nice voice .. very intimate recording .. dunno how long you been doing it,but the recordings not that bad,imo your
room is letting it down
watch this until you notice the difference .. then watch it another 5 times (10 if its a sunday
)
prob feel stupid singing with your head in a bed,but who`s gonna be watching? and who will know,unless you tell em
before recording guitar run around the house grabbing every duvet,towel,thick jacket,anything you can surrounding the guitar with sound killing lovely clothyness
.. (leave room to move obviously,not like a "tent")
anyhoo,point is to kill as much room as possible,then add just a hint of FX in the daw .. effects sends are key .. using these means the original track is left untouched,its tone/dynamics remain intact ... this clean signal is then mixed with the FX sends
for example we got for ... say the vocal track
the original track ... (
maybe just a
hint of compression on this to
tame peaks,but generally wants to be untouched .. unless needed (the duvet vid above should help you get there ))
send 1 = reverb (if your reverb does not have a "predelay" option,bin it and find another)
send 2 = chorus (just a hint of this will give a vocal (or anything else,like HiHats)"movement" )
send 3 = delay (juuuuust a tiny hint,kinda wants to follow the track tempo .. ish ..good "filler" for 1 guitar and vocal .. not so good for busy mixes)
send 4 = compression (using compression on a send means its a lil more forgiving,if you add to much it might just be what the track wants, cos --- we are mixing all these sends together
with the original track --- )
using sends like this means adjusting is easy .. just move the main fader for the FX you wanna cut/boost
bear in mind you can also re-route these send tracks to other channels .. sooo,can send the compressor to the delay using the "send" on the compressors channel ... or chorus to reverb
and delay or everything to everything ... every song is different,experiment ... (sending a send effect to another send effect can get pretty complicated pretty quickly,and comes with its own problems to solve .... (you now have to adjust the fx balance with the send level,and keeping track of what does what
))
oh,and just cos an FX preset says its for (say) drums try it anyway ... find what you like and modify how you like it .. save the presets,over time you`ll have a library of things that work for you
and while were at it,dont go chasing the internet for Vst fx .. the ones that come bundled with any known daw brand are brilliant (you really think a daw company would let their reputation rest on some sh*tty fx? )
edit:- ooooo oooo ! forgot to say - when using send tracks set the "mix" knob on
any fx used on it to -> 100% wet <-