Cubase No Sound
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Cubase No Sound
What should I buy to improve the sound quality of my recording?
At the moment I am using a Lambda Lexicon Desktop Interface ( like this one: http://www.lexiconpro.com/product.php?id=8 )
The sound quality I am getting from it is not up to a good enough standard as I would like my music to sound as professional as possible before taking it into a recording studio to record the vocals.
I am not interested in the interface having a lot of inputs- I only need one input as I record only one track at a time, this is because I am using the same keyboard to create every aspect of the backing track, I then use Cubase to sort out the individual track levels and effects.
I have no idea what to buy, I would prefer something that is easy to use and would be prepared to spend around £300 (possibly more if it would help me to achieve a professional sound).
Any advice would be thoroughly appreciated.
Thank you.
like the other post said, it is subjective. without hearing the track, i can't really narrow down the problem. here's my advice without hearing anything.
you are using a crap mic. the mic captures the sound and replicates it. a bad mic will produce bad sound. if you decided to be cheap on the mic, that is quite possibly the reason for your problems. i would suggest a Rode NT1a. it's great for the price. also look into the Shure SM-58 it's cheaper, but should still be decent. a $20 mic from wal-mart is a waste of money.
it could be the way you are recording. if you are sitting the middle of a bedroom, it will probably sound pretty terrible. professional studios have "isolation booths" which are small sound treated rooms made to get rid of excess noise. that excess noise will come from big open areas, and sound reflecting off of walls. i suggest recording in a closet. the small room will eliminate room noise, and the clothes will help eliminate extra sound waves. is it perfect? no, however, it's the best choice there is when home recording (next to spending thousands of dollars for sound treatment). i've also considered hanging blankets from the ceiling in a small box maybe 4x4. i haven't had time to try it, but it's an idea.
in a professional studio sound would travel out of the artists lips, to a mic, to a mic pre-amp, into the mixing board, into protools. every piece of gear in those steps will effect the eventual sound. an engineer may like one pre-amp over another because it makes the high end 'shine' more. once the sound is on the mixing board there are EQ's and compressors that can manipulate the sound. once in protools there are even more processors to change the sound. it's a professional studio, because they know how to use all of these pieces to create the best sound. at home, you don't have that ability. you will have to make due with what you have. if everything else is ok in your recording, it may just be that you need a bit of compression. it will give you a bigger sound. i'd do a search online for 'compression ratios for recording vocals' or something to that effect.
it also may be an abundance of room noise that can be filtered out using a filter in your recording software.
those are my ideas that should help you to some degree.
good luck
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