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My problem is, with enough takes I can sing in tune it's just my voice has a horrible tone to it when singing, or at least to me it does.

Edit - Listening to that guy above...God I hate that overly tuned/vocoder sound on vocals which everyone uses these days.
 
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ShortWarning said:
My problem is, with enough takes I can sing in tune it's just my voice has a horrible tone to it when singing, or at least to me it does.

Edit - Listening to that guy above...God I hate that overly tuned/vocoder sound on vocals which everyone uses these days.
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Sounds Gash I know...
 
I honestly believe that these days everyone in industry, regardless of skill, use some sort of pitch correction in studio at some point. Nobody does hours of QC and retakes on every single track any more, it's just easier, cheaper and I bet most people don't even notice, from previous threads we know Dimple doesn't for example and he has enough experience to know when vocal is "tweaked".

You are just not supposed to set retune to "0" (for that retarded Cher/Kanye/T-Pain effect). They even make guitars with antares built in, and no - it doesn't play solos by itself, it just corrects pitch in all positions when you bend your strings out of tune or when guitar goes whacky in extreme temperatures. It does affect vibrato though :D
 
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we know Dimple doesn't for example and he has enough experience to know when vocal is "tweaked".
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To be honest I wouldn't know unless it was the warble you sometimes hear.
So for instance if we take the latest Iron Maiden album, I wouldn't know if Dickinson had done a one take on each track and then the engineer said he'll sort out all the pitch problems.

I remember a thread on here about autotune and posters were bringing 'examples' of the most ridiculous things that clearly weren't.
 
Tuning is fine. I almost always tune vocals. It's the silly vocoder effect which I hate, I can't think of one song I've heard with it that it's improved.

I blame Cher. :p
 
Did a few bits today.

Here's my bro looking like a thug recording guitar:

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I've been busy since my suspension....I've got loads done... Installed the computer workstation and bought more rugs...:D

I also bought some Adam AX5 monitors and all I can say is one word....STUNNING. So glad I didn't cheap it up in this area. :D

http://www.adam-audio.com/en/pro-audio/products/a5x/description

I've also bought a Shure DMK57-52 DRUM microphone kit. And some Moongel and some new drum heads...Evans hydraulic black....my G2 heads where too bright sounding and ringy...I'm no drum tech expert though and tuning the kit is be long and hard...I'm finally happy with the sound though now.

http://www.shure.co.uk/products/drum_microphone_sets/dmk57-52

I'm going to order 2x sontronics STC-1 as overheads at the end of the month...SM 57 I can use on my guitar amp aswell.

I'll post some pics
 
At some point get an Audix D6 for a different kick drum flavour. Not too expensive and pretty much my go to kick drum mic now. :)

On a side note, I did those recordings at the back end of the month, was pretty good in the end. The big ribbons really worked well - will share some audio publicly when I'm able to, but in the short term drop me a line if you're interested. :)
 
The Dvice clips are ace. We've got a couple of DP5A sets which come with those clips and they're really good for getting a reliable position that doesn't move.
 
Lowe said:
The Dvice clips are ace. We've got a couple of DP5A sets which come with those clips and they're really good for getting a reliable position that doesn't move.
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They came today and my drummer is going to be well pleased.
We'll try them out on the Weekends gigs.
 
Cuchulain said:
Is that an Oxygen 25 and Novation Impulse 49? (If so, have the same controllers myself)
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Yeah, The Novation does not play ball with reason though, playing away then loses all it's mapped keys, shoddy customer support from Novation, so won't ever be buying one their products ever again, new keyboard planned hopefully before xmas.
 
First of the videos I've been going on about.


The Taylor was recorded with just an AEA R88mk2. Since the video was focusing on the left hand I wasn't able to get the mic in an optimum position for gain, hence it's a little on the hissy side in the quieter sections (passive ribbons need lots of gain at the best of times). But, the tone is absolutely bang on despite the distance. There's no EQ on this whatsoever, and only very mild compression. The reverb is the only other processing - just goes to show what a really good mic is capable of. :)
 
Lowe said:
First of the videos I've been going on about

The Taylor was recorded with just an AEA R88mk2. Since the video was focusing on the left hand I wasn't able to get the mic in an optimum position for gain, hence it's a little on the hissy side in the quieter sections (passive ribbons need lots of gain at the best of times). But, the tone is absolutely bang on despite the distance. There's no EQ on this whatsoever, and only very mild compression. The reverb is the only other processing - just goes to show what a really good mic is capable of. :)
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Sounds really nice mate :)
 
easyrider said:
Cool...

I'm setting it up for the first time in years....I want to use the sounds on my Yamaha PSR 520 keyboard but control them of my Roland piano...

Can't achieve what I want :(
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OUT of the Roland, IN to the Yamaha. Ensure that you're transmitting on the same channel as the Yamaha is set to receive.
 
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