Hi all,
New to the forums, first post here!
Basically I've been helping by better half with some demo recordings for her solo material. It's mainly 1 acoustic guitar, 1 main vocal and the odd bit of backing vox.
Simply because this is a very basic demo we're using GarageBand to mix, we do have access to Logic but I don't feel it's worth it because what I'm doing in the mixing isn't complex enough to justify such a powerful software.
I'm recording guitars into my Tascam DP-004 and then transferring the tracks into Garageband with no problem. Everything sounds good, levels perhaps a bit low, but it's manageable.
We recently bought an SM58 to record better vocals (the onboard Tascam mics are good but just not clear enough). The main problem I'm having is a persistent hiss coming from the vocal track. I have the Tascam on the mic setting which is designed for mic input. The vocals themselves are clear, it's just constantly there in the background.
Is the issue just that I'm using the Tascam in place of a proper audio interface, or is there something I could be doing better?
The plug-ins in GarageBand go a bit of the way in reducing it, but I feel like it shouldn't be there in the first place.
Any thoughts? I'll be posting one of the tracks (Cambria Moon) on Soundcloud later this week so will direct you towards it then so you can maybe hear what I'm talking about. Don't be too harsh on my mixing though! I'm new to this - more used to video editing!
Thanks in advance.
New to the forums, first post here!
Basically I've been helping by better half with some demo recordings for her solo material. It's mainly 1 acoustic guitar, 1 main vocal and the odd bit of backing vox.
Simply because this is a very basic demo we're using GarageBand to mix, we do have access to Logic but I don't feel it's worth it because what I'm doing in the mixing isn't complex enough to justify such a powerful software.
I'm recording guitars into my Tascam DP-004 and then transferring the tracks into Garageband with no problem. Everything sounds good, levels perhaps a bit low, but it's manageable.
We recently bought an SM58 to record better vocals (the onboard Tascam mics are good but just not clear enough). The main problem I'm having is a persistent hiss coming from the vocal track. I have the Tascam on the mic setting which is designed for mic input. The vocals themselves are clear, it's just constantly there in the background.
Is the issue just that I'm using the Tascam in place of a proper audio interface, or is there something I could be doing better?
The plug-ins in GarageBand go a bit of the way in reducing it, but I feel like it shouldn't be there in the first place.
Any thoughts? I'll be posting one of the tracks (Cambria Moon) on Soundcloud later this week so will direct you towards it then so you can maybe hear what I'm talking about. Don't be too harsh on my mixing though! I'm new to this - more used to video editing!
Thanks in advance.