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Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had some advice for recording vocals with effects. I use audacity, and I am not sure exactly what I need to use, but I know I need something. I can get the reverb and chorus effects ok, but I need to use something to even my vocals out when I hit the higher notes, as sometimes they even hurt my own ears to listen to, lol.

Does anyone have experience in using Audacity? Do I need to use compression, hard limiter, or High pass limiter? I have tried using some of them and just have not found the correct mixture I need yet. I do not know what the settings on the compressor are supposed to be set to. Or is there a seperate compressor that is not too expensive that interfaces with audacity and a Berringer mixer that you are aware of?

I usually use an Ibanez troubadour amp with an AKG mic, and feed that into the Berringer, into the computer.

Thanks for any and all advice,

Letha

http://www.myspace.com/lethaallen