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baiko	Date: December 15, 2007 @ 7:53 AM so, hello, i'm new here, and, umm... every time i post a new thread, nobody answers me. it's because of that damn forum monopolists (or because of my bad english...) so... i need some help with voice processors. or good cubase pluginz. i have some cheap madeinchina mic, and recordings with that damn stick are very lousy. so i need some thingy to power up it a bit. anyone? hello?
Mojosnake	Date: December 15, 2007 @ 9:36 AM i am anyone ... kinda.... um... erm...
zedsalt	Date: December 15, 2007 @ 11:00 AM I've yet to hear a process that can make a bad mic sound good. Admittedly, though, I have used some not-usually-for-vocal processing to make bad mics sound appropriate to an odd tune or two...dozen. Still, mics that cost $1500+ when I was a teenager are going for fifty or sixty bucks now, and some great mics are being manufactured in China, S.Korea, etc. now. One can even get a large diaphragm condenser that plugs right into your computer for less than a high quality preamp.
ChillinBuzz	Date: December 15, 2007 @ 11:07 AM oh i dunno, some farting around with eq and a good compressor can sometimes make even the worst recording sound... less crap.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: December 15, 2007 @ 12:22 PM The Chinese are now making some good mics such as the Studio Projects C3 and MXL etc., it's just that you have to drop at least 150 - 200 on them, as opposed to 300-400 for a Shure, AKG or low end Neumann etc. Having a good preamp helps a ton with mic recordings, but learning good mic technique to prevent pops and plosives and stuff such as pop filters and not standing too close so that the bass frequencies drown the mix to the point where EQing barely helps and yes, compressors, peak limiters and EQ (with a touch of reverb and/or delay) can help quite a bit.
gtr1960	Date: December 15, 2007 @ 7:15 PM always try to improve at the source first.. work on micing technique and singing as accurately and with feeling as possible. you can take a great singer and put em on some crap gear and still get good product. you take a bad singer and put em on great gear you just still end up with bad singing and bad product(unless you cheat and use autotune). also learning how and when to use eq'n can greatly improve recordings.
baiko	Date: December 15, 2007 @ 7:16 PM whoa... thanks!!
ChillinBuzz	Date: December 15, 2007 @ 10:59 PM and since when were you a new member, baiko?

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