[Kafla]

So I ordered the Rode as RS advised

In the meantime I have been recording with a cheaper mic and no matter what level I set my headphones at I can still get a faint trace of the backing track being picked up by the mic

Is this due to the crap mic and will the Rode fix this when it arrives or can you advise anything else to remedy the situation

I have 4-5 songs finished apart from the vocals and I am going insane trying to get the vocals right.
 

[Ramshackles]

what mic do you have at the moment? røde may be more likely to accentuate it as it is a high quality, sensitive mic. What headphones are using? play music through them without them on and try to see how much leakage there is

[tone]

I think Ramshackles has it. The bleed is likely to be coming from your heaphones. Properly shielded headphones will fix this, but might set you back a fair few £££s

[Kafla]

Cheers Tone & RS

They are schure headphones , in ear so I thought they shouldnt release noise

I am having to get too close to the mic so it must be leaking

Have you guys advice for a good programme to add effects to vocals?

I really like the iPad for creation but need something to add my finished mixes to then record the vocals and hopefully add a few vocal effects

[Ramshackles]

what effects are you looking for?

[Kafla]

Hi RS,

a pitch

I  correction tool and choir effect will do, echo and reverb are already in the packages I use

I bought an audio inetrface which has ableton lite and I have got Music Creator 6, £55 through soundcloud when it should have been £199 so I am guessing one of these will do

[Ramshackles]

perhaps the recording software would have some tools built in for pitch correction, I'm not familiar with it, otherwise the most well known tools are antares autotune and melodyne.
Simplest way for a choir effect is to overdub your voice lots, but you could just copy your vocal track and offset it by a little amount (milliseconds) or add a chorous effect to it

[Kafla]

Cheers RS

[Kafla]

Got a focus rite saffire 6 £80, m audio axiom 25 £80 both from eBay, rode nt1a £150, really chuffed with this set up

Also got Abelton live lite free with focus rite but it's far too complicated

Bought Music Maker 6 for £55 and I love this

So for around £350 I think I have a good set up to compliment the various instruments I already have!

Thanks for your help RS

[Ramshackles]

excellent deal with the focusrite @ half price, you get a decent pair of preamps for that aswell. I don't what daw you have at the moment, but it could be worth to get to know ableton as it's a top end daw. The focusrite/ableton setup is aimed at dj's/electronic muscians generally, but it will easily serve these purposes - focusrite is a good name! I just bought a focusrite ISA preamp in fact!

[digger72]

Hi Kafla,

New to the site so only just come across this. Stick with Ableton if you can, it's really not as nasty as it might appear. Once you get in to it you can get some good results. I'm running the lite version as well. although you're limited to tracks and plug ins, etc, with a bit of creativity you can get around this. Rode is a good mic - especially for vocals and acoustic stuff. I still use the Shure SM57 for electric work.

Digger