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hAHA.... to be fair you should focus on just 1 octave - an 8 note range which includes the root note and the higher root note and just sing in that spectrum to begin with, then write songs in a key that you can comfortably sing
I totally agree! I'm learning how to get a good vox recording and I keep replaying this video to check in! I'm a complete novice to recording. And as you say, seven years old but still so relevant and the best out there!
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You are a Blessing to me! I have learned more from you than any other person on RU-vid. I'm a 61 year old man. Life's troubles lead me to give up my love for music for 14 years. God pulled me up from a very dark place. I started to do music again but felt so far behind with how things are done today. Then I found one of your videos young man and was blessed by what I learned from you! I now I'm rambling a little but I need you to know that because God has blessed you now you are Blessing others. THANK YOU!!! ps: your singing is great!!!
music is life! I'm 25 years old, quit for 2 years and started back up this January/February... back outta that dark place, music is life, i get lost in the music so i dont get lost in life
I'm a sixteen year old named josh (I'm on my mom's computer) and I've just gotten into music, and his videos are awesome. It's amazing how music connects people from all kinds of places and all kind of ages!
I was doing every single of the donts he said.... every single one. Singing closely, recording right below clipping, no pop filter... everything xD thanks man
Graham has such a gift for teaching. That succinct breakdown of cardioid, the box effect, gain structure, man. Basic stuff, but stuff I hadn't bothered to consider in my rush to record. I learned something today. Thanks, RR!
I agree with the recording volume concept to a certain extent. When I'm recording anything, I like the track's loudest volume to be at 0 DB (-12 dBFS) so that the volume is loud enough without clipping and then you don't have to worry about extra noise from the pres from low gain-staging when increasing the volume. In terms of the master bus, I used to have problems with having it overload (like Graham keeps saying), but I found out a good tip from Bobby Owsinski's Mastering Engineer's Handbook. For setting volume for the master track, set the first track you're working on to -10 dB (NOT full scale). That way, as you add tracks in, you won't run into the risk of a hot master bus. Since I've done this, I haven't come close at all to clipping. And by doing that, I still get good gain staging from my recording and apply it to the mix. Everyone has their own approach, and this is mine. Not saying this video is wrong, it's just different from what I do, and I've had plenty success with my approach.
This was such a big help to me. Every time I'm looking for tutorials, I always come across videos where people aren't very clear or tell me something SIMILAR to what I'm looking for, but not EXACTLY what I'm looking for, and you literally told me EVERYTHING I was looking for.
You are the man bro. I always use to record low and people would always tell me otherwise. Never could find the right levels and it effected all of our music. After watching this I've had mad improvement in my sound. Appreciate ya bro!!!
4 years of audio engineering school and your videos are everything I learned in those 4 years only better and simpler explained, and I have picked up some tricks I would´t even think of otherwise. Thank you for creating such rich and simple videos. I am new to the channel and I´ve been all day checking out all your vids.
Man thanks a lot, I'm starting my home studio and your channel is the most effective way of getting the info needed, straight to the point, you've just earned another fan, keep it up bro.
This makes me realize why I don’t like one of my songs. I sounded too loud! I hated it the minute my producer/audio engineer sent it to me. I didn’t have much technical knowledge so I said it was the mix that was bad. He argued and convinced me the mix was good and I accepted. And that (abusive? Hahaha) cycle continued for years... He’d send me my song and I’d hate the sound and we’d argue and either I go record again or I just accepted (sometimes he’d say it was the way I rap/sing) ... and THAT is why I’m learning to mix and produce myself :) And that’s my best advice to every artist: get your own set up and master your sound.
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Another well explained video. Too often you see things recorded too hot so it's nice hearing someone that knows and understands why a hot signal is no longer as important. Thanks Graham
Great tips as always Graham. I used to own and then co-owned a commercial Studio in Bristol, England with the band Portishead through the 90`s and early OO`s. Amongst the other engineers we had there, I engineered some demos and low budget albums myself ( including my own ). The amount of tech was much more limited to us then but I did OK I suppose. Fast forward to the last 5 years and I`ve been slowly building up a home studio facility on a budget for my own bands and projects and had to learn about all the new computer based tech and refreshing my old knowledge too. More often than not I`ve come across your vids on youtube when looking for tips on how to use or do certain things properly and have found them very useful, keep up the good work, cheers Dude. BTW I knew about this tip but it was interesting to hear the science behind it too.
Thank you so much for giving us your time. You are a true blessing and offer us REAL help!! You answer questions we are all asking at one time or another. Many, many thanks!! 👍🏻🎶
I have been in radio for 20 years....Thank-you for your E-book and your videos....Fantastic stuff, it really gets down to the basic, and #1 of recording and you make it so simply that even this old dog is learning new tricks...Thank-you...
Holy shit. I am a student at Middle Tennessee State University and am majoring in commercial songwriting. With that I have to take other recording industry major classes such as Audio Fundamentals which is essentially a very technical overview of what the audio production majors will need to know. Being a songwriter, I find this class very difficult and a lot of technical language that sounds foreign to me. I watched this video because I am trying to create decent quality recordings of my songs and trying to find how to get the best sound and in this video you have mentioned so many things that I didn't even realized I knew. I have been so confused in this class and in one video you put in perspective so much technical language that I can now understand. Thank you so much!
