Loud Vocals in the control room...yes?

tofu maniac · 17th November 2007

Im tracking this loud punk band...very Drive Like Jehu, Fugazi, etc. It's all vibe, I tend to think the singer would do his best thru a 57 with us sitting around in my control room with some beer and the mains cranked. I couldn't imagine him in the vocal booth. I'm gonna dirty up the vox anyway, so i don't need the cleanest signal. Ive heard many people do this...will I have a problem with too much bleed?

AllAboutTone · 17th November 2007

I did the same thing, not to much bleed in the lower end but i still had bleed.
I also found the vocal coming off thin compared to other studio mics, my favorite thing was to track the vocals with a 57 thought and then copy and paste another track and make one track slighty off gave me a bigger sound.

lucasmusic · 17th November 2007

Ive tried this with my own vocals and other clients as well and I get weird phase issues doing this. Wouldnt recommend it.

Absolute · 17th November 2007

Its done all the time

What you could also do is cancel most of the mix going through the mic if you need to .

17th November 2007	#1
tofu maniac Gear interested Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 26 Thread Starter	Loud Vocals in the control room...yes? Im tracking this loud punk band...very Drive Like Jehu, Fugazi, etc. It's all vibe, I tend to think the singer would do his best thru a 57 with us sitting around in my control room with some beer and the mains cranked. I couldn't imagine him in the vocal booth. I'm gonna dirty up the vox anyway, so i don't need the cleanest signal. Ive heard many people do this...will I have a problem with too much bleed?

17th November 2007	#2
AllAboutTone Gear Guru Joined: Nov 2005 Location: S.Carolina Posts: 11,480	I did the same thing, not to much bleed in the lower end but i still had bleed. I also found the vocal coming off thin compared to other studio mics, my favorite thing was to track the vocals with a 57 thought and then copy and paste another track and make one track slighty off gave me a bigger sound. __________________ *Don't Fuk with my Tone !!!. I need a spell check app Harrison~ API~ Dan Alexander~ Fuchs~ John Hardy~ JLM~ Urei/UA Fuchs Amps = Amazing Tone !!**

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Absolute Lives for gear Joined: May 2003 Location: NY Posts: 1,142	Its done all the time What you could also do is cancel most of the mix going through the mic if you need to . __________________ ATTENTION If you just used the word MUSICAL in your post... You just repeated a term, you heard from some pansy, that has absolutely no meaning. Congratulations.....Your a follower.

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lucasmusic Gear addict Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 440	Ive tried this with my own vocals and other clients as well and I get weird phase issues doing this. Wouldnt recommend it.