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[cat-eggs]

hi.

this has probably been dealt with somewhere, but i couldn't find anything.

i've been experimenting with recording vocals this afternoon. my headphones broke, so i just left my monitors on and recorded with the playback coming out of the speakers. i've noticed that the mixdown seems more lively -- a little less "produced," and easier to listen to.

another thing i've been doing, is using hardly any eq until mixdown. seems to round things off better.

i was going to post this in the newbies section, but was afraid that it might encourage people to do things that are bad. i'm interested to hear anybody's take on this stuff.

thanks.

 

[Tukkis]

i've been experimenting with recording vocals this afternoon. my headphones broke, so i just left my monitors on and recorded with the playback coming out of the speakers. i've noticed that the mixdown seems more lively -- a little less "produced," and easier to listen to.

If it's easier and sounds better than do it. With headphones it can sometimes lead the performer to feel like they are in a sterile environment. Listening through monitors can help the performer give a better performance because they feel like they are playing together with all the other instruments in the same room and not as much pressure is on them. Also I would give up some isolation for a better performance anyday.

nother thing i've been doing, is using hardly any eq until mixdown. seems to round things off better.

Again whatever sounds good to you do it. Remember to trust your ears. If you're getting the sound you want and all the tracks fit in well during tracking than great.

Tukkis

 

[geekgurl]

I think it's pretty common to not EQ vox going in at all. Mayb try that and see if you like your results even better.

As to the monitors being on producing a better track, like Tukkis said, if you like the results, why not do it (with the obvious answer being that feedback can really screw up a good session)? Could also be that you're hearing a slight delay being added to your vox and anything else played thru the monitors, caused by the monitor output in the background. Only problem is, you decide later you don't like it --- say a guitar track bled thru on the voice thru the monitors and you want to punch in or redo the guitar -- whatever came thru on that track is stuck there .. you'd have to re-record the voice track to get rid of it.

 

[volltreffer]

... but you can have the same problem with cans, too...

On my last recording, I was using closed cans, but some rather heavy compression (as it would have been impossible to get the stuff into my vs880ex otherwise - it has only 16bit recordings... The vocals were done from whispering to shouting). The we changed the drums afterwards and sometimes you hear strange 'drum whispers' if you know were to look for them...

Ciao,

aXel