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jonnyc
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I hate it when vocalists blame everything but themselves. I had a singer in like that a few months ago. He swore my mic and pre's were all messed up, when actually he was terrible and nobody would tell him.
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alevy
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somebody anybody. listen to the acapella link.
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furis
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what soundcard and preamp do you use with your neumann tlm 103??
Farview
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I listened to it and told you what I think. See my last post.alevy said:
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sdelsolray
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I listened to the acapella. It's a rap poem without much melodic content, which is common for rap. As singer, you are singing the same pitch over and over, with an occasional change in pitch. There's quite a bit of sibilence in the recording, of which the mic may be a partial cause. Dry deessing the track. For that track, perhaps a dynamic mic would work better, like a Shure SM7B.
fraserhutch
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He obvioudly doesn't want a valid opinion, he wants someone to validate that it's not the vocals that's the issue.Farview said:
Why would anyone now want to listen to this if he is going to reject their opinion out of hand?
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alevy
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i use a eureka presonus mic preamp and my soundcard is a echo mia. when i swithced to the mia soundcard from an audioblaster soundcard the volume went down so i have to turn up the gain on my preamp in order to get anything that i record hearable. the gain doesn't add any distortion what so ever and my frequencies dont change between the vocals when i adjust the gain the vocals they just get louder like they are supposed to do. i just assumed that was how it was supposed to go with that particular soundcard when i first bought it i thought there was a glitch of some sort in the sound card. when i got another soundcard it was the same thing so i switched companies and tried another brand of soundcard and it was the same thing so i gave up and went back to the echo mia because it was cheaper.
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alevy
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so how do u explain the other 12 people who record by my house and the frequencies are similar? exactly.....any if anybody has a myspace account could you download the accapella and compress it and sent it back to me. that way you can tell me what you did. maybe i'll stop blaming my equipment then.lol. honestly though im recording in a booth its not perfect at all of course but it is a booth.
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alevy
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fraserhutch said:
u obviously dont have a valid opinion.lol
and also it's not a poem hint "acapella" it's a rap song. post some of ya music so i can bash it. you guys kill me.
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easychair
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alevy said:
If they are all doing similar material, rapping, the spectrums will all look the same. Nobody is bashing your music, just giving you reasons why your mixes come out the way they do, and why the spectrums look the way they look.
Blue Bear Sound
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Well... for one thing - gear doesn't MAKE the sound.... it can make recording easier or harder, but if your recording skills are up to par then you can get good sound with a PortaStudio. The fact that you seem to be having this much trouble points more to an issue with your recording skills rather than a problem with the gear.alevy said:
Farview
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Hint: A capella means 'without accompaniment' (that means 'no beatz')alevy said:
It's also 2 words, not one.
turnitdown
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Uh... where do I begin....???
I listened to the 'acapella' link from your site....
Here's my opinion.... if I were to isolate the sound of the mic from the rest of the equipment, I would say the mic is fine. I don't think you ever responded to the original question of what you used as a source when you came up with your original meaningless post... When you started to blame your "cables", I nearly choked on my dinner.... that was funny... (I'm hoping you weren't serious....???) (I also thought it was funny when you mispelled "NeaumaNn"...)
Your voice however, is somewhat thin, and lacks depth. It is sibilant (look it up), and was judged as somewhat "grating", by myself, my wife and two 15 year old children, when listening over Event 20/20 BAS monitoring speakers, in an acoustically treated environment.
So, I have 3 suggestions..... listen closely....
1.) Go to school and learn how to spell.
2.) Take vocal lessons, and develop your voice into something musical, and worth listening to.
3.) Quit blaming your equipment.
4.) Learn (read this forum) about proper equipment paring, etc.
Good luck....
I listened to the 'acapella' link from your site....
Here's my opinion.... if I were to isolate the sound of the mic from the rest of the equipment, I would say the mic is fine. I don't think you ever responded to the original question of what you used as a source when you came up with your original meaningless post... When you started to blame your "cables", I nearly choked on my dinner.... that was funny... (I'm hoping you weren't serious....???) (I also thought it was funny when you mispelled "NeaumaNn"...)
Your voice however, is somewhat thin, and lacks depth. It is sibilant (look it up), and was judged as somewhat "grating", by myself, my wife and two 15 year old children, when listening over Event 20/20 BAS monitoring speakers, in an acoustically treated environment.
So, I have 3 suggestions..... listen closely....
1.) Go to school and learn how to spell.
2.) Take vocal lessons, and develop your voice into something musical, and worth listening to.
3.) Quit blaming your equipment.
4.) Learn (read this forum) about proper equipment paring, etc.
Good luck....
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Your problem is not compression.... trust me.... it's the notes and timbre.... and possibly the recording technique (or lack of same...)
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It's broken... I'll paypal you $20 for it.... It'll cost me a bunch to repair....
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turnitdown said:
heh heh... isn't this just ironic?
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darnold
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yah its broken. i collect broken mics so ill give you $40 for it.
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alevy
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Farview said:
so when you talk to people you tell people A capella. yeah right. knowledge is nothing if you don't use correctly.
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Hey... I offered $20.... quit trying to outbid me!!!
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alevy
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Blue Bear Sound said:
that's correct thats why i asked the question? im not expecting or asking for a miracle. if you spend 1000 on a mic, 700 on a mic preamp, 150 on a soundcard, 600 on monitors, and 300 on a booth all of that added together shouldn't equal the sound that im getting. that's why i assumed i had a weak link in my chain. that's why i asked should my mic be doing what it does. no one ever responded to that. has anyone ever tried the eureka presonus with a tlm-103?
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