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I've found adjusting your vocal volume to suit your equipment usually makes the delivery sound unauthentic. When recording, your delivery should be as close to how you'd sing it without all the equipment in front of you. I've intentionally pulled back on my vocals while recording before, and I...

thanks for the feedback Triple M. I've recently just gone back to tackle this song after setting it aside for some others. Regarding "frequency fighting with the vocal", most of my recordings have this problem. I've recently started using multiband compression and am finding that it separates...

i do a lot of acoustic guitar recording with vocals. i like using the tools on individual tracks, specifically, the multiband compressor. I also like adding some subtle harmonic excitation to rhythm guitar. but it's easy to overdo things with this software. moderation is the key. I've just...

also, if sibilance is a problem in your vox, compressing the high mids can tame those too...this is another option instead of a de-esser; If you do EQ out the "ess" sounds, I'd recommend automating so that the EQ only cuts on the very brief intervals when it is needed, and do this only to the...

The music sounds like its way far back, and the vocals are up front all alone. I do almost all live recording with acoustic guitars, so I'm not exactly sure why your mix sounds so separated. I've recently started using ozone 4's multiband compressor on individual tracks as opposed to applying...

on this track, your daughter's voice reminds me of kim gordon from sonic youth, who doesn't use a lot of range (or even sing in key at times). i've always like the sound of her voice because even though it is far from perfect, her delivery within their music is quite suitable. i like your...

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curious how the "full quality" version sounds. when do you get it?

I like the feel of this recording. I brightened up the treble with some EQ and I liked the way the guitar came through better. I'd mess around with that some on the guitar. The other tracks seem pretty well positioned to me. On headphones, there's a harmonica part that I'd pull a bit closer...

Thanks for the link. I'll mess around with tracking on these different positions. I also like the idea of doubletracking the same chords in two different positions.

"I'm listening on cheap phones, but the acoustics sound good to me. They have a nice attack and good clarity." Thanks for the feedback. I liked it better when I gave it a listen today on some cheap headphones. I think I'd burnt out my listening ability last night messing with this song.

"Where are you placing the mic ?" Hi. The Yamaha guitar track was recorded about a year ago, and I think I had it mic'd in front of the sound hole, about 12" to 14" away. That guitar isn't solid top, it doesn't create the tightest sound, but I've found that it can come through decent. By...

Been recording/mixing for a while, and the sound comes out sounding like the attached song. I'm interested in developing a fuller acoustic guitar sound. I've double-tracked the acoustic guitar rythm and panned each take pretty hard to opposite sides based on some advice from Whitestrat, which...