a vox recording technique

[Rusty K]

Hey folks,

I posted this in "recording techniques" but since I had gotten some help here concerning how to accomplish this I thought I post here too.


I've just tried a new vox recording technique that really worked for me so I thought I'd pass it along, perhaps it's nothing new.

I have only recorded myself in a Home PC recording setting so of course it would depend on the individual and the recording environment.

When I sing I monitor the music playback but not the vox. I hear the vox through my head sort of like earplugs. This enables me to keep the playback vol way down (has to be balanced with the vox your hearing in your head) so it saves my ears and eliminates any bleed from the headphones.

For anyone having trouble getting the vocals down it might be worth a try! Some singers tend, I think, to freak sometimes when they hear themselves too well. I worked with a female singer with a great voice who could not record. I mean that's kind of a career killer if you can't get a product down on media other than a live performance. She would just come unglued with headphones on. I believe this technique would have worked for her.

Rusty K

[Change of POETS]

I record in this manner 9 times out of 10... I just prefer not to monitor in real time. It distracts me from my lyrics for some reason, because I'm too concerned about how it sounds.