[ddots-l] Re: Question about recording vocals
- From: "neville" <neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:23:09 -0500
I want to thank you all for responding to my question about recording
vocals. I have a Road NT 1000 and I'm not sure but I think this is fairly
recent. I think that I might be too close, but then again is 4 to 5 inches
too close? If I move too far away I get the ambiance of the room which I
don't want because it's harder to add affects after. I would prefer to be
able to place the vocal in a room of my choosing rather than have my reverb
mixed with the sound from my record space. Did someone say that I should be
about nine to ten inches away? IN that case I should look for a different
place to record my vocals.
Thanks again for your ideas.
May the peace of God which passes all understanding gard your heart and
mind in Christ Jesus.
God bless you!
Website http://www.nevillepeter.com
email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
phone 407-222-4488
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dave Hillebrandt
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:17 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Question about recording vocals
Yes, very important for many reasons to be about nine inches to a foot away
from a decent condensor. some really cheap condensors distort or sound
distorted no matter what. Of course your AKG is a very nice mic for vocals.
Just picked up a Rode NT2A which I love and it has padding in case of
something being way too loud but have a feeling its mostly being a bit too
close unless using a dynamic mic of some kind like an SM57 or SM58. For me,
good condensor is only way to go and there are some decent ones that aren't
too expensive. Been real happy with Studio Project C1 and the Rode NT1A is
very affordable for real good sound and quite sensitive. Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Annabelle Susan Morison" <foristnights@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:21 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Question about recording vocals
> Maybe you're using a condenser microphone, and you might be too close. I
> found this out the hard way, as I have an AKG414, and these microphones
> are
> very sensitive. I'm naturally an alto, but I could sometimes go into the
> mezzo Soprano and the soprano ranges, the soprano range is the one that
> causes my voice to distort, as I project the high notes, and sometimes I
> sit
> too close to the microphone, which in turn causes distortion.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> Behalf Of neville
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:14 AM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Question about recording vocals
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can give me some ideas about this. I have a very
> dynamic voice. What I mean is that my dynamic range is very wide Which is
> why I don't get why my vocals always seam to have a slitely saturated
> sound
> with or with out compression. Maybe the best way to describe it is that
> they
> always sound a little distorted. At first I thought that maybe I was
> recording with too much compression on my pre/amp. So then I made sure
> that
> the compressor was very light and I still had the same problem. Then I
> decided to turn off the compressor all together, but still no luck. Anyone
> have suggestions for me? I have run out of things to try.
>
> Oh and I always make sure that my input meters don't go below -6.0.
> May the peace of God which passes all understanding gard your heart and
> mind in Christ Jesus.
>
> God bless you!
>
> Website http://www.nevillepeter.com
>
> email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> phone 407-222-4488
>
>
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