Vocalists: Record an Opeth verse!

[ChrisEmerson]

^ id say yours are the best so far. what are recording with though? there is a hell of a lot of static, and its very quiet.

 

[Knight of the Templar]

Just my mic... I know it sounds crappy, but I don't know what else can I do (and the Windows Sound Recorder sounded even worse)...

 

[ChrisEmerson]

i used windows sound recorder to do mine lol and my standard 2.99 pc mike

 

[ChrisEmerson]

oh and static should do a whole cd of that style of cover

 

[Shadows Skulk]

Anyone want to take a stab at the first bit of Deliverance?

http://people.ucsc.edu/~dgreenbe/deliverance.mp3

 

[Nico]

Uh-oh. What went wrong?

Nothing went wrong... but you don't growl... just sounds like you're whispering harshly. The singing bits are decent, though seem to have the wrong melodies... but uh... I'm just not sure if that was a serious attempt or not...

 

[Pessimism]

this thread was a great idea, but i need to know, where can i download a program to edit songs like the "vocal cuts" and everything? and i need a comp mic.

 

[Shadows Skulk]

Nothing went wrong... but you don't growl... just sounds like you're whispering harshly. The singing bits are decent, though seem to have the wrong melodies... but uh... I'm just not sure if that was a serious attempt or not...

When can we scream instead of whisper?

 

[Ram]

this thread was a great idea, but i need to know, where can i download a program to edit songs like the "vocal cuts" and everything? and i need a comp mic.

you can download any of cooledit pro or adobe auditon off kazaa or any file sharing methods
i found this on adobe website:
Adobe Audition

Knight of the Templar, i had to amplify your vocal part like 25 dB and took off the noise and hiss, it's not bad at all, get a decent program and record proper tracks, you have a really good voice

 

[Rose Immortal]

http://onlinerock.com/services/static//to_bid_the_groove_goodbye.mp3


Ahh here's to the dumb shit you do when you're bored...

That was pretty funny!!!

What makes it scarier is that the singing actually isn't bad at all. Good work!

 

[Knight of the Templar]

Knight of the Templar, i had to amplify your vocal part like 25 dB and took off the noise and hiss, it's not bad at all, get a decent program and record proper tracks, you have a really good voice

Thanks!!

 

[Knight of the Templar]

Another one, hope you like it!!

http://onlinerock.com/musicians/sypholin//Demonofthefall.mp3

 

[Blackened Rainbow]

Dude, couldn't you be a little less depreciative with your comments or a bit more careful with them? your attitude will only make those who're insecure about recording a verse even more insecure... he has at least provided his contribute in benefit of this thread...

first of all thank you for support.
i dont care someone like or not...he's listened anyway and i thank for that.

 

[Ermz]

I was gonna do the Advent thing myself, but my house has very hollow walls and I don't exactly get the chance to do it at its proper volume.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Nothing went wrong... but you don't growl... just sounds like you're whispering harshly. The singing bits are decent, though seem to have the wrong melodies... but uh... I'm just not sure if that was a serious attempt or not...

Meh, it was done with a computer mic on the Sound Recorder program in mid-morning with no breakfast. That sure was no whisper, though. I growl a lot louder than Akerfeldt admits to doing. In interviews, he says he sounds real soft when he growls. I growl at about talking volume. It's just kind of raspy...usually.

Maybe I'm singing out of tune or something. Yikes, , I figured it was better than that. Oh well. Maybe I'll try the Master's Apprentices sample in a bit.

 

[Ermz]

uhm, if you watch Mikael recording the vocals to Master's Apprentices you see that it sure as hell isn't soft when he does it. Nor was it soft when I saw them live - his growl is fucking brutal and he does it at just above talking-volume.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Uh-oh. That can't be right. I'm pretty sure I'm not whispering into the mic. My growl is just about talking volume as well.

Tell me if this one is equally wrong:

http://onlinerock.com/musicians/anonymousnick//master_s_apprentices_2.wav

 

[Ermz]

Well home mics have a tendancy to make growls sound weak, but it still kind of sounds like you're not really putting the diaphragm into it.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

I wasn't. That was also recorded at the same time as The Moor. Right before it, actually. I know that I growl from my stomach because I always do it best on a half to mostly-full stomach, and I usually need to have a little phlegm around. Whispers don't need phlegm like I do. I also have a raspy aftertaste. Even my friends that have heard my recordings say that they sound "quiet and loud at the same time."

About the clean vocals on The Moor, I still don't get what I did wrong with those. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the criticism. It's long overdue. I've been on the board a year and no one has heard my voice as of just now. I'll keep posting in this thread until the vocals are up to par.

 

[Ermz]

I think it could well be how the mic conveys the low-end. I just tried on my shitty $10 comp mic and it just doesn't come out as throaty as it should.