Vocal Recording Issue

[ginstl]

I would say, put your vocal and pre- recorded tracks on 2 separate tracks in adobe and then adjust your levels between the 2 tracks and then EQ the vocal track like mazz said to carve out a frequency range niche for the vocal track. I would not normalize anything as that is usually a destructive edit if you save the normalization to the track. normalizing the track will also flatten out the dynamic range of your pre-recorded track.welcome.Greg.

[ajenkz]

Thanks for all the advice. I've been trying the different suggestions and its sounding a lot better now.

[ajenkz]

Alright, I think i've realized that I just need to record the vocal at a hotter level. I was reading a blog on TAXI's myspace and it said this:I highly recommend recording your signal as 'hot' (loud) as possible, because you won't get the best (digital) resolution unless you utilize all the bits available on each track. So, I tried that out and the tracks sound better, fatter, and stand out (and sit in with the right effects) much better in the mix. The DP01 has a mic input volume control, and I always left it around 12 o clock before because anything higher would clip, but now with this set up I can turn it to about 3-4 o clock before I even get any clipping. So, this seems to be the solution for my problem here; I just wasnt recording loud enough to begin with.