Re: [linux-audio-user] How to get good vocal sound

Bill Allen wrote: To all who replied, thank you very much. You've all given me a ton of good ideas. A couple of comments: One of the common themes was microphone selection. Whenever you've got that much consensus on an issue, you've probably got a keeper. I've been using an old Shure SM-58, which is a great live mic, but I suspect I could get better results with a better mic even in my bedroom^h^h^h^h^h^hstudio. I'm not as concerned about the quality of my voice as much as how to get the best out of it that I can and more specifically to get the effect that I'm trying to achieve in a specific song. On the specific song in question that I'm working on right now (which I'd mentioned in a previous message) at http://juraview.com/Bills_Music.html, I've sung the lead to this song in bands in the past even though in every case, the band I was in had much better singers. It's the backup voices where I wish I had the good singers. They are what made the live performances work. Alas, I'll have the Ardour project on hand and when a good singer crosses my hearth, I'll hijack him or her to the studio and get a track out so quickly they won't have time to ask for a shot of Jack Daniel's. Paul - your wife has a lovely voice - detected a hint of Sandy Denny influence there. Best regards and thanks again for all the responses, Bill