I read somewhere in here that 421's are great for recording harcore vocals. Is that correct? What about 57's?

Hi guys!

I am wanting to find out if I can improve the quality and character of lead female vocals, since that is a main element of the commercially distributed music my wife and I create. We are thinking that a more appropriate mic could help. We have been using a Neumann TLM 103, but the sound we are getting has a harsh edgy quality. We also have a CAD E-200, but it tends to have a muffled sound.

Hey guys. This is a pretty reduntant question - sorry. I'd just like a little more input.

I just ordered a Phoenix DRS-2 DEMO from Mercenary. I'm having that go into my DIGI 002.

I have the following mics:
- AT 4040
- SP C1
- Oktava 012 (4)
- Oktava 319 (2)
- Audix D6
- SM57 (2)

hello, i got a eurorack ub802 microphone mixer and a RODE nt1000 mic, and an Edirol UA-1X USB Audio Interface hooked to the computer and cables going from it to my mixer, i'm using sound forge when recording vocals. when i record them i keep hearing cracking at certain parts. I got all the knobs adjusted correctly, i don't know if it's the mixer, or my computer, can anyone help? thanks.

Hello, I am just turning one of my little rooms into a studio (kind of) and I am hooking a Behringer mixer to my computer and then recording, well I don't have enough room to build a vocal booth and I want to know if it is really important to have one of these to record vocals (take in mind that I just want to record, I don't want or need it perfect) and is there anything I can do to make the

I just got an MBox for PC and I got a MXL V67 mic. Whats the best way to record rap vocals? What are the best levels as some of my instrumentals come in close to 0db? Do I need an additional mic preamp/comps or are the Focusrite pre's and plugins good enough? Also, I want the vocals to "sit" in the mix well.

hey ive been on here before about vocals but if there is anyone out there that uses plugins such as tc native Wavessonic foundry can you tell me whats a good eq and compression for vocals to get that krips clean sound, i record vocals srtight into the mixer with no eq right into soncar but i cant seem to get a god sound i just think I'm doin somthing wrong

hey whats up guys, I'm really new to this recording stuff I'm 20yrs old and i have a Korg d16xd mixer a troft atc-2 mic preamp amp and a RODE nt model condensor mic, ive been recording some rap artist and i cant seem to find that sound i want i teak and i re eq, but the only way i can describe it is i cant seem to make the vocals sound like part of the music it always sounds live i put reverb

More often than not I end up carving 120-180, bump 1.5-3 and add a little air 12khz and up.
What other tried and true or even really weird ways do you guys mix vocals to get them present ?