Another tip for singers/musicians just starting out in recording. "The proximity effect" the closer you are to the mic, the bassier your voice will sound. The farther away , the thinner it sounds. Each voice has a sweet spot with the microphone. Start around 6-8 inches away from the mic. slowly move in towards the mic while singing, then slowly move back....listen to how your voice sounds as you move back and forth.
Hi JMS, This is such great advice and super relevant when singing into the mic. Thanks! We talk some more about it in the second video of this mini series "How to Sing Into the Mic". Feel free to add any knowledge you have about it once we release it. Really appreciate it :)
While it's great to have acoustic panels in front and on the side of the microphone, it really helps to have acoustic treatment behind as well. A common and inexpensive practice is to use heavy moving blankets placed behind the singer to help absorb the sound bouncing all over the room. Love your channel.
Hi Vanessa! It is so great to see you here on YT. Gosh our lessons somehow feel both far away but also like yesterday. I can't believe it's been three years already. Hope you all are doing well :)
Great video! And I got few questions! :) I'm wondering what mic to get for myself. I was classified as a baritone when younger, but nowadays I guess my voice dropped a bit further. So I currently can reach as low as C2-D2 regularly. I can occasionally reach lower, but it's not reliable (especially later in the day) or it just doesn't sound loud enough to be heard by anyone. And I can sing comfortably up to F4#, and above it my voice jumps in head-voice (usually directly from A4, for some reason I can't git G4 - my voice jumps up or down from it :/) and so far I can reach D5. So hopefully one day I'll be able to use my voice well up to C5-D5, but it's not likely to ever go higher, so I don't need a mic that goes very high, except for getting better timbre, but given that most people and especially women sign much, much higher than me, I'm sure even a 15kHz mic would be plenty for me. What I wonder is the low end. I easily sign on C2-D2 which is about 65-69Hz (so far, well within the typical 50-16k Hz freq. response of most dynamic mics) But I've already noticed that sometimes I reach A1 and few times even G1, which is already below the 50Hz lower limit of most consumer mics ... and I was hoping to get the hang of subharmonic singing for some special effects so to say :) Also I noticed that most mics that reach 50Hz actually start to falloff in the lower-end from 100-115Hz (and some even from around 200Hz) and that (esp. the latter) starts to cut a big chunk of my voice :/ Also I still don't have good daily routine and often later in the day my lower register starts to loose power - I still reach it but can't make it resonate properly and it's easily lost in the surrounding music or noise (but it sounds ok-ish until early afternoon usually ... or if I've strained my voice a bit the previous day :)) Anyway I initially looked in the Shure Beta58a, as it's a great all around mic, and because of the proximity effect can boost the lower end (down to 50Hz) when I'm really close to it. I also like very much that there's a very decent option for wireless Shure Beta58a like the SLXD series transmitter/receiver kits, which would make it easier to carry over on a party to setup things for karaoke for example. But still the main purpose of getting a mic, is to record myself when practicing and being able to hear myself afterwards ... you know, when my head isn't buzzing all the time :) So going wireless isn't a must, just a nice bonus. So I've found that for low tones and instruments recording (I plan to start cello lessons after I get to some singing level that I can tolerate) I would like to have a mic that can do it all (also my cello is 5-strings and I is tuned standard on FCGDA ie F1 reaching 43.65Hz). So while I'm an amateur and don't plan to invest in full-fledged recording studio, I can invest in a decent microphone (and amp/speaker/headphones). Also considering all of the above I found that mics like Shure's KSM32 for example (or the top end KSM44A) record very clean and neutral sound down to 20Hz and have the option to keep their levels flat to 20Hz (with selectable falloff options for when needed). But since these are studio condenser mics I've been told that despite their cardioid pattern they can still catch unwanted noise or instruments and make that nasty feedback loop when performing live in a noisier place like on a party or a bar :/ Can you advice me what mic should I look for? Thank you!
i just bought my first ever pro mic the thing is im a rock/metal vocalist and i have no ideea how to set my stuff up so my screams don't completly overshoot the gain
Hi Ronja, i tried to visit your website, but there is always a popup with some game, i cant get to your menu. It happened on all 3 browsers I can use....is it possible that your website got hacked somehow? I am not a digital pro, but it concerned me, when i noticed that:)
Btw,i always noticed the modulation of voice when singers sing. So why does that happen? Do singers do it deliberately? Or is it natural?i've noticed yours too.
