A few questions concerning VOCALS - 03/15/12 05:03 PM
I really wish I could sing better. Indeed, I really never liked my vocals much and with RealBand recording it's obvious to me I can't hide them like I can on live karaoke songs with loud music playing. So I have a few vocal questions.
1) Can anyone offer me a few suggestions on improving the vocals? I know some reverb helps. But are their any other plugins specifically made to turn "crap" (not really THAT "crap") vocals into something better? Seriously! I know there are TONS of things available to change the sound of guitar but are there (m)any to do the same for vocals? I'm thinking (haven't had time to go through them all) that I already have SOME choices with both my Line 6 Pod Farm software and also the things available in RealBand but can someone point me in the direction I should go?
2) I think I made the beginners mistake of recording/mixing the recorded tracks too loud. I SHOULD have turned my HEADPHONES up as the music played through them but, instead, I turned the master volume up while I mixed the instruments instead. That means that when the vocals get recorded they aren't as loud as I would like them to be even with the fader maxed out and the music is too loud for them. What to do? Should I just remix the instruments again at a lower volume and then record the vocals again? Or is there another way to make the vocals louder even though the master volume is maxed out?
3) I've seen this done on another DAW, but how do I flatten (compression??) the sound of the vocals after they are finished. (Hmmm, and for that matter, how can I RAISE the level that might be too LOW on a track?? ) I noticed that the vocal level isn't consistent, of course, as the instruments usually are. How do I make the vocal signal more consistent as the, unintentional high and low volumes don't sound very good.
Thanks!
1) Can anyone offer me a few suggestions on improving the vocals? I know some reverb helps. But are their any other plugins specifically made to turn "crap" (not really THAT "crap") vocals into something better? Seriously! I know there are TONS of things available to change the sound of guitar but are there (m)any to do the same for vocals? I'm thinking (haven't had time to go through them all) that I already have SOME choices with both my Line 6 Pod Farm software and also the things available in RealBand but can someone point me in the direction I should go?
2) I think I made the beginners mistake of recording/mixing the recorded tracks too loud. I SHOULD have turned my HEADPHONES up as the music played through them but, instead, I turned the master volume up while I mixed the instruments instead. That means that when the vocals get recorded they aren't as loud as I would like them to be even with the fader maxed out and the music is too loud for them. What to do? Should I just remix the instruments again at a lower volume and then record the vocals again? Or is there another way to make the vocals louder even though the master volume is maxed out?
3) I've seen this done on another DAW, but how do I flatten (compression??) the sound of the vocals after they are finished. (Hmmm, and for that matter, how can I RAISE the level that might be too LOW on a track?? ) I noticed that the vocal level isn't consistent, of course, as the instruments usually are. How do I make the vocal signal more consistent as the, unintentional high and low volumes don't sound very good.
Thanks!