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Continuing to work on getting better vocal recordings, started working with a different mic and I think it sounds clearer. Still had a little clipping, it's hard to find the sweet spot with the gain on the audio interface. But I'm learning.
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Sounding pretty good! What mic are you using now?
Thanks! I started using an MXL 990, before I was using a Behringer XM8500. Gotta work on my gain staging still but I'm mostly pleased with what I'm getting. Still kinda have my eye on a Shure SM7B, tho.
That synth stab is sick
Glad you like it! That's the Moog Minitaur hard at work 
If you record in 24 bits, you don't have to record "hot", it is all right if there is not that much signal then you crank it up.
I really like how those vocal sounds, pretty sure you could add some fx especially on that musical style as it sounds pretty dry as it is now (not a bad thing but I feel a slap delay and some saturation would work great on those.)
SM7B is a great mic, but you need quite a bit of pre-amp gain, many stock soundcard pre-amps struggle to give enough juice to this mic if used by itself.
If you record in 24 bits, you don't have to record "hot", it is all right if there is not that much signal then you crank it up.
I really like how those vocal sounds, pretty sure you could add some fx especially on that musical style as it sounds pretty dry as it is now (not a bad thing but I feel a slap delay and some saturation would work great on those.)
SM7B is a great mic, but you need quite a bit of pre-amp gain, many stock soundcard pre-amps struggle to give enough juice to this mic if used by itself.
This is fantastic information, thank you so much. I confirmed that I am recording in 24 bits, so I'll err much farther on the quiet side of the gain knob. As for FX, I really don't have a good feel for them and it usually feels like it goes poorly when I add them, so I've been keeping it pretty minimal. I'll attempt some slap delay and see what happens. And I'm using a focusrite 2i2, so I think that would be enough for the SM7B, if I eventually pull the trigger. Thanks again, this is the type of feedback I was really hoping for!
This is fantastic information, thank you so much. I confirmed that I am recording in 24 bits, so I'll err much farther on the quiet side of the gain knob. As for FX, I really don't have a good feel for them and it usually feels like it goes poorly when I add them, so I've been keeping it pretty minimal. I'll attempt some slap delay and see what happens. And I'm using a focusrite 2i2, so I think that would be enough for the SM7B, if I eventually pull the trigger. Thanks again, this is the type of feedback I was really hoping for!
It depends if you do more "talked" vocals or if you sing loud, but for sure the gain would be completely up on the scarlett. There is always the option of adding a Cloudlifter or SE Dynamite as a "clean boost", but it is another 100$...
