Recording vocals

[Martin Gulliver]

My first query so forgive me if it's an oldie - can anyone recommend effects to beef up the vocals? i use a Zoom 505 for the guitar, but perhaps a cheap reverb or similar?
many thanks

 

[El Barto]

Would anyone care to speak against running the mic into a guitar amp and running the line out from the amp into a direct box, then into the console? Cause that's what I'm starting to do to add reverb to my vocals. And it doesn't sound bad at all.

 

[Sabith]

El Barto......
why are U using the amp at all???
they tend to have hum/hiss probs........
why not just send the mix into the DI box, and do U have a mixin board to use or a mic preamp??

 

[regebro]

Beef up?

The only effects I have on my vocals are delay and compressor. The delay does "beef up" things in a way, but maybe thats not what you are talking about?

I miss the Roland Space Echo. Now that I have a good mic I *really* want that Space Echo again. I'm positive that the combination MK-319 + Tube MP + Space Echo + dbx compressor is gonna sound GREAT!

 

[Martin Gulliver]

beefing up the vocals

thanks guys - a decent mic and compression sounds like a common denominator - will give it a go

mucho gratidudes

 

[Paul Ertel]

Vocals through a guitar amp!

I have some fairly nice equipment now but a few years ago I ran a mic through a Mackie 12VLZ board and then into the aux channel of a Line 6 axis guitar amp. I used the reverb of the Line 6 and recorded the voice w/reverb onto my hard drive via an AudioMedia 3 card. People would stick their noses up at the whole idea. I bought an Alesis reverb unit and it did not sound as good as my setup with the guitar amp so I returned it. I still listen to some of those recordings I made using the aux channel of the guitar amp and they sound great. If you work with some equipment long enough, it is often possible to get satisfactory results from the strangest setups. I use a Joe Meek preamp with a Lexicon Reverb now. I got tired of people laughing at me!