large walk-in closet - in which we keep out-of-season clothes, along both sides and the back wall, and in container on shelves above the rods, and also below the hanging clothes. I keep recording equipment in this studio, because when I need to record, I do not have to even be IN that confined space - I just have to be FACING into it. Recording is dead flat. Actually, I sometimes want the natural enhancement of a LARGE space with natural reverb - but that is no what you asked. I also know people who do podcasts and voice-overs - and they ALSO record them inside or facing into packed closets.

Answer 6

An acoustically "dead" room is easy enough to achieve.



Lots of thickly upholstered furniture (fabric-covered),

curtains, pile carpet, etc. will absorb reflections.





Then, before you record anything important,

make a test recording of the "silent" room for five minutes or so.

Play it back using fully enclosed headphones.

You will probably be surprised by how much noise there still is,

but there is no practical way to eliminate all of it.



Refrigerators, aquarium air pumps, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, traffic, and other stuff

often appear in the background of otherwise good home recordings.

Answer 7

There are some good quality mics on the market for a decent price. Use a software like "Audacity" to get rid of any background noise and echo. There are tutorials on YouTube showing you how to do this. The microphone I use is this one: https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/desktop-dynamic-microphone-a99jb?cmpid=ppc:pim_products:pla:google&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrLW3w72b1wIVEpMbCh18HwQzEAQYAiABEgJbOPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds It's very good, I can record my guitar with it and it sounds like a studio recorded song.

Answer 8

Rent time in a studio made for that purpose.