Antman261

A firepod for preamps and interface Behringer xm8500 on vocals 2x Rode NT5 on guitars

Thanks

Well here's a recording I finished with someone a while ago, www.myspace.com/milz0rmusic I wont share what equipment I did it with because I want people to be unbiased and judge it with their ears. Any advice for getting a more professional sound would be great. I have a couple of ideas of what could be improved by I'd like some feedback first.

Yep. I even use my firepod as a soundcard. Most interfaces can be used as a windows soundcard. Or atleast the ones I've seen.

Get your eq right in the mix first and you wont need anything on the master

You can probably get a good idea of how the mic is going to treat your voice by say, counting to 10, saying a few consonant type sounds, singing an OOOOOO into it, it's the differences between the mic's you'll notice. They might amplify certain sounds and tones, ones you might like or dislike.

Since you're mostly recording your own vocals, why don't you try going into a store, and experimenting with some mic's and seeing what suits your voice.

Whoops, sorry, I always get that confused when I think about it, but that doesn't matter cause you shouldn't be thinking about it when ur placing the mic, just LISTENING. (well, thinking to some degree, but mostly listening)

Sure, but I've also encountered situations where a dynamic mic suited the situation better then a condensor mic. It really depends. Try EQing your vox with mic positioning, such as moving it up and down. Down will generally give you a crisper sound, as the sound bounces off the pallete in the top of their mouth, and up will give a deeper, rounder sound as it's got more of that resonate chest sound coming up. But this isn't golden rule, the architecture of someone's face can change how things work, just experiment! (but adding a condensor to your array of mic's is probably a good idea!)

try the sm58, but you've really got to use ur ears to match a mic to any particular voice. Also, just use ur ears to EQ the vocals, and practice! practice some more, and then practice. But get the best sound possible with the mic and it's position first.

Really nice vibe there jgk62, the mix supports the song quite nicely. However I'd recommend working on your panning a little more, creating some more room in the middle for the vox, kick, snare and bass can give the centre more clarity. Plus i imagine that say, getting that ride out there to one side might open the mix up around the listener a bit more. Another thing is, it might be good to have a bit more bass in the kick, and i mean really low bass, not too much but enough to let it move you a bit.