[linux-audio-user] A New Tune

[Conor O'Tuama]

Cesare wrote:

> Conor O'Tuama wrote:
>
>> Hi  :-)  Seeing as everybody else appears to be getting the tunes out 
>> there, I thought I might as well bite the bullet......hope somebody 
>> likes it ;-) It is an initial mix, rough about the edges.
>>
>> http://homepage.eircom.net/~conorotuama/time_til_i_die.ogg
>> Copyright 2005 Conor O'Tuama
>>
>> Cheers ! (recorded in Slackware Linux, using Ardour and various other 
>> bits 'n' bobs)
>>
>>
>>
> The song is already good as it is. But I think less repetitive lyrics 
> would make it even more interesting. For my taste I would rise the 
> level of the piano at the end of the track.
>
> I've also some questions. How do you record vocals? They're very clear 
> and sit well in the mix. Do you use a vocal booth, or a properly 
> isolated and acoustically neutral room? What about the mic (to my ears 
> it seems to be a dynamic mic, maybe a sm58)? At what distance from it 
> do you sing?
>
> c.
> www.cesaremarilungo.com
>
>
>
I record in my front room. It is fairly dead acoustically, with heavy 
curtains, carpet and wooden bookshelves. I use a Rode NT1000 condenser 
mic put through a Joe Meek VC3 preamp. I put a SC4 mono compressor on it 
along with a little eq courtesy of TAP. I sang about 2 inches from the 
mic. I've to be careful with the mic position, because my pc power 
supply is very very noisy.