m126128 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I've been working in the same template for years doing VO and suddenly I've begun to hear an overly sibilant or "tinny" sound while recording. It seems that my overall levels are suddenly louder and my rms when bouncing has changed. Ihave swapped out gear, created new volumes on my drive, re-run cables, etc and after weeks I'm still dealing with this. If anyone can help shed some light on this issue I would be deeply grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Are you saying your recordings are sounding weird, or the recordings are fine, but the playback is sounding weird? This will help you focus on whether the problem is in the front end (ie your recording chain), or the back end (ie Logic's mixer and your monitoring chain). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 Hi des thanks for the reply. It's mostly what's in my ears while I'm recording. Things sound "hotter" and more sibilant. Plosives seem to hit harder, etc. The bounces seem ok though. I've gone through replacing almost all of my gear with identical brand new versions, replaced and rerun cables, checked connects, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Make sure it isn't the same issue as this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 I wish it were that simple! I'm definitely in standard mic mode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Ok then it sounds like it may be something in your monitoring chain? Do the recordings sound ok during playback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 In general yes they sound ok...perhaps a bit quiter than usual...though that may be a result of my monitoring being loud so I'm subconsciously backing off the performance. I'm not sure what would have changed in my monitoring chain though as I didn't touch or change anything. What would you suggest in terms of checking? Thank you David for your time and help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I'm wondering if you may be double-monitoring: once through your audio interface, and another through Logic Pro. To check, choose Logic Pro > Settings > Audio > General and make sure you deselect Software Monitoring (that turns off monitoring through Logic Pro). Can you still hear your guitar when monitoring? If you are, that means you're also monitoring through your audio interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 I double checked that just now and I'm only monitoring through Logic. One track, voice only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 In fact, now that I listen again, the audio in playback sounds overly sibilant as well...so it's not just a monitoring issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 43 minutes ago, m126128 said: In fact, now that I listen again, the audio in playback sounds overly sibilant as well...so it's not just a monitoring issue. Can you try a new audio recording in QuickTime to see if you can reproduce the problem there? In QuickTime, choose File > New Audio Recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 (edited) It seems like I'm unable to reproduce the issue there. When recording in QuickTime, I am hearing a fair amount of latency and little bit of echo (almost sounds like a plate reverb..which is weird) but not that overall "hot", "tinny", or "sibilant" sound. Edited April 9 by m126128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Does it happen if you don't use your template? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Yes. It seems to be intermittent though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 So in a new empty project with no plug-ins, all settings (faders, pan etc...) left at default value, Logic should limit its role to receive 0s and 1s from your audio interface and put them in a file, and route the exact same 0s and 1s to the output for monitoring and playback. Same thing as any other digital recorder including QuickTime or any other DAW. What audio interface are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Currently using a UA Volt 176. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Make sure all processing is turned off in the Volt? Vintage, compressor? Try using the built-in mic and see if you can reproduce the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m126128 Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 All of the processing has been off. The mac studio doesn't have built in mics. I'm wondering if its possible for Logic session to somehow create a louder input signal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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