Can I record at home and send vocals to producer ?

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Any problems with this. Say I build an isolation booth and get a good mic / preamp. Let's say I invest 2000 $ into this. Can I just record the vocals and then send them to online producers, that I find qualified, to engineer and mix them ? Is there any argument against this ?

I'm not a producer but aspiring rapper.
 
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No, you send it to a qualified mixing engineer. not a producer.
Make sure they have quality examples in multiple genres, One trick ponies are not worth your money.
But yes, by all means, pay somebody money to deliver a good product that you couldn't otherwise produce.
 
I'll research and 10 times chekc before I trust somebody with my own music. A ton of whack producers out there.


But the idea of making music form out of my room without visiting studios and getting it produced and mixed online is right ?
 
Yes, there is no reason that with a $2000 budget you couldnt get a reasonable vocal booth, record your dry vocals and send a decent bit/sample rate file to an online mix engineer/service. What Genre is it you are recording?
 
Yes, this is a process that most of my clients do. They would record their track and then have me mix and master it for them.
They would send me the trackout files and then I'll mix & master everything.
Usually their are producers or others who have this service available online and their not always expensive.
You just have to make sure that the quality of their work is good. If so, Then yes, this is a route that will save you a lot of money.

Hope This helps.
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I agree with everyone else. This is almost a typical thing to do these days but it depends on the circumstances too.

If he's producing around your vocals then he would definitely need the files. If he's producing the record and giving it to you for free then he might request to mix it.

If you are paying for the record and you aren't confident is his mixing abilities, I would just outsource the mixing. You are paying for the production so you should be able to make that call. If he doesn't want someone else to mix it, then don't do business with him.
 
Totally. I did this with my first album, Bringing Down The Mercury. I tracked all my own vocals, then took them to my producer to edit and mix. It saved me a bundle! That said, you may want to try tracking at your producer's studio sometime, just to see if your delivery is different.
 
The advice I gave you in the other thread holds true in this one. Do not, under any circumstances, spend one penny until you understand what it is you're trying to do, have become familiar with the terminology and have read all you can.
 
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