HipHop Vocals

[KCEnamz1g]

Hello Okay here we go

I need proper techniques for recording I dont need to know about what i need to buy .. i just wanna know proper techniques... just me and the mic.. i have a shure KSM9 and i wanna do hiphop vocals.....im five foot ten korean and i always thought i had a pretty deep voice but when i rap its actually pretty high.....okay some things I would please like to know, on my firestudio project, should i turn the levels pretty low and get close to the mic or loud and far away? also, any position my head should be in? I heard before that i should try to make my chest expanded and keep my chin up? SHould i be at the top of my lungs when rapping or ?

thanks if you help me this site has been good to me



also another question: i just tried doubling my whole verse and i really really lik how it sounded ( i rerecorded it).. am i suppose to rerecord the whole thing or just copy and paste it to the next trrack? thanks guys

 

[Massive Master]

Vocal technique for most rap/HH is like seasoning for a Big Mac...

Okay, vocal technique for a LOT of vocalists is sorely lacking.

IMO/E? Undoubtedly you should keep your chest expanded. A tunnel doesn't grow larger for heavier traffic. But I can't sum up 4 years of voice coaching into a post on a forum... Voice coaching is a very physical thing. You can read about it, you can watch videos on it, or you can actually do it. It's the same as watching videos about climbing mountains.

As far as mic technique, that's all up to the producer (in the sense of the 'real' definition of 'producer' as opposed to the typical HH definition of the word 'producer'). Mic selection, preamp selection, the space itself, distance, etc., etc., etc. are all dictated by what you have vs. what you're trying to get out of it. Not everything is always "in your face" - Not even in HH. But only you/the engineer/producer/whoever knows what that mic sounds like in that space at that distance with that vocalist. A little experimentation goes a long way in discovery...

I can usually tell you this: You're tracking too hot.

Okay, maybe not. Most (sorry, most HH'ers - It's nothing personal) do. You want to be PEAKING at MAYBE -12 or -10dBFS. Maybe. Too many try to get "as close to clipping as possible" (and I even bob my head side to side when I type that) and overdrive the input chain. Or worse, compress the overdriven signal.

Doubling - There's a huge (HUGE) difference between a double-take and simply doubling the existing take. The latter can be "faked" to some extent, but is rarely up to snuff against the former.

 

[KCEnamz1g]

hey thanks i hardlimited the track to -14 db and it sounds pretty good thanks for that tip and all the other stuff i really appreciate it um what i meant by doubling up i guess i dont know if im using the correct term but im tlaking about just rerecording the whole verse on another track, panning it L100 then recording one more time panning it R100