hey i use acid pro 4 to and i have a problem im using a live mic i think thats the problem im having wit my vocals when i put them on cd after recording they always sound live in my car stereo and my home stereo should i just buy a condenser microphone would that be best to do

When you say the vocals sound live, do you mean they sound like they were recorded in a large room? --is there an echo or reverb that you hear? If so, you probably just need to find a way to deaden the room's acoustics or maybe just sing closer to the mic. What kind of room are you recording in?

I can tell you that using a mic labeled as a "live mic" isn't going to make you sound like you're performing in a live venue. They get used in the studio just as much as the stage.

wut can i use to deaden the room i record in the bath room and is it a difference between a live mic and a condenser mic?

will it be good to use m-audio firewire

I will try to help you out with the acoustics and firewire solo. The thing that is probably making the reverb are the walls and arrangment of fixtures in your bathroom. Alot of people will tell you to record in a bathroom and sometimes it will work but not all of the time. One question is do you have a room with vaulted celings? And if so does this room have alot of glass and what are the walls made of? If you have sheet rock on your walls this will absorb some of the reverbatation of the room acoustics. If it has vaulted celings this will allow alot of the reverb to travel upward instead of bouncing all around the walls. If you have alot of glass in the room I would try to cover the windows/doors up with (I know this sounds crazy) matress's or quilts/comforters. This will solve the room acoustics. As far as your mic is concerned I agree with the other guy. The model of your mic shouldn't have anything to do with it creating reverb. Live mics are mostley used in studio's. A condenser is a must and preferably a tube condenser mic would be ideal. Now to the interface, the solo will work great as long as you are just recording 1 track at a time. This will also cut down on the distortion and hiss sounds generated from hooking straight into the soundcard. Another thing about M-Audio firewire rigs are that it also acts as a protools interface allowing you to use protools LE. I really hope this helps you out and I hope it works for you.

- J

ProTooler wrote:

If you have sheet rock on your walls this will absorb some of the reverbatation of the room acoustics.

Sorry... no, that's not true at all -- sheetrock doesn't absorb anything - it's quite reflective.

ProTooler wrote:

If it has vaulted celings this will allow alot of the reverb to travel upward instead of bouncing all around the walls.

That's true to a point, but if the room sounds bad because of very short early reflections, then the high ceiling won't help much.

ProTooler wrote:

If you have alot of glass in the room I would try to cover the windows/doors up with (I know this sounds crazy) matress's or quilts/comforters. This will solve the room acoustics.

Too much "acoustic treatment and he'll end up with a muddy, dark, and bass-heavy room.

ProTooler wrote:

A condenser is a must and preferably a tube condenser mic would be ideal.

Why? The right mic for the job is the one that gives you the sound you're looking for -- tube isn't the be all and end all...
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