HeartBeatBoxSet
By RajaTheResidentAlien on July 23, 2022 2:44 am
all sounds here made with my mouth 
i recorded many individual takes of various beat-boxes and other voice-stuff to edit and layer this song together... i used my AKG414 (XLII) ..and i also held two socks over my mouth to keep the wind-blast down(the AKG is a more expensive mic, and I have a stereo pair, so I didn’t want to beatbox directly into the diaphragm in order to save it from the stress.. normally for beatboxing i'd probably prefer directly into my SM57..)..
..some of the beatbox sounds are recorded on the omnidirectional setting, some on the figure-8, some on the cardioid pattern, and the main vocals(near the end with the lyrics:
"I can't find the right mindset
Until I get my heart set right." (in variations of that wording(have ya noticed how much i love embedding parenthetical statements? (indeed 
)) ) ) are done on the hyper-cardioid setting of the AKG414...
..the extra-bassy beatbox(that starts it all off) has an extrasharp Q and slope on high-shelf filters which are set for attenuation(FabFilter EQ3), and since the cutoff is around 120-180Hz(i automated a few changes in that range), it resonates with extra bass there more than what was in the original recording. i still wonder, tho, if the bass is too heavy in this(lemme know if it doesn't sit right with you)
also, the effects (aside from FabFilter reverb, compressor, eq, and limiter), are the standard Logic phaser and chorus plugins, they add that weird growl on the bassy voice near the very end - also a little bit interspersed into the 'pow-now-chikatow-tow' guitar-like voice - yes: that's my voice sounding very prepubescent, even though by physical age, i think they'd call me a 'middle-aged' person ). and finally, a little extra ValhallaRoom reverb over the main voice.
oh! and in case you're like me and wonder how bad the mic smells after beatboxing, i flossed and brushed my teeth then rinsed with Listerine before recording anything, so my mic, and the two socks i held over my face,
all smell winterfresh!
(released into public domain with CC0)
Hope it puts a smile on your face, 'break it down!' 
Audio works licensed by author under:
CC0 Creative Commons Zero (Public Domain)
