[u b k]

I just realized I read the o.p.'s question wrong and thought he was asking how to get a studio vocal to 'sound live'.

Trying to get a live vocal to sound like the studio is pure folly, and defeats the whole point of a live show, which is to sound 'live' so that the other people in the room can connect with you on a basic, human, emotive level.

It's good to want your vocals clear, smooth, and intelligible, but how on earth can they sound like they're coming from a studio environment when the average small stage is about the least clean, least isolated, least controlled situation you could ask for when it comes to acoustics?

I'd focus on two things:

1) mic technique

2) presence, aka charisma, aka magnetism

#1 will keep the sound in a good place, levels steady, articulation clear.

#2 will make people sit up and take notice.

Nothing is more important than #2. Nothing.


Gregory Scott - ubk