Hi there,
I'm a 19 year old mezzo-soprano/ possibly dramatic soprano and I want to start putting covers of songs on YouTube.
The only problem is that when I record myself singing, whenever I go high and/ or loud the sounds cuts off and is sort of replaced by a buzzing. I have an extremely loud voice, especially when I sing high notes (I am not an opera singer, since I stopped training, but in terms of how loud I can be its very similar. My singing teacher thought I could have trained to be a Wagnerian singer, which is someone who sings above an orchestra without a microphone. No longer a possibility, but it does illustrate the problem I'm having). I have 2 microphones. The better one picks up more colour and texture in the voice, but it struggles to record high and loud frequencies, and so I can only use it when I am singing songs that require a very soft voice, and even then I have to be careful.
The other microphone was much cheaper, but can handle louder singing. However I still cannot sing my heart out as there is a point where it too starts making a buzzing noise. Furthermore, because it is less sensitive to sound, the resulting recording is duller and much less rich than the recording of the other microphone. I want to put up the best covers I can, which would involve my loudest singing, but I think I need a better microphone that is able to cope with the size of my voice.
I've tried putting the microphone further away from me, but it just makes the lower notes less audible and means that the tone and colour cannot be picked up very well. I have a rich but not very loud lower register and I'd like to be able to show the richness when I record.
Are there any microphones out there that would be able to do this? Also I'd prefer it if they weren't very expensive, since I am a student.
Side note: I am also using audacity to record. I don't believe the fault lies with this, but it may be partly to blame, so any advice on other applications I could use to record would be more than welcome.
Thanks for the help x
Edit: Just discovered the buzzing sound is called clipping, and the general suggestion is to have the microphone further away. This doesn't work for me as it still clips at a large distance, and it doesn't pick up the low notes. I'm starting to worry there isn't a solution
I'm a 19 year old mezzo-soprano/ possibly dramatic soprano and I want to start putting covers of songs on YouTube.
The only problem is that when I record myself singing, whenever I go high and/ or loud the sounds cuts off and is sort of replaced by a buzzing. I have an extremely loud voice, especially when I sing high notes (I am not an opera singer, since I stopped training, but in terms of how loud I can be its very similar. My singing teacher thought I could have trained to be a Wagnerian singer, which is someone who sings above an orchestra without a microphone. No longer a possibility, but it does illustrate the problem I'm having). I have 2 microphones. The better one picks up more colour and texture in the voice, but it struggles to record high and loud frequencies, and so I can only use it when I am singing songs that require a very soft voice, and even then I have to be careful.
The other microphone was much cheaper, but can handle louder singing. However I still cannot sing my heart out as there is a point where it too starts making a buzzing noise. Furthermore, because it is less sensitive to sound, the resulting recording is duller and much less rich than the recording of the other microphone. I want to put up the best covers I can, which would involve my loudest singing, but I think I need a better microphone that is able to cope with the size of my voice.
I've tried putting the microphone further away from me, but it just makes the lower notes less audible and means that the tone and colour cannot be picked up very well. I have a rich but not very loud lower register and I'd like to be able to show the richness when I record.
Are there any microphones out there that would be able to do this? Also I'd prefer it if they weren't very expensive, since I am a student.
Side note: I am also using audacity to record. I don't believe the fault lies with this, but it may be partly to blame, so any advice on other applications I could use to record would be more than welcome.
Thanks for the help x
Edit: Just discovered the buzzing sound is called clipping, and the general suggestion is to have the microphone further away. This doesn't work for me as it still clips at a large distance, and it doesn't pick up the low notes. I'm starting to worry there isn't a solution
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