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I remember buying the CD of Iggy Pop's "The Idiot," which I only listened to on vinyl up to that point. I was very familiar with that record. A really good sounding record. So I was shocked, to say the least, when I played the CD. Dull, flat-sounding, wretched. Apparently it was not...

I find it hard to believe that any Radial product will "affect the tone for the worse" --Radial is well-known for their kit, and their gear is used widely by professionals and amateurs alike. I've only read good things in reviews of their products. That having been said, SOS magazine just did...

So, I took the "survey," and honestly I don't have the faintest idea of which one was "synthetic" and which one wasn't. They all sounded kind of crappy, actually.

I've very rarely used an amped-up guitar signal. I always use emulations. Specifically, an old Line Six Pod and earlier, occasionally, a Zoom G1. I suppose a guitar tone geek might hear the difference, but so what? I couldn't care less, and virtually nobody listening out there is gonna know...

I usually have at least three different takes of the same riff; that way they sound a bit different strung together. Say part A and then B and then C and then B and then A . . . etc. Of course the best way is to just do it all from beginning to end, and if there are mistakes, copy and paste as...

Well, hopefully you haven't been discouraged by a lack of response here! What mic did you get? You might be better off getting something like Magix Music Maker. The "Premium" version is only $69.99, and it is quite useful. There's going to be a learning curve--there's no two ways about it...

"Due to asthma am *not* going to make DYI acoustic panels from weawed glass insulation mattresses. Can't take that risk with my lungs." I've made dozens of those things, both with the more dangerous fiberglass and the less dangerous Roxul. I only use Roxul now. But I always used a respirator...

Yeah, that block thing will not cause "thin" recordings. I'm not sure how the drums could be "hitting" better with increased buffer settings either. I do have some issues on the laptop of having to nudge recorded tracks occasionally because of a latency issue, but you should NEVER have to do...

Hell, I don't know, I have fun whenever I record. Sometimes frustration too.

I think I would re-sing in it, and try to get it right. And skip the Auto-tune entire. I've re-sung a lot of stuff until I got a take I could be happy with. Using Auto-tune is anathema to me on vocals. (I don't have Antares Auto-Tune, but I do have Melodyne Studio 4.) I have three singers I'm...

You know, "rumble" was probably not the right word there. Maybe "boxiness." Rumble implies a much deeper sound.

"I also had someone telling me that my voice sounded a bit bathroomy?" What Gecko mentioned is likely--the reverb on your voice. As he suggested, try a "bigger" reverb, like say a Cathedral or church reverb, and keep it down in the mix. Use a send/return for it. You might also want to put a...

I'm hearing a lot of low-mid rumble, like the bass and guitar are in the tank fighting it out. It's booming. I ran the song through a Soundcraft mixer and cut a considerable amount at around 400Hz or so and that seemed to help a lot with the low-mid muddiness. That's a common problem, and it...

You have what you need to make some good recordings--I have an Arturia keyboard, and Analog Lab is very good indeed! From what you're saying it sounds like your levels are all over the place--try posting up some of your mixes at the mp3 clinic here so we can get a listen to what's going on with...

Don't worry about mastering at this point. Just get the mixes to sound right first, and hone those skills. You say that you "wrote a few songs" and "none sound like they should," but that's got nothing to do with the fact that you haven't "mastered" them yet. I guarantee you that. What have...

I get backing-track files (mostly mp3s) from clients who intend to sing over them, and they are very often slammed, so that's not unusual. I get caught off guard now and again by that. If a track is exported and it was already slammed, and GarageBand is maybe adding a little gain or whatever...

Yep.

I would second what a lot of folks are saying here--learn to do either the voice or the guitar first, and then take it from there. I'm currently working with a young singer/songwriter who writes on the acoustic, and she gladly decided to do the acoustic first, then the guitar. Or vice versa...

Seems like that Neewer mic is more trouble than it's worth.

So . . . were they counterfeit?