Hey,
Just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on recording vocals. My bands been recording this weekend at our drummers house in his basement using my Tascam 788 and Behringer UB2224FX mixing desk. We've also got a Behringer tube ultragain mic100 pre amp which we're intending to use on vocals. We got the instruments and overdubs all put down yesterday on the 2 songs we're recording (we recorded the drums, bass and guitars all at the same time using acoustic screens to try and reduce spill) but have come to record vocals this morning and we just can't get a decent sound at all. It seems that whatever level we have the vocal channel set at, it distorts very badly. We've tried using the pre-amp into the tascam, the pre-amp into the mixer then into the tascam and then the mic straight into the tascam but this last one was way to quiet in the mix when we set the trim control so there wasn't any distortion. Also ... when we recorded one take (even though there was a bit of distortion) the vocals seemed extremely lifeless. I know it's not our singer because when we went into a local studio to record a while back it sounded fine. But we can't afford to go into a studio at the moment as we're just recording some demo's but want them to be as good quality as possible from a home-recording and definately don't want distortion. The mic we used is a Sennheiser e818 - I know this isn't a great mic but it's all we can afford at the moment ... I'm sure it shouldn't distort though. The other vocal mic we've got is an old Shure Unisphere.
As you'll probably need to know in order to give suggestions ... we're a hardcore / heavy punk band with slightly shouty vocals. If anyone has any suggestions on as to how we can get a better vocal track without distortion that'd be appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help,
James
Just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on recording vocals. My bands been recording this weekend at our drummers house in his basement using my Tascam 788 and Behringer UB2224FX mixing desk. We've also got a Behringer tube ultragain mic100 pre amp which we're intending to use on vocals. We got the instruments and overdubs all put down yesterday on the 2 songs we're recording (we recorded the drums, bass and guitars all at the same time using acoustic screens to try and reduce spill) but have come to record vocals this morning and we just can't get a decent sound at all. It seems that whatever level we have the vocal channel set at, it distorts very badly. We've tried using the pre-amp into the tascam, the pre-amp into the mixer then into the tascam and then the mic straight into the tascam but this last one was way to quiet in the mix when we set the trim control so there wasn't any distortion. Also ... when we recorded one take (even though there was a bit of distortion) the vocals seemed extremely lifeless. I know it's not our singer because when we went into a local studio to record a while back it sounded fine. But we can't afford to go into a studio at the moment as we're just recording some demo's but want them to be as good quality as possible from a home-recording and definately don't want distortion. The mic we used is a Sennheiser e818 - I know this isn't a great mic but it's all we can afford at the moment ... I'm sure it shouldn't distort though. The other vocal mic we've got is an old Shure Unisphere.
As you'll probably need to know in order to give suggestions ... we're a hardcore / heavy punk band with slightly shouty vocals. If anyone has any suggestions on as to how we can get a better vocal track without distortion that'd be appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help,
James
