U2 Bono can be read from many sources that he likes using a handheld moving coil dynamic microphone when tracking vocals in the studio.
And also that he like singing in the control room listening to the loudspeakers.
If this the case then the loudspeaker volume must be very low to avoid leakage problems. One of the loudspeakers may also be deliberately connected out of phase by changing the plus cable wire to minus and vice versa.
If the acoustic intensity is low this is good news as at low volume we can hear the "true" pitch of music. It is what happens in our brain. Pitch (our brain perception of a note highness) does not only depend on frequency (cycles per second) but on intensity too (acoustic energy watts).
So is this a secret of great in tune singing in the studio. Ridiculously low volume of the backing track?
You may try for your self. Reproduce from your system Another Brick in the Wall part 2 - Pink Floyd.
Then reduce the volume until it is just audible.
Then sing along and you will see, hear! the difference.
Also this process forces the singer to sing softly. And since there are no nasty peaked in the waveform the end result sounds louder, as much more gain can be increased before clipping.
The acoustic environment just be super quiet, a top quality microphone used at small distance such as Beyer M55 and a top quality prepreamp such as the Pleiades V6 may need to be used before the actual preamplifier.
Try to record your singing voice this way and listen.
References:
Sound and Hearing - Stevens, Warshofsky - Time Life science series
Tips for Recording Musicians - John Harris
Making Records - Phil Ramonne
http://www.recording64.com/2014/08/13/can-you-record-pro-sounding-vocals-with-a-sm58-microphone-readers-question/
And also that he like singing in the control room listening to the loudspeakers.
If this the case then the loudspeaker volume must be very low to avoid leakage problems. One of the loudspeakers may also be deliberately connected out of phase by changing the plus cable wire to minus and vice versa.
If the acoustic intensity is low this is good news as at low volume we can hear the "true" pitch of music. It is what happens in our brain. Pitch (our brain perception of a note highness) does not only depend on frequency (cycles per second) but on intensity too (acoustic energy watts).
So is this a secret of great in tune singing in the studio. Ridiculously low volume of the backing track?
You may try for your self. Reproduce from your system Another Brick in the Wall part 2 - Pink Floyd.
Then reduce the volume until it is just audible.
Then sing along and you will see, hear! the difference.
Also this process forces the singer to sing softly. And since there are no nasty peaked in the waveform the end result sounds louder, as much more gain can be increased before clipping.
The acoustic environment just be super quiet, a top quality microphone used at small distance such as Beyer M55 and a top quality prepreamp such as the Pleiades V6 may need to be used before the actual preamplifier.
Try to record your singing voice this way and listen.
References:
Sound and Hearing - Stevens, Warshofsky - Time Life science series
Tips for Recording Musicians - John Harris
Making Records - Phil Ramonne
http://www.recording64.com/2014/08/13/can-you-record-pro-sounding-vocals-with-a-sm58-microphone-readers-question/
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