I'm in the market for a used (ebay) recording condenser mic under $200 specifically for male vocals. I'm using http://www.studioau… to figure out which mic might be a good fit for me because none of the stores in my area have floor mics to test.

Hi. Just want to ask :

What effects do musicians such as Maynard James Keenan (TOOL) and singers like Chino Moreno (Deftones) and other bands with vocalists similar to these mentioned use.

Do these guys use effects like a guitar has pedals and effects applied to it.

What are the effects these guys use. or what are the effects do you use >

i've read in many forums that WavesL?-Maximizer is probably the most user friendly compressor/squasher/limiter for vocals

The L1 Maximizer is fairly cheap right now, whereas the L3 and whatever it's sequel is are not

has anyone used these to see if theres really much difference? the website descriptions have been rather unhelpful

What is the logistical difference between side-chaining a compressor through an equalizer to compress only certain frequencies versus just applying a multiband compressor affecting the same frequencies? (for instance when tracking vocals)

This question arose from Dallan Beck's book The Musician's Guide to Recording Vocals

Hi Guys..

I have a pretty big problem getting cleaness to the vocal. especially in my mix, where i cant get the vocal up front in the mix like i want to. what can i do to the vocal to make it more up front in the mix?

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it looks as if i will be heading up vocals in a band that i am joining, so i would like to have my sound tailored to me, regardless of where we play. i would like to put together a small, quality rig (rack mount perhaps?) so that i can just give an XLR cable to the sound guy at a gig and tell him to run it my signal dry, and just EQ as needed.

Hi Forum,

at first: thank you for your great forum and all the highly interesting and good information. i'm a regular reader and today i have a question on my own.

Hello everyone,

I just started recording R&B vovals using a Digi 003 and a AKG 200 mic. I like how the vocals sound but wondered if any one had any suggestions going forward as to artisit position to the mic, equing in the mix, reverb etc, etc...i know, a real newb question..forgive me..lol

I really like the vocals in Avenged Sevenfold. I would like to get that nice edgy smokers voice in some of my recordings. Is this just a smokers voice or do they use a lot of compression. I watched some of their clips on youtube and noticed that his voice in the video didn't sound as thick as it does in the recordings. Its like there somekind plugin that adds harmonics or something.