i have been following this thread, and thought i would give my two cents on this subject, since i do recordings [both outdoor & indoor] pretty much everyday.
you do need to do the recordings again. much like recording anything, if it sounds really good beforehand, it will sound good on the recorded data.
it is a fag that you will have to do it again, but that is the flaws of recording, you have to keep doing them again and again until they are perfect. much like if you were to record drums, or a guitar. if it sounds ‘ok’ at first, then your mix will sound ‘ok’. but if they sound great or good before you click the record button, then your mix can great.
even the simple act of using bed duvets, hanging from the wall will help out a great deal. you can find [or at least in asda supermarket], cheap, thick bed duvets for around £5-£10. have two of those in each side of the cabin [or two on top of each other at either side, so four in all], and you will hear a difference. it wont solve your problem to make it ultra quiet, but will help out.
a good way to test your room sound, is go in, close the door and clap your hands, if there is much reverb/tail on the hand clap, then your room is too echoey. then you can sort of work out what you need to do. you need the room to be quite dead. not having a tail on the hand clap.
but all in all, dampening is always a good idea in the long run.
hope this helps.
lewis edwards
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