Anyway to reduce the spill on vocal tracks

[soulata]

Hi

Due to not enough headphones I recorded some singing (3 voices) with monitors turned on (kinda loud - punk thing).

Is there a way to clean those vocal tracks a bit (gate? nah...some kind of noise removal with fingerprint?)

I know there can only be a little improvement over what I have but still.


thanks

k

[IIRs]

Its probably too late now, but there is a trick I learnt which can work very well in this situation:

Record a vocal take with monitors on in the room, without worrying about spill.

Being very careful not to move the mic or speakers (or any furniture in the room for that matter) record another vocal take, but with the polarity inverted on the monitor mix.

When the two takes are mixed together the inverted versions of the backing track will largely cancel out..

I've used this technique very succesfully to record a choir when individual headphones were not an option.. (they needed double-tracking anyway as the usual numbers had been whittled down to just the ones who could be relied on to sing in tune!)

[cptgone]

noise removal with fingerprint

Cool Edit, Voxengo ReduNoise, there are prolly more...

[soulata]

Cool Edit, Voxengo ReduNoise, there are prolly more...

It's more a question if it'd work.

@platinumears

Would reversing the polarity on recorded tracks work as well?

I'll try and see I guess.

Thanks

K

[IIRs]

Would reversing the polarity on recorded tracks work as well?

I suppose its worth a try.. the two different takes certainly shouldn't cancel out! Did anything change in the room between takes?

[soulata]

Nothing changed in the room. I'll try it in the morning, I can't just now (fed up with recording and that).

I'll post the results. Hopefully good.

k

[jones-y]

Try this:

[Stupid American Pig]

Try this:

What, putting on a hoodie, and running on the treadmill? I think you would have to clear the baby bath off of it first, plus your vocal takes may sound a bit "winded"

[jones-y]

What, putting on a hoodie, and running on the treadmill? I think you would have to clear the baby bath off of it first, plus your vocal takes may sound a bit "winded"

Yes, particularly effective, since all noise is then generated in the 'front' ground...