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Originally Posted by GADZOOKS
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I believe this is in my field of expertise, being that pretty much all I do these days is make music and work at a job I hate. (You can make fun of the job later). I've actually been offered work because of this setup, and I'm doing voices and music professionally for several films.
First, you want the sound as dynamically compressed to begin with, as you can get it. To do this, a simple guitar multi FX pedal
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...al&sa=N&tab=wi
will work. These are in the neighborhood of just under $100USD and they work GREAT for playing/singing/podcasting through, into a dedicated sound card.
The SoundBlaster Live
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...ndblaster+live
is the one I just bought, and it has noise cancellation features built right into the hardware as software, I think. I don't know quite how that part works, but it does what it's supposed to.
The only problem with using a guitar processor, is that there is a certain colorization of sound within its circuitry. To get around this, you will need EQ. A good FX pedal will have EQ, reverb, delay, and just about every other kind of vocal effect you could want.
Now, all of this is fine and dandy, but the sound coming out of the pedal is too weak. SO, you will want to amplifify it:
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...eadphone+mixer
This will get your signal up to line level.
You will probably want to get a preamp/mixer for your output coming from the computer so that you will be able to hear yourself and put out a strong signal at the same time. Soundcards are tricky with this; believe me, I know. I've been recording computer-based music since 1999.
Again, a note about compression and background noise: instead of a mixer/preamp before the computer, you might want to just go with a compression pedal with the sensitivity level turned down just enough, so that the signal is strong, but the hiss from the compressor is nonexistent. To completely obliterate any noise a few feet away from the microphone, you will want to turn N/R (noise reduction) on the pedal, on. This will make your recordings sound like you're recording in a soundproof booth.
Also, when recording with mics and whatnot, always try to use the LINE IN and not the MIC jack. LINE jacks are more balanced and won't clip as easily, resulting in a cleaner, less-"hot" recording.
Pops and clicks in your speech that are picked up by the mic can be reduced greatly by stretching a nylon stocking (pantyhose) over the microphone. This reduces a lot of sibilants . Another thing that will help is to try to speak towards the mic, but with it about six to eight inches away from your mouth, and at a slight angle upwards, so you're kind of speaking across it.
lastly, the microphone I recommend is the Shure SM-58 dynamic microphone with an on/off switch.
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...fe=off&q=sm-58
You can technically do all of this with just a cheap microphone and a good sound editing program, but this way, you know exactly what you're getting, at 16 or 24 bits per second, and you can actually HEAR it sound the way it will be recorded.. Another strong point for using the hardware method described above, is that you won't have to do much, if any, mastering in the final mixdown. The most you will have to do is normalize the wave form to get it as loud as possible. The very best sound engineers in the world always mix loud songs quietly, and add the volume at the mastering stage.
Good luck, and I look forward to hearing your broadcasts!
I don't get it. I mean, why did they fuck with the formula? Where are the car songs? There's only one song about surfing and it's a downer!
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