Recording Vocals...

**cole1paul** · 01-02-2010, 04:22 PM

I'm trying to get my vox to sound like the ones in this recording [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68irMrwdCiU"]YouTube- Julian Casablancas - Left & Right in the Dark[/ame], any of you sound gurus have any tips? I'm rather limited, but I'm using an SM58 with a 32 band EQ running into a mixer and then Audacity. Thanks!

**Bish** · 01-02-2010, 07:38 PM

and what do you sound like now?

**cole1paul** · 01-03-2010, 03:10 AM

Haha, well I guess similar to that but not as processed-sounding.

**kingy93** · 01-03-2010, 07:08 AM

Try recording a couple more times, overlapping the sounds and using possibly a small amount of chorus effect

**nucjd** · 01-03-2010, 09:00 AM

Sounds like it has been run through Melodyne with a lot of pitch correction which gives you that Cher/ Brittany effect. The vocals have a touch of reverb and are compressed as well. OH and btw what pre's and mic are you using?

**VIbes** · 01-06-2010, 09:33 PM

I didn't listen to the example you have there but you don't want to run your mic into the EQ then the mixer. your stuck with that EQ. A preamp would be ok. Record as clean as possible to the recorder or hard drive, then EQ and add EFX. Plug your mic into the mixer and leave the channel flat into your recorder with a good hot signal without distorting. then EQ it and add efx on the way out / playback. You have a lot more sonic options that way.

I record vocals Mic to preamp into a channel of my mixer then the direct out of that channel to the DA converter.