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| drummerant |
Posted - 27/01/2012 : 15:56:59
Ok guys,
Demo is at the stage where we're adding vocals. We have done one session and I forgot to ask on here what the advice was! We recorded in a dead room using an SE2000 condenser. Thats all really...
I was thinking about trying to do vocals at my house one day, but I'm not sure how that would suffice?!
So basically what is your advice for recording vocals? And then what sort of effects eq etc would you generally use on them? Thanks once again for your advice and time
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| drummerant |
Posted - 28/01/2012 : 09:47:03
Thanks mate. |
| TrevCircleStudios |
Posted - 27/01/2012 : 20:44:06
duvet behind you singing into the room will keep the vocal sounding more open than being completely surrounded but it depends what sounds you are after.
As for processing? It really depends on the vibe you are after. Your mic tends to be harsh in the highs so pay special attention up there. |
| drummerant |
Posted - 27/01/2012 : 20:15:58
Awesome. I'll give it a go, worst comes to worst we just wasted a free day and I'm sure we'll have fun.
tHANKS DUDE |
| Captain Bubble |
Posted - 27/01/2012 : 19:41:41
Duvet Room probably well worth trying. |
| drummerant |
Posted - 27/01/2012 : 17:21:52
thanks for the help. I was thinking about surround the singer in a "duvet" room to see if it had the same effexts? Its free to try at my house and doesn't cost 8-9 quid an hour. Plus everything is set up here. So we'll see thankyou sire
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| Captain Bubble |
Posted - 27/01/2012 : 17:11:28
Well I have one of those mics, chuffing grand for the price, and I have used it on ukuleles, a violin (played by inmate of this forum) and some drums. A dead room is better than a lively one, IMO. My workshop is a fair old size and too "noisy". I make a vocal booth consisting of a thick layer foam for a back "wall", then a metal U frame plugs its ends into brackets on my ceiling beam and I drape a piece of carpet over this to form roof and 2 sides, then from ceiling hooks I hang 3 pieces of carpet with gaps between them for a front. Each side is about 3 1/2 ft x 3 1/2 ft and it hangs down about 3 ft from the ceiling. Even though it is fully open at the bottom the tonal improvement is amazing, and aircraft noise (Heathrow in-bound directly over-head!) is significantly reduced.
I record dry and fairly flat EQ, then play with EQ, add compression, maximiser and sometimes a little reverb. Sometimes I copy a track then shift the copy very slightly and experiment with how much I shift it, that gives an ADT effect and can also thicken the sound of my rough and thin voice! |
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