- Feb 3, 2012
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Hey guys, first off im new so please be gentle with my imaginary internet newb recording anus. My name is Mikey and im the vocalist for a band called Conducting from the grave and im VERY interested in learning to record vocals (and maybe other stuff as well) from my home to save on studio costs and just to screw around when im bored. I use studio one, have a cheap usb audio interface (Multimix8USB by Alesis) and use a akg condenser (c5) to record. I know its not the best equipment in the world, im looking to upgrade in the future of course but thats not why im here. Im here to ask this, how do you properly compress vocals, i know the basics of compression but i feel like im screwing up the sound, like its not dynamic enough, yet i dont want the volumes to be jumping around either, im well aware that screaming has a natural compression to it, but im just trying to get the best sound outof what i have right now.
Also, in terms of adding effects (and compression), how would i go about doing that to a track? would it be better to individually compress and eq each track? or would it be better to have all of a certain type of screaming (in this case my low growls) go to a bus with compression and eq already set, and then make an fx channel for verb/delay.
Lastly, im trying to find a good way to add some tone to the vocal tracks, i have decapitator and it just seems to add a "fuzz" gain to the vocals but does not actually help shape the tone or make it more "robust" is there any plugins that could help me attain this? or am i not using the plugin properly.
Sorry for the harry potter novel, im very new and any help would be appreciated, thank you very much. looking forward to hearing your tips and tricks. (also sorry if i posted this in the wrong section)
Also, in terms of adding effects (and compression), how would i go about doing that to a track? would it be better to individually compress and eq each track? or would it be better to have all of a certain type of screaming (in this case my low growls) go to a bus with compression and eq already set, and then make an fx channel for verb/delay.
Lastly, im trying to find a good way to add some tone to the vocal tracks, i have decapitator and it just seems to add a "fuzz" gain to the vocals but does not actually help shape the tone or make it more "robust" is there any plugins that could help me attain this? or am i not using the plugin properly.
Sorry for the harry potter novel, im very new and any help would be appreciated, thank you very much. looking forward to hearing your tips and tricks. (also sorry if i posted this in the wrong section)