Ask Video – Audio Mistakes 109: 10 Common Vocal Recording Mistakes (TUTORIAL)

By | November 7, 2025

 

Release Year: 2016
Producer: Ask Video
Producer’s Website: www.askvideo.com/course/audio-mistakes-109-10-common-vocal-recording-mistakes
Duration: 01:13:00
Type of Material: Video Lesson
Language: English

  • 233.2 MB

Description: When recording vocals (or any live instrument), so many things can go wrong! Unfortunately, if the recording is bad, it’s very difficult to fix later. In this course, Joe Albano will cover a few simple but important principles to help you minimize your mistakes! Recording vocals is hard because there are so many chances to make HUGE mistakes! This is why it’s a great topic for our popular Audio Mistakes series! Let us make the mistakes so YOU ​​don’t have to!

When recording vocals (or any kind of live instrument), so many things can go wrong! Unfortunately, if audio is recorded poorly, it’s often really hard to fix it later. That’s why we brought in our “mistakes expert”, Joe Albano, to create this 10 Vocal Recording Mistakes course. With a few simple but important guidelines, you will learn to keep your mistakes at a minimum!

Joe explains why certain mics are better at recording vocals than others and how proper set-up techniques can make all the difference. He also explains how lack of attention to proximity can absolutely make or break a track. This is followed by a bunch of other important tips including the psychology behind how to inspire the best performance from vocalists.

Mistakes are all a part of the learning process, especially if you understand and correct them. That’s what this Vocal Recording Mistakes course is all about. You get the luxury of learning from OUR mistakes so that YOU don’t have to make them yourself!

Contents :
01 Introduction (05:20)
02 Stage vs. Studio Mics (05:55)
03 Mic Types (08:39)
04 Mic Distance (05:55)
05 Pop Filters (06:40)
06 Movement/Position (07:31)
07 Sound Checks (06:25)
08 The Vocalist’s Monitor Mix (08:46)
09 Backup/Safety Strategies (06:16)
10 Pitch Editing/Correction (06:37)
11 Positive Studio Environment (03:55)
12 Wrap-Up (01:01)

Example files: none
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1280×720, 16:9, 30.000 fps, 553 Kbps
Audio: AAC, 44.1 kHz, 96.0 kbps, 2 channels


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