Vocal Recording Techniques

 

My first resource is one more or the whole process of getting a good vocal recording from microphone choice to how your room should look. It’s a in-depth guide I strongly suggest if you have or don’t have experience. It’s valuable to understand that a good microphone doesn’t necessarily mean a good recording. Click here to be a vocal recording master! 

If you want a more compact lesson how to to prepare from someone with a lot of experience, this is how  Neal Cappellino gets ready for a vocal tracking session. The video is 22min long and I think it’s a good watch after the initial article above.

NT2A Microphone

NT2A

Cost: $569

 

Type: Condenser Microphone

  • cardioid, figure 8 and omnidirectional pickup pattern

Frequency Response Curve:

Low pass filter

Peaks in higher ranges 

Pretty flat mic

 

3)  Sensitivity:-36.0dB 

Noise: 7dBA 

 

Recorded examples 

https://youtu.be/doI2CiolQa4 (polar pattern tone test, polar pattern 360 degree test, high pass filter test, distance/proximity effect test, plosive rejection test, keyboard background noise test, shockmount test, microphone tap test, untreated room/treated room test, music test)

https://youtu.be/bOkjF4upXZ8 (voice and guitar)

https://youtu.be/faV3fqqzQlg (comparing nt2a and nt1a and a CAD e100s)

https://youtu.be/gOAmTolCvO4 (comparing n2ta and neumann TLM 103

 

4) Common Uses

Vocals, acoustic guitar,

Genius Deconstructed

The ‘genius’ YouTube channel has a series called ‘deconstructed’ that basically breaks down popular songs and sheds light on the producers who are behind very well known songs (worth a watch!)

History of guitar Distortion

If your a guitar player you’ve most likely messed around with distortion. This video doesn’t really “teach” you anything but its cool to know how far we have come and too see the history of rock and roll.

I was trying to find videos on how distortion works but nobody actually explained how it works.