Subject:Recording vocals

Posted by: joegim

Date:3/16/1999 10:14:41 AM

i'm sorry i'm new at this. i'm making a vocal recording to a track i've made but was wondering what now. i know i've got to get rid of the breaths that come after a verse but don't know what effects to use to get rid of them. i also know i need to adjust the eq settings and apply a reverb, but i don't know what would be the optimal settings. any advice would be much appreciated... i'm using sound forge 4.0.


thanks!

Subject:Re: Recording vocals

Reply by: DavidH

Date:3/25/1999 12:10:03 PM

You can try the noise gate. But if it is breathing noise and there are only
a couple of spots you may want to find them islotate them and mute it. To
make it sound better apply short fade ins and outs.
For reverb get the Timeworks 4080 Plug in
http://www.sonictimeworks.com/demos.html, a great reverb. (the first days I
put way to high in the mix because I liked it to much, I'm getting over it
now).
Optimal setting do not exist, find out what you want first. Do you want it
to sound like in a cathedral, knock yourself out. Do you want an ugly plate
reverb, go ahead. Try out different reverb types and determine what works
for your projects, there are no absolute rights and wrong. Let your ears
decide. In principle you would like to place the vocal in a "room", think of
what that room should be like and find the correct reverb to it. The
standard reverbs with SF is not bad at all, just try some of the presets and
play around with them.

Have Fun
David Hammink

joegim wrote in message ...
i'm sorry i'm new at this. i'm making a vocal recording to a track i've
made but was wondering what now. i know i've got to get rid of the breaths
that come after a verse but don't know what effects to use to get rid of
them. i also know i need to adjust the eq settings and apply a reverb, but
i don't know what would be the optimal settings. any advice would be much
appreciated... i'm using sound forge 4.0.


thanks!

Subject:Re: Mixdowns

Reply by: gstokes

Date:3/16/1999 9:26:14 PM

I've tried various strategies for this. First of all, if you're using a Tascam cassette four-track,
you're in trouble. Talk about piss-poor speed control.

One thing to try is setting markers at key points or beats in each file and aligning them
manually. If your speed isn't precise on each track, this could be a tedious process that
involves shortening or lengthening some sections to get the important hit points to line up.

You could also start with two tracks (put one in the left & one in the right), sync them, save
the synchronized tracks as separate files, and then mix them together into one track
temporarily. Make this combined track your left track, and then bring in the third as your right
track. Repeat the process, saving the third track after you've adjusted it to be in sync. Repeat
by bringing in the fourth track. You now have four tracks that are lined up properly.

Then you can lay the tracks off, two at a time, to some recording device that has very good
speed control.

Hope this helps.

Gavin