How to stop echo?

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AmberAndGolden

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The house that I live in has very tall ceilings, and the echo is immense.
I don't know how to fix this, I've tried filming in different rooms but it's always the same, I have a Blue Snowball mic which was recommended to me as a good quality but cheap mic (because I can't be spending £200 on a mic for a HOBBY, ya feel me?)
So... Is there a way I can reduce echo, with an audio editor? with more equipment? or will I JUST have to buy a new, better mic? (which I really don't want to have to do)

(sorry if this has been posted before, I had a quick look and I couldn't see it)
 
Try using some cheap sound proofing methods. I hear of some people using rugs and/or blankets.[DOUBLEPOST=1485102310,1485102267][/DOUBLEPOST]
Lizzeelive said:
Try using some cheap sound proofing methods. I hear of some people using rugs and/or blankets.
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I was just looking up the same question and saw this answer lol.
 
Foams, thick rugs, blankets etc on the walls. The thicker, the better. I'm recording in a small room that reverberates like crazy. So I filled it up with as many rugs as I had available. It's still a bad place to record nonetheless, but the privacy outweighs the bad sound. Different mics have different pickup patterns. I only have a cardioid mic, so it's what I use. But to capture a single persons speech, a shotgun can reject the most ambience noise. And an omni directional (what many cameras have) would capture the most room tone.
 
Insulate your room. The more things in it, the less the echo will sound. It's probably the cheapest and easiest method.
 
I record audio in my cupboard.
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I'm not weird...
Seriously, though. you just need something to soak up the sound waves before they bounce back. Clothing, furniture, even people can help. I do have some reverb programming that would help, but it is very complicated. You need to program in the dimensions of the room and the type of room and all that which is not very fun. Just find somewhere with better acoustics.
 
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Jokes aside, that's really interesting to know. I'll keep that in mind next time I hear an advert before a video. It will make it a different experience to think that the person saying, Download super-mega-mobile-rpg now on the play store," is probably in his cupboard.
 
Kush Patel said:
Insulate your room. The more things in it, the less the echo will sound. It's probably the cheapest and easiest method.
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SmartTheDumb said:
Foams, thick rugs, blankets etc on the walls. The thicker, the better. I'm recording in a small room that reverberates like crazy. So I filled it up with as many rugs as I had available. It's still a bad place to record nonetheless, but the privacy outweighs the bad sound. Different mics have different pickup patterns. I only have a cardioid mic, so it's what I use. But to capture a single persons speech, a shotgun can reject the most ambience noise. And an omni directional (what many cameras have) would capture the most room tone.
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Thank you! I'll give these a go.. My room is going to look so f**cking weird.
Since I live in a little apartment with my brother, we literally have no spare rooms, apart from like.. a shoe cupboard.. which I COULD have a go at filming in but I don't know how well that would go.. Where would my lights go!? LOL
Here's hoping I can figure something out..
 
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