Our band is going to record a demo of the whole album to make sure we like all arrangements, before we go to the studio and go broke.
We steel want it to sound as good as possible.
In the past we made guitars and drums sound good with no problems. But vocals always seem to be the problem. Hour singer sound kind of like James from metallica in the puppets, ajfa era. But we never managed to make it sit in the mix right. What does it sound like to you they did to make it work?
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Also if your not super experienced at mixing its gonna be hard t
Also if your not super experienced at mixing its gonna be hard to get the vocals to sit well in the mix if the other instruments are already mixed down. Try and do it all at once, and carve out a nice hole for the vox to fit, and compress to hell. Sounds easy....
But yea Hetfield is all about that Sm7b mic.
Well after you get done with all the instruments and its time to
Well after you get done with all the instruments and its time to do vocals, just try and experiment with the placement of the microphone...I'd start with the 57 or 58. If you use the 57 use a pop screen. But try the other mics too, you never know what may make that vocal stand out in the mix.
If all else fails come mixdown time, really eq everything else around the vocal and compress to hell like I said before..Maybe a little delay as well.
Why doesn't the vocal sound like you want? What is the room lik
Why doesn't the vocal sound like you want? What is the room like? Size/walls/treatment/etc. Can we hear a clip when the mix is down to hear what you don't like about it? It would really help.
Plus what are you using to monitor? I recently found out that my monitors were 'creating' audio artifacts that weren't there so I was EQing my tracks to death when they didn't need it, thus creating horrible sounding mixes. Good monitors are an often overlooked link in the chain of audio production/reproduction.
9/10ths of good engineering is in the technique in the sense that most problems are user error. Getting the source sound right will always sound better than trying to process it later. Just something to think about.
What mic are you using to record the vocals? Hetfield of Metall
What mic are you using to record the vocals? Hetfield of Metallica always used dynamic mics to record his vocals, specifically the SM7b. If you are trying to reproduce his sound using a condenser you just won't get it.