I was wondering what would be a good microphone for recording the voices of several people in a room with a medium to strong echo. The shed were recording in is pretty empty, its not very big in area but its VERY tall, about 2,3 stories tall, and theres this echo issue that we got to solve, what approach should we take?

You can try putting foam over the mic.

There's pretty much nothing you can do without getting a different room.

You can hang curtains across certain walls to reduce flutter echo, etc.

Yeah, hang tarps or blankets or carpets on the walls of the shed, they'll dampen the echo. There's pretty much no good way to correct an echo with a mic... maybe with processing but it wouldn't sound good at all.

Soundproof as discussed above. You will need a condenser mic in order to pick up everyone properly, hang it above you all from about 1-2 feet using a boom stand. Don't drop it seeing as condenser mics are extremely fragile (and are guaranteed to break if dropped even once) and not exactly the price of a beta 52.




You'd be amazed at what the right combination of skill and plug-ins can do.


Record what you have and load the wav into an audio program like protools or the likes to EQ as much of the echo out as possible.

Or get a different room such as a larger closet.






You would have a infinitely much better bet just booking studio time and splitting it with your group. It would be relatively inexpensive.

Forgive me if I wasn't clear. We still haven't recorded anything, we're wanting to know what sound equipment we have to purchase. Perhaps a combination of blankets, good sound equipment and editing could do the trick.

What kind of a camera are you using? Specifically.

I am not really sure what kind of camera it is, but I know that it won't do a great job at recording audio. My guess is they will be mini dv cameras.