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RECORDING VOCALS
I am hoping someone out there can help me with this, and also, I've
never been to this group so I apologize if this is the wrong place for this question. I've just started recording music, nothing fancy just a 4-track. Although I wasn't expecting anything amazing it sounded alright. However, can someone tell me if there is some special microphone used to record the vocals. The level never seems to be steady, when the pitch gets higher or the vocals get a bit louder, the level of the voice just keeps fading in and out. Basically I want it to sound steady, the way it does on CDs. I don't know too much about recording, can anyone help me out with this? Thanks CK |
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RECORDING VOCALS
yep i'd suggest using a compressor and making sure that your vocalist is
concious of how a mic works..., mainly, when singing really loud parts, move or turn away from the mic enough to compensate for the extra volume...likewise when singing quiet parts, be closer or sing more directly into the mic.....if you're still having trouble after this, get a cheap compressor -- Jonny Durango http://www.soundclick.com/ratcitymusic.htm "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." -- Herman Goering, Hitler's Reich-Marshall, at the Nuremberg trials after WWII. "Don Pearce" wrote in message ... On 10 Mar 2004 00:32:52 -0800, (CK) wrote: I am hoping someone out there can help me with this, and also, I've never been to this group so I apologize if this is the wrong place for this question. I've just started recording music, nothing fancy just a 4-track. Although I wasn't expecting anything amazing it sounded alright. However, can someone tell me if there is some special microphone used to record the vocals. The level never seems to be steady, when the pitch gets higher or the vocals get a bit louder, the level of the voice just keeps fading in and out. Basically I want it to sound steady, the way it does on CDs. I don't know too much about recording, can anyone help me out with this? Thanks CK Either your vocalist is actually modulating the loudness of the voice or, more likely, swaying backwards and forwards in front of the mic, making the sound louder and softer. The two solutions are a little discipline from the vocalist, and either manually riding the fader to keep the level still, or using some compression to reduce the loudness range. Leave some of it in, though, if there is artistic merit to it. d _____________________________ http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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RECORDING VOCALS
In article xBC3c.225212$uV3.970135@attbi_s51, "Jonny Durango"
writes: yep i'd suggest using a compressor and making sure that your vocalist is concious of how a mic works..., mainly, when singing really loud parts, move or turn away from the mic enough to compensate for the extra volume...likewise when singing quiet parts, be closer or sing more directly into the mic.....if you're still having trouble after this, get a cheap compressor I think most of this is bad advice (unless you cheap compressor is an RNC). Yes, make sure the vocalist is concious of how the mic works. But, when you turn away from the mic you drastically change the tone, mostly you lose highs. When you back off from the mic you also change the spectral balance and in addition you change the ratio of dry signal to room sound. If you want an unnatural sound then I guess its ok. The thing to do is learn how to control your volume when you sing. Usually, singers that have sung in clubs or concerts for years learn how to stay up above the band and keep their volume appropriate to the situation because they have no choice except getting drowned out. When singers come down in volume even though the band has not you run into trouble. The singer has no choice but to ride the dynamics of the band. Thats why good musicians will use dynamics to accomodate the singer. If the singer is singing with a pre recrded track they must follow the dynamics of the track as the track is not going to follow them. Some compression can be a big help as is riding faders. Garth~ "I think the fact that music can come up a wire is a miracle." Ed Cherney |
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