8" Gray Foam Ball (Often Used to Make a DIY Mic Isolator)

I purchased the 8" Foam ball to do a project in my home studio. The foam ball exceded my expectations and help me a lot. This is the first time I purchase this kind of product and may have not used it in the way it was intended but it functioned greatly! May purchase more very soon!

A very cheap version of a Kaotica Eyeball. These, and similar devices, cost a lot of money! So the seemingly high price for this foam ball pales in comparison!I cut a four inch hole in it about 2/3 deep. I then cut a hole a bit smaller than my dynamic microphone in center of the bottom of the four inch hole. I cut the hole for the microphone all the way through.I slide my microphone in until it stopped. I found it works really well! No extensive and intensive room treatment that would have cost almost as much as the Kaotica Eyeball. All-in-all, this has worked out far better than I had hopes for.My recordings are extremely quiet and without room reflections! I do use, and have used, voice technique which, originally, did limit but, did not remove room reflection. So, voice technique combined with this ball have provided a better than expected result!

I used this as a DIY eyeball for my mic... it works great!

I saw many others use this product to create a DiY Kaotica Eyeball clone. While it may not meet the exact specs of a $200 product, $20 makes it easy to decide of purchasing the real deal is worth $200.Here is what I've discovered. The product as listed for it's purpose is truly accurate. It is sturdy, resilient and doesn't show dirt easily. For my purpose, it was exactly what I was hoping. I was able to cut into it easily with a sharp knife and shape it to some very detailed specs. As a clone of the Kaoitica Eyeball, I can only assume that it roughly fits the acoustic parameters enough to judge a comparison. While not as exact and pretty as the Eyeball, the 'clone' showed me that it did a good job in isolating the mic. It works best in an area that is somewhat untreated to tell the difference. There is an issue with some frequencies being dropped out. They are the high end of the lower frequencies or the lower end of the Mid frequencies. This is easily remedied with a little EQ.It must be pretty popular for this usage or as the purpose for which it was originally intended because they are currently out of stock and don't know when they will be getting more.

Great item! I used it to make a homemade Kaotica Eyeball. Works great! Nice Size and Density! My only issue is the fact they inflated the price on this just because they realized what we use it for. Other then that this ball would be sooo much cheaper. Like $15 bucks.