recording entry Posted by poolboyjames on June 22, 2010 at 8:07 PM comments (0)DO NOT READ IF U ARE NOT INTO MUSIC RECORDING
the reason i write about my recording experience is because it allows me a chance to confront my issues with recording, and un-jumble my mind a bit.. this way i can see each frustration i may encounter for what it is and thus bring it back down to eye-level NOW..... i realized my vocals need some work here are the things i need to do in no particular order: 1. i have to create a sort of mechanism or device to hold in the sound around the microphone i need to do this because i can hear how the sound is bouncing off the walls when i record.. when u record vocals u need to create a "warm" environment meaning an environment where sound can't bounce around.. where there's no chance of an echo of any sort i realize i'm going to have to create something to achieve this because i'm not one of those people who records in a closet or whatever.. i record MYSELF, i don't have someone punching me in and out so i may have to get creative to fix this issue 2. i have to compress all my vocals one issue i am having on this particular song i am working on is the fact that due to the way i created the beat, i have to export it out of ableton and import it into garage band to record the vocals there may be a way so i can leave it in ableton to do the vocals but i haven't figured it out yet.. because see the thing about ableton is recording and sequencing are the same thing.. like i said there may be a way to change this but i am not exactly sure how to achieve it yet SO back to compression.. seeing as how i am using garage band for the vocals on this particular song, i have to figure out how to alter vocals in garage band i realize i have been putting this off a lot because i don't likegarage band at all whenever i turn it on i feel limited.. i see garage band as like aprogram for people who want to make a quick song, but as far as for people who really are trying to get in and mix, master, edit, and produce.. i personally don't think it has enough potential to truly get the job done i may be wrong, because in reality.. isn't everything what u make it? this is just something i have to get over.. and i have to go in and either try again to do the vocals in ableton and compress them in there, or carry on like i was and try to accurately edit them ingarage band 3. i have to make sure to set the volumes as correctly as possible.. spanning the track as well as individual words that may appear too low or too high i don't expect to have to do this too much tho since some of this will be affected by the layout of my mic and the compression 4. i have to have performances that have a continuity to them on my song i've been working on i realize i did different vocal styles on the verses and i realize i have to get those under control and hit the listener with a real vocal continuity throughout a song i say this because say u do one verse in "relaxed and cool" mode, then u do another verse in "energetic" mode then u will unnecessarily shock the listener.. this is not the goal, the goal is to make the vocals sound the same throughout the course of the song so that the listener is thinking about music and lyrics as opposed to why the song has an awkward part in it 5. i have to export vocals without the track and keep them in an archive or folder the reason i need to do this is so i always have the vocals on an mp3 or aiff, or whatever file format i am using if i always have the vocals then i can always grab them, along with the track, separately and take them in any studio for some person to alter them if need be even if that person is me, it is good to make sure i have everything that could be useful for future use 6. if necessary pump up the bass of the vocal 7. normalize the vocal overall my thoughts on vocals are as follows: i make beats, i write, i record, i rap, i mix in other words music forces me to wear a number of different hats.. because of this i don't really like to spend a lot of time mixing so my goal is to get mixing down to a science to where i can get vocals to sit in the pocket without spending 2 hours mixing them as for getting things super mixed, like in a pro studio.. right now i am not sure if i will pursue that or not, but either way, my goal is (like i said) to get vocals in the pocket as much as possible without spending tons of time on it mixing is a career in itself.. so because of that, i have to regulate the time i spend on it to the best of my ability thus u have my very defined 7 steps in vocal recording.. my goal is, do the 7 accordingly, and KEEP IT MOVIN peaCe
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