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PJ10
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First post here, and the thread title can clue you in as to how experienced I am.
I've been in an acoustic duo for the past four years that has played out and about at various bars. We recently broke up (amicably, because we both became daddies), and I'm looking to do some home recording. Finding it's not that easy. I purchased the Presonus Audiobox USB, which comes with Studio One (the cheapo version), and this thing has me rather baffled. Here's my questions, and I hope someone can pretty much walk me through this, because as I said, I'm clueless:
1) I'm recording with a Taylor 110 through one channel and a MXL 990-991 kit through the second channel. I've been playing and singing through just one track, but when I do that, I'm having an issue. The vocals come through one side of the headphones, and the guitar comes through the other. Do I need to do separate tracks?
2) There is a "mix" dial on the Presonus that I can't really figure out. When I attempt to put on a little reverb, then turn up that mix dial, I can hear the reverb, but there is such a huge delay that it becomes a major distraction. So I turn it all the way down, and I sing without any effect, which I hate. It obviously doesn't sound as good. Why is there that delay?
3) Playing live, I've learned to enjoy the sound of my voice. Through a condenser mic, in a quiet room, there is a huge difference. I feel like I'm out of tune half the time. It's really strange. Is there a trick to singing through a condenser mic, or even a dynamic mic while recording?
4) I don't mind getting just an audio file to put on Sound Cloud or something, but does anyone use a webcam or some variation thereof to record themselves while playing? And I would assume that if you did video yourself, you'd have to match it to the audio file.
Again, really, really new to all of this. And any help would be more than appreciated. Thanks!
I've been in an acoustic duo for the past four years that has played out and about at various bars. We recently broke up (amicably, because we both became daddies), and I'm looking to do some home recording. Finding it's not that easy. I purchased the Presonus Audiobox USB, which comes with Studio One (the cheapo version), and this thing has me rather baffled. Here's my questions, and I hope someone can pretty much walk me through this, because as I said, I'm clueless:
1) I'm recording with a Taylor 110 through one channel and a MXL 990-991 kit through the second channel. I've been playing and singing through just one track, but when I do that, I'm having an issue. The vocals come through one side of the headphones, and the guitar comes through the other. Do I need to do separate tracks?
2) There is a "mix" dial on the Presonus that I can't really figure out. When I attempt to put on a little reverb, then turn up that mix dial, I can hear the reverb, but there is such a huge delay that it becomes a major distraction. So I turn it all the way down, and I sing without any effect, which I hate. It obviously doesn't sound as good. Why is there that delay?
3) Playing live, I've learned to enjoy the sound of my voice. Through a condenser mic, in a quiet room, there is a huge difference. I feel like I'm out of tune half the time. It's really strange. Is there a trick to singing through a condenser mic, or even a dynamic mic while recording?
4) I don't mind getting just an audio file to put on Sound Cloud or something, but does anyone use a webcam or some variation thereof to record themselves while playing? And I would assume that if you did video yourself, you'd have to match it to the audio file.
Again, really, really new to all of this. And any help would be more than appreciated. Thanks!
