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Old 04-23-2009, 02:26 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Zachary Lewis View Post
Will that distort the vocals if I record it quietly then turn it up loud later? I'm still trying to figure out the best way to record.
Actually, you don't want to record at a low volume and raise it later in your program. What that does is raise the noise floor in your recording.
Gain-staging is important. Your levels need to be proper before you start recording.

Set your mixer or what ever you're using to control the input volume of your microphone so that when you test the mic, it's topping out at about -6db. (you should have a decibel meter on the channel you're recording into) This will give you the correct noise floor and the full range of particular frequencies at a proper and workable volume.
You can always turn your vocals down at the mixing stage, but having to turn them up too much at the mixing stage is only going to increase the level of noise associated with your recording.

Record in as quiet a place as possible and eliminate all acoustic anomalies prior to recording, and you won't have to worry about not getting a proper cut.
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