Trouble with singing.

[Alyssa_Fairchild]

I know it's a ridiculous thing to ask, especially here, but I'm having a lot of trouble controlling the pitch of my voice in the singing parts of Rock band. Can any of you give me tips on that?

[Nilsen31]

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[mxmarks]

Like Sean said - thats the best way to do it!

Something else Ive found helps is to play the song with any other instrument for a little bit, to get kind of used to it.

My roomate insisted the mic was broken while I was at work, saying "It just registers random pitches for everything."

When I got home, I 93%'d "Orange Crush", one of my all time favorite songs. So just pick something you know, so you can keep your eyes on the arrow up top!

[HMXJohnlok]

Also, some microphone strategies:

For a beginner, I would turn your sensitivity down to about 1/4 full, and Singer volume down to 0 (all of this can be manipulated using the buttons on your controller, and the dpad to adjust the sliders). Be sure to sing right up into the microphone - lips almost touching. This is the sort of strategy I use in order to hear the background singer really well so that I can match the pitch.

Just keep messing around and see what works for you.

[hmxsean]

I know it's a ridiculous thing to ask, especially here, but I'm having a lot of trouble controlling the pitch of my voice in the singing parts of Rock band. Can any of you give me tips on that?

Good question! The best way to get used to it is to watch the pitch indicator arrow really closely. That is where your pitch is, and the tube is where it should be. Spend some time in practice mode and you should be good to go.

[dlisapussy]

I agree, this is a good question, and believe it or not, I think I can help.

<U>Example</U>:
Do you play guitar? If so, have you ever tuned one by ear? It's sort of the same thing. When you tune a guitar, you hold down the fifth fret of the E string (lowest string (in pitch)) then you play the A string (second lowest in pitch). They should sound identical. You turn the little nob to get it just right, and when you get it just right, you will know. You have to listen very very close, though.

<U>The Helpful Part</U>:
Now with singing, what I do is play the song really loud, but not loud enough so I can't hear myself, yet not quiet enough so your voice is louder than the music. When you sing right on key, you will know. Your voice will be identical (in pitch), and if the music is loud enough, it will sound like you aren't even singing. If you're too high or too low, you will be able to distinguish your voice from the singers.


If this doesn't help, the problem may be with your hearing. No, I'm not saying your old and you need to go to the doctor's, I'm saying in order to distinguish the slightest change in pitch, you need to train your ear. Keep listening to that music, you'll get it eventually. You can also use the pitch arrow and the tube to tell if you're too high or too low, like HMXSean said.

[hardyfoster]

i don't know how the "Mic sensitivity" might be helping or hindering you (or me for that matter. will have to test tomrw.)

get "born to sing " from the library or something. they have some good basics on there. i'm not a singer, but some of the stuff i learned from there helped out.

with RB, i notice it will pick up every little waver of my pitch even if I don't hear it. (i have mic sensitivity set all the way up).

if you don't feel like checking out "born to sing" do this.

above your waist and below the ribcage on your side place your hand. now cough. you should feel that area push out. now if you can push that out on purpose, this will give you great control to where you can keep your pitch at the level you want. so inhale, push out, then sing the verse(s)

also, hold out sustains on the vowel sound. a ,e,i, o,u. so it would't be

can''''''''''''t (holding on "n" if singing can't)
it would be caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan't.

hope that helps.

i also have the vocals set on static. that way you know what words are coming up and you can just keep your eyes on the pitch level. this means the words don't scroll from the side. they're at the bottom where you can read them before the time comes when you have to sing it.

[rchapoteau]

Just curious, has anyone tried to turn up the vocals on a song, and turn down everything else ,and place the mic next to teh speaker to see if it would get 100&#37;?

[aprilgurlie]

OOHH.....you are sneaky!!! Not yet! :)

The singing I do think matches up with real life- it's a lot easier if you are a decent singer. You may have to recruit, just like real life!!! I am a decent singer, and I can squeak out a 90 or higher on songs I don't even know, and much higher on songs that I do know. (on medium) I know that even I have to work to keep my vocie steady through a note, and to hold the same vowel. I watch the meter like a hawk!!