My First Full Song Including Vocals, need recording tipps though... |
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Jul 22 2012, 04:47 PM
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Hi guys!
So, two weeks ago I suddenly had this song idea including the chorus vocals in my head. It is a song about bits of the story of Diablo 3 (spoilers if you haven't finished it  ), and I also took the intro from a D3 cutscene (hopefully Blizzard won't sue me now).The song is in drop C, and I'm really happy with the instrumental part of the song. Now, for the vocals I used the X-Orcism plugin (thanks Todd!). My setup was as follows: I plugged my microphone into my Behringer V-amp 3 cause I don't have a chance to plug it directly into my PC. The V-amp3 is connected via my usual USB device to the PC, which I also use to record guitars. The mic signal that arrives in Reaper is really low, I have to crank the volume up completely. I also have to use a pre-amp and much gain in the V-amp. So there is already gain in the signal. On top of that comes the X-Orcism plugin. I also "sang" or spoke pretty loud into the mic, which leads to some clipping. So, what would you guys suggest? How can I record vocals properly at home? Here's the song now: http://soundcloud.com/gitarrero/the-prime-evil -------------------- |
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Jul 22 2012, 05:52 PM
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AWESOME
 but no solo ??? why ??? --------------------   |
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Jul 22 2012, 08:30 PM
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Nice one Christy
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Jul 22 2012, 08:52 PM
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Well Spiff! Did you do this in reaper? If so, it'd be awesome if you could upload the project and let use crazy wack jobs take a pass at "interpreting" it so to speak mixup/mashup, sorta thing? I'd be down for sure
 The song has a great heavy almost industrial vibe and reminds me a bit of RAMSTEIN! But more Christian ish so KRISTIANSTEIN! RECORDING VOCALS: Good question. Step one is probably to get an interface that has XLR ins on it that is sorta set up for recording mic inputs. I actually have one that I'm happy to send you! It's called the BLUE ICICLE and it takes an XLR jack from a mic, and turns it to USB and has good circuitry for recording good mic level. It's a very handy piece and quite portable. The are only about $40 US though so it may be cheaper to buy than ship!   QUOTE (Gitarrero @ Jul 22 2012, 11:47 AM)  Hi guys! So, two weeks ago I suddenly had this song idea including the chorus vocals in my head. It is a song about bits of the story of Diablo 3 (spoilers if you haven't finished it ), and I also took the intro from a D3 cutscene (hopefully Blizzard won't sue me now).The song is in drop C, and I'm really happy with the instrumental part of the song. Now, for the vocals I used the X-Orcism plugin (thanks Todd!). My setup was as follows: I plugged my microphone into my Behringer V-amp 3 cause I don't have a chance to plug it directly into my PC. The V-amp3 is connected via my usual USB device to the PC, which I also use to record guitars. The mic signal that arrives in Reaper is really low, I have to crank the volume up completely. I also have to use a pre-amp and much gain in the V-amp. So there is already gain in the signal. On top of that comes the X-Orcism plugin. I also "sang" or spoke pretty loud into the mic, which leads to some clipping. So, what would you guys suggest? How can I record vocals properly at home? Here's the song now: http://soundcloud.com/gitarrero/the-prime-evil |
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Jul 23 2012, 07:20 AM
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Hey nice track Christian !
If you want I could try to make you a drum track. What do you think ?
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Jul 23 2012, 07:23 AM
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Sounds cool! I'm up for anything that improves this project
Here is the download link to the Reaper project, if you can work with that: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93388299/the%20prime%20evil.rar -------------------- |
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Jul 23 2012, 10:34 AM
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QUOTE (The Uncreator @ Jul 22 2012, 07:46 PM) Vocals need to be EQ'ed. ... drop 2-3db somewhere in the 200-600hz range, seems to be a lot of clutter somewhere in there. Maybe a small boost to make it come out more in the mix around 1-2.5khz. ... Yes, maybe a little tighter 220-500Hz and attenuate on a wide bell. It also may need an extra cut at @500 on a narrow, tight bell but more like -6dB. You maybe then can avoid the boost but a bit hard to tell from the stream... A bit OT - Uncreator for some vox using a shelf rather than a pass filter can help as you don't have to cut as steeply to achieve the same result . I think the SM58 has a slight presence lift in the 1.5-5kHz range by the way to compliment most vocals and guitar. QUOTE Also, when you say the signal that arrives in reaper is low, how low is it? Can you even make out the appearance of the signal? Is it almost a straight line, or is there some "bulge" to it? QUOTE (Gitarrero @ Jul 22 2012, 07:59 PM) Thanks you very much for your input Brett, I'll try this! Well, the signal arrives when I use gain on the v-amp, otherwise it is so low that you can barely hear it. So I have to crank the Reaper track volume to max. I also lowered the volume of all other tracks, but didn't wanna go to low without trying other stuff. I'll try the compressor thing. For recording, I used a regular vocal mic. It's a Shure that I've used on stage for years with good results...so it should be cool for recording. Maybe the problem is that I have to go through the V-Amp cause I don't have any other opportunity to connect it to the PC. Might be wrong as I don't know much about the VAmp but this sounds like there's an impedence mismatch. I don't think the VAmp was designed to take a signal from a mic, only ones from guitar. If that's the case you'll struggle to get a good signal level - cranking it is just likely to boost all the noise as well. -------------------- 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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