New Member, Looking for Help! (Lots of questions)

[CMano911]

Hello fellow members!!

So I've decided to finally become a member so that maybe I can get started purchasing the long needed equipment.

1) I have been making hip hop/ trap style music for the past 5 or 6 years using Logic Pro. I do all of my production and also vocals in here. Is this a bad idea? should I be using Pro Tools for vocal mixing or is it okay to just add it to my Logic tracks?

2) I am looking for a good mic (and preamp) that will give me the sound that I have been lacking all of these years. I don't really have a budget... I am really just looking to get educated on the best mics for what I am going for.

3) I also looking to pick up some monitors.. any recomendations there would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all and I look forward to this conversation!!

 

[Steenamaroo]

Hello fellow members!!

So I've decided to finally become a member so that maybe I can get started purchasing the long needed equipment.

1) I have been making hip hop/ trap style music for the past 5 or 6 years using Logic Pro. I do all of my production and also vocals in here. Is this a bad idea? should I be using Pro Tools for vocal mixing or is it okay to just add it to my Logic tracks?

2) I am looking for a good mic (and preamp) that will give me the sound that I have been lacking all of these years. I don't really have a budget... I am really just looking to get educated on the best mics for what I am going for.

3) I also looking to pick up some monitors.. any recomendations there would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all and I look forward to this conversation!!

1: No. Logic is as capable as any other.
2: What do you have and why isn't it working for you?
3: Again, what do you currently have?


Have you considered the environment you're working in?
The best mics and monitors will still suck in a bad room.
Quite often the room is the reason for an unacceptable result, but the gear gets blamed.

Have a gander through the studio building forum and take a look at the stickys.

Welcome to HR.

 

[mjbphotos]

^^^ What Steen said/asked.^^^^ +1

 

[Tom Hicks]

a thin, reedy voice could benefit from a mic that has more low emphasis. a bassy, chesty voice could be balanced using a mic with more high frequency response. the idea here is that, instead of recording with any old mic and later EQ'ing in the box, mic selection is very important to capture the best tone for a specific source.

i also agree with the suggestion to do room treatment; broadband absorption, bass trapping etc.