Line 6 UX2 Vocal Recording

Deebo

Dirty Man-Horse
Jan 14, 2008
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Hey guys, I'm currently working on a UX2 for my buddy's band and we got the Guitars to sound really good now we are moving on to vocals. The problem is the Vocals sound really dull and just dead with the UX2. Is there a way to get better vocals out of the ux2 like maybe put a tube pre amp before going into the ux2, or should we use something else besides the UX2 for vocals. We tried SM58 and a couple of MXL Condensors and nothing sounded right. Any help would be appreciated. Also, they are aggressive vocals if that helps. Thanks.
 
What I hear coming from the Vocalist sounds good. What comes out of my monitors sounds dull.
 
you can't go wrong with a condenser and slamming the hell out of the dynamics in the vox, a clip could help. Or that thing ahjteam said.

Oh btw, ar you turning on the phantom power when using the condenser?
 
I'm quite sure the MXL Condensors won't sound good with screamed vocals : some cheap chinese condensers work great for acoustic and softer vocals (like Studio Projects B1, for example), but never heard one sound good on screams.

Slam the fuck out of the SM58.
 
I'll try to squash the SM58. I did have phantom on the MXL and yeah they are horrible when you're recording screaming vocals. Any ratio's I should try for the comp?
 
I'll try to squash the SM58. I did have phantom on the MXL and yeah they are horrible when you're recording screaming vocals. Any ratio's I should try for the comp?

Really hard, really fast. As long as it sounds smoother, a bit more agressive and the levels don't jump around at all it should be good.
 
Did some preproductions for my band using my UX2 + Rode NT1-A and it sounded great. Growls sounded a little thin perhaps, but the sung vocals just sounded amazing on my rp5's atleast.