Do you offer online singing lessons? I’ve been trying to figure out how to get in contact with you or find information in your website but I haven’t been able to find anything
How do you set GAIN for singing? Cuz obviously they say to make it go MAX ( when singing loudest note 10db and when normal singing 18db.... is that exactly right or no? how is that possible because you can’t exactly sing always making it stay in between them sooo...... Should I sing loudest note and set it by that OR sing my normal loudness and set it by that
I do not understand how with saying "peter parker" you can hear the distortion although you have a popfilter and your are about a good distance from mic !
Hey Ronja can you please help me with something? Yesterday I was practicing singing and it was going quite well but today when I tried to sing I wasn’t able to do properly. Feels like I’m straining my voice and can’t get over that. Tomorrow is a talent show in my class and I really want to sing. Can you please share some tips to soothe my voice and sing properly. I don’t have a vocal coach or anyone who can help me, I’m learning from RUclips. Pls pls plsss help me🥺🥺
I used to be able to go in my head voice or in falsetto and switch to chest back & forth like all the singers can. I just couldn't reach the low notes (I was like 13, didn't have any voice lessons, so couldn't control my voice properly, didn't know how the throat and lyrinx works). After I hit puberty my voice was a lil deeper, and I still could use falsetto, head and etc. Then when I am 16 I suddenly lost my control over head voice and falsetto. Can't do ANY high pitch notes. My voice currently is in its deepest form and I can easily achieve bass notes. But it's not what I really want. When I try to vocalize in head voice my pharyngeal wall just goes BRRRR and starts to do something like throat singing (wtf?) so I am just not able to sing anymore! Help me somebody please 🥺... Plus my soft soft palate itches for some reason (I am not sick). P.s I drink enough water everyday, humidity in my house is normal, I don't have cough, I don't have any allergies, neither any of my ancestors had, plus I don't have wheeze or asthma. Help me someone ;(
I'm 12 years old and I can sing well but I have to show my telent around the world but my whole family won't help me to show my telent and I don't even know how to play musical instruments and I didn't take any vocal class and I like to be a singer but my parents won't let me to be and my mom know I sing well and my father doesn't know even if I tell this he won't listen me my family hate music but I love so I can't do anything without my family permission and I tell them to let me music class and vocal class and they said no
Hi, I had a good singing voice but then one year ago I had to stop singing due to some problems. Then I found out that I had lost my singing voice. I mean,now I am not able to sing high or low notes which I was able to before. Can u help me?
Hi Deepthi, I’m glad you found it helpful. Unfortunately we did not get to finish the rest of the series as we planned because of covid. Thanks for bringing it to my attention that an explanation is missing, I’ll write it in the video description for others who are wondering the same 🙂
@@singgeek Thank you. Searching for the other two videos of the series made me watch several videos on your channel. Great content! You've got a new subscriber in me 😊❤
Hi again :) Thanks for your question. They are home made foam boards with thick fabric around them. We have been experimenting with adding more padding when we record as they tend to still have a bit of a harder surface than we want. What do you use to isolate your sound?
@@singgeek Hi, I use Primacoustic panels in my studio. I also use sonnarworks reference 4 to "tune" my monitors to the room. Presonus studio one pro 5 and Pro tools DAWS for recording.
I just bought a mic omg this is so helpful love yaaaa
That is so great Angela, congrats on your mic! I'm so happy that this was helpful :)
Another tip for singers/musicians just starting out in recording. "The proximity effect" the closer you are to the mic, the bassier your voice will sound. The farther away , the thinner it sounds. Each voice has a sweet spot with the microphone. Start around 6-8 inches away from the mic. slowly move in towards the mic while singing, then slowly move back....listen to how your voice sounds as you move back and forth.
