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Chapter III: Vocal test

Since I have no microhpones with jack plugs, I had to go out and buy 2 xlr to jack plugs.

I thought I had some hiss and clicks on my recording but checking it on my pc it was better.
So, I concluded most of he noise was in my headphones.

I needed some time to find a good compression, delay an reverb setting for vocal.

chain: -minigain-comp-eq-delay-split: 2 reverbs-minigain

can’t show a screenshot because the device disconnected and I couldn’t get back to it. I didn’t have the chance to save the settings beofre the disconnect :confused:
The sample was saved before that though.
I had to reboot pc, play with the usb setting and reboot the Dwarf (2x) before it came back.

I can call the test a success but I have tweaking to do.
Perhaps some plugins that suit vocals better concerning ranges and presets aren’t a luxury

Excuse the lousy humour in the sample, I did Homer Simpsons lyrics but in a more Sinatra fashion.
(Disclaimer, I never sing Sinatra stuff :p)

++ Recording and exporting to pc is a breeze. I love that I don’t need to connect to my interface, get the buttons and settings right

++ recording takes in standalone mode is easy-peazy too now.

++ Now I can record vocal and guitar while jamming!

++ quality wise, it passed the test and it is gig worthy for vocals too.

° It’s probably better to have a good pre-amp between mic and Dwarf? but that would beat the purpose of having a compact everything-in-1-box.

° some dedicated plugins for vocals would be nice

– If the Dward had combo plugins (xlr and jack in 1), I didn’t have to buy those converter plugs

– Don’t rely on your headphones for checking your recording

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