Of course, microphone choice will affect your recording. While there are many types, condenser mics and dynamic mics are the two most popular for tracking vocals. The major difference between them is the output level. Most vocals are recorded with condenser mics, which come in small and large-diaphragm models. Dynamic mics have a lower output and are therefore perfect for recording instruments that are already loud. With very few exceptions, small-diaphragm condenser mics are preferable to the large-diaphragm style for recording vocals.
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Categories: How To. Posted By: Brad Pack. Leave a Reply Name. Leave a comment. Sign Up. I would like to thank VK for the wonderful sales assistance, service and prices. I have always considered it to be an essential engineering skill. With the exeption of a live recording I suppose. Anyone putting out a look how great I can sing one take record is going to find that they were off key, or of time more than they thought. Those tracks sound like bad songwriter demos to me.
I find this method very useful when recording my own background vocal harmonies. Because of the quick repetitions, the phrasing between takes is very consistent and the takes blend well when stacked. My trick is to sing-along for a bit with the end of the previous segment just before the punch, which helps each section to have continuity with the one before it…making them all seem more cohesive with each other.
Cutting off or cutting into the breath at the beginning or ending of any of the phrases can really take away from the organic sound of the vocal. One comment I would like to add is that in my recordings using the modular approach, one needs to stay aware of the breathing of the singer. If you are not careful, you can create an artificial sounding track by comping takes together without the natural breath sounds of a singer.
I know this from my own mistakes. I self-produce my own stuff, I do it all myself from start to finish so I am also the vocalist as well as the arranger and engineer.
I routinely stitch bits together. I will sing multiple takes of the complete song and while each take sounds similar, there will be some moments which I love more on one than the others, usually to do with the tone or how a long note sounds and the vibrato on it, or an inflection in a phrase where the subtle emotion comes through better, or even sometimes when a note cracks and does something very unexpected and unplanned in the moment but sounds perfect.
Sometimes a whole section will be the strongest of all the takes and I will use that, but I will go through all of them and pick the best for that section and keep using it until I come to a part which is better performed elsewhere if one exists.
I usually record about 6 complete takes before I even start listening back and then pick the best bits and join them together. I was happy to read this article btw because I always felt like I was cheating lol.
Especially vital to do vocal tracking this way if you are going for a more theatrical performance. As well as being in pitch, and in time. We go for full verses and listen back. If it is good we keep. If not good after a couple takes — we start doing it line by line.
Same with chorus. If the singer gets worn we come back and do it again another day. Bottm line is — take time to do whatever need to be done to make sure it is great. Somehow we muddled through, punching in the weak parts over and over until guy that hired us was happy enough with the final track.
Then, they can nail the track and the extra time could be spent giving different choices for phrasing parts of the song. I like your writings. You summarize all the significant points. Thank you Michael. I have been following your posts. Your email address will not be published.
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