clockw0rk
08-19-2009, 05:24 PM
Most of my new songs will prolly end up instrumental bcs it is so frustrating to mix in recorded vocals. I record them in my apartment, with no acoustic treatment. All of my other tracks in the song are samples, my acoustic piano, violins etc...so the vocals, which are the only non polished thing, really brings down the production value...
my chain right now is high pass EQ, compression, reverb
any suggestions?
I'm using an Audio technica condenser mic. My sm58 didnt provide enough gain
travelyan
08-20-2009, 12:39 AM
i wish i knew. i just recorded "blackbird" tonight for funsies and had to use a kick drum micrphone because someone fucking stole my nady mic. http://talkingmeat.com/03%20Blackbird.mp3 if youre interested in the technical details i can tell you but its probably not the sound youre going for, as you see, i'm terrible.
old skul to the rescue
old_skul
08-20-2009, 01:39 AM
clock, if you post a sample of your tune, I can perhaps add some input. Highpass EQ with compression is a good place to start.
Instead of reverb - use a delay. Reverb just gums up the works on some tracks.
Travelyan...don't let anyone fuck with your mics. ps I just got a new Samson ribbon mic with and onboard preamp. It's a ton of fun.
clockw0rk
08-20-2009, 02:16 PM
i wish i knew. i just recorded "blackbird" tonight for funsies and had to use a kick drum micrphone because someone fucking stole my nady mic. http://talkingmeat.com/03%20Blackbird.mp3 if youre interested in the technical details i can tell you but its probably not the sound youre going for, as you see, i'm terrible.
old skul to the rescue
vocal mix was just fine. the guitar sound is super thin though. how far away from mic do you sing? I'm getting alot of sibillance and shit. I will post a clip later after I try another take.
travelyan
08-20-2009, 02:28 PM
about 3-4 inches away holding it by hand because i dont have a stand, and to the side because i dont have a pop filter, i back off a little to sing louder, it goes into a mixer (eq is flat there), into garageband on a laptop. then i go upstairs, save as mp3 since garageband doesnt do wav i guess, transfer it to fruityloops on my pc and mix it in, and i put compression on it and manually find the frequency where my siblants are and notch it out if i can and thats it. ghetto
old_skul
08-20-2009, 04:55 PM
Yeah, that's pretty ghetto :) God damn Trav, get a stand and a pop filter, stop spending all your dough on liquor :lol:
travelyan
08-20-2009, 06:58 PM
i dont have a future in music
liquor gets me drunk though