Recording a Clean Solo Podcast in a Small Room

A small room exaggerates every reflection, turning a closet-sized space into an echo chamber. The goal is to control the reflections you can and work around the ones you cannot.

Make a small room sound bigger than it is.

1. Hang soft material on the walls closest to the microphone.
2. Add a rug and curtains to break up the hard surfaces.
3. Speak close to the mic so the voice dominates the room.
4. Place the mic away from corners where bass builds up.

Proximity is your best friend in a small space. The closer the mic, the less room you capture, and a few soft surfaces do the rest.

The small room stops being a limitation once you work with it. Close miking plus a few soft surfaces turns a cramped space into a tight, intimate sound, and plenty of successful shows are recorded in rooms no bigger than a closet. Work with the space and it works with you.