Free Ways to Reduce Echo for Better Sound Quality and Recording - Podcast Studio Build Out #Best Education Page #Online Earning

Hey what's up it's Pat here in the brand new studio

that we're building out

and we're right in the middle of the building right now

and before we start installing some

professional acoustical panels

to reduce the echo in the room,

I wanted to share with you some DIY things.

Things that you can find around your house

to help reduce echo

because maybe you wanna do a podcast in a hotel room,

or in a new space

or empty bedroom in your house.

Well, how can you reduce the echo

for zero dollars?

Well, it's about the stuff you find around your house.

(pillows thudding)

(laughs)

Stay tuned.

All right, so to conduct this test,

we are recording into an H6 Handy Recorder by Zoom

and we're using an ATR-2100 microphone,

which a pretty common travel, sort of portable setup

that will remain consistent

throughout the whole experiment here.

And what we're gonna do is just try different configurations

using pillows and blankets and things like that,

that you might find around your house,

to reduce the echo in the room

so we can figure out what works best.

So echo is sound bouncing around the room

and coming back into the microphone

after that source created the sound,

which is why you hear that same thing

again and again and again and again.

Now, there's a couple key things I wanna share with you,

big tips so that you can reduce the echo

in the rooms that you might be in.

Number one, you happen to be next to a lot of window

like we are on this side of the room.

You kinda wanna move away from that.

So if you have windows or a lot of glass,

you definitely don't wanna record

on a glass table if possible.

Just that alone is gonna help you reduce some echo.

Next, you wanna be in a carpeted room as much as possible

because the hardwood floor

and all that surface area is gonna include

another angle that sound can bounce off of.

Now the more fabric and stuff there is in the room,

the better, actually the best place to record your podcast

is actually in the closet with all the clothes and stuff.

But if you don't wanna record in a closet

'cause you are claustrophobic like me,

find a place with carpet or a lot sofas

and cushions and things like that

and that could work out really well too.

Now let's go to the desk and run some experiments there

to see what we could do with our desk,

pillows, and blankets to have a configuration

that reduces the echo for us.

So we're at the desk, which is a huge surface area

that sound can reflect off of

and then around the room and back into the microphone.

So I just wanna see if we cover this desk

with something like a blanket,

how might that reduce the echo?

So I'mna put my headphones on.

And I'mna say,

"Hey, this is Pat Flynn

"from the Smart Passive Income podcast."

"Hey, this is Pat Flynn

"from the Smart Passive Income podcast."

Now, I don't know, you tell me, could you hear a difference?

Well, let's try some other things.

So another common solution that a lot of people say to do

is just to have a lot of pillows and blankets

around the recording area.

So, let's just gather all the things we have

and sort of put 'em right next to us to see what happens.

Hey, over here.

Okay, so, this is with the mic in the same position

and stuff around.

So, hey, this is Pat Flynn

from Smart Passive Income podcast.

Now stay there with me, I'm just gonna move the mic

a little bit closer and sort of close things in a little bit

and see if that changes anything.

Actually I'm gonna bring this closer.

(rustling)

I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

Hey, this is Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income podcast.

Better.

What if we added something on the top?

Blanket me.

Okay, lemme just bring this to the top of the microphone.

So I'm sort of like recording this little pocket here, so,

hey this is Pat Flynn from the Smart Passive Income podcast.

Okay, let's see what would happen

if I went completely under.

I have a special blanket for this one.

Hey, this is Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income podcast.

I seem to be in a nice sound studio right now

with very nice colors around me.

Hopefully, you can all see this on camera right now.

But, yeah, it's actually seemingly pretty good.

Horrid, it's hot in here.

So, I wouldn't recommend doing that long term.

But, I think for like a one minute voiceover,

sure that could work.

I wanna see what happens when I just have the blanket only

I have all these pillows around me.

But what if I just just do the blanket over me only,

let's see what happens.

Alright, next, we're gonna run a test

with my bedroom blanket fully off,

and then I'mna put it on and say the exact same thing.

So, hey, this is Pat Flynn from smartpassiveincome.com

thanks for joining me today.

Hey, this is Pat Flynn from smartpassiveincome.com

thanks for joining me today.

Hey, this is Pat Flynn from smartpassiveincome.com

I have messy hair.

All right, so a lot of this is making a difference.

Now, I did some research on YouTube earlier

and there's a lot of people who have

one very similar configuration that I wanna share with you

that to me might be the best one.

So, I'mna get three pillows here,

and put 'em around the microphone in a V.

(calm music)

And then I got this other third one on top.

And then, that should do a pretty good job

of reducing a lot of the echo

because the sound is traveling past the mic

but then bouncing right into the pillows there,

and it's hard for me to look at the camera

and speak at the same time 'cause the mic's here

but, thankfully with a podcast

you don't necessarily need to be on video.

Now obviously, if you're recording a video podcast,

this would be really silly,

and probably something you don't wanna do.

But, for audio purposes,

this is a great configuration that only takes three pillows,

and something that can help out on the cheap.

Right, so in conclusion,

you don't need to spend loads of money

in order to reduce the echo that you have in your room.

Or if you're in at a hotel room,

there are resources there with blankets and pillows

that you could set up already,

so that you can reduce the echo

and have some good sound quality on the go.

Now, of course there are a lot of acoustical setups

that you can have and pay for

to help you reduce the sound

and probably look a little bit better

and have a little bit more permanent

because I don't know if you take the sheets away,

you will get cold at night.

But anyway, the number one thing to know

is that you need to subscribe

because we're gonna be covering

a lot of different options that you have

for reducing echo in the next and upcoming videos,

including those cheap egg crate looking things from Amazon,

versus really expensive premium ones

from other professional acoustical companies.

So make sure you stick around, we got a lot to cover

but hopefully this video helped you.

Let me know what you thought in the comments section below

and if this was helpful to you

and please subscribe if you haven't already.

Thanks so much and team Flynn for the win.

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