Recording Voice, Tricks, effects, how to´s? |
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Nov 27 2008, 02:21 PM
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Hi everyone.
Im recording a song, and i´d like to record vocals on the tracks. Im using a shure sm58, direct an m-audio fast track pro and recorded in Cubase. But it sounds dry, and i don´t know what i can add, as in effects, double tracking etc, to make it sound more appealing. The voice fits the style of voice on the links below how do they record and treat these voice tracks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8SEGPmVYwQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shhZ42ZfMQk...feature=related And artists of similar style of course! Thanks! This post has been edited by DaniHel: Nov 27 2008, 02:28 PM |
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Nov 27 2008, 08:49 PM
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First of all you need a really good singer for that type of singing. This is the most important thing.
Second, you should improvise a small vocal booth in your room, face the wall and get a blanket over the wall to prevent the flutter echo or any reverberation. Record voice as dry as you can. Third, color the voice. There are tons of different plugs to color the voice. You can insert some preamp modeling, vintage warmer, EQs, compression. This will give your voice that punchy and juicy flavor. Four - add space. Adding good space on vocals is essential. They should blend with the track nicely. Put too much, and the singer is in 100m away from band. Put to little, singer is in front of the face, while band is 50m in the back. A good combination of reverb and delay is most common used method. In the end you need to EQ the reverb as well. This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: Nov 27 2008, 08:50 PM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Dec 25 2008, 12:35 AM
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It depends what do you mean by "good recording" mate. Sure you can achieve some good results with a cheap mic, but don't expect nothing spectacular. Cheap mic is a cheap mic, and it will cut off some frequencies, so the sound cannot be that good. Again, I say you can make good results, and they depend a lot from preamp, acoustics of the room, and producing quality.
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Jan 15 2009, 04:45 PM
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Thanks Nemanja - I might give a try then!
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Jan 15 2009, 05:29 PM
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The 57 can give good results depending on the type of vocals. It isn't an uncoloured mic though so will work well with some vocal types and make others sound poor. The 57 - to me - has a definite lift in the high frequency end whereas a 58 gives more lift to the mid-range, still with a lift to the top end but not quite as pronounced as the 57. The beta 58a is a better mic but also costs about 40-50 Euros more then a standard SM57 or SM58. If you can Kris try out a few different mics to see which works for your voice.
One thing about recording vocals - pay attention to and experiment a bit with the position of the mic - distance and whether on or off axis and above/below/in-line... Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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