Studio Monitors Feedback

[zsean]

Hi guys, Im having trouble with my recording. I just bought a set of new studio Monitors and connected them to my Audio Interface (M Audio Profire 610). I use Cubase Studio 5 as my software. My problem is that when I record vocals and my Mic volume is turned up, the microphone feedback can be heard loudly in the monitors. I could use my headphones while recording to hear my feedback from the mic but unfortunately the Monitors have to be turned off while I record since there is no volume knob on the monitors. Is there a way to avoid this? Meaning the monitors stay turned on and at the same time so that I dont have to go back and forth to turn them on and off and at I don't hear any microphone feedback while recording.

 

[bouldersoundguy]

You could probably set up a pair of those extra outputs as your control room sends, but it seems a lot easier to just turn the monitors off.

 

[ParametricMusic]

There may be a few techniques out there that allow you to do that, but I highly discourage it.
Its not something that should be done unless you are a far distance away from the monitors and if you use a dynamic mic.
but just think about it. do professional studios use speakers in a booth? No. they use headphones to keep the music from the track feeding back into the mic.

I know its a bit annoying to constantly turn them on and off, but its the most efficient way to get a clean recording.
My interface mixer allows me to mute my monitors without having to get up and just turn them off. i would look into something like that.

 

[Mo Facta]

Dude. Come on. Just record vocals like everyone else: with the monitors turned off using headphones.

You realise the playback from the monitors is going to bleed into your mic, don't you?

You realise this can cause phase related problems, don't you?

Sometimes bleed is desirable but for the most part this type of bleed is not, especially if the playback is so loud it's feeding back.

Granted, some vocalists like Bono have been known to record vocals in the control room with the monitors on, but it's mostly done with a dynamic mic and because if that what it takes to capture the right vibe and performance, a little bleed (which is minimized because of the null-axis response of the dynamic mic) can be lived with. There are also other techniques like recording the vocal, recording a one-pass of the playback and then flipping it out of phase but this type of clownfuckery can only get varied results and doesn't usually work as intended.

Cheers

 

[Guitargodgt]

Get a mute switch, or turn down the gain to the monitors all the way. Doesn't the profire 610 have different gain settings for headphones and the main outputs?

There has to be a way to set this up easily. My profire 2626 can do it, I'm willing to bet your profire can as well.