Hi JMS, This is such great advice and super relevant when singing into the mic. Thanks! We talk some more about it in the second video of this mini series "How to Sing Into the Mic". Feel free to add any knowledge you have about it once we release it. Really appreciate it :)
Omg. Thanks! This is useful
You're such a great communicator, Ronja. Thanks for this.
You are so welcome Kulas😊 and thank you for your kind words.
You are an amazing teacher! Love how you share everything with a beautiful smile :)
Thank you so much!
Love from your new sub
While it's great to have acoustic panels in front and on the side of the microphone, it really helps to have acoustic treatment behind as well. A common and inexpensive practice is to use heavy moving blankets placed behind the singer to help absorb the sound bouncing all over the room. Love your channel.
Hi Again :) Awesome advice JMS, really appreciate it!
i love what you said about working with what you got and showing us how you started
You have all the "hood" recipes to home recording. I love it! Thank you for the tips!
Yay Ronja! You are such a pro. What a great video! So good to see your face!
Hi Vanessa! It is so great to see you here on YT. Gosh our lessons somehow feel both far away but also like yesterday. I can't believe it's been three years already. Hope you all are doing well :)
You are not only a music teacher of your students ....... You are my greatest tip teacher.....as I'm a beginner 😊😀❤😙
Thank you so much for your help 👆👌👌👌👌👌👍👍
very helpful indeed,thank you so much.
Interesting, I will try the aiming tip next time. Thanks 🙏
also you can use a smaller isolation foam device to put around your condenser microphone
You are best singing teacher in RUclips love you ronia petersen
Hi groza! I always get so happy when I see your comments here :) Thanks so much for all your support! Love from Denmark.
Thank you
Absolutely gorgeous woman with some great tips. I'm in.
Excellent, cheers from Canada....my Apex435 shockmount attachment to the Stand is different?
The intro music is cute 😆❤️
Congratulations for 100k subs!!!
Thanks so much Yuka! And thank you for watching. Could not have made it to the 100K without you :)
You're most welcome dear.
Your a my best teacher,,,
Thank you so much
Aww Kabeer that makes me so happy to hear! Thanks for watching. I'm happy to be your teacher :)
Your making very good videos, many greetings from a direct colleague!!! Great job, go for it!!
Hi Ronja! Where are the other two videos of this mini series?
In your description with the titled chapters, you spelled ‘height’ incorrectly
Thanks for this🥰🥰
link the next tutorial in your description.
Thank's ronja, you're the best!
You are so welcome Leoj, Hope you're have a great weekend :)
@@singgeek
There are some questions here that you could answer !
😊❤️🎙 🎶
Could this hook to a zoom recorder instead of a computer?
This was really helpful ♥️
I'm so glad to hear! And thanks so much for watching :) Do you record your own vocals?
You are beautiful 😍
Thanks.
Great video!
And I got few questions! :)
I'm wondering what mic to get for myself.
I was classified as a baritone when younger, but nowadays I guess my voice dropped a bit further.
So I currently can reach as low as C2-D2 regularly. I can occasionally reach lower, but it's not reliable (especially later in the day) or it just doesn't sound loud enough to be heard by anyone.
And I can sing comfortably up to F4#, and above it my voice jumps in head-voice (usually directly from A4, for some reason I can't git G4 - my voice jumps up or down from it :/) and so far I can reach D5.
So hopefully one day I'll be able to use my voice well up to C5-D5, but it's not likely to ever go higher, so I don't need a mic that goes very high, except for getting better timbre, but given that most people and especially women sign much, much higher than me, I'm sure even a 15kHz mic would be plenty for me.
