Recent content by dayexday

thanks so much for the help guys. I really appreciate it. I'll use your guidance to troubleshoot when i get home tonight. Thanks again so much.

i'm definitely open to any plugins. My thinking is that i'm not an audio engineer so don't know what I'm doing so less I do the better. As for no magic mic/amp turning a bad tone into a good one, obviously i know that, wasn't really necessary to say. My thinking is if there's a way to maximize...

RIght now I have a studio projects C1 microphone and VTB1 amplifier but might need to replace one or both. I'm an amateur that does music for fun, posts videos on youtube. Have a below average singing voice and am not an audio engineer/mixer at all. So I was thinking that getting equipment that...

I’m having a problem recording and am not sure which of my components is the faulty one. I have a studio projects C1 by XLR cable to a studio projects VTB-1 by ¼ TRS cable to RCA to an m-audio audiophile soundcard My terminology might be wrong but what ends up happening is that while I’m...

thanks for the great suggestion the cancers! i never thought of that.

ok, so as a rough guide to an amateur like myself, I should in order: 1. record multiple takes 2. apply extreme compression (?) 3. apply delay 4. apply reverb right?

is it better to record one vocal track, make copies of it, change the start times of each and combine or should you actually record multiple vocal tracks? so you do that and then on top of that do delay... any tips on the settings for the delay?

you can listen to it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWPK52Si3iI&feature=related. The vocals don't sound natural especially for certain syllables (such as at 0:57 and 1:50 and 2:00). I imagine they must be using effects to get that thick vocal sound. Any ideas what?

So, im trying to do different types of songs so i can improve both as a musician and a mixer. Here are two more: http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?id=18803 http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?id=18802 From the mixing standpoint, these are the things I think are generally wrong...

the bass is clipping the track? throughout the song or just the intro? i have one bass in the intro part in which i intentionally put a distortion effect on it to make it fuzzier. Then there's a different bass during the vocals part which is pretty much a regular electric bass. i made a new...

yeah, the vocals were recorded in different days with different mic placements and whatever so i know there are volume differences. i only have the software compresser that came with cakewalk sonar and i tried compressing with various settings and none made it sound completely even. The...

what compression setting would you recommend trying on the vocals?

i posted a version of this like 3-4 weeks ago but i made a lot of changes so here is version 2. http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?id=18685 let me know how to improve the mix.

hey, I really appreciate your helpful comments on the song. those type of comments are really helpful because i'm new to mixing and read through tutorials but don't really know what i'm doing. most comments here only deal with simple things like raise the vocals louder; they arent really...

is this one any good. any suggestions on the mix? http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?id=18545