Vocals/Accoustic

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Joet & ect.:]

I'm just going to give you a couple of suggestions as I am not familiar with the unit you use to record.

Get a mic-pre-amp; the most popular out there for the money is the ART dual channel which comes with phantom power built in so that will cover all the mics you might use in the future that require da phantom!!!

Also, get your basic tracks, rhythm, drums, & chords down first; now, you can do the vocal. [try not to bounce tracks because then you lose the ability to control and EQ each individual track.] [Hence an 8 track box would help out a great deal]

Don't record the REVERB until you're ready to mix; for most units, you can hear the reverb in the headset; however, it is not recorded unless you punch in that function if it applies to your rig.

Try not to tweak too much; but, you might want to do some tweaking/EQ/left/right, etc. when you mix-down.

Try putting your vocal on two tracks; that will help your voice to be up front in the mix. And, you can pan your drums a tad to also help put the solo or vocal up front.

Hope this helps you out. Experiment brother, experiment.

Green Hornet

[Joet]

I have a FostexDMT8vl and I am having a tough time recording my Accoustic Guitar Direct. I am running it thru a Pod and a Nano compressor but it just gets worse. Any thoughts on a better way to improve what gets to the recorder?

I also struggle getting my vocal to sit well in the mix and have used the above but to no real avail. I have a shure SM 58.
I would appreciate the help
Thx
Joet

[Rev E]

Without hearing the material, using a low cut filter on the vocals will often help it to "sit" better in the mix. If you have a low cut switch on the focusrite preamp then use it. If the recorder is a "computer/program", you may have a low cut switch (high-pass filter) as an effect.

Rev E

[Ears]

Good mic. Good mic preamp.
Wood doesn' know wires. Go natural and combine if you want the piezo or what ever it is that you are using for a pickup.

[Ears]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ears:
Good mic. Good mic preamp.
Wood doesn' know wires. Go natural and combine if you want the piezo or what ever it is that you are using for a pickup.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>