Entry - Recording At Large - "In The Wilderness"

It's been a while since my last entry on this blog but now I have had a request to make a few comments about the techniqu of recording in the wilderness.

By the wilderness I will presume to be outside in the open air with many different enviroments to contend with.

I will alway revert to the basic requirement for good recording and that will be the quality and

Echo -

Spring Reverb - Is It Restritive - backing Tracks At Soundback.

To follow on from the Echo/Delay we move to the Reverb and in this case the Spring Reverb a pre- cursor to the Digital Reverb. From my experiences the Spring Reverb is not a tool I would use on a Vocal Recording unless I was using it as an extravagant effect, lets say an effect such as wanting to sound as if I was recording in a tunnel although I can't imagine why I would want to do that. With the invention of the Digital Reverb with it's many more capabilities and settings I would suggest the Spring Reverb being used on Vocals be laid to rest. We shall examine the Digital Reverb in my next post on this subject.

Echo And It's Multiple of Use's - The Soundback Way

You must have heard at some point the effect of the use of Echo on a sound recording, probably in many cases you would not have recognised it. Where it does stand out and in many different time delays is in Dub music this mainly being contributed to Reggae. Simple delays/echo's are used in most modern recordings mainly to fatten up the sound of the vocal and as we are concentrating only on the vocal and it's recording needs we will only make comments in that area. Next blog post I will deal with the difference between Digital Delay/Echo and Tape Delay/Echo. > http://www.soundback.co.uk/

Effects - How To Use Them - The Soundbcak Way.

Following on from the microphone techniques advice given by the Backing Track Vocal Recording Guru courtesy of www.soundback.co.uk we now go on to examine the way to use effects such as echo,reverberation,compression and transposition amongst others.
To start the discussion/advice as normal we welcome your input as to what you think is important when using any of the named effects.
Please make your requests and questions on a blog post.

Listen To - A - "Quality Recorded Vocal"

Recorded at a studio in Essex I believe this particular recording is of the highest quality you would find at a budget level. It's a song called Autumn Years and vocal'ed by Alton Ellis to which a sample the song can be heard on line at http://www.reggae.me.uk/listen.html

www.reggae.me.uk

Have a listen and make a comment I will reveal all such as which Mic,Reverb,Compressor and Mixing Desk was used to create it.

Continuation Of "The Backing Track Vocal Recording Guru" - "How To Choose The Right Track To Sing"

O'k so after much consideration of those important decisions as to which Backing track to select and purchase with regards to key,tempo,style and feel the next step in the Vocal Recording Guru's opinion is who do I take into the studio to advise and motivate me in giving my best performace.

I will leave you with these thoughts for a while and maybe we can discuss this once you have put forward your thoughts on the matter.

http://www.soundback.co.uk/