lots of compression and try a handheld mic instead. I like 421's if not try a 58 or even a 57. Here is a sample with the 421
http://www.og7recording.com/Track2.mp3

wow, thats exactly the sound i am after. don't have a 421, but i will try an sm58, thanx

re

this is what you do get a decent tube pre and saturate the tube when the guy is screaming, (not distort per say, but saturate to taste) the tube i find helps screaming with its harmonics and all that jazz, then compress it and mabey eq it to bring it out of the mix or settle it in the mix which it should be, (screaming shouldn't ever be right in you face). As far as the mic goes, i have used condenser and dynamic and the dynamic is good with some eq and kind of filtered sounding, with a condenser you can get more of a clear scream, try both to see what works better for you.

bobbo

Here's what i sometimes do as well...set up a mic array of two mics. Use the 57 or 58 right up next to the singer and station the KSM further back in the room keeping in mind the 3:1 rule. Turn the tube pre on the KSM way up and saturate as one of the previous posts said. Use the 57 track for presence and clarity and mix in the KSM for a more distant, delayed scream. This sometimes can make for a nice adjustment for someone who screams, but isnt all that good at it. Also John Scrip has a cool technique about recording a whispered, monotone track underneath and blending that in as well.

cool, thanx guys, i replaced the factory sovtek tube in my preamp with a groove tube and that seemed to do the trick pretty well, i just gotta crank the gain on it.

re scream

here is an example that i did,

http://www.songramp.com/view.ez?sampleid=20410

i used a beta57a going through an ART Prochannel with lots of saturation going on and heavily compressed so that it was all the same level. the last low screams where done with a presonus eureka with a studio projects c1.

Bob

The vocals sound pretty damn good! I'm a big fan of the vocals breaking up the way they do.