What I wonder is the low end. I easily sign on C2-D2 which is about 65-69Hz (so far, well within the typical 50-16k Hz freq. response of most dynamic mics)
But I've already noticed that sometimes I reach A1 and few times even G1, which is already below the 50Hz lower limit of most consumer mics ... and I was hoping to get the hang of subharmonic singing for some special effects so to say :)
Also I noticed that most mics that reach 50Hz actually start to falloff in the lower-end from 100-115Hz (and some even from around 200Hz) and that (esp. the latter) starts to cut a big chunk of my voice :/ Also I still don't have good daily routine and often later in the day my lower register starts to loose power - I still reach it but can't make it resonate properly and it's easily lost in the surrounding music or noise (but it sounds ok-ish until early afternoon usually ... or if I've strained my voice a bit the previous day :))
Anyway I initially looked in the Shure Beta58a, as it's a great all around mic, and because of the proximity effect can boost the lower end (down to 50Hz) when I'm really close to it. I also like very much that there's a very decent option for wireless Shure Beta58a like the SLXD series transmitter/receiver kits, which would make it easier to carry over on a party to setup things for karaoke for example.
But still the main purpose of getting a mic, is to record myself when practicing and being able to hear myself afterwards ... you know, when my head isn't buzzing all the time :)
So going wireless isn't a must, just a nice bonus. So I've found that for low tones and instruments recording (I plan to start cello lessons after I get to some singing level that I can tolerate) I would like to have a mic that can do it all (also my cello is 5-strings and I is tuned standard on FCGDA ie F1 reaching 43.65Hz).
So while I'm an amateur and don't plan to invest in full-fledged recording studio, I can invest in a decent microphone (and amp/speaker/headphones).
Also considering all of the above I found that mics like Shure's KSM32 for example (or the top end KSM44A) record very clean and neutral sound down to 20Hz and have the option to keep their levels flat to 20Hz (with selectable falloff options for when needed).
But since these are studio condenser mics I've been told that despite their cardioid pattern they can still catch unwanted noise or instruments and make that nasty feedback loop when performing live in a noisier place like on a party or a bar :/
Can you advice me what mic should I look for?
Thank you!
Hi Ronja!!...I'm asking you this question since I am new to your channel..so here it goes....are you a vocal teacher??? 😜😜😅😅
Hey I use maono au a40 this is best for vocals
Hello, can you send a video on how to work on falsetto and any 5 intermediate songs to sing for guys
Amazing!
Thank you AD! And thanks for watching :)
Ma’am ! Can you please make video about vibrato exercise ?
i just bought my first ever pro mic the thing is im a rock/metal vocalist and i have no ideea how to set my stuff up so my screams don't completly overshoot the gain
where are the other episodes?
I listen beautiful voice teacher 😘
Thank you nato :) I hope you are having a great day
where are the other 2 vids?
Keep going buddy 🙌🤗
Thank you BABA! I will :)
hey, is there a reason you arnt using the pop filter that comes with the lewitt lct 440 pure?
What mic stand is that? Where to get?
How much price 🥰🙏🏻❓
Hi Ronja, i tried to visit your website, but there is always a popup with some game, i cant get to your menu. It happened on all 3 browsers I can use....is it possible that your website got hacked somehow? I am not a digital pro, but it concerned me, when i noticed that:)
Please give me link of this stand
And can i use rode nt1a with shockmount on this stand
Requesting a video about consonants?💙
Please i want to start from the basic
With just a mic ,laptop and a speaker can i setup a mini studio at home?
what mic stand are you using?
Btw,i always noticed the modulation of voice when singers sing. So why does that happen? Do singers do it deliberately? Or is it natural?i've noticed yours too.
Hey 😘can u please tell which software or application to use for recording please 🙏🏻❤️❤️
Do you offer online singing lessons? I’ve been trying to figure out how to get in contact with you or find information in your website but I haven’t been able to find anything
Can you tell about the microphone's name?
How do you set GAIN for singing? Cuz obviously they say to make it go MAX ( when singing loudest note 10db and when normal singing 18db.... is that exactly right or no?
how is that possible because you can’t exactly sing always making it stay in between them sooo......
Should I sing loudest note and set it by that
OR
sing my normal loudness and set it by that
Mam could you please make a vedio to how to record a song please please ❤️
Am I crazy or are there no Part 2 and 3?
do you like sadolin?
I love you to l am from sri lanka
Aww thanks Gayan! Love from Denmark :)
I do not understand how with saying "peter parker" you can hear the distortion although you have a popfilter and your are about a good distance from mic !
