Recording singing vocals?

[noWetaG]

OK, im gonna be recording someone doing R&B soon....
all ive ever done is recorded spits,
or at the most singing for the hook or samethin....
are there any tips on differences and/or mistakes yall made i should watch for?

 

[HERESY]

Nope, it is the same thing actually. Get a good signal to noise ratio and levels going through, compress while tracking or compress afterwards, but if the person has a really strong dynamic range you should probably record with compression to tame possible peaks and have the person back away from the mic at strong/loud parts.

For the hook parts or over dubs you can switch the axis of the mic or change the position of the mic to get a different sound, but there is nothing special you need to do.

 

[noWetaG]

thanx 4 the reply.....
seeing as i dunno that much bout the technical side,
all i do is throw a vocal preset on my compressor after recording.....
btw did u get that PM?

 

[WXS STOMP3R]

ID SAY HAVE THE ARTIST RECORD THE MATERIAL IN DIFFRENT OCTAVES OF THE VOICE. HITS DIFFRENT FREQUENCIES AND CAN SOUND NICE IF MIXED RIGHT.