aeb105 wrote:Capoeira wrote:aeb105 wrote:This is what I was recommended to versus buying a better microphone:
http://www.samash.com/p/Presonus_TubePr ... nQodhGsApw
It's the Presonus Tube Pro-- and will give that nice classic tube sound that makes vocalists sound professional. Using my microphone without anything is a pretty dead flat sound that doeesn't mix well with the guitar portions of my tracks. That's what got me on the hunt. At first I thought it was just that I needed to add Reverb, so I used Rackarack and that just sounded weird. Anyway, my question is would the Presonus Tube Pro or any hardware at that level be miles above anything I can do in software emulation via something like Guitarix. Or is the difference so nil, that I shouldn't spend the extra $130 dollars to do it? I am using the M-Audio Fast Track Pro USB interface for sound card, but may keep the one AutoStatic recommende above if I can get it to work with Jack.
man, I think you are going in the wrong direction.
Use some soft EQ and don't use guitarix to put a reverb on a vocal track. use st like the calf plugins. play around with frequencies above 4Khz with the EQ.
You misunderstood, I said I initially used Rackarack and didn't like it so that is not an issue. You don't like the Presonus above? That is what is recommended to enhance voice recordings at the music store. What is EQ, if equalizer then, from what device or software?
First: What audio device you use? since you allready recorded it has a microfone pre-amps.
I don't know the mentioned preamp, but one thing I can tell you. If you want some effect over your vocals you wont achive this by using a diferent preamp.
Try out the many many lv2 and lspad plugins. Learn how to influence sound with an equalizer. use a compressor ( not to much). All this you got with the many plugins available. you got "wamth" plugins, too. And I guess there are even "tube" plugins.