This microphone comes with a magnetic pop filter then why you are using this pop filter?
🎧🎤❤️
Hey Ronja can you please help me with something? Yesterday I was practicing singing and it was going quite well but today when I tried to sing I wasn’t able to do properly. Feels like I’m straining my voice and can’t get over that. Tomorrow is a talent show in my class and I really want to sing. Can you please share some tips to soothe my voice and sing properly. I don’t have a vocal coach or anyone who can help me, I’m learning from RUclips. Pls pls plsss help me🥺🥺
Can you make a video for songs that tweens can sing? Because there is a female songs video but almost all of them are love songs....
Can you sing into the unknown song and post in the channel please.
I used to be able to go in my head voice or in falsetto and switch to chest back & forth like all the singers can. I just couldn't reach the low notes (I was like 13, didn't have any voice lessons, so couldn't control my voice properly, didn't know how the throat and lyrinx works). After I hit puberty my voice was a lil deeper, and I still could use falsetto, head and etc. Then when I am 16 I suddenly lost my control over head voice and falsetto. Can't do ANY high pitch notes. My voice currently is in its deepest form and I can easily achieve bass notes. But it's not what I really want. When I try to vocalize in head voice my pharyngeal wall just goes BRRRR and starts to do something like throat singing (wtf?) so I am just not able to sing anymore! Help me somebody please 🥺... Plus my soft soft palate itches for some reason (I am not sick).
P.s I drink enough water everyday, humidity in my house is normal, I don't have cough, I don't have any allergies, neither any of my ancestors had, plus I don't have wheeze or asthma.
Help me someone ;(
I just bought a condenser microphone and Im just finding a way to not sound neverous in my youtube videos
what beautiful hair you have...
Heey🌹❤❤..am third🌹😊to comment
Yes you are! Thanks so much for support Karen!
@@singgeek welcome🌹❤😘
I just ruined my voice shout at teenage can I change it.
I'm 12 years old and I can sing well but I have to show my telent around the world but my whole family won't help me to show my telent and I don't even know how to play musical instruments and I didn't take any vocal class and I like to be a singer but my parents won't let me to be and my mom know I sing well and my father doesn't know even if I tell this he won't listen me my family hate music but I love so I can't do anything without my family permission and I tell them to let me music class and vocal class and they said no
please love me like it do
2:49 european friends? what about the rest of the world that doesn't use nonsensical units?
The audio in the video isnt good... lol
A video on how to record your viice with MOST OBNOXIOUS audio ever... sorry cant get past it. You gave me a headache
Video was useless
Love from India 🇮🇳 Jharkhand
can you put the refence links for the itmes that u used?
First this was helpfull
Very helpful 🌹❤
I'm so happy to hear! Thanks for watching :)
Does it require any external speakers to boost the sound quality?
Hi, I had a good singing voice but then one year ago I had to stop singing due to some problems. Then I found out that I had lost my singing voice. I mean,now I am not able to sing high or low notes which I was able to before. Can u help me?
Nice video ❤️
Thank god for this lady. I know where I have been going wrong all this time ty ty ty!.
This was very helpful. Thank you!! ❤
Where are the other two videos of the series? I couldn't find them.
Hi Deepthi, I’m glad you found it helpful. Unfortunately we did not get to finish the rest of the series as we planned because of covid. Thanks for bringing it to my attention that an explanation is missing, I’ll write it in the video description for others who are wondering the same 🙂
@@singgeek Thank you. Searching for the other two videos of the series made me watch several videos on your channel. Great content!
You've got a new subscriber in me 😊❤
HI, what acoustic panels are those behind you ?
Hi again :) Thanks for your question. They are home made foam boards with thick fabric around them. We have been experimenting with adding more padding when we record as they tend to still have a bit of a harder surface than we want. What do you use to isolate your sound?
@@singgeek Hi, I use Primacoustic panels in my studio. I also use sonnarworks reference 4 to "tune" my monitors to the room. Presonus studio one pro 5 and Pro tools DAWS for recording.