daJungKI Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) happy new year, wonderful people of ocr! hope your 2015 is starting off well so, thanks to your help, i've finally acquired some equipment--a lil blue bluebird and a scarlett 2i2. i installed reaper and, despite not knowing what the hell i was doing, managed to set up the mic and test it. success! so, i know i should definitely read/watch some reaper tutorials because it looks pretty complex. but just for vocals, what are some things i should be doing? would love to start collabing with some peeps here! one thing i noticed: i bought a pop filter from auphonix which had some sexy reviews. i haven't tested it much, but it didn't seem to be making much of a difference. could it be defective, am i using it wrong, etc? does it not reduce "s" sounds? Edited January 1, 2015 by daJungKI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Well, something it does affect is when you have strong transients in your singing (i.e. from aspirated or bilabial plosives), like if you say "POW!" (P) or "BAM!" (, or simply beatbox, it reduces the spike in the audio you'd get if you didn't have a pop filter. Sibilances (S) are something a "de-esser" was made for, but mainly, you'll just have to try to be more aware of how loud your s sounds are. It helps to be able to see and understand waveforms if you don't easily notice the loudness issues. Something like the smexoscope VST/AU lets you view them in your DAW. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_filter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-essing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Filters are also necessary not to mess up the microphone. Moisture from your mouth, if it gets on the condenser's plates, can be destructive to its performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daJungKI Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 thanks for the advice, guys. would you happen to have any links to good tutorials on how to mix vocals, which settings to use, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) http://audiogeekzine.com/2011/04/vocal-processing-and-mixing-tips/ It's case-by-case, but this is about as general as it gets, I think. In addition to this, I would suggest the de-essing I mentioned earlier if you hear sibilances, and possibly a little, tiny, slight automation down in the volume on those sibilances (you might not do this too often, but I've done it quite a bit in the last week). Edited January 2, 2015 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daJungKI Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 thanks for the link, timaeus! the only problem is i have no idea what any of it means. looks like i have some reading up to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 thanks for the link, timaeus! the only problem is i have no idea what any of it means. looks like i have some reading up to do... This is an introduction to Music Production concepts. http://downloads.izotope.com/guides/iZotope-Mixing-Guide-Principles-Tips-Techniques.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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