hello everyone, myself and a mate have finally decided that we can set up a "proper" studio, so we have a room that we can convert permanently into said studio. Now we are wondering if we really need to have a seperate vocal booth or not?

Of the compressors available today, what would you recommend, with the assumption that it would be used mostly for vocals? I've been narrowing things down a bit, and here's what looks good:

UA 1176N
UREI LA2, LA3 or LA4
Empirical Labs Distressor
dbx 160S or 160SL
Manley EL OP (or, really, and of their comps)
Purple Audio MC77
Drawmer 1968

i record a lot of hardcore and punk bands and a lot of the albums refrenced sound like the vocals are very dry but full. i have played around with keeping the vocals dry but they endup just sounding kind of naked and not blending into the song. i was just wondering what some tips are to give the "illusion" of dry vocals but still have them sit well in the mix.

thanks

Hi,
See on a lot of tracks artificial harmonised vocals
How is it done?
I've tried copying and pasting samples and altering the second one up in pitch.. but it sounds um... somewhat strange.. like a hissing sound... and also.. the harmonies don't always work

so how is it done?

hi, guys, i was browisin through the topics, but i couldnt find what am lookin for, so i opend an new one.

any tips how to master your vocals, on the track, just the vocals seperated, i use t-racks, but how can i reduce the noise a little bit?
plz answer
thank u
e.r

Here's a quickie:

I have a Seb vmp 4000e and a Focusrite ISA 238.

I'm using those for drums and guitars.

Will those pres work well on vocals, or do I need another unit, say a Grace or a Great River, for vocal duties?

At that rate, will those two pres do the job for fat bass? If not, what do you recommend for good vocals and bass?

I'm convinced that a lot of people use at least SOME kind of effect when they do hardcore. One that is predominate is a type of delay that doesn't have a lot of run-off. Does anyone know about any other effects they might use? Distortion would help I'm sure.

ok, now before I record vocals I adjust the mic volume first to ensure a zero to minimum amount of clipping concidering my position and potential peak volume. After I'm done recording and tweaking any volumes as needed I have a vocal wav with zero clipping.

A couple of people here recently have expressed concerns about loud vocalists and condenser mics.

Ok my Setup is as follows