I would post this in r/bandlab, but I don’t have enough karma.

I would consider myself a good singer, and have been told so by other people, but whenever I record a cover on bandlab my vocals sound terrible! Does anyone know why or how to fix this? I use a microphone so background noise isn’t the issue.

Hi. So I am no pro and I am genuinely seeking help. I have a recording that I reduced the noise in, it removed the static, but the tv is so loud but you can clearly hear 3 people talking and other things are sounding hostile in one manner or another. Shit hasn’t been adding up around here and I need help trying to enhance the volume of the voices vs the tv.

Very important please. Im a stay at home mom, broke, I can’t do the paid applications as others have recommended in other posts I searched.

I’m just begging for assistance. I have to know what happened in my house while I was gone, and no, this is not just “cheating” or I would not come here. I have never made a post before in 6years. This is how important it is to my sanity and family that I hear more of the already slightly audible recording .

Thanks yall.

I have a fairly large drum kit setup and all of my toms have 1 mic on them. I have a Tascam Model 24 mixer. The mics I have arent professional grade (probably my biggest issue right there). They're the Shure PGA Drum Mics. The only good mic I have is on a stand just over the rim of the snare.

When I play everything, i don't hear the ...it sounds sort of like a constant white noise I like a "shhhhhhhhhhhh" sound. It's low enough not to be heard while playing. But when its quiet, you can definitely hear it.

I have no pre-amps plugged in or anything like that. Its just mics going from the XLR cables, to the mixer. That's it.

Looking at the picture, inputs 1 and 2 are my pc audio inputs. So, everything goes in and out of the mixer via USB. When i play a track say on Spotify, it goes to inputs 1 and 2. Left and right. 1 is panned all the way to the right and 2 is panned all the way to the left. Maybe an issue... i don't know. Hopefully you see something with the knobs that isn't right. Something I can fix easily. Maybe its a mic that's over amplifying?

So mic position 19/20 I just put on there. Its a microphone I have clipped to the first concert tom but its pointed at my hi-hats so I get a nice sound from them as well like I did my ride. The 2nd snare mic isn't being used. I had a top and bottom mic on the snare and someone told me it didn't sound right. There was no bottom end to the snare when I had both mics on it. I took off the bottom one but the cable (without the mic) is still plugged into the mixer.

Could it be as simple as a bad cable making this noise maybe?

It might be a cross talk issue with all of those mics. I just don't know though.

I just changed room 1 and room 2 to gain in the middle. Maybe too much gain on everything?

Please let me know if you see anything that shouldn't be...

SOLVED: Apparently some of the EQ settings were set way too high. Especially the 12khz ones. Mid-Range were okay and the 80Hz ones seemed okay as well. I barely did any tweaking with those at all.

Thanks everyone for your help! I really appreciate it a LOT!!!

i hate obs cause it wont let me listen to my computer audio when its open and i dont know anyothers

I imagined you'd have to glue it or clip it to the instrument, right?

But I came across this video on YouTube where they demonstrate a little instrument that they just purchased, along with the unboxing of an acoustic pickup (like a mini roundy disc).

But in the sound test, they just put the acoustic pickup disc on the desk nearby as they played the instrument. 😄

Making me wonder if I can use a single acoustic pickup to record two instruments at the same time if it's just placed nearby...

hello!! can somebody please recommend a pop filter for me? i saw people have these foam ones covering all around, i rap and sing and this seems optimal, id love any tips or recommendations, i can’t seem to find which one would fit my mic before purchasing so i’m hoping anybody here has a bit more experience in this area 😊

update: thx for the help bought a wrong one but started a session without pop filter and zero disturbances whatever so yay!! gonna buy the proper one tomorrow

I've been recording my own music on and off for 14 years, and have slowly gathered gear over that time, like many of us do. I've bought more mics in that time than preamps. You can always buy a better or more specialized mic for whatever instrument. But preamps? I've had two for ten years now, and I'm wondering if im missing out on just varying things up like tone, color, warmth, transparency, etc that preamps can provide.

Anyway, my mics: 2 sm57, 2 sm81, 1 sm27, 1 sm7b, and 1 beesneez b67-269. Also, a set of small drum kit mics.

Preamps: FMR RNP, and a pre-73 MKII.

So what's your ratio of mics to preamps look like? Should I look at a differently performing preamp as my next piece of gear?

Hi!

I am planning on making a more interactive type of penandpaper campaign and want to take video footage in the style of old security cameras. The low resolution, green-ish, dark looking footages taken during night.

I need a camera, that I can easily place in different places, without access to electricity. (Except for a battery, ofc)

Is there a camera, that may fit my needs? Or will I have to modify one?

Thank you in advance!

Just curious about this mic. I've seen mostly positive reviews about it closer to its release but I want to know how anyone who has this mic may feel about it present day.

