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I agree with this. When you breathe normally, you feel your throat is open for the air to flow. When you sing, it should still feel open like when you breathe. Right now it is squeezing shut because the larynx is raising up and also other muscles are constricting the vocal tract. This reduces...

Maybe make a sample of a documentary on tv, since the actual words aren't of a concern for you? Just be careful about copyrighted material. :)

Sweet! :D

That surprises me. I've never tried it myself, but usually it's a driver issue. Also, from my experience, the cheaper interfaces break really easily - as in, they work great and then all of a sudden stop working and it's time to buy a new one. So if you're going to go that route, get a...

I don't know the words to this song, so the accent thing wasn't very noticeable to me. I think that when you get to the more "growly" voice, it's a bit too far, though, and it's hard to hear actual tone and pitch then. If you can try to make it a bit cleaner sound that would solve that...

The H4n can act as an audio interface, so no need to buy any new equipment.

It's nice that after 5 years from the OP they're still getting complements.

+1 here. Really, though, the work you need to do can't be learned on a forum in spite of any good advice given. Find yourself a GOOD voice teacher. If the most talented singers out there need teachers, why wouldn't you?

LOL it's true! I've found that counting while singing is very hard though, cos you're counting words and singing different words at the same time. However, this is before singing, so it should be doable. I think the best thing is to first learn to find the beat. Listen to lots of songs and tap...

The reason there are pitch issues have to do with how you're singing, not your ear. So obsessing about pitch won't necessarily help here. You have tremendous amounts of constriction in your sound and that is what's causing the problems. If you hd more vocal freedom you'd be able to manage the...

Thanks, David. I think that I'm so accustomed to working with acoustics and making the optimal sound for an acoustic environment, I'm not used to the sound with mics, thus why I prefer the 3rd recording. But I also understand the room sound is not desirable in a vocal track, so I guess to get it...

OK, here are 3 recordings. I decided to just try the mics on the H4n and see if they work well enough. I recorded an excerpt from an opera aria that shows variation in pitch and volume. The first recording, the mics are close, at around 12" from my mouth. I had to set the recording volume way...

Thank you, steenamaroo and DM60! I think there are two issues here. One, is the vocal track itself, and I will post some recordings with variations of setups to see what's best to work with. The other, is that I already have effects on the instruments used in the MOX6 that I really like and I...

I'm an opera singer and I'm writing my own music with operatic-range vocals but with mostly digital instrumentals. I'm using a Yamaha MOX6 for most of the instrumental stuff and wanting to add the vocals. Since I'm just starting out with this I've put the backing tracks just in Audacity, but I...

Because I don't care either, it was a joke :P

I know this is an old thread, but I'll comment anyways. I'm just trying to be constructive, not to hurt your feelings as you say you want :) Your larynx is quite high. You have a much richer voice in there if you go for a darker sound without letting go of the core or brassiness to your sound...

Now to find out who the composer is...another 7 year wait...

Whenever we sing in the extreme parts of our range, it can really test how strong our voices are - and show what needs some work as well. What I hear is that your chest voice isn't fully engaged, so that it can properly coordinate with falsetto as you get higher to keep the larynx from coming up...

No, but for half the price of previously mentioned options, if the OP has a mixer it would work perfectly. The OP failed to mention budget, and that often will help define things.

The problem with some interfaces (especially the cheaper ones) is that eventually they fail. I've gone through 2 or 3 of them. However, I now have a Zoom H4n that has the two XY mics on it plus two XLR/standard phone inputs. You could hook up 2 more mics or a mixer. I think for the money a unit...