Monitoring In Tha Lab

[Loose Cannon]

When I'm recording, The person on the mic (on the other side of the room) has headphones on to monitor the beat and there vocals. Yea, I'm pretty sure almost everybody does that.
But is the person at the Mixer/Computer supposed to have there Monitors playing? I used to have it that way. But you could hear the beat playing even when you solo'd the vocals, so i made a rule (for my studio) that when you record, no speakers play, everybody monitors through the headphones.

Has this happened to anybody else, or is that the stupidest thing you ever heard.

THANKS

 

[MadScientist]

It happens... but the real way considering budget and space, you should run a long mic cable to another room and record vocals in there so you can monitor the session through your speakers in the control room. What a lot of people do is take everything out of a closet and put the mic in there so you get a dead sound. Pad the walls up with cheap foam and record in there. I'm telling you it helps and sounds real close to a isolation vocal booth.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Thanks Mad, but im still livin wit some parents (still in high-school), and my closet cant fit much inside. Any tips would be great.

 

[MadScientist]

Headphones are the only way to go then, but make sure there good monitoring headphones. Use a little gate when you record vocals and that should cut out some of the background noise

 

[Sober]

yeah thats how my setup is helix. I just turn the studio monitors off on the mixer and have the mc wear the headphones. I use the sony mdr-v700 which are perfect for recording. They are a little expensive though. Its ok to have the studio monitors on while the mc practices his verses. Oh yeah i don't record in a closet either.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Thanks,

Now i dont feel so stupid.