A Serious Dilemma , Need Some answers about recording

[bigmoe104]

yo, whats up , im new here and just getting my thoughts about my home studio. i want to know do i need headphones for the vocals so they can hear themselves, if i do, what do i hook them up to?

Does the Beat playin on the monitors affect the vocal recording?

Your help is appreciated

[brandondrury]

You don't HAVE to use headphones, but it's a fairly common practice. I'd say I use headphone 80% of the time. In some recordings, I've preferred to just crank up the monitors.

want to know do i need headphones for the vocals so they can hear themselves, if i do, what do i hook them up to?

Well, what do you have now?

When I'm tracking vocals, I run signal out of my audio interface / sound card and into an old mixer. This has an extension cable that goes to the singer. I also have a headphone amp that I've used in the past as well.

Brandon

[bigmoe104]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

You don't HAVE to use headphones, but it's a fairly common practice. I'd say I use headphone 80% of the time. In some recordings, I've preferred to just crank up the monitors.


Well, what do you have now?

When I'm tracking vocals, I run signal out of my audio interface / sound card and into an old mixer. This has an extension cable that goes to the singer. I also have a headphone amp that I've used in the past as well.

Brandon

Now i have nothing, I have the programs i want to work with, Cubase and Reason, IM picking up a keyboard and mic when i get paid, Do i need a mixer To hook headphones up for the vocals?

[richiebee]

You need an audio interface. It will perform the tasks of a mixer, though probably with less channels simultaneously. Two channel interfaces are cheap and will be fine if you're just recording one or two instruments (or vocals) at any one time. A small handful of audio interfaces have no facility to attach headphones, but most do have this facility.
Although this might be a little more expensive than buying a mixer and connecting to your computer's built in sound card, the improved quality and work flow make it almost compulsory!

[brandondrury]

Check out the links in my signature. They'll get you started.

Brandon