R&B beats and recording

Skiggy wrote:when I record singers I've noticed that the more tracks you do the louder they get and more feeling they give, so if the first track isn't as loud or as strong as you want it but the timing and evereything else is on point keep it and let it play while you record the next track then the next track, tell them to put more into it while doing this, then eventually you can delete the first couple tracks, this has worked for me plenty times, and like you said they have to feel comfortable, sometimes there may be to many people in the room, they also need to feel confident so I'd be positive when giving them direction, tell them what they're doing good then tell them what they need to change

thank you skig, i will apply these tips next time!

jonathan morris wrote:1 beer/ coctail ,no pot until it's all mixed down. Smoke when you feel good about what you've done, and to hear things in a diff state of mind.

the drink is just to let down a little inhibition, pot may create more.

and..... i def. agree with^^^^^ record several tracks of vox and after a few they start to feel a little warmer/ less tense, just my experience.

good luck

yeah i wont let them smoke anymore, but i always smoke! remember, im not the one singing. But yeah ill try the cocktail, that might let them open up a little. i like that trick with the several vox tracks, ill try that.

some guys around here, also most focused on rnb, are mainly using more than 3 tracks for vocals in verse....for the hookline up to 10 voices including different pitches...
a slight reverb, some eq and panning should do the next step...

shukone wrote:some guys around here, also most focused on rnb, are mainly using more than 3 tracks for vocals in verse....for the hookline up to 10 voices including different pitches...
a slight reverb, some eq and panning should do the next step...

10 voices in the hook! wow! i thought my ish sounded ok with 2 tracks panned to the left and right! i need a bigger multi tracker lol.


thanx man, i will try to get the songs up here within a few days so you can maybe critique them for me? that would be dope if yall could

well if you dont have enough tracks to work with, work wit what you got for now. i know when I was rappin in the place I used to record at, sometimes we couldnt do any adlibs because we'd run out of tracks! but yea if you have the tracks to do the vocals like that, that would be cool.

when I was workin with dude over at 51, he would work with a lot of gospel groups. and he taught me a lot of techniques. one of them was recording the main vocal (centered) then maybe two more. one panned left then one panned right (like how you do it). it would give a stereo type sound to the vocals. of course he was a pro at mastering so his stuff would be much better then what I could do at home, but i used to use the same techniques as you d. but im just talkin...i was juss readin some of yall ideas...