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Subject:Vocal Recording Cleanly Posted by: JoniV Date:7/28/2001 8:09:46 AM What is the best way to record vocals for songs into a project? I get a background hum when I do it. Thanks!
Subject:RE: Vocal Recording Cleanly Reply by: xxFT13xx Date:7/29/2001 8:33:48 AM best way to record in Acid is to do the following: 1.) Make sure you have your mic plugged into your mic input. 2.) Double click on the Volume icon in your systray. Click on OPTIONS/Properties and then click the Recording button. Make sure Mic box is checked and click ok. Your volume controls will now display your recording levels. Make sure you select Mic at the bottom and go ahead and speak into it to get a good level. Now go back into Acid and hit record and check the level in that to make sure that again you have a good level. Now click record! You should be good to go after that! -Sin http://zwap.to/ft13
Subject:RE: Vocal Recording Cleanly Reply by: JoniV Date:7/29/2001 2:13:25 PM Thanks for the advice, but the problem isn't that I'm not able to record, but that I get a humm. I've been messing with recording through Sound Forge, though, and using Noise Gate and Normalizing seems to help 100%.
Subject:RE: Vocal Recording Cleanly Reply by: Maruuk Date:7/29/2001 9:04:14 PM We don't know what your setup is, but make sure your mic matches the impedance/level for the input. That's the most common source of problems. It's way better to solve the hum at it's source than band-aid it in SF. Impedance mismatches can cause ugly frequency shifts, and bad level matching can give you noise and other artifacts.
Subject:RE: Vocal Recording Cleanly Reply by: theron3 Date:7/30/2001 10:27:15 PM I use a hard (external) mixer. That gives me more control with the input level. If you don't have a really good mic and a sound room to record in, you will need-and have already discovered- a noise gate to get rid of that bottom hum. From what I've read and tinkered with, set the gate so it cuts out your lowest input. When you have the track armed and your not singing or otherwise creating a signal in the mic, look at the fader input and you can see how much white noise the "silent"mic is picking up. I like a hot mic, so this is a problem for me. It is best to try and get it as clean and comfortable as posible before you record. Plug-ins can't fix everything and the more you toy around afterwards, the more chance you'll lose the dynamics of the track. Mostly, I'm preaching to myself here. Sounds like your on the right path.

Subject:Vocal Recording Cleanly

Posted by: JoniV

Date:7/28/2001 8:09:46 AM

What is the best way to record vocals for songs into a project? I get a background hum when I do it.

Thanks!

Subject:RE: Vocal Recording Cleanly

Reply by: xxFT13xx

Date:7/29/2001 8:33:48 AM

best way to record in Acid is to do the following:

1.) Make sure you have your mic plugged into your mic input.

2.) Double click on the Volume icon in your systray. Click on OPTIONS/Properties and then click the Recording button. Make sure Mic box is checked and click ok. Your volume controls will now display your recording levels. Make sure you select Mic at the bottom and go ahead and speak into it to get a good level. Now go back into Acid and hit record and check the level in that to make sure that again you have a good level.

Now click record! You should be good to go after that!

-Sin
http://zwap.to/ft13

Subject:RE: Vocal Recording Cleanly

Reply by: JoniV

Date:7/29/2001 2:13:25 PM

Thanks for the advice, but the problem isn't that I'm not able to record, but that I get a humm. I've been messing with recording through Sound Forge, though, and using Noise Gate and Normalizing seems to help 100%.

Subject:RE: Vocal Recording Cleanly

Reply by: Maruuk

Date:7/29/2001 9:04:14 PM

We don't know what your setup is, but make sure your mic matches the impedance/level for the input. That's the most common source of problems. It's way better to solve the hum at it's source than band-aid it in SF. Impedance mismatches can cause ugly frequency shifts, and bad level matching can give you noise and other artifacts.

Subject:RE: Vocal Recording Cleanly

Reply by: theron3

Date:7/30/2001 10:27:15 PM

I use a hard (external) mixer. That gives me more control with the input level. If you don't have a really good mic and a sound room to record in, you will need-and have already discovered- a noise gate to get rid of that bottom hum. From what I've read and tinkered with, set the gate so it cuts out your lowest input. When you have the track armed and your not singing or otherwise creating a signal in the mic, look at the fader input and you can see how much white noise the "silent"mic is picking up. I like a hot mic, so this is a problem for me. It is best to try and get it as clean and comfortable as posible before you record. Plug-ins can't fix everything and the more you toy around afterwards, the more chance you'll lose the dynamics of the track.
Mostly, I'm preaching to myself here. Sounds like your on the right path.