Any tips on how to make vocal recordings sound their most professional.....

Question

using Logic Pro and/or Reason3???

Answer 1

Well for me I would say.
Firstly I would think, out is the recording going to sound/What would I like it to sound like.
Then to know as to what mic sounds better in matching CERTAIN VOCALS. Weather to use condencer mic/ dynamic mic. Then to find out what condenser sounds better, on what VOCALS.
The same apply to the dynamic- mic,s Which is used lesser to record vocals compare to condenser MIC,s.
SURE S-M 57/58 are said to be very good in recording vocal even though its A dynamic MIC.
Then to choose A good mic-pre-amp, / A pre-amp that has A exciter, can be A plus. In doing so you could Dress the voice up to your suite, in Matching and to acheive the best sounding vocals, for that vocalist.
Make ing sure that the LEVELS on whatever secquencer its being recorded is, at A level so as not to peak. Nor- to be at A level where it is too low.
Also to make sure the singer is comfortabe in hearing themself, comfortable and if eg. they wanted to here A bit of REVERB you could some on A channel strip in logic, which would not be capture in the TAKE of the recording but just to see the best proformace on that artist,e. In saying this this is only A secondary method. Try to record takes for say 20-30 second. of the vocals then to see which set up ROCKS. Then off you go, In acheav-ing A good recording. Having POP-SHIELD is A plus, It will stop glich mainly on pppppppp,s and bbbbbbbb,s for it not to rice to A higher level, And also to have the vocalist moves their head A bit bacwards when hitting hight Notes. And with seible-ins / hiss. and will sound A bit like the right Dynamic frenquency after it has been recorded.
Close-er to the mic, will produce A bass-er sound. further away will producer A higher frequency.
A ROOM that has very little reverbtion or no REVERB at all will end up better so that it comes out with less room atsphere when capture, away fr the mic will produce more ATSPHERE of the room.
Last but not least Good Headphones is very NEEDED. Fitted tighly to the EARS so has not to let the sound escape in to the mic when recording, To acheive the best RECORDINGS.
The person who takes the Recording should know A little about KEYS.Are to have. good hearing.
MAKE SURE THE MIC IS TURN TO FRONT
NOT BACKWARDS AND ON ITS RIGHT SETTINGS
MIC SHOULD ALL-SO BE IN-LINE WITH THE ARTISTE NOSE AND MOUTH.
MOSTLY 6/8 INCH FR MIC/ WHATEVER INC,S TO MAKE THE DAY.
QUITE-Room.
LOOKING for/
BAD-PRONOUNCES -IATION.
WRONG KEYS.
WRONG PITCH.
NOTICE the CHANGE,S IN VOLUME OF VOCALS, ON TAKES COMPARE TO PREVIOUS TAKES.
HAS GOOD HEADPHONES. ARE USED REFFRENCE MONITORS TURN TO A LOW VOLUME SO AS NOT TO DISTURB THE TAKE OF THE SESSION
AND TO BE MOTIVATIVE/ PAITENT/HAS A OPEN- MIND
NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK IS/HER- MIND
CONFIDENCE IN WHAT THE PRODUCE-ER WANTS.
AND TO KNOWS ALL-SO WHAT SOUNDS RIGHT./ ARE AGAIN WHAT COULD, MAY BE A STYLE INSTEAD OF A SPOIL.
AND NOT TO WASTE MUCH TIME.
ALSO MAKE SURE NOT TO LET THE ARTISTE DRINK COLD DRINKS AT THE MINUTE THEY ARE SOON TO BE RECORDED.
THIS WILL KEEP CHANGE-ING THE PITCH IN VOICE OF THE ARTISTE.
THEN THIS LEAVES US FOR, THAT MAGIC RECORDING.
AND WITH HAVE-ING DONE THIS.
IT WILL BE EASY-ER TO MIX.
AND TO USED TO USED LESS PLUGGINS ON THE MIX/ OF A GOOD RECORDING.
FR; Blayzay
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