I said to myself, why not have the plugins running in the monitor while recording? So, I put them on there. I even put a low-latency version of Auto-Tune Pro on there too. Yes indeed, you can even get your tune on in the booth. Won't have to work as hard, that's my worry, from having it sounding so good already, and all even and compressed, so the takes won't be as good. If you hear it dry, you have to try really hard to get it even. When the compressor is doing the heavy lifting, might be tempting to get a lil' sloppy on the delivery end. That's my only concern.
I'm just talking about having the effects on the mic while recording. I'm imagining a vocalist here, but same applies to guitar or anything else.
Most likely will be using headphones when tracking vocals. 🎼 🎧🎧 Blast it on the speakers for most other things! 🔊
I defaulted to dry monitoring for years, it has it's advantages. It's the clearest for details and absolutely no latency. For some reason, it seems like it would just be nicer to hear how it's actually going to sound when it's played back. It's virtually the same, okay I'll admit that it is slightly different. It's more like a live monitor mix, you're gonna get an auxiliary reverb and all your channel compression, and maybe some tune or delays if you want. It's ready to flavor up though. 🍧
