Singing and harmonies
Somebody was moaning to me the other day about having lots of trouble singing in tune and laying down harmonies. He had basically thrown the towel in and was looking for software to make him sound like a star. I tried to offer him some encouragement and this is what I told him:
auto tune may help you for small pitch adjustments. I'm not aware of melodyne but it is important with vocals as with all REAL instruments to learn how to ''get them down" so it is really important to work to overcome you difficulties rather than relying on wares that can sometimes cheapen your results.
A good tip is too really practice singing your lines (without the music helps) and indentify where you are going wrong. Let the mic do the work, you do not need to shout or force it. Remember to breath from your diaphram. Practise your vowels too as this helps develop cleaner and clearer execution. Timing is key too ( editing can really sharpen a performance).
Most people go out of tune when they can not hear what they are singing properly ie the mix is too loud in their cans or the bass is too loud in their cans. In fact head phones are difficult to use for many singers, some top producers have the mix coming out of the control room monitors and the singer in there singing (you can gate the spill out) in front of the monitors. This way you might feel more comfortable with the music.
Remember a bit of eq can make all the difference with vocals and always use a pop shield.
Putting down harmonies is fun but write out the part on a midi piano track if you cannot get it and practise singing along with the midi part without the main melody. If you want lush harmonies then put two or three down for each harmony.
hope this helps. Also when I started recording I was really bad at singing and it took me a while to find where I was going wrong
auto tune may help you for small pitch adjustments. I'm not aware of melodyne but it is important with vocals as with all REAL instruments to learn how to ''get them down" so it is really important to work to overcome you difficulties rather than relying on wares that can sometimes cheapen your results.
A good tip is too really practice singing your lines (without the music helps) and indentify where you are going wrong. Let the mic do the work, you do not need to shout or force it. Remember to breath from your diaphram. Practise your vowels too as this helps develop cleaner and clearer execution. Timing is key too ( editing can really sharpen a performance).
Most people go out of tune when they can not hear what they are singing properly ie the mix is too loud in their cans or the bass is too loud in their cans. In fact head phones are difficult to use for many singers, some top producers have the mix coming out of the control room monitors and the singer in there singing (you can gate the spill out) in front of the monitors. This way you might feel more comfortable with the music.
Remember a bit of eq can make all the difference with vocals and always use a pop shield.
Putting down harmonies is fun but write out the part on a midi piano track if you cannot get it and practise singing along with the midi part without the main melody. If you want lush harmonies then put two or three down for each harmony.
hope this helps. Also when I started recording I was really bad at singing and it took me a while to find where I was going wrong
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