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01 Create a relaxed atmosphere in your studio before
any vocal recording. Remember that the vocalist is
hopefully pouring their heart and soul into your recording,
so needs to feel as comfortable as possible. A nice glass
of water? Relaxing music? A comfy sofa? All of the above,
please. No loud noises, no fumbling with gear. Have
everything set up before they arrive, so theyre not
hanging around while you mess around with your wires.
during practice, so record Get your levels right at the start of the recording
and you wont have to worry (too much) about constant
RECORD IT DRY
05 Like any good recording, dont swamp it with effects
at source. Keep it dry and you can add effects later. Record
Tip 3: Here, were naughtily in the with effects and you cant get rid of them later [unless
red with our vocal recording. youre using one of those fancy reversing effects from the
Always go low, as you can boost
the recording later
likes of Zynaptic, that is, but you know what we mean
Ed]. In order to help you get a dry recording, youll
Tip 5: Reflection filters, like need to lessen reflections from your room, so consider
these from sE and Aston, are
great for helping deliver a vocal filters from the likes of sE (Reflexion Filter) and
decent dry vocal recording Aston (the Halo).
to impress a singer
the song its a good idea to use a condenser mic for
quieter parts of a song, and to allow the singer to
mums tights?
GET PERSONAL WITH YOUR MONITORING
08 Vocalists will want to sing along to a mix of the song
through headphones and youll want them to do this, so
they sing in tune so make sure you have different options
available, and that theyre ones that allow the vocalists to
just listen through one of the cans, so they can also hear
themselves at the same time. Youre best off choosing
closed-back headphones that dont allow the music from
the song to bleed through the headphones and get picked
up by the mic. Make sure the monitor mix level is set up
correctly for the vocalist at the start of the recording, so
theyre singing at the right level if its too loud, then
theyll sing too loud to compensate. Tip 6: Use a pop
shield to reduce
those bs and ps
LEARN HOW TO RECORD TAKES AND COMP
09 Unless Adele turns up for your session, or you only Tip 7: Know your mics
have five minutes to do a recording, then you should this Neumann U 47
is a great choice
make multiple takes of a recording by looping the of condenser
recording around a certain section within the song. Also,
Tip 9: Learn how to
try to run through a complete song as many times as you
record different
can. In most DAWs, recording like this is easy to set up,
07 takes and comp the
best bits together
so you can comp the best bits of your multiple takes
together to get the best results. Learn how to set this up
with minimum fuss in your DAW way in advance of your
session, and the extra takes you recorded may come to
your rescue when it comes to arranging the vocal later
as youll be able to comp the good bits from different
takes together to get one great result.