Recording hardcore choir
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Jackal_Strain
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gabriel g.
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hi dude we did this on our debut album alot.
4guys around a condenser. 1m away from the mic
all together as loud as we can do spoken words
this for about 4-5 times
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my frozen tears ---------- at the end.
greetz
4guys around a condenser. 1m away from the mic
all together as loud as we can do spoken words
this for about 4-5 times
www.myspace.com/boametal
my frozen tears ---------- at the end.
greetz
"Gate the gang", triggered by one person, the one that sings best. This is a known livetrick for backing choirs. You need a seperate mic on the "lead" backing singer to do this.
brandy
Iguana Hell
Same here. I made that on countless records.
Next time i will try stereo based techniques. A more "classical" approach. I started to dislike the "flat" character of recordings made with the "5 around one mic".
brandy
Iguana Hell
I prefer manual editing. Sometimes i have to do 15 takes, just to build 5 tracks out of the best. If you have some good takes you can "hide" not so good takes behind them and just cut them in shape.
brandy
Iguana Hell
Usually i avoid hard panning, but if it sounds good... panning depends on the programm material. I mean - if there is a lot of stuff going on in the middle you might want to spread the choir a little more.
greyskull
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i got what i thought was an awesome gang vocal sound on our recent stuff..
ill send you an example when i get home.
what i did was stuck everyone in the live room around a 4050 in omni, then used royer 121's in the far corners to capture the room. quad track it and panned it out. sounded huuuuuuuuuuuge
ill send you an example when i get home.
what i did was stuck everyone in the live room around a 4050 in omni, then used royer 121's in the far corners to capture the room. quad track it and panned it out. sounded huuuuuuuuuuuge
-Gavin-
Gavornator
http://www.celtiaproductions.co.uk/battleheart/music/terroronthehighseas/04-wenchesandmead.mp3
In the chorus
I did that for my band, 2 of us (singer and 1) round a Røde NT1-a layered 5-6 times.
We changed our voices slightly for each one.
In the chorus
I did that for my band, 2 of us (singer and 1) round a Røde NT1-a layered 5-6 times.
We changed our voices slightly for each one.
Eduardo Apolonia
Member
That's the best way.
If the voices are different and you eq them differently it will sound better, fuller.
It isn't a different approach than recording guitars so discussed in this forum.
Different layers will fill up the spectrum better.
jesterroot4
Member
i recorded 4 people, with four takes with everyone within a foot of the mic (Rode NT2-a) if i can remember properly i panned one take left and one right by 70
and the other two by 30? and my vocalist alone centered
worked great i think
www.myspace.com/downinruin
go to a minute into the track.
sorry for the poor mix, i recorded this nearly a year ago, and havent mixed it since.
and the other two by 30? and my vocalist alone centered
worked great i think
www.myspace.com/downinruin
go to a minute into the track.
sorry for the poor mix, i recorded this nearly a year ago, and havent mixed it since.
Let it burn...
Orgasm Donor
record all the guys with one mic in the room. Make the sing a long 1 time at normal pitch, 1 time higher and 1 time lower. Works like a charm 
