TroyStudio Enclosed Vocal Booth, Portable Microphone Isolation Shield, Foldable Reflection Filter with Acoustic Foam & Panels, Recording Sound Box Home Studio Equipment for Podcast Music Voice Over

I was EXTREMELY skeptical of this vocal booth, as I was for all of the competitors. This stood out to me as one of the few providing nearly full isolation to the extent that it can in such a small form factor. I use it to record in a fairly high background noise environment and it isolates the background noise plenty enough for me to tweak out anything remaining with filters. I would absolutely buy this again!

So I am just starting voice acting and I really don't have a super deluxe space to do VO work. Well I am also just starting out so it's more like VO Demos. lol Anyway, I was looking into more ways to dampen the sounds around me. I am part of a community where we get a discount on another brand that is way far out of my price range but luckily I came across this one that was cheaper.Anyway, the thing I like about this it does help in reducing the incoming sound. I actually did an audio check without and with it using just straight-up raw audio and noticed a difference. This is without using headphones though. I believe it's a good value for the money as well, but it's not super deluxe but it's good enough to get the job done.. It's a bit of a setup so it's not super portable but it still works well if you need it to be portable.However, I do have a couple of issues with it. I do have a bit of an issue with how to get a mic wired into the box which does require you to cut a spot for you to slide the mic through along with the wire for your mic. I do use a USB mic so it's easy to slide in the small wire into the same hole. I have a feeling if there is a bigger wire it will be more difficult to run. I also have an issue with the weight of it, now if I was using a typical microphone stand it probably wouldn't be too bad but I use a boom for my mic and the boom just doesn't have the weight to keep it up so it's precariously sitting on the edge of my desk. I don't have room for this on my desk. However, I do believe the weight for a boom mic is a common issue regardless of what brand you buy. The last thing I have an issue with is that if I use the front cover I cannot gain access to the gain control on my mic. I often have to keep the front cover off in order to get access to the gain control if I need it for whatever reason.

I will start off by saying that this vocal booth does work sort of well. I just would not put this in my recommendations list to anyone. Reasons being - the material and whole set just feels cheap. You have to jumble it together yourself and it just isn't a very well thought out product design, the presentation is really bad.

This requires assembly, but is easy enough to do. The design allows for a boom, a mic (within a mic cage), as well as a pop filter. It’s not the complete sound isolation of a vocal booth, but it’s pretty darn close if you’re not playing other instruments around it. It does seem to choke off the perimeters of a cardioid pattern somewhat. I like a little room ambiance, so I set up a ribbon mic to record the room response for the same takes. Subtle, but made a difference.You’ll have to make room to store this when not in use, as it’s not collapsible. I intend to use this on all single vocal recordings in the future.

Sound-wise, this TroyStudio Enclosed Vocal Booth isn't much different than other isolation shields. It does its job. The great part about this one is its portability. It can be broken down and easily moved or stored when you are on the go or just need space when you're not recording.

I live in a noisy street environment, and have always struggled to record clean audio in my home without the distracting street noise on the recordings, so decided to give this small mic vocal booth a try. I am shocked at the difference this thing makes in the quality of my audio. It drowns out the street noise and what I am not getting is very clean audio, so I can do my voiceover work without all the cars in the background. This is great. It was fairly easy to put it all together, and once setup, was easy to mic up and get up and running. This is an incredibly good and inexpensive solution to having to actually build a large vocal booth, and works well enough that I no longer need to worry about the cars passing by anymore.

It's not the most insulating box ever, but to be fair, that's difficult to do on a small-scale, portable sound booth. This is exactly what I needed for when I just need to record a quick bit of voiceover for my personal content (and, on the right days when the wind isn't howling out here, it'll work just fine for shorter professional pieces). I have a full-size booth that's a bit more controllable sound-wise, but I don't always want to have to go through the whole process of booth recording for just a few short lines. This is perfect for those needs.

I’m thrilled at the sound quality boost that this has offered me, while working on a budget. I would recommend this vocal booth/microphone isolation shield to anyone.