Recording with Reaper - stuck with effects on voice
INFJ
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I thought I am sort of ready to try to record something. I have Reaper and a Behringer audio interface.
The interface is fine, but when I have a backing track and create a vocal track in Reaper some things go wrong. It's when the button "arm to record" (red one) is pressed then suddenly I get a nasty reverb on the vocals that doesn't go away. I have FX turned off of course. On the vocal track and on the backing track as well. I have not found any explanation as to why this happens. The echo is big. It destroys my ability to do the vocals because I am constanty angered by the sound. Has anyone experienced something similar?
I can play the backing track and sing to it in Reaper. Then everything is normal. But recording is a no no as long as this sound effect is present.
The interface is fine, but when I have a backing track and create a vocal track in Reaper some things go wrong. It's when the button "arm to record" (red one) is pressed then suddenly I get a nasty reverb on the vocals that doesn't go away. I have FX turned off of course. On the vocal track and on the backing track as well. I have not found any explanation as to why this happens. The echo is big. It destroys my ability to do the vocals because I am constanty angered by the sound. Has anyone experienced something similar?
I can play the backing track and sing to it in Reaper. Then everything is normal. But recording is a no no as long as this sound effect is present.
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What else could it be? I tried recording raw vocals through Audacity and it did not have any of these issues. Sound was dry and natural, just like when I practise. So it seems specific to Reaper.
I guess I could switch to Audacity, but they don't have any real-time effects it seems. I will have to edit everything afterwards. I'd prefer to do the recording in Reaper so I know that what I hear is what I get.
Any help would be appreciated.