How about some vocal recording details?
We're doing vocals with the Mojave Audio MA-200. It's done well so far on the more aggressive vocals on " War With the Sky," but I think the main reason we're so excited about it is the way handled the cleaner, airy vocals when we demoed "A Good Fight" a while back. It's running through a Focusrite pre and the Universal Audio 1176 compressor, I believe.
A couple things that are a lot nicer for me this go-round. The most important one is my cue mix, which is much better. Last time I had a tendency to sing flat, which I'm told is a common symptom of not having a good mix, which we didn't, relatively speaking. That hasn't been a problem. I've been sharp sometimes, particularly when I slip into over-singing, but very rarely flat. It also helps immensely to have a spacious both, where I don't feel like R. Kelly trapped in the closet. Last is my vocal maintenance stuff. I have a fairly chronic congestion that I have to deal with when recording. Last time it was strong mint gum chewed intermittently, green tea, and "anti-lisp water." I only learned about my lisp when I heard my voice recorded tracking the very first SL demo. It was diminished by Birthright, and at this point it's essentially gone. But anyway, the gum cleared my sinuses, but would leave my mouth a little sticky, the tea was for soothing the voice, and the water seemed to help with the lisp. Now, I kill all the birds with one peppermint tea stone. It's my magic bullet for vocal recording. There are a lot fewer things to worry about now, and the result is much more natural vocal takes. It's nice.
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