By stereo I meant two mics, two preamps, each panned hard.
But one thing that I have noticed when listening closely on phones to the two vocal tracks is this kind of swirling effect, like inside a metal tube. It isn't prominent but it is interesting.
Unless you're a strange individual, comme moi.....It's usually not a sought after sound on a vocal track.
Unless you're a strange individual, comme moi.....
Seriously though, I quite like it. It's not distracting.
A voice is one sound from one source.
Anything that is a single source is a mono source and not worth recording in stereo.
A vocal is a point-source if the producer wants it to be a point source. But a vocal is a sound originating somewhere in the stereo field of a room if the producer wants that instead. In that case, you better believe you're using stereo mics. In other cases, the producer wants the vocalist to wear a peizo element on a choker collar around his neck so you don't use any microphones. Maybe the producer wants the vocals to come from Steven Hawking's voice synth so don't use anything to capture sound from the environment.No. A voice is a point-source that you can pan around or place in the stereo field, so it only needs to be recorded mono.
Now if you were recording a choir that would be different...
Anything that is a single source is a mono source and not worth recording in stereo. I'm not sure how even recording guitars in stereo would work unless you're recording a stereo effect. Otherwise, you're putting 2 mono mics on it, even if in different places, it's just 2 mono recordings of the same performance from different places.
I always prefer the option of recording 2 mono tracks anyway than 1 stereo track, for the versatility.
Agreed. I get some fab results by recording 1 track on center, then sing an identical track at 50% volume and panned 30-50% right.
Stereo recording ??? NAH
So, the idea goes, you want to take that weakness and turn it to your advantage. By placing mics such that they pick up complimentary emphasized areas (a classic example is one pointed at the neck for a very trebly, jangly sound and another at the soundboard a little below the bridge for a deeper, darker one) and then panning them left and right, you both get a broader frequency spectrum but you also get a markedly "wider" sound, as there's a lot of differentiation between the left and the right side of the sound field.
I was wondering, is there any reason to record vocals in true stereo? I just recently starting recording guitars in stereo (mostly acoustic but electric as well) and I like the result. Is there any reason to do the same for lead vocals or harmonies?
Thanks for your thoughts.