Anyone got any tips for sourcing vocals, whether it be downloading samples, finding someone half decent to do them for you or a reasonably priced mic to do them yourself or anything else! I like the spoken word, ie not sung or 'rapped' or aggressive hip hop type stuff...
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03-10-2005, 09:46 PM #1BOA Lifetime Member
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03-10-2005, 10:09 PM #2Ultimate Freak
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I have a cheap ass audio technica mic plugged right into my Mackie with no preamp and it gives me surprisingly good results.
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03-10-2005, 10:53 PM #3BOA Lifetime Member
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Can't go wrong with a Shure SM57. Excellent mics and not ridiculously priced either.
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03-10-2005, 11:00 PM #4BOA Newbie
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analogx - sayit
robo madness!
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04-10-2005, 01:00 AM #5Ultimate Freak
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Yeah definetly industry standard right there.
Originally Posted by tocsin
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04-10-2005, 02:37 AM #6BOA Lifetime Member
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yeah i use the sm57 too, with my focusrite preamp it sounds pretty good
and theyre very durable
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04-10-2005, 07:34 AM #7BOA Mod
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57 as industry standard? Are we forgetting about the 58?
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04-10-2005, 10:07 AM #8Parsnip
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They're both industry standard. Originally Posted by dodgyedgy
I think the only difference is the casing - one being configured more for miking up instruments & amps etc, and the other being more suited for hand-held / vocal use - but both being reasonably adept at either.
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04-10-2005, 10:12 AM #9BOA Lifetime Member
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So buying your own mic is the way to go for vocals then? What if you were crap at the style of vocals you like? :lol: That Say it thing doesn't seem that great to me, why does it close when you click done or just hit return? Annoys me that does! Wipeout 2097 had cool synthesised speech using an Amiga 1200 program, be cool if I could get hold of that...
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04-10-2005, 10:33 AM #10Parsnip
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Really? Originally Posted by Will
There's a lot of programs to do it on the net.
Just google "speech synthesis"...
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04-10-2005, 10:33 AM #11Junior Freak
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Before buying a decent mic, I recorded sven vath-style, just used my headphones
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04-10-2005, 04:46 PM #12BOA Lifetime Member
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Well, doesn't have to be for just vocal recordings. But, yeah, for original vocals, you'll need a mic. And if you suck Originally Posted by Will
at doing them yourself, either get someone else to do it, or experiment with one of the fixup plugins. The new version
of Sonar has such a plugin (Roland V-Vocal) which I haven't played with yet. But, looks interesting.A person belonging to one or more Order is just as likely to carry a flag of the counter-establishment as the flag of the establishment, just as long as it is a flag. --P.D.
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04-10-2005, 08:26 PM #13BOA Mod
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I think what you are really talking about in the long term is mic technique.. this is incredibly important for music in general and you would be well advised to buy a decent microphone and practice micing up different instruments, sounds and vocals for future refernce.
@techmouse - i think there is a slight difference, but i cant be sure... ill check.
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04-10-2005, 08:28 PM #14BOA Mod
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SM57
Instrument Microphone
40 to 15,000 Hz
SM58
Vocal Microphone
50Hz to 15kHz
so only about 10hz...
but that can make all the difference!
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05-10-2005, 10:49 AM #15Parsnip
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So, arguably, you might as well get the SM57 and then apply a hi-pass at 50hz for SM58 emulation? Originally Posted by dodgyedgy
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05-10-2005, 11:10 AM #16BOA Mod
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:lol: Originally Posted by TechMouse
So, arguably, you might as well get the SM57 and then apply a hi-pass at 50hz for SM58 emulation? Originally Posted by dodgyedgy
touche...
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I use the little stereo one from my PC and distort the **** out of it..
Pure F*ckin' Noize Terror...
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05-10-2005, 01:37 PM #18Parsnip
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A stereo microphone? Originally Posted by acidsaturation
How does that work...?
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05-10-2005, 02:36 PM #19BOA Mod
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:roll: oh my god, you are sooo behind the tymes... Originally Posted by TechMouse
A stereo microphone? Originally Posted by acidsaturation
How does that work...?
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05-10-2005, 02:45 PM #20Parsnip
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As the Newcastle resident said to his mate in Gateshead... Originally Posted by dodgyedgy
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