want a better "sound", this is meaningless!!!

[Richard Monroe]

Yo Zimmer! No, Chessrock isn't being a dick. He's giving you a reality check. Some people didn't like the short form, so he gave you the long one. Think about it- What is *everybody* here trying to do? Get good sound. Whether it's the git down baddest beat, or a great tuba. So you come here and ask a *big* question- Why am I not getting "the sound"? The only answer Chess can give you is- become a badass audio engineer. You got a condenser and a pre, so you should be good to go?! First, you will need some of the knowledge. I don't doubt there are guys that would take your gear and record a Monster. The knowledge won't come cheap, though. You pay for it in eye strain and ear strain and headaches.
So here's the reality check- Lots of people have spent years and the price of a car, or a house, to try and answer your question. A few find their answer, and they are called audio engineers. A profession- to be a good one will take years of hard work and financial sacrifice. There's no magic answer, and no short cuts.
But you did ask a question. Here's my answer. Find a better room, and a different place to put that mic. Try every other mic you can borrow, until you find one or two that rock. Good Luck-Richie

 

[NL5]

Yo Zimmer! No, Chessrock isn't being a dick. He's giving you a reality check. Some people didn't like the short form, so he gave you the long one. Think about it- What is *everybody* here trying to do? Get good sound. Whether it's the git down baddest beat, or a great tuba. So you come here and ask a *big* question- Why am I not getting "the sound"? The only answer Chess can give you is- become a badass audio engineer. You got a condenser and a pre, so you should be good to go?! First, you will need some of the knowledge. I don't doubt there are guys that would take your gear and record a Monster. The knowledge won't come cheap, though. You pay for it in eye strain and ear strain and headaches.
So here's the reality check- Lots of people have spent years and the price of a car, or a house, to try and answer your question. A few find their answer, and they are called audio engineers. A profession- to be a good one will take years of hard work and financial sacrifice. There's no magic answer, and no short cuts.
But you did ask a question. Here's my answer. Find a better room, and a different place to put that mic. Try every other mic you can borrow, until you find one or two that rock. Good Luck-Richie

Well said.....

 

[Middleman]

Listened to your tracks. Sounds like an inexpensive mic in an inexpensive preamp with no compression applied. Improvements in all of the above are required to track the sound you are after. At the very least, you need a compressor on the rap voice. I would start there, learn all you can about compression and how to use one for coloring the vocal. That is the shortest route to sounding more commercial from where those tracks are at today.

Also a well sound-proofed vocal booth to take some of the room sound out of the voice.

 

[zimzimma]

Thanks for the answers guys.. Is gon' be a lotta studying for me now!!

chessrock: män, you was killing there for a while
Cloneboy Studio: yeah, i'll try!
Richard Monroe: Thas true, I'll tr y tah do that!
Middleman: I find my mic very expensive. Cost me all the money i get per month from school Same thing with the preamp. 1000 Swedish dimes each. But i think i'ts nothing wrong with the mic and the preamp, I'm not using them right i think....