Trumpspade said:
This really should be in the Recording techniques forum but y'all are my FAM!
What is the key thing to do in order to get clearer vocals? Is it to record with very little input gain? And then bring them up as needed in the mix?
I want to get the best from my mic! I know my mic signal should be much better, it is just accpetable at this point. But I want perfection~
And also is it normally wiser to record tracks dry, or is it just based on preference?
Also is there a standard for rap vs singing RnB?
Ok it'll sound as good as your recording chain will let it. However, let me add to you that it is wiser to drop something instead of gaining it. Also you want to keep your signal at around -18 to -12dB while tracking. Also when you laid everything down, good EQ'ing can really help.. remember this:
(MALE VOCALS)
Fullness at 120Hz
Boominess at 200 to 240Hz
Presence at 5KHz
Sibilance at 2.5KHz
Air at 15 KHz
So, a lot of the time you'll notice a lot of fullness & boominess, unless you have a high pitch voice.... Either way, you would want to go to 5khz with a narrow Q & slightly gaining it, which basically gives u....presence... now if you have too much sibilance, than you need to use a somewhat narrow Q at 2.5khz & drop that, or raise it if you need some. at around 200-240hz, you will probably need a narrow Q on that too, but you'll need to sweep the frequencies from 200-240 until it suits the track... you might need a less narrow Q if it's needed... fix y our fullness as needed. You should have somewhat a clear sound.... if you are to compress, you should do that BEFORE you EQ... anyways, you could always run it through an exciter like a BBE sonic maximizer, or something. Also, on your VTB-1, the more you up the 'tube' sound, the more it'll sound warm. If you want crisp clear sound, balance it out. Also you dont want to up the input too much otherwise you'll overload the tube in preamps and cause distortion, unless your something like a guitar player or some shit lol. Your output gain can be increased, just as long as you stay around -18dB when it's in your program.
As for recording dry??
you mean no overdub?
or no reverb...
I'll cover both of them..
First if your talking about effects, when you record it should ALWAYS be dry... this is usually, then you'll add in effects or whatever after you tracked it... The west usually is more dry, and the east is a little more saturated, and London sound is whatever, i forgot lol....
As for if your talking about overdubs, adlibs etc... each of those should be on seperate tracks regardless, unless it's fillin's, but anyways, this depends on preferences...
But yeah upload a snip it and I'll show you a before & after lol.