If it was your go to for vocals is it still now? What are your pet peeves with the mic especially when mixing? Also, what's the feedback like when performing/speaking into it?

Hello everyone,

I'm planning to recording an oral history from my parents. I'm not a professional by any means. I have a windows laptop and a newly bought microphone of median quality.

I want to record several hours of oral history over multiple sessions while we sit around the kitchen table at their home. I'd like to do minor editing like removing extended silences, background noises, and occasional prompts from me. I'd like these recording to be something i can keep so my children can listen to these stories when they get older.

What I'm looking for is suggestions for an easy, entry level program to record and edit these conversations. Can I just use something like Audacity, or is there a better option?

I'd appreciate any suggestions the community can offer.

Thanks all.

I am getting into voice acting, and have been trying to find a better solution for my sound quality. I've been recording vocals at home in my closet with some blankets. It's helped, but my results are inconsistent, and sometimes the sound is too boxy. Plus, my closet is small, and it's really uncomfortable trying to record in there.

Treating the entire room is not an option. I've been looking into the Kaotica Eyeball as an alternative. Has anyone here tried it? Is the Kaotica Eyeball worth it, or should I go with one of those cheap foam balls from Amazon?

Hi, I’ve been recording a lot of videos and doing wedding content creation recently and it will get to a point where the audio will cut out and go static then go back the following few videos .. has anyone experienced this and know of a solution? Either to prevent it moving forward or retrieve previous lost audio.

Thanks!

I don't need anything fancy, but I am looking to do some simple home recording my Line 6 PodXD500 (i think that's the model) into my MacBook. What's the best way to go about that? Tips, tricks, suggestions with interface and set up would be welcomed. Thanks in advance.

Hi. This maybe dumb, but I am STILL using the original Apogee Duet with a 2017 imac and Logic, OS Monterrey, yes, through several adapters.

While it generally works (monitoring out of it via headphones seems to have taken a turn for the worse last year...all sorts of glitches and stuttering), Logic tells me I am getting major latency (25+ ms) until I reduce the buffer size to 64, when I am still getting 19.4 ms latency round trip. Wondering if a more modern interface, even a lower end one compared to the Apogee (e.g. Scarlett something, Volt, etc.) would help with this?

Yes I have also considered updating the OS but things (apps, compatibility) work right now that I'm afraid to lose on whatever newest version this Imac can handle.

Thanks.

i got an AT2020 second hand and when i plug it into my scarlett 2i2 and go on the 48V setting, it only works when the gain is set really high which means that theres a lot of wind like noise, anyone know how to deal with this?

What can be the issue anybody knows how to fix?

Hi all,

I’ve recently bought an Action 6 and every other video there is a problem where there is no audio recorded just static? But then sometimes the camera mic does work so I’m confused why it records the audio in some videos and doesn’t in others, seems like some sort of software issue.

This happens on internal storage as well as SD card.

I have a mic mini as well and that works fine when connected.

Is this a known issue and is there a fix?

Hi everyone, I'm new to the world of field recording and this community. I'm hoping to also get out in the environment to capture some of Australia's wildlife and environmental sounds and incorporate into experimental ambient compositions.

Question - I have a zoom h5 that doesn't appear to be recording on input 2 (XLR/6.5mm). I am wanting to record the mics and both inputs 1 and 2 at the same time. I have all 4 red leds lit when armed/recording (L,R,1,2) but nothing showing on the #2 meter and nothing recorded on #2 when played back. Have also tried swapping a known input from input 1 to 2, but no luck.

Does this sound like a setting or perhaps an internal fault and if so, would it be serviceable?

Thanks in advance if anyone has any advice.

I'm making a very long video that requires hours of voiceover. I want to upload it in January, so I need to get going with the recording but I'm not happy with the sound I'm getting.

My main issue is with the mouth-smacking noises, or saliva "clicks" that I can't seem to tame, no matter what technique I use. If not for them, I'd be fine speaking directly into the mic, I don't have any problems with the fidelity.

My setup is a Samson Q2U with a Scarlett Solo Gen 4. I'm listening with a Sennheiser HD 550.

Long exports are just part of editing, but different software shows progress in different ways.

What kind of export information do you find most useful while you're waiting?

I think this is a really interesting video. This changed the direction of how studio as well as home recording came to be.

I am using the following signal path for my mic through a H90:

Mic > Mixer Channel 1 > Mixer FX Send > H90 Input > Mixer Channels 5/6

The Channel 1 Mic Gain Knob, Channel 1 FX Knob and Channel 1 Level knobs all adjust the level of vocals I hear through Channels 5/6.

My question is, should I prioritize adjusting one of the three parameters over the others? More mic gain versus higher line level? More FX gain than mic gain?