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9 years old, and still helped me more than all the others I listened to. I was getting major harshness and sibilance on my vocal, didn't think about the level because I tried reducing it to about 1/2 to 2/3 of clip, but no difference. BUT I tried turning it down further to about 1/3 and voila, MUCH clearer. Been trying different mics, moving the mic all over the place, point at the throat, side of the mouth, etc. Nothing helped much except lowering the level. I hope you are well, and THANK YOU
Thanks, Graham! Super helpful! I'm an elementary school teacher trying to build a "home studio" in our classroom on a shoestring budget and your material is helping me get this project underway. I'm so appreciative! All the best!
Just a quick comment... your video was AMAZING! It wasn't any information that I personally didn't know, I've been doing this for many, many years, but it's nice to see someone who goes so much into good detail about two simple things an really addresses all issues and solutions. I'm sure many are appreciative! Plus, you don't seem like a douchebag like some of these cocky guys are. Well done!!!!!!
Love your channel. Learning so much. I’m getting ready to set up a home studio and your videos have been a God send. Thank you 🙏🏾. Can’t wait to start recording and posting.
Outlaw focusrite is cool but I find myself turning up the master volume just so I can hear my voice through my cans, using rode nt1 FYI also just learning focusrite though. Previous using mbox
@@samueltheoriginal yeah I noticed that aswell, but once you find the right balance of hearing yourself and cutting out the other surrounding sounds you`d be good. I LOVE FOCUSRITE and how it sounds, amazing!!
In my experience, different songs require different distances from the mic. Also, I've found that a normal/basic dynamic mic is more than enough to get a great vocal take...in fact I've found that i tend to prefer my vocals through a dynamic as opposed to the too-many-frequencies of the condenser.
Thankyou for your fantastic video . I have been recording my vocals for years now . I started off on the cheap with some basic dynamic mics and now have a dream setup that gives me the best vocal sound I have heard anywhere. My two main mics are the Rode Nt1 and Sony C800g running through Neve and Sebatron preamps. I have found that room+mic+preamp are all of importance in getting to your sound and it has taken me a few years to get mine. Careful use of compression has been the final icing on the cake. I use a Sebatron THORAX for a bit of compression and the sound is amazing.
@@monkeyrobotsinc.9875 Yeah, that was the exact moment I reached for the back button. I hear enough of that crap from all the alt-right nonsense in the media; using religion to promote hatred. It's the last thing I want in an instructional vid, or a review. This crap just popped up after I finished a review of the Rode NT1-AI. I hate how RU-vid does that. The believers can have their cult, but I don't want t a damn thing to do with it.
@@JeighNeither Apparently you didn't reach for the "back button" before you were able to leave a negative comment. So who exactly did you say were the haters? Yeah, don't bother to answer. It's a rhetorical question that most who read your belligerent comment already know the answer to.
The Believers aren't the problem. POLITICAL-RELIGION is. People are quick to bash Jesus & His People without trying Him & are afraid that if they don't appease the politically-religious, who they're convinced outnumber them, that they can't make it in life, so then feel it's better to join em of you can't beat em.. One of the enemy's main lies. Jesus even warned about the "leaven of Herod and the pharisees". Their misrepresentations & mess spreads. It's better to accept the Truth. #John3:16
Ridgerunner2112 you’re awesome for that response. Must be a bitter and myopic person for a lyrics like that to evoke such offence. Perhaps he would’ve liked it more if he sang about pain and misery.
Does it harm setting the popfilter further behind? The vocalist I worked with seem to go closer and closer further in the recording session as they get exited. With the popfilter further behind will ofc block them from that
You should keep the pop filter where it is, and attach one of those electric bug zappers that are shaped like tennis racquets. your vocalist isn’t going to make the mistake of getting to close twice.
Damn dog thanks for sharing your info/ some secrets & some common since lol but this help me with recording with my preamp i cant thank you enough very Great full keep up the good work ill be tunning in
lol someones been reading and yeah dog.....or dawg it's an expression for friend homie....amigo! lol or you could say its a synonym for all those things i just listed but i was happy as hell when i wrote this to learn something new that i was wondering about i had to show my gratitude ya know
We used to make pop filters out of a nylon stocking and a coat hanger!! Ha - ha - ha. Yeah Great. You know it's amazing that I know this stuff yet I keep having to go back over it to remind myself. Oh yeah, I was probably too close to the mic so the level is jumping all over the place.
If your one where it's all about the way it looks you could get some 1/4 inch poly pipe, cut a slit down one side and slide it over the wire for neatness :P
I've been struggling with a vocal I did recently that just had way too much low-end 'Mung' in it, and your video explains why. Clear, concise instructions with easy-to-follow examples. You're the best my friend, keep 'em coming... (and a very happy xmas to you and yours) :-)
Hey Graham great video, I have an Sterling ST69 mic. You talked about recording in cardioid. My mic also has omni and figure 8 patterns. With a mic that has all 3 patterns, what is the best for recording hip-hop vocals? I'm new to this and teaching myself as I go so feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks man!
@@rsnhf.9073 Its very good, though I have no other mic to compare it too lol I got myself a kaotic ball too just to help with reflections ect ect. Very happy with it
