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As many of you may know, I direct the children's choirs at our church. My middle choir (ages 6-8) was having trouble learning the Mother's Day song I picked out for them to start rehearsing about a month ago, so I decided to whip up a brand new one. This is pretty fresh -- it did not exist in any form a week ago. Lyrics first, then melody, then accompaniment track, and finally, what you hear here, a vocal guide track, for kids to listen to, to get the idea of the song.
I have tried using the Vocal Transformer (and its counterparts in other programs) to raise my voice an octave, so kids could better comprehend the pitch, but the resulting "chipmunk" quality was more distracting than any same-octave benefit there might have been. So I have found that kids just prefer to hear my natural voice, and when they do, they sing more naturally, too.
The piano is from Synthogy Ivory, and the drums are mostly loops from SonicBoomBox. Piano is played live by me. A little editing, but mostly live. Bass is a virtual instrument from SonicBoomBox. Drums are mostly SonicBoomBox loops, with a few hits from GB virtual drum instruments. Controller is a Yamaha P-120.
I really like a jazz pianist by the name of Beegie Adair, and the trio sound I get here is my attempt to reproduce the wonderful jazz trio mix she gets on her recordings.
Mic is a Peavey PVM-580 dynamic mic. Audio interface is an M-Audio Fast Track. MIDI interface is a MidiSport 2x2.
Computer is a 2004 eMac. 1.25 ghz. 768mb Ram. Running Panther and GB2.
Oh, the joys of home recording with a mic! During the time that I recorded the vocal, I was sitting just a few feet away from a running washer and dryer. I put the mic quite close to my mouth, to raise the volume ratio of voice to appliances. Only problem is, when you sing so close to the mic, the bass is emphasized more than what is required for most situations. GB's "Bass Reducer" is a solution for this. It's not the most fancy interface (just a slider) but it sure gets the job done quickly and well (at least I think so).
I have tried using the Vocal Transformer (and its counterparts in other programs) to raise my voice an octave, so kids could better comprehend the pitch, but the resulting "chipmunk" quality was more distracting than any same-octave benefit there might have been. So I have found that kids just prefer to hear my natural voice, and when they do, they sing more naturally, too.
The piano is from Synthogy Ivory, and the drums are mostly loops from SonicBoomBox. Piano is played live by me. A little editing, but mostly live. Bass is a virtual instrument from SonicBoomBox. Drums are mostly SonicBoomBox loops, with a few hits from GB virtual drum instruments. Controller is a Yamaha P-120.
I really like a jazz pianist by the name of Beegie Adair, and the trio sound I get here is my attempt to reproduce the wonderful jazz trio mix she gets on her recordings.
Mic is a Peavey PVM-580 dynamic mic. Audio interface is an M-Audio Fast Track. MIDI interface is a MidiSport 2x2.
Computer is a 2004 eMac. 1.25 ghz. 768mb Ram. Running Panther and GB2.
Oh, the joys of home recording with a mic! During the time that I recorded the vocal, I was sitting just a few feet away from a running washer and dryer. I put the mic quite close to my mouth, to raise the volume ratio of voice to appliances. Only problem is, when you sing so close to the mic, the bass is emphasized more than what is required for most situations. GB's "Bass Reducer" is a solution for this. It's not the most fancy interface (just a slider) but it sure gets the job done quickly and well (at least I think so).
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Mcboy
those kids surely will.....hehhhe.....great song john......your becomming a
lyric writer too......vince gauraldi watch out.......jazz trios are so much fun
to listen to... from nat king cole to the new kids like brad
mehldau....thanks foe sharing.......