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Reference recordings for acoustic guitar and vocals

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I've been recording a few singer/songwriter types recently. Mostly steel string acoustic guitar and vocals. What do you use for reference recordings for this type of music when trying to listen to monitors and get a fix on the sound of a room? I've found that I don't consider some of my favorites in this genre terribly well recorded.

Test Acoustic/Vocals recording - what's missing?

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Just got a whole bunch of new equipment - and tonight I tried to do a quick acoustic test with some of it.

Check this audio file out and tell me what you think. It's just a demo of me singing/playing - ignore the performances (they're not too great) - I'm more interested in how I can improve the tone.

recording vocals in slow-mo

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Hi guys,

I was watching the metallica documentry some kind of monster a few weeks ago... n there was a part where they were recording vocals...

it appeared as though the tracks tempo was significantly slowed down whilst the vocals were being recorded... just curious if anyone has recorded vocals this way before? also would anyone know why it would help?

Is a good soundcard needed for recording vocals?

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Hey Guys and Girls!

Just wanted to know if it is worth investing in a new soundcard to record vocals. Im currently using Nuendo with a crappy soundcard at the moment. For me, the quality is fine, but will it improve if i got a new one?

And if so, should i get a firewire card? I'm looking to spend $250..

thanks!

Rob