I'm using a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Audio interface, but route into a Soundcraft Spirit Console before the Audio Interface. I'm recording mainly Rock acts a la Fall Out Boy, Shinedown and have about 5 Drum/Guitar/Bass arrangments ready to record vocals. I'm switching from Sonar 8.0 Producer to Ableton Live 8.0 as a test. Thanks again you guys are really helpful and I can tell you guys have tons of knowledge to pass along.New to the forum but not to DAW recording. Thanks for the great advice.I know I'm not the greatest singer.My wife was a soloist in her High school choir and she gives me tips I just don't the whole deal about singing from your gut!! Thanks again though I'll get something else together here in the next week or so and try to listen to the advice.I just started home recording last october.I had been doing the 4 track thing for about 10 years and with all the new technology I decided to go to the next level.The biggest problem I usually have is my guitar tracks sounding way to noisy casue I was sticking a sm57 dead on to get highs and it was noisy with no bass.But i have remedied that a little by usuing 2 mics one dead on the speaker and the other off axis and I mix them together.I have a hard time with my bass sound also.I go direct and I try to eq it but I usually end up breaking down and using an amp sim (which I hate to do).And above all I wish i had real drums.Thanks for the comments on them but I know they sound cheesy and its actually harder on me cause I'm playing them on the bads myself.I don t know how to program it.So I do one track of kick and snare then I do another track of cymbals.Which leaves no fills or rolls!!! it is real good for doing it yourself with sonar. Sorry if I am ramblin, or sounds like I am picking it apart, cause I am not.

Your tonal work is good just push like hell from the lower gut, paying attention to where your taking your breaths, so you can deliver with power. It will give the vox more clarity and energy.

It looks funny but your whole face should be involved. Also Over, and I do mean OVER PRONOUNCE the words. It's in the delivery and production that is hurting the vox.įor this type of music your gonna need to either compress the vocals going in or have someone riding the fader to keep it from peaking. Vox, hmm I like the vocal melody and attack. Solo was ok for me I felt like you could do more with it, but., I do the same thing with my band, sometimes I just put in something that fits and it works.

I usually don't like the am radio bull horn effect but in this instance used for just the lead in line it works. Some minor production stuff but really it rocks.

Recording vocals in sonar 8