Recent content by TruThugly

No offense taken at all. I consider myself a newb (again, maybe). Shoot had the same problem DAW wise, started in cool edit, than went to a university class on audio and was trained on protools, than had a cubase crack (umm alledgedly, sorry), now have the free version of mixpad. They...

haha I got offended for a brief second as I looked up luddite; but after seeing the definition. YES one of the worst. I was thinking of trying a butter knife or one of my cheap phillips head swiss knives.....however stripping those screws would be horrible! I think i may take a shot at it...

You are right about the avalon! Sad truth is I don't have a damn phillips head screwdriver in my house, lol i was dumb and bought one that the top screws off and lost the phillips head top. I know shame on me, once I get it I dont wanna just turn the thing upside down incase anything is not...

FolkCafe-- Thank you. After listening to them I agree I like the FIRST the best; probably want to lose the doubling on the verses or at least take the time to get them lined up alot better lol the silence here was deafening so I panicked a little (DOUBT!) and overcorrected. Thank you for...

Thank you, in this case I would rather not 'put it off in perpetuity' as to tell you the truth, by the lyrics being written pre 2012, I have already had it on the sideline long enough that before my guy passed he did ask me "Hey I put hours into those beats are you going to use them" ... "Well...

Okay, so if i understood right your priority list would not go 1. Behind the mic 2. Any parralel walls instead of 2 in front of the mic? I figured in front of mic as second priority as that is the first (and strongest?) reflection point the sound tends to hit. (also in most cases most likely...

TalismanRich- Thank you so much for taking the time to listen. (first posted was final the second was new.) I agree about the the second one lacking bass and that being a mortal sin in the genre. I hit the vocals with a pretty steep HP filter and I thinks I may have accidentally HP'd the...

Rob -- Thank you so much for taking the time to listen and respond! Unfortunately the beat is already a MP3 that was made by a fellow who passed and I am no beatmaker...so beyond adding effects to the actual beat I cannot do much but would like to honor his efforts. (w The third one I do...

Glad to hear duvets are still "acceptable enough". It is most important to treat directly 1. Behind the mic 2. In front of the mic.? 3. (I cannot afford or justify purchasing with my skillset) so I will ignore.

If the room your recording in sucks and you can't afford proper accoustic treatmet than starting off with a completely "roomless/booth" vocal may be the next best thing. I guess I understand the logic but not a fan.

www.soundcloud.com/jon-smith-667928375/allondrugstnewestugly (There is also a third one where the beat really bumps but watch your speakers i am a novice, the vocals are dry and just the levels mixed, minus the hook.) There are three attempts. Ok I re-recorded it and did the best I currently...

I hear you, get this chinsy shit, I too pay for a landline: But apparently they are so obsolete that the phone jacks (that are like standard in homes!) don't even work and it all runs through a modem which is only accessible at one point in the house... I bet you can guess which room they were...

Thank you for the insightful replies. For some reason the like button isn't working for me so you get a special thanks.

TalismanRich- "the way to learn is to do it.....again and again and again" but but but, i don't want to; mixing feels like "work" to me and the thought of doing it over and over again ad-nauseum for years until Im decent; in this case is unacceptable. Okay my beatmaker has passed and I would...

Ok I am going to make a new mix of the same song. That one was made in 2012 apparently. Give me a better or worse when I post it; things you would change always help. Remember at this current point I only have control of the vocal part of the track; so go ahead and make that your only focus...