Opera Vocals

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I'm currently working with an artist on a vocal demo which will include several arias. I've got a small (12x10') vocal/iso room that I do most of my vocal tracking in. Is there any way to get more of a distanct vocal sound within these confines? I've played around with various reverbs and settings, which helps, but the track still has that up front quality. Basically need to know are there any workarounds or verb tricks to get a more realistic sound in this environment without having to move the whole project to Carnegie Hall?

Thanks.

Rich
 
Carnegie Hall would be good, or any concert hall for that matter. Boy, that's a tough one. You might try using two mics about 3' away and 3 or 4' apart to get a stereo image with some hall reverb added later. What's the accompanyment?
 
I like the idea of using a stereo mic set up too. You may want to try a couple of different mic placement ideas too like raising the mic up a foot or two and/or moving the mic back a bit further... or... how about putting your vocalist in the corner of the room and singing out in a diamond shaped room, that way there should be some reflected sound off the sides of the room too!

Mike
 
dreamrich, it may or may not help, however, on many of the
Lexicon reverb's there is a reverb type called "ambience".
The purpose of it is to add "distance" without adding major
amounts of reverb. Might be worth a listen!
 
It is extremely difficult to get a "real opera" sound in a vocal booth. For 2 main reasons:
1. The volume of a trained opera voice is not suiteable for close-up microphone technique, just about evrything would go into serious overload.
2. If you do manage to capture the right soundm you'd need to get your hands on a very serious reverb unit, preferably one with concert hall modeling features, like for instance the Sony unit (major $$$)

Alternative, track your music, find a place locally with very good acoustics, and move there with a mobile set-up
 
thanks

Thanks for the input. I think we might just take it mobile. I've managed to get access to an auditorium for a few hours this week. It's not by any means a concert hall, but its better than tracking in the booth.

any mic placement tips would help...

Rich
 
Microphone placement is completely dependent on equipment used and acoustic ambiance.

Normally for Opera vocals you would have a preference for an omni directional pattern about 4 foot from the artist.
 
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