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A Few CoolEdit Effect Tricks Help?

K3VIN

Date: May 11, 2006 @ 10:49 AM

OK.. so my mic should come in any year now.. so I just wanna know if anyon has tips on good ways of mixig ur vocals into the beat.. how to double ur vocals really good (in a hip hop way) and other things that may help... i can furthur ellaborate... and i am a complete newb so pretend ur talking to someone whos never doen it before... or better yet dont pretend... idk anything :( (Frown)

Elu

Date: May 16, 2006 @ 10:41 AM

There are literally thousands of ways to mix vocals. First get a really clear vocal signal. You can run straight into the board, however I would recommend getting a vocal pre-amp and plug your mic into the pre-amp and then have the signal go into the recording device. This will give you a strong, rich signal that is warm. The next thing is to use a p-popper to get rid of loud clicks or pops from "s's or p's" in your vocals. Now that you have a good strong vocal track, it's time to add some fire to it. A 2 band eq will give you that tiny little telephone voice, or megaphone effect. For hip hop usually dry vocals work best. You can add a little chorus to thicken them up if you need to but dry is the best for that style. And then finally you need to eq the vocals into their correct position and or eq the music to allow the vocals to fit where they need to. Many instruments can fight for the same position in the eq as the voice. Good luck.