Cesare wrote: > Conor O'Tuama wrote: > >> Hi :-) Seeing as everybody else appears to be getting the tunes out >> there, I thought I might as well bite the bullet......hope somebody >> likes it ;-) It is an initial mix, rough about the edges. >> >> http://homepage.eircom.net/~conorotuama/time_til_i_die.ogg >> Copyright 2005 Conor O'Tuama >> >> Cheers ! (recorded in Slackware Linux, using Ardour and various other >> bits 'n' bobs) >> >> >> > The song is already good as it is. But I think less repetitive lyrics > would make it even more interesting. For my taste I would rise the > level of the piano at the end of the track. > > I've also some questions. How do you record vocals? They're very clear > and sit well in the mix. Do you use a vocal booth, or a properly > isolated and acoustically neutral room? What about the mic (to my ears > it seems to be a dynamic mic, maybe a sm58)? At what distance from it > do you sing? > > c. > www.cesaremarilungo.com > > > I record in my front room. It is fairly dead acoustically, with heavy curtains, carpet and wooden bookshelves. I use a Rode NT1000 condenser mic put through a Joe Meek VC3 preamp. I put a SC4 mono compressor on it along with a little eq courtesy of TAP. I sang about 2 inches from the mic. I've to be careful with the mic position, because my pc power supply is very very noisy.
