Q: what do you do when you are too tired to sleep

[tgies]

A: sloppy multitracking experiments

microphone.mp3

rated "ehhhh" for: me singing unaccompanied; ridiculous stereo delay

unrelated edit: http://pl.thedailywtf.com/ hell yes

Comments

[korgmeister.livejournal.com]

You can actually sing rather well.

[lookpal.livejournal.com]

iawtc

[lookpal.livejournal.com]

I still say this sounds cool
I'm steven sanada and I'm impressed by 50's mixing trix

[nathew.livejournal.com]

start your own one-man barbershop quartet


i dare you

[procrastinating.livejournal.com]

:) that did sound awesome, actually.

Your mic is also cooler than mine. I will now emo in the corner.

[autofellatio2.livejournal.com]

393393

[tgies.livejournal.com]

othx

I like to think I can sing passably

I have this thing, though, where I can only sing sometimes

like, I can sing quite a bit better than I am in that recording

but I can also sing a whole whole lot worse

I need practice

[tgies.livejournal.com]

you'll love this idea for a BOX TEAM album we've been kicking around

it is called TELE-AUTOMATION and it takes place in the 1950s

[tgies.livejournal.com]

i've been meaning to do something like that

[tgies.livejournal.com]

it's a Shure SM57 like everybody in the world has. you should totally get one sometime. hell, they show up in thrift stores for ten bucks if you're lucky

I'm running it through this (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ART-Tube-MP-Studio-Mic-Preamp?sku=180581) very nice and very inexpensive preamp. You definitely want to get something like that, because using the integral amp on your computer or whatever is always going to sound a little off.

What are you currently using?

[procrastinating.livejournal.com]

I'm currently using this hole in my computer.

Ten bucks?! (that'd be $20 here, but thats still pretty awesome) I've been throwing around the headset idea for a while, but I don't know if I will ever get round to it.

[lookpal.livejournal.com]

:O sweet

[tgies.livejournal.com]

oh those. I've heard the recording quality that comes out of those and I'm actually impressed because I'd expect a microphone built into the bezel of a damn computer monitor to sound downright horrible, but it's actually somewhat passable.

I don't know that any cheap good headsets actually exist; it's really hard to make such a small-bodied microphone sound good. I know that a lot of the big choreographed stage acts like Spears and Lou Pearlman's groups (Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, etc.) used either Crown or Shure headsets, which are quite decent, but cost around $250 to 300. I don't really know what's good as far as consumer-level headset mics, unfortunately.

Failing thrift stores or whatever, the SM57 sells for about $100 US. A lot of people tell me the Snowball USB mic (http://www.bluemic.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Products&file=index&prod_id=18) is good, too, and that option saves you having to buy a preamp.

[procrastinating.livejournal.com]

The sound is okay, but only when using Sound Studio (*which is a really basic recording program that came with the computer. I've noticed though, the sound quality sucks when recording with Audacity. I'm not sure why, but it seems to pick up all this background noise when I use it, and more static, or something. Its really dissapointing, because its easier to use, but delivers a less satisfying sound, with the exception of things being in-time.

My boyf uses a headsetty thing on his pc, his is pretty okay, but then, y'know all that jazz with mac compatibility and anything. (mine is an old model, also, really)

I'm really liking the look of that snowball thing. :D Thanks tgies!

[tgies.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why, but it seems to pick up all this background noise when I use it, and more static, or something.

That's really odd. Are you sure it's not just louder? It must be something like that.

I personally find that Audacity is a really sketchy piece of software in general, but it certainly shouldn't be possible for it to be introducing more noise into the recording. I'd be interested in listening to recordings made in both Audacity and Sound Studio on your computer, to try and identify the difference.

y'know all that jazz with mac compatibility and anything.

Doesn't it have just a Plain Old Microphone Jack?

[korgmeister.livejournal.com]

Same here. Same reason.

[procrastinating.livejournal.com]

It could be because its louder. Had'nt thought of that.. I'll fiddle s'more with it.

Wait, so, headsets don't need software?

[tgies.livejournal.com]

If it plugs into the microphone jack, it doesn't need software. There's no specialized data going through that, just the raw signal.

If it's USB, it MIGHT need driver software. But usually not.

So, generally, no.

[procrastinating.livejournal.com]

I see. Well, I'll keep an eye out for a jack then.

Thanks again, supertony.