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aubrey
2 posts | 1 Posted on 03/29/2004 at 18:20 im trying to record some of my songs and im having a difficult time recording my voice? or maybe im hearing myself wrong? Ive attached a demo i recorded myself with just my computer and a sound proof padded room and a cheap 24$ mic at radio shack  ..... sound file: http://128.123.125.206/demo.mp3 any advice on how i can get my voice to sound like normal...? thanks.... | ||
pax
98 posts | 2 Posted on 03/29/2004 at 22:10 hi, with the shack mic, well its hard to call it a mic. However, buy yourself i.e a behringer B1 or a B2. Ofcourse you'll need a pre-amp with these condenser mics, for a little money behringer has a simple pre-amp which will do the job. a 24 dollar mic can't handle sound pressure and distortion is what you get. Drink up a bottle of wiskey and smoke 3 packs of cigarettes and you'll have the same radio shack sound  chris pax | ||
aubrey
2 posts | 3 Posted on 03/30/2004 at 14:25 okay so what are these pre-amps? and remember im using my computer. I have a very decent sound card capable of muliti-tracking and 24-bit sound and all. So if i get onna these better mics and this pre-amp i can hear the voicei hear when i play live for example....? how would i get this equipment to work w/ a computer doing the multi-tracking? | ||
pax
98 posts | 4 Posted on 03/30/2004 at 19:17 example! a condenser mic needs 48 volts power which is provided in a decent pre- amp and there is a swich to use with 48v or to use with a dynamic mic i.e. shure sm58 or similar. the mic goes into the pre-amp and from the amp to the input of your soundcard to record. 48v = phantom power it's quite easy, a normal music equipment store can show it to you. regards chris pax |
