record vocals

Im trying to record a song on the mpc but the vocal dont come out loud... somebody help me...

recording vocals is no easy task. you are now entering the world of knowledge that surrounds what most experts think of as 'real audio engineering'.

what you want to do with the MPC 5000 is get the highest-cleanest sound possible.

so connect your mic, if its a condenser it will need phantom power which the MPC does not offer.

and then with the meter screen, .. make sure you enable HD audio tracks in "song mode".

choose the track you want to record onto, ... and then enable that track.

now the most important part is adjusting the 'record knob' and making sure the little black switch on the back of the machine is switched from "line in" to "mic in". look on the back and you will find it.

now do a lot of vocal testing at the volume level you expect the lyrics to be in.

go ahead and temporarily turn the "effects send" on the "input" tab off, because unfortunately, none of these effects will be recorded when you record vocals!

so after you turn the vocal effects off or set the send amount to "zero".

then, while you test, you ware trying to make the bar on the meter go as high as possible, yet while "never" clipping. you want to get it as close to clipping as you can get, without actually causing it to clip.

in the end, hopefully, you have a good, strong, clean sounding vocal to work with. for a next step, ... might i suggest some EQ or perhaps a little compression?

still the vocal not loud... i dont know anymore... thanks anyway peace

just use compression to make it louder

when im recording or on the end?

after you record.

pick a compressor plugin. set the ration to like (2) or (2:1) or whatever. set the threshold somewhere like 10-12 or even higher. (this means the loudest noises will stay in place, and the quieter noises will continue to raise in volume)

and then experiment with the input gain and the output gain.

you can make your vocal's quite loud.

another thought, ... i bet there isn't a CD out there that has vocals on it that aren't compressed!

thanks man ... im having beter results using it togheter with sound forge ... very nic thanks for your help was realy helpfull...

jpers wrote:thanks man ... im having beter results using it togheter with sound forge ... very nic thanks for your help was realy helpfull...

Yeah that so true man ... Sorry to say - but the Mic pre amp (as well as complete analog audio in part) from the MPC 5000 suggs. Using a nice chanel stripe like a dbx1086 with digital option will work (as long you connet the MPC over SP/DIF). But using the Mic In from the MPC and telling somthing about cleanest and best sound is an oxymoron... And even if you use SP/DIF you will have tha f**** leveling problem... I only say 16bit ...

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After you record, you can "normalize" (at least when sample recording, not sure with HD recording since I haven't gotten there yet). This helps even it out some if the vocal is all over the place, dynamically speaking.