trouble with recording,a lot of noises

  • Thread starter Thread starter mati621
  • Start date Start date
M

mati621

New member
so HI everyone im new here..
so..i bought "SHURE PG27" mic..and "FOCUSRITE scarlet 2i2" ..
i bought only for recording vocals..
i use avid and sometimes ableton..
but the sound is so unclear..a lot of noises..its like im recording with 10 dolars mic..sound very bad..


what am i doing wrong ?
i really need help..thank you !
 
A lot may depend on where you are recording. A microphones job is to pick up sounds. If you are recording in a room with a lot of things going on then that will show in the recording. Recording in a home you can will pick up appliances like a TV or dish washer in another room, or cars driving by, and maybe dogs barking outside. All of those things will add to the room noise where you are recording. If you are in an apartment building those are bigger because of the connections to other spaces. Also, room acoustics will make a difference. If you go into an empty garage for a car. A square room with a concrete floor and use that to record, it's going to be loud. All of the sound will bounce off of the walls and floor back into the mic. Go into different rooms and clap, then listen to how it echoes. In a bedroom you'll have a little echo, a bathroom there's more, and empty garage, there's a lot more. If you have no acoustic treatment then that can cause you noise. Professional studios have isolated rooms that are set up to have no noise, and thus the mic only pics up the voice.

Without actually hearing the sound, and knowing more about the room you are recording, it's hard to say the problem. There could even be problems with the set-up or use of your gear.

If you are recording at home in a bedroom or something, try moving the mic into the closet. I've gotten great results in a walk-in closet with clothes lining the sides. The room you use also turns into its own instrument at times. More often in recording drums, but the principle is the same. I had a session a few months ago where I went to a bands practice space to record them. It was a big garage. They wanted to do some vocals, but didn't want to leave the garage. I took some clamps and blankets and built a small box to put the mic in and let the singer sing. Was it perfect? No, but it sounded good for what it was.

Good luck
 
Post a sample of what you have recorded so we can advise better. 'A lot of noises' can mean almost anything - do you mean you are picking up room noises, or there is interference, static, clipping?
 
Yes sample would be great to hear. hope you are not compressing when you are recording in, like xbxrxixtx pointed out there could be background sound and compression will only enhance it bring it more upfront. Make sure your gain stages are right and you are not trying to record through the DI input switch..good lucj
 
Hi,
I am having the same issues as far as having noise(hiss) during recording after I normalize in Logic 9. I am using a CAD 350 (no pad, cardoid, low pass roll off, and the Mbox2 with the 48+ for phantom, mono button on, and input level at 12:00. I am also using the Sterling vocal mic shield to help curve the room noise. The room is not treated for noise reduction but just wanted to know if, from your experience, the settings are at lease correct before I start to tackle etching out an iso booth. Goal is to at least get clean vocals and mix down in a larger room.
 
Last edited:
Start your own thread, is my advice.

And unless you're an amateur herpetologist, hiss is usually generated by equipment and not by rooms and so neither a mic shield nor vocal isolation booth will help you elininated it. And why have you normalised?
 
Thanks for your input...just wanted to make sure it WAS the equipment(Mbox) and not the set up. I normalized to get more volume with out adding gain destructively to the source while recording. Figured the box was going but needed to check all options....Thankx again!
 
When you normalize it raises the level (volume) of the whole track, including any noise that is invariably present. Apert from that detail, there is nothing wrong with normalizing but if you can get a higher level to start with, then that is a better way to go
 
Back
Top