JohnBenussi

I'm losing my voice. I break up after singing 3 or 4 lines. I went to see an ear nose and throat doc a few days and he told me it was a bunch of sexy things happening to me. Acid reflux caused by boozing causes acid to wash over my chords when i do a reflux burp etc. Mixed with a deviated septum which is having mucus run back over them. Mixed in with my TMJ which is causing me to tense my jaw/larynx so I am never relaxed in that area. He said it is even visible when I talk when he scoped my vocal chords at how uptight I am in that area. I was already considering it but this tipped me over the edge to go raw vegan and quit drinking and quit caffeine. I'm on day three. Broke 2 juicers already. Has anyone changed their lifestyle and it fixed their voice? Yup... Avoid acidic foods and eat alkaline based foods. Avoid sauces like pasta sauce, juices and soda. You don't have to become a vegan, I'm not. Alcohol won't help but some people can drink without it affecting their voice. I can't. Avoid milk and dairy products BUT if you eat cultured dairy then you might be fine. Yogurt (with acidophiles) will actually neutralize the acid so make sure to buy some. Greek is best. Forgot to add, sleep with your head upright. Use 2 pillows so that your head is angled (sleep on your back)

Can you elaborate on this? I haven't done this in ages, but listen to RHCP albums for starters. They had a 2 disc cd out years ago and that master engineer had a knack those flaws. Or google, I bet you'll find tons of info about it.

Here's some background: I've been using Alesis M1 actives for about 5 years and it's time to step it up. I record as a hobby in the genres of mainly rock and metal. Everything is recorded direct (guitars and bass) and the drums come from software. This is in my bedroom. The room is not professionally treated but I have made acoustic improvements but putting some foam on the walls behind the monitors, as well as hanging moving blankets diagonally on the sides. That, and putting as much of my furniture in the bedroom/recording area as possible (making my living room look bare ) Anyway, that stuff has helped to tame reflections and such. It's not terrible, but not ideal either. I think I've narrowed it down to either Adam A7s or JBL LSR4326. The former based on all the rave reviews and the latter for their "room compensation" technology where I could supposedly tune the monitors to my not-so-great room. These speakers are around the same price. My gut instinct is to go with the Adams and I've heard that the JBL Linear Spatial Reference Technology doesn't make a whole lot of difference. I'd just like to hear your opinion about anything I said here. Budget usually dictates what group of monitors you can buy, but I feel you do NOT have to spend great coin, to get good monitors, not necessarily "great sounding monitors..." Allow me to explain; A well treated room can alleviate the perceived problems with any monitor, but suffice to say I have yet to encounter those issues that do plague people's recording environments. I've heard the Adam A7's and those JBL's... The A7's at their price point are seemingly impossible to beat. Go for monitors that are as flat as possible. The extra digital goodies from JBL are *cool* but I didn't like their sound. FWIW I use Event ASP8's and M-Audio EX66's. The EX66's are: extremely bad ass boast versatile connectivity (both analog and digital) bass response goes all the way down to 36hz (with zero distortion) output a HUGE spatial stereo image I've not heard from any other monitor. output a very linear frequency response. And I prefer them to my Events... My Piano sample library literally does not have a left or right! It's just vast and limitless, not to mention there is no sweet spot! They sound very detailed anywhere... My main point is you should listen to your own material/your favorite pieces of music on your prospective purchase...When you can hear everything? You've found the ones you want. Find albums that are overly compressed and/or introduce clipping as well. THIS is a huge tell if your monitors are up to snuff or not. IN the end my friend, you could technically stay with your monitors you have now, or monitor off of a $50.00 HTIB setup, provided you learn your speakers. This is the key regardless of cost, quality and sound output.