Originally posted by Tony W:
....ain't that the truth and something that never ceases to amaze me!
I can set up here at home and even though I say it myself the sound is not half bad. Try to record it and WHAMMY ..... who knows what happened!! Every little flaw seems to be picked up and what you thought sounded like cool effects turn out to make you sound like you are performing in a tunnel!
When you are singing live you are not just hearing your voice from your speakers or headphones ( though headphones can help you hear more of the processed sound over your voice ). A lot of the vocal you are hearing when you sing is your own voice in both the air and also through the bone in your own head. That dry signal balanced with the effected vocal diminishes the reverb effect a lot. But when you listen to a recording you only hear the effect vocal and you now hear a lot more of the reverb than you could when you were actually singing. Knowing that, when recording always set the reverb/effects level lower than you usually like to hear it over your own voice singing live. It may not sound quite as impressive while you are performing it but it will sound much better in the recording. It's worth trying a test recording first and listening to the result and adjust the effects accordingly.
I enjoyed hearing Jill's recordings. "Boots" brings back a lot of memories as it was the first 45 RPM single I bought back in the 60s.