Category: Blog
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Is a Digital Mixer a Good Investment for Singers?
Kevin Alexander shares tips on vocal harmomny processors for perfomring vocalists. KEVIN ALEXANDER Sound Engineer | Technologist | Co-founder of Singdaptive This week’s Tips from the Team are all about digital mixers! Today, we hear from sound engineer, technologist and Singdaptive co-founder, Kevin Alexander on whether it’s better to use a digital mixer. What’s Better…
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Being a Gifted Singer Doesn’t Mean Your Have a Healthy Voice
Join Kathy Alexander as she explores the idea of a gifted singer. KATHY ALEXANDER Music Teacher | Vocal Coach | Co-founder of Singdaptive This week’s Tips from the Team are all about gifted singers! Today, we hear from singer, author, vocal coach, choir director, and Singdaptive co-founder, Kathy Alexander on what makes a gifted singer…
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Best Apps for Recording Singing With Your Smartphone
A Singing Studio In Your Pocket Every singer should be recording their voice on their smartphone. It’s simple to get started. There are so many fantastic reasons to record on your smartphone, from rehearsing, creating demo tracks, sharing with friends and even making content for an audience to enjoy. By the way, do check out MIDINation for software…
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3 Tips for To Bring Power to Your Weak (Super-Wimpy) Head Voice
The high end of your voice can be powerful Jaime Babbitt is convinced that many singers have not fully realized the power of their head voice. Oh, yes…I feel your pain. A weak or unusable head voice can be the bane of lots of singers’ existences. Yet vocal coaches all agree that you can sing with…
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Choir Audition Checklist
What to do before, the day of and at the audition. Brian Wismath gives practical advice in this simple checklist for before, during and after the audition. Before the Audition: The Day of the Audition: After the Audition: Brian Wismath Brian Wismath is music director of Civic Orchestra of Victoria, Linden Singers of Victoria, Victoria…
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Do Sampling Rates Matter for Recording Vocals?
Default settings for recording voice are not always the best Sampling rates are pushing the limits of what I want to understand. Should I care? When you’re starting out with recording, at some point you’ll run into something called sampling rate. You’ll see terms like 44.1, 48, 96 kHz, over sampling, one-bit sampling – and…
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Doc My Voice Feels ‘Tight’ Just Before My Period
There are some practical solutions a woman can take Dr. Jahn discusses the impact of the menstrual cycle on singing as well as solutions for a less responsive voice just prior to a period Dear Dr. Jahn, I notice that my voice gets a scratchy/fuzzy feeling a couple days before my period pretty much every…
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Finding Backing Tracks for Vocal Recording
Get Your Back Band Ready! If you want to record a song, you need a backing track. Where do you get these tracks! Almost all singers get to a point where they want to record a song. It may be so they hear it for themselves or to share it with friends. However, the process…
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Getting Started With Live Vocal Effects
There are different products from Zoom, Boss and TC-Helicon for your needs Knowing your specific interest in using live vocal effects helps you get started on the right path. I’m not a singing performer, but I do have fairly unique experience in offering advice to singers who want to explore live vocal effects. I was…
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Help! I’m Singing Flat…What Can I Do?
How to Sing in Tune There are 6 top reasons singers go flat. Each one of these can be worked on -says Jaime Babbitt Here’s a little peek through the window of the life of a voice coach. A singer asks: “Someone told me I sounded a bit flat in my last performance. I am…