Horkin My Lunch
New member
Yesterday, I was recording a band, and everything was going smoothly until it came to vocals. The vocalist has a range of soft passages to shouts (I say "shouts" because it's not exactly a scream, but it's fairly close) and I was having a hell of a time trying to bring that in without clipping. Granted, I was using a Rode NTK, which is a retardedly sensitive microphone, but I was wondering if there was anything you guys do to keep the clipping in check while making sure the signal is optimal for the quieter passages in a single take. I guess I could use a limiter, but I've always been wary of recording with a plugin on. Furthermore, I'm also curious to see how you go about leveling the vocals when tracking (getting the signal as hot as possible for the vocalist was tough).