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[EVT]

I have been recording two tracks of my vocal, but I would do it one at a time to give it more presence and clarity in the mix. I just ran into this article....

http://www.recordingwebsite.com/rwtip/archive/rw68.html

And, I'm going to try this. Would you recommend two seperate mics... one going into the compressor/safesound p1.. and the other through the mixer... and then each out into two seperate tracks on my 16 track.. and recording it, or same mic... into the mixer out of the mixer into the 16, and then also out of the mixer into he safesound.. and then out of the safesound into the 16.. because I've heard about phasing problems with more than one mic setup...
I would be using a studio projects b1.. and a sennheiser e835s.. or akg c3000 which i'm not that into for vocal recording.. it sounds a bit harsh.

thanks for the help... I've learned a lot since I discovered this site.. I've been reading through threads and also your replies are very helpful.
evt

 

[bigwillz24]

I have been recording two tracks of my vocal, but I would do it one at a time to give it more presence and clarity in the mix. I just ran into this article....

http://www.recordingwebsite.com/rwtip/archive/rw68.html

And, I'm going to try this. Would you recommend two seperate mics... one going into the compressor/safesound p1.. and the other through the mixer... and then each out into two seperate tracks on my 16 track.. and recording it, or same mic... into the mixer out of the mixer into the 16, and then also out of the mixer into he safesound.. and then out of the safesound into the 16.. because I've heard about phasing problems with more than one mic setup...
I would be using a studio projects b1.. and a sennheiser e835s.. or akg c3000 which i'm not that into for vocal recording.. it sounds a bit harsh.

thanks for the help... I've learned a lot since I discovered this site.. I've been reading through threads and also your replies are very helpful.
evt

The site explains how to do this. You don't need two mics. If you run a software sequencr. I would suggest tracking the vocal dry. Then making a copy of the track and compressing the copied track while adding reverb to the original.

 

[volltreffer]

If you use a software compressor or a DAW (like one of the Roland VS machines), be sure to compensate for the time delay that the compressor may cause.

I found out that on my VSs it works best, ifr I apply the compressor patch to BOTH channels, but use a ridiculously high threshold (e.g. 0dB digital) on one channel. Then the time delay will be the same. Otherwise you'll end up with a phasey sound...

aXel

 

[EVT]

Hi,
thanks for the responses.
I am not using a computer. I am going to use the safesound p1 as the compressor. And, I record into a fostex digital 16 track. (If I use one mic.. then I could go through a mixer.. then out into the safesound--->the 16 track for the compressed vocal, and another out of the mixer (which would be the uncompressed vocal) --->the 16 track.) I can't do the copy and add compression after because I'm not using a computer, and I want to use the safesound, not the fostex internal compression. Is the way above in the ( ) the best way to go about doing this?
thanks
evt

 

[lonelyparis]

I would like to try this too. But can you please explain
"On the uncompressed vocal he added very little (..of what?)
with the equalizer and he added the reverb."
Thanks