Hello there,
Been recording a gospel group and they have two singers who could be the next Robert Plant or Michael Bolton in the output department. Can't get a totally clean vocal to save my life. Trying to compress with a dbx 166xl doesn't help. Then I tried an Alesis 3630 .... i know, I know. Was using a Studio Project B3 ... then I tried an AKG 3000, then I went to a Shure SM7A. Everytime they let it rip the mics would overload. Attenuation does not help. This is happening before the signal gets to the board. No overload lights on the console, no overload at the adats or the pc software. I even tried a Shure SM57. Nope! Sounds great until they open up the mouth bigtime. Tried moving them back a few feet when they get loud ... helped but didn't fix it! Plus I was getting more sound from the room. If they move back much further there won't be any of them in my monitors or their headphones. These people sing great & I really want the finished product to shine but this is gonna ruin it. Anybody have some suggestions?
mam
Been recording a gospel group and they have two singers who could be the next Robert Plant or Michael Bolton in the output department. Can't get a totally clean vocal to save my life. Trying to compress with a dbx 166xl doesn't help. Then I tried an Alesis 3630 .... i know, I know. Was using a Studio Project B3 ... then I tried an AKG 3000, then I went to a Shure SM7A. Everytime they let it rip the mics would overload. Attenuation does not help. This is happening before the signal gets to the board. No overload lights on the console, no overload at the adats or the pc software. I even tried a Shure SM57. Nope! Sounds great until they open up the mouth bigtime. Tried moving them back a few feet when they get loud ... helped but didn't fix it! Plus I was getting more sound from the room. If they move back much further there won't be any of them in my monitors or their headphones. These people sing great & I really want the finished product to shine but this is gonna ruin it. Anybody have some suggestions?
mam