Recording Vocals

Vocals

Audio House makes it easier than ever to record professional quality vocals. We’ll go into more detail, but essentially there are 5 simple steps.

1 - Open the DAW

2 - Load your template

3 - Position the microphone

4 - Record

5 - Save it and share it :)

Open the DAW

DAW is just the nickname for the program we use to record music on a computer. It stands for Digital Audio Workstation.

Open the DAW by double-clicking the large green, brown, and blue icon titled “Make Music”.

Load your template

By default, a generic template for recording vocals over a pre-made instrumental is automatically loaded.

If you want to dial the tone and effects in a little closer to a specific style then do the following.

1. Delete the generic tracks by right clicking each one and selecting “remove track”.

2. Right click the “Track Panel” (where the tracks you just deleted were)

3. Hover over “Insert track from template…”

4. Hover over “Vocal”

5. Finally, select the template you’d like to use.

Position the Microphone

Audio House microphones are extremely easy to move around. Since each microphone is mounted on a boom arm, simply hold the top of the boom arm - near the microphone - and gently move the boom arm into a comfortable position.

The microphone should be positioned so that the metal mesh is slightly above your mouth and about a whole hand or so away from your face.

Record

When you’re ready to record, follow these steps…

1. Press the large red button to start recording. There will be a delay to give you time to stand up and move to the microphone.
   (CTRL + R also starts recording)

2. Press SPACE BAR when you’d like to stop recording

3. Press SPACE BAR again to listen to what you’ve recorded

4. If you want to delete it, right click the waveform that you recorded and click “Remove Items”.
   (Or left click on the waveform and click “Delete” on the keyboard)

5. Repeat this process until you’ve finished the song.

Save and share

Don’t lose your work! Save your project as often as you remember by pressing CTRL + S on the keyboard. When it’s your first time saving you will need to select a location for your file.

To create a location for your file…

1. Press “File”, then “Save”

2. Create a new artist folder with your name (if it doesn’t already exist)

3. Type the song name in the “File Name” box

4. Ensure that the following 3 boxes are checked:

   1. “Create subdirectory for project”

   2. “Move all media into project directory”

   3. “Copy rather than move source media if not in old project media path”

5. Press Save

When you’re finished with the song and would like to render an MP3 or WAV for listening or sharing…

1. Click “File” in the top left corner

2. Press “Render”

3. On the window that appears, click “Browse”

4. Select the selected file directory which will appear under “Browse for file”

5. Change the “File Name” to something memorable

6. Select the file type you’d like.
   WAV = best quality, large file size
   MP3 = worst quality, small file size

7. Click “Render”