Solo Vocal Trio
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First, find a song that you feel comfortable singing in your natural register. Record yourself singing it three separate times, and layer those together using your choice of audio editing software (I chose Audacity for mine, since it's free). Do not use any effects for this, so try to pick an acoustic song relying mainly on the vocals.
Sing the whole song straight through each time, and make sure to trim off and align them correctly so that they start at the same time; You'll have to zoom in considerably. The point of singing through completely is to eliminate the possibility of just singing the chorus or another repeated verse and editing them together; it will not sound like a trio that way. You may be alarmed by how different your singing voice sounds on a recording compared to what you believe it to be, but don't worry about it too much, just get used to it--that's how it sounds to everyone else when you sing.
Set one recording as Stereo Left, one as Stereo Right, and one as Mono for best results.
Tips:
Listen to the song on your headphones while recording so that you stay on track.
Warm up your vocal cords, otherwise your voice will crack.
Try to keep the mic away from your mouh and nose--the sounds of your breathing may detract from your results.
Once finished, upload to SoundCloud.
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“Tomorrow Never Dies”
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Sweet Dreams and Memories
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~Rolling In The Deep~
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Austin- My version
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You’re gonna sing the words wrong
So I decided to do this assignment (3 stars). It called for me to record myself singing a song three different times and layer them together. I decided to cover Vance Joy’s “Riptide”
This is the result:
I chose the song because it’s been stuck in my head for a …
Remembering Remembering Sunday
For this assignment (worth 1.5 stars), I had to revisit one of the first songs I learned on guitar. For this, I chose “Remembering Sunday” by All Time Low, my first full song on guitar.
I love this song because of the major seventh chords. This was from memory, which …
Rockin’ Rockin’ Pet Store
This assignment, worth 3 stars, required me to record a solo vocal trio. I did this with “Rockin’ Rockin’ Pet Store” by The Mountain Goats.
Garageband, as usual, served as my recording software. I used guitar to keep my vocals on track. After recording all the parts, I realized …
Music in a Trio
I was very skeptical about this assignment. I knew how much editing needed to be done to fuse the three tracks and that made me pause slightly. However, I couldn’t help but feel curious about the assignment. So, I decided to try it out. I chose one of my best …
Blackbirds
This is the solo vocal trio assignment, worth 3 points.
I do a good bit of guitar playing and singing in my spare time, and I’d been listening to this classic today so I thought it might work well. I forgot how long the gaps in vocals are. That’s …
Solo Vocal Trio
I’d like to start off by saying that this assignment really brought me completely out of my comfort zone. I’m more of an instrumental musician, so singing, let alone posting a song cover that’s open for anyone to hear, anytime, made me very hesitant to complete it.
But I also …
“Tomorrow Never Dies”
For my final audio assignment, I created a solo vocal trio. The song, “Tomorrow Never Dies” was played in one of the old James Bond movies. If you ask me, the song makes me think of the movie, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”. Kinda gave me the impression that her and …
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Dooooo
Though I didn’t follow the exact constraints of this assignment, I was definitely inspired by it! I knew I wanted to sing a song in Spanish (even though I shouldn’t torture anyone with that) for my story because my mother always sang and I thought it was a great …
Sweet Dreams and Memories
For our audio assignment in ILT 5340, I choose Audio Assignment 1601 titled Solo Vocal Trio from DS106. For this assignment, we were required to record our voice three times singing the same song. We were not allowed to use effects nor edit the tracks. I chose a special song …
Audio Assignment: A Song for My Daughter
Audio Assignment from the DS106 Assignment Bank:
Solo Vocal Trio…or…A Song for My Daughter
*I am currently working my way through my fourth semester of the Information and Learning Technologies master’s program at University of Colorado, Denver. This is the third post within a series of Creative Assignments …
~Rolling In The Deep~
So for one of my audio assignments this week I did the “Solo Vocal Trio” project worth 3.5 stars.
I chose to sing Rolling In The Deep by Adele because the assignment suggested we use an acoustic instrumental and that song doesn’t have much going on in the …
Austin- My version
I hate to go to karaoke, the only one that can stand my bad singing is my hubby. But for this week assignment I choose to do Solo Vocal Trio that is worth 3 1/2 start. So I decided to sing Austin by Blake Shelton, I did some cheating …
You’re gonna sing the words wrong
So I decided to do this assignment (3 stars). It called for me to record myself singing a song three different times and layer them together. I decided to cover Vance Joy’s “Riptide”
This is the result:
I chose the song because it’s been stuck in my head for a …
Remembering Remembering Sunday
For this assignment (worth 1.5 stars), I had to revisit one of the first songs I learned on guitar. For this, I chose “Remembering Sunday” by All Time Low, my first full song on guitar.
I love this song because of the major seventh chords. This was from memory, which …
Rockin’ Rockin’ Pet Store
This assignment, worth 3 stars, required me to record a solo vocal trio. I did this with “Rockin’ Rockin’ Pet Store” by The Mountain Goats.
Garageband, as usual, served as my recording software. I used guitar to keep my vocals on track. After recording all the parts, I realized …
Music in a Trio
I was very skeptical about this assignment. I knew how much editing needed to be done to fuse the three tracks and that made me pause slightly. However, I couldn’t help but feel curious about the assignment. So, I decided to try it out. I chose one of my best …
Blackbirds
This is the solo vocal trio assignment, worth 3 points.
I do a good bit of guitar playing and singing in my spare time, and I’d been listening to this classic today so I thought it might work well. I forgot how long the gaps in vocals are. That’s …
Solo Vocal Trio
I’d like to start off by saying that this assignment really brought me completely out of my comfort zone. I’m more of an instrumental musician, so singing, let alone posting a song cover that’s open for anyone to hear, anytime, made me very hesitant to complete it.
But I also …
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