Vocal tracking for album.. what room?

[Jim vanBergen]

Why not do a demo in each of several rooms, then compare them? I could see a large dining room/living room with some early reflections sounding really good.

[Remoteness]

Jim (as always) made a great suggestion, but why not just walk around into each room or space and listen to how the room sounds to your ears.

You could have the singer (or performers for that matter) also involved with this process.
A quick vocal or acoustic GTR performance in each room may work out just fine.
If you must record perhaps a simple handheld recorder will do the trick.

[geeek]

good advice guys.

the singer tends to tire easily, and likes to just get in there..

i guess i'll need to do some tests myself..

[bongo]

There seems to be a trend these days of wanting to record vocals in a small, dead room. I personally don't buy into that. I think that singers, just as horn players, can hear themselves better in a live room. The Beatles vocals sound pretty good in that big room.
That said, try everything!

[Remoteness]

I've had some good luck with recording vocals in the bathroom, but it depended on the type of sound we were going for.