Singing has always been a huge part of my life. It's odd, but I can't remember a time when I did not know how to sing harmony. Some of the first memories I have are singing with my dad (and if dad wasn't singing, he was whistling some tune). I have such vivid memories of being at my grandparents house and singing for hours with all my uncles and aunts. I loved singing and recording with my college (Harding University) quartet the "Harmony Boys". We made four albums during college. During these marathon recording sessions, where we would record an entire album in a weekend, I discovered I had a great interest in the technical side of recording, not just the singing part. In 1994 I discovered the greatness of multi-track cassette recorders. They were affordable and easy to use. In fact, I recorded my first two albums ("Goodnight My Angel" and "Merry Christmas") on Tascam's "Porta Studios ". Like most things, as you learn to use them you begin to "outgrow" their capabilities and need to move to something more powerful to help achieve what you are after. From the cassette multi-track the Soundgarden project studio has evolved into a more powerful system. Although all my recording is now done on DAW, I do not use digital slight of hand in any way to achieve a "different" voice to sing each particular part - whether singing high or low, each part is an individual track. I do not duplicate tracks as I find that creates an odd "washing" effect. Many times it is the time of day that makes one part or another possible to sing. The equipment in Soundgarden Studios is obviously slanted toward recording vocal performances, although it will occasionally venture in to some instrument recording for some outside projects. I use Pro Tools OO2r for all of my recording. Because of technology changes, much of the equipment below is not often used anymore, but it is nice to keep it around...besides my simple mind likes all the lights. All tracks are now recorded in 24 bit, 48Khz resolution.
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To say we sang a lot would be an understatement! Singing a tight harmony is as much a feeling as it is a sound...if you love to sing, you know what I mean!