Hi there,
I sing demos for major song writers and artists and I'm looking to upgrade my vocal chain...and I'm curious if anyone here could help me with some advice. I'm trying to get this done right and since I've been reading these forumns forever I know this is where the answers will be found.
A little bit about me. I've tried time and again to update my set up and been frustrated to say the least. Right now I run an AKG 3000B old school presonus blue tube and pop that baby RIGHT into my sound blaster sound card. Now I KNOW what you're thinking...but for a while I was able to mix these tracks pretty rockin. No lie. In fact some stuff I upgraded to just didn't have "That sound". But something happened. I can't tell if it's the mic or what but I bought a Focusrite saffire 6 thinking that might help...and the sound still wasn't there. The bottom was gone...the midrange was honkey and ...just bad. So...long story short...I've bought the presonus studio channel thinking that might be the answer....that didn't work so well either. For mics I bought a Miktek CV4....too fat and round and my vocal lost all its character. Then I bought an AKG 414 XLII and that had no low end and was just...too tiny no matter how much tube saturation I put on it.
So here's where I'm at. I bought a focusrite Liquid channel to try out some of the convolution settings for a really good pre and compressor...and I'm in the market for a good mic...like a U87....or a Bock Audio 195 etc. In as many studios as I've sang in..I honest cant remember what I was using at the time because I did so many of them and I wasnt the one mixing the tracks at the time. Not only that but I don't live in Nashville anymore as I do everything over the internet now so I can't really just pop in a bunch of studios there and test them all out to see what I'd like.
So...If I pop a track in here of me doing what I do...will some of you guys tell me the sound I'm looking for? The mic ....pre...and interface etc? Think Rascal Flatts. Warm on the low end.....glossy and sheeny on the top...not wooly..but has some character to make things exciting. I'm thinking this might be a transformer sound more than anything but I could be wrong. I'm looking at the Universal Audio 610...or the avalon 737....to go with this mic but I'm open to suggestions. Then a great interface that runs on a PC would be great...like that Focusrite one they have. Any ideas...and thanks for bearing with me on a new thread and my first post.
This track actually sounds pretty good...but its changed since then....but its THIS SOUND...but better. Think.....the sound they get with Chris Youngs voice...Carey Underwood...etc. Thanks ahead of time you guys.
Peace
Drew
I sing demos for major song writers and artists and I'm looking to upgrade my vocal chain...and I'm curious if anyone here could help me with some advice. I'm trying to get this done right and since I've been reading these forumns forever I know this is where the answers will be found.
A little bit about me. I've tried time and again to update my set up and been frustrated to say the least. Right now I run an AKG 3000B old school presonus blue tube and pop that baby RIGHT into my sound blaster sound card. Now I KNOW what you're thinking...but for a while I was able to mix these tracks pretty rockin. No lie. In fact some stuff I upgraded to just didn't have "That sound". But something happened. I can't tell if it's the mic or what but I bought a Focusrite saffire 6 thinking that might help...and the sound still wasn't there. The bottom was gone...the midrange was honkey and ...just bad. So...long story short...I've bought the presonus studio channel thinking that might be the answer....that didn't work so well either. For mics I bought a Miktek CV4....too fat and round and my vocal lost all its character. Then I bought an AKG 414 XLII and that had no low end and was just...too tiny no matter how much tube saturation I put on it.
So here's where I'm at. I bought a focusrite Liquid channel to try out some of the convolution settings for a really good pre and compressor...and I'm in the market for a good mic...like a U87....or a Bock Audio 195 etc. In as many studios as I've sang in..I honest cant remember what I was using at the time because I did so many of them and I wasnt the one mixing the tracks at the time. Not only that but I don't live in Nashville anymore as I do everything over the internet now so I can't really just pop in a bunch of studios there and test them all out to see what I'd like.
So...If I pop a track in here of me doing what I do...will some of you guys tell me the sound I'm looking for? The mic ....pre...and interface etc? Think Rascal Flatts. Warm on the low end.....glossy and sheeny on the top...not wooly..but has some character to make things exciting. I'm thinking this might be a transformer sound more than anything but I could be wrong. I'm looking at the Universal Audio 610...or the avalon 737....to go with this mic but I'm open to suggestions. Then a great interface that runs on a PC would be great...like that Focusrite one they have. Any ideas...and thanks for bearing with me on a new thread and my first post.
This track actually sounds pretty good...but its changed since then....but its THIS SOUND...but better. Think.....the sound they get with Chris Youngs voice...Carey Underwood...etc. Thanks ahead of time you guys.
Peace
Drew
Some help with a vocal chain for major recordz.
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