The 5 WORST Vocal Home Recording MISTAKES!

This video focused on 5 vocal recording mistakes I made in the past, and that you definitely should avoid.

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[EdwardSmithMusic]

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[TheJJ]

Just remember that bedrooms are the best rooms in your home for recording. Your curtains, beds, bed sheets, tables, and cabinets all work as diffusors and absorbers.

[mxneymaejor]

I remember blaming my Behringer C1 for the harshness I keep getting from the vocals I recorded and it took me sometime to understand what’s really wrong and then realized Mic Positions is a key for better quality recording

[ThatsSoKrazi]

Setting up my home studio over the past few weeks and have been BINGE watching all of his videos.

[YumeBasil]

Another big thing is check your bitrate, I ignored my bitrate setting for a year. And I kept wondering why there was bad sounding frequencies and qualities of each mic I got and finally realized that I had my bitrate on my focusrite and fl studio way too low. Keep the bitrate and sample rate at 48000 and above to get the best quality sound out of your mic or if you’re using the direct input for instruments.

[ethandaigle]

"Not about how many mistakes you make. It's about how quickly you fix them" is an extremely wise statement. Love it

[alfonsbarcelon]

The first tip was really helpful in vocal production. Like if you want to layer the main vocals with a soft high octave texture vocals, go closer to the mic.

[prontorobertopronto]

Mistake #4: NOPE - that's not a mistake. I recommend recording with as few effects as possible. Of course, a compressor and a few discreet EQ settings on the preamp can be helpful. But: Basically, the singer should focus on his sound, intonation, pronunciation, formants and thus on his personal sound. Of course, the singer or the producer working with the singer should have an idea of how the vocals are to be used in the mix (hence the larger microphone distance if necessary, or closer if desired) - but basically, effects should be used very discreetly. Too many effects can distract from the actual job. I think this tip is too undifferentiated for me.

[bradashlock]

I record totally dry, no effects. So if you can make a dry vocal interesting and enjoyable, imagine it with a few effects - it just skyrockets.

[jacobbeannnn]

I definitely have over-used effects during tracking, so make sure not to cloud your performance by over-using reverb and delay during this stage phase! While it’s great to enhance performance, it can hide some basic flaws in the performance that require a retake or more time in editing.

[nikunjjj]

Man you doin'n great job☁️you've boosted many artists confidence without you knew that.

[michaelhopkinsmusic]

How is tip 5 anything to do with recording vocals? Just randomly promoting Distrokid 😂

[alefalexandre]

How to record vocals: Stay in the front of the microphone and sing!

[Honeytreasures]

Thank you for this. I was so bummed after creating the perfect mix, then blew the vocals. I just can’t grasp the interface but the tips were super helpful 🙏🏼

[PetitePoppaBleu]

Glad to be doing some already and picking up new tips 👏🏽

[fudgiewhalemusic]

Great techniques, thanks! I just recorded my first vocals (usually just instrumentals). It was a learning experience!

[johnwaynefresh]

Can you make a video on the effects you use on your vocals and how you set them up please?

[salliemorrill]

Great vid. How funny that the "old rules" of yesterday are easily broken for creative content these days. And it works! Engineering techniques that we engage today would have led to unemployment back in the 80s had we tried to pull it off then. No one saw this coming. That's why we seasoned engineers must remember where we came from; our humble beginnings usually still retain a lesson or 2 for us. Thx for your posts. Love your channel. God bless.

[ZhaeAtPlay]

This has been the most insiteful video I’ve found when coming to recording music at home. Thank you.

[jessejoeyjames]

Recording on a dry track or with VST's is actually a good suggestion. Me personally, I like to hear myself as to what it's going to sound like, so I tend to use VST's. However I have noticed that when using vst's, especially autotune, it does create a small delay (even with a powerful processor and A grade soundcard). This small delay is barely noticeable, so much that it doesn't bother me to record with it, as it's too small to influence my timings. At least so I thought, I have discovered that when using VST's I'm worse at holding the correct pitch with my voice (singing well, as far as I even can, I'm not a great singer unfortunately). Recording without using vst's does seem to improve my singing. However it's harder to create the actual sound I actually want even when adding vst's later on. Because apperently this seems to happen: Because my recording is less pitch-correct, the effect of autotune seems stronger and tend to create the sound I want.
Same goes for reverb or any effect, because you can already hear it in your recording you start adjusting your voice to the recording-delay and the effect to make it sound the way you want.
So I believe it's really up to what sound you want to create.