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LayneGreene

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    Vocals Feedback Please "scott" Original Song

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    That's definitely enough to get "good" quality vocals. I mean, for all my stuff I'm using a $100 condenser mic and I'm completely happy with the sound I get. Could it be better? Probably, but it works for what I need it to do. Honestly, I would spend a lot of time looking around online for information. There's heaps and heaps on info out there on how to make a good budget studio. Make sure you know what your goals are with it, and be realistic.

    http://tweakheadz.com/guide.htm

    I found that blog extremely useful when I was trying to learn the basics.

    The biggest thing is regardless of what gear you're using, get to know it, learn about mic positioning, probably some basic editing skills, etc.

    For what it's worth, I'm using a Boss BR-900 that I bought in 2006 for $750, and a Samson C01 that I got for slightly less than $100, and this is the kind of quality I get out of my recordings

    NOT studio quality, or even close, but good enough for demo's etc. Those Boss porta studios pop up online for between $300 and $400 quite frequently these days...

    Good luck! Home recording can be a lot of fun!

    Vocals Feedback Please "scott" Original Song

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    I might suggest singing into the side of the microphone. Is that a Samson C01? if so you'll want to sing into the side with the blue LED on it. Singing into the top of it like that probably isn't going to get you the best sound out of it.

    You sound like you're straining a lot, but other than that sounds good :)

    One Cover A Week Every Week Until January.

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    Most of the floor noise is coming from my pedal board, I have a dirt pedal that I always keep on but it's set so it doesn't distort, its almost a clean boost, but it gets kind of hairy if I really dig in, my volume pedal is after my drives, so when I start with a swell it mostly eliminates floor noise on the guitar track :( I agree though, I kind of like some noise too.

    haha :P I love that guitar, mine's ok for harmonics, but the neck is perfect for my style of playing so I keep it around.

    I think that's one of the big things I've learned so far doing this project, I've been spending a lot of times working on vowels and making it sound like I really mean the words I'm singing. There's been so many lines that I would never ever write, they just aren't worded in a way I would ever use, and it's been really hard for me to figure out to say them without sounding like a fool. But once I figured it out the songs really came alive.

    And success! I started writing again, nothing really good yet, but at least it's a step in the right direction :D

    *edit* I suck at spelling

    One Cover A Week Every Week Until January.

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    Oh thanks :D I appreciate that.

    I'm a tinkerer, always messing with everything, I guess tone is just another thing to mess with.

    I studied jazz my first year at university, so I think I learned a lot about tone then, oddly I'm in a similar situation, my hollowbody that I bought for jazz almost always gets pushed aside by my freeway. I got the freeway used ridiculously cheap, and it's easily my favourite electric, plays like butter! Still love the hollowbody, but it's just not the same!

    My old guitar teacher almost exclusively plays a strat for jazz, and his tone is fantastic! I think I definitely think it's more in the hands than the guitar.

    Also:

    :) This weeks cover is up :D vid to follow soon...

    One Cover A Week Every Week Until January.

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    I have an odd relationship with that guitar, I hate playing it, hate the sound of it, hate everything about it. Until I record it, it's by far my best sounding acoustic for recording, and I always seem to make the least mistakes on it. It really makes me rethink my electric tone every time, but I always decide that my electric tone if what I'm looking for in both applications in the end.

    Recording Voice

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    If you're recording the guitar and the vocals at the same time, and you don't feel like you need a click track just record it without the headphones! After checking levels and whatnot with the headphones of course.. :P

    One Cover A Week Every Week Until January.

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    Thanks! Youtube is my next step, trying to track down a decent camera. I have a few vids on youtube, but I don't want to put up anything else using my webcam. whenever I go to youtube as soon as I click a vid if it's webcam quality I almost always go to something else. Although when you put it that way, I'm tempted to just go ahead with the lower quality and sync it up the the audio... hmmm, something to think about for sure. I have all the gear I need though to get the audio recorded nicely, so we're off to a start. :D I agree about soundcloud though, I'm using it pretty much just so friends and family can access the tunes.

    Also, I really appreciate the time you're taking to make these posts! Thanks muchly!

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