Remember that the beat pack you're using is somebody playing a beat to a song that isn't your song. It is often easier to start with the beats and write your parts around them so that you're all playing the same song with the same accents and intensity.
Step 1: Make it as simple as possible
Step 2: Make it even more simple. What is the minimum effective beat? What is the thing about the beat that makes it work in the composition?
Fills and successive high-velocity notes are where things get iffy. If your VST includes loops of drummers...
Know what you're going to do before you do it. Construct your vocal phrasing anticipating that you're going to be recording this one line at a time, if neccesary.
Another thought: Michael Buble should have a sound technician that can use an effect and not catastrophically fuck everything up in the process. He's Michael Buble, for fuck's sake. Maybe just get out of the way.
It depends, I think.
If you're using autotune for the audible effect it has, go for it. Or maybe you're a cent or two off, and it gives you a nudge, but not a hard correction. Why not?
Michael Buble should not be using autotune. That gives me a sad.
OP, I think the sound in The Good Mr. Square is mostly from the singer's vocal technique and the orchestration of the song. He's not pushing a lot of air for volume, and his voice is naturally breathy when he sings quietly. By "breathy" I mean the overall amount of what amounts to white noise in...
This. His control is really amazing. He's very aggressive with every syllable in the main vocal. Check out the power and accuracy in "they'll kick you and they'll beat you and they'll tell you it's fair." There's some doubling on the chorus intro (Beat it! Beat it!), some harmony background, and...
I like them both. I play in an EDM outfit now and acoustic drums are (mostly) unsuitable for the sounds I want without a lot of processing.
I have a nice VAD kit, and playing on it is much like playing on my acoustic kit. Same same but different.
I've played acoustic drums for decades.
I don't have a studio anymore, and I can't put any of these microphones and preamps to work... So I'm looking at electronic drums.
I'll record midi and use SD3 for sounds when recording. I'm aware of the latency difference between the two products, and...