Originally Posted By: pinglis
As has been noted above, you need a much better microphone. It is the first and most important step in recording a great vocal. All the fancy plugins, FX and DAWs cannot compensate for a good mic, particularly a good condenser. Then the next most important thing is a good to great mic preamp. Guitarhacker uses a Focusrite preamp, and all the Focusrite gear I've used has been great.



Just to clarify, I don't use a stand alone Focusrite pre. The preamps I use are part of the front end circuitry in the Focusrite line of audio interfaces. They all come standard with high quality preamps, ready to go.

A good interface, such as the Focusrite line of gear....I use the Saffire, which has nice preamps built in, is essentially the heart of your studio. Everything you record in, or listen to through the studio, will have to pass through that interface.

That's why I always recommend getting the best one you can afford. If you can't afford a good one.... save up until you can.

With a good quality interface that has preamps built in, like my Saffire, you don't even need to spend a dime on a mixer board unless you're mixing a bunch of folks at the same time. I haven't used a mixer in close to 10 years now. Listen to my music.... all the live guitars and vocals are straight into the interface.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 12/21/15 03:37 AM.
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