![]() Here is a session I did with singer Satarra Moore-Troutman. As you can guess, Pro Tools is the benchmark by which all. When there is a new digital audio workstation, it is always compared to Pro Tools. It offers all the features you’d need to process signals, mix tracks, edit, and record audio. Let’s take a look at how the process should work. According to Recording Connection, Pro Tools is the industry standard used in most recording studios today. It is also useful to pan them throughout the stereo spectrum, to make the vocal parts lush and full. You should always record the vocalist several times, in unison, to layer the vocal tracks. DO NOT copy and paste your comp track it will only create phasing problems layer. Just like guitar recording, layering vocals can be very successful to beef up the arrangement, especially in choruses. Once you have all of your takes recorded, you want to make a vocal comp track, or one track with all of the best takes combined together. Making a new take is called a playlist in Pro Tools. Playlists and Compiling Vocal TakesĮven if you’ve used punch recording, you may want several takes to choose from for the final mix. For this recording, you should use a condenser microphone in cardioid. The most common problems in vocal recording come from bad microphone techniques, especially from plosives and proximity effect. Your ultimate goal is to get a good-quality recording the first time, to avoid a lot of damage control in the mix later. Make sure your vocalist isn’t monitoring too loud, and make sure to leave enough space between the headphones and the microphone. Remember this when placing your vocalist, so your recording doesn’t sound boomy, muddy, and unclear.ĭepending on the type of headphones you’re using, you may experience some bleed from the headphone playback into the recording. The proximity effect is an increase in bass or low-frequency response when a sound source is close to a microphone. Always use a pop filter to prevent this problem. ![]() Plosives cause the microphone to distort or cause low-frequency boom, usually on P’s and B’s. If you have acoustic treatment on the walls of your space, even better.Ī pop filter is a fabric, mesh, or metallic filter used to block the rush of air toward the microphone created by the vocalist, called a plosive. Try to find a dry environment, with as little natural reverb/ambience as possible. The natural sound of the room that will be picked up by the microphone. When setting up to record vocals, keep all of the following terms in mind: Room Acoustics Here are a few quick tips, followed by an extensive video demonstration on how to record your voice in Pro Tools like a pro! Vocal Recording Setup One of the most important skills for any self-producing songwriter to know is how to record vocals. The following post is excerpted from Chrissy Tignor Fisher’s Berklee Online class Producing Songwriting Demos with Pro Tools.
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