Thanks @Papanate for the feedback. I will revisit the drums, take another look.
I can't really say about the era influence. I have been listening to music so long, I probably have pieces from 70's all the way up. I am pushing more towards a Steely Dan, Chris Rea, Peter Gabriel type mixing...
My thoughts are, take some shine off off the vocal reverb (If your reverb lets you EQ the verb, pull down the above 4-5K area and maybe EQ out below 1K). You're right, a bit muddy, but I think if you worked the EQ on the source vocals, pull down the 250 HZ area (sweep to find you area), I think...
Thanks BT. Interesting abut the vocal feedback. I was thinking it was too forward. I usually have it setting further back. When I go and do a final, I will push the vocal up a smidge (wonderful technical term).
Thanks for the feedback.
I am changing keys and found it rather difficult, so I rushed it.
I do have wavestune, it is not that great and I use it to tweak the vocals. It couldn't correct that without it being very obvious (Cher Obvious).
I think the MINI-PCs are really coming into their own. Lots of monitor connections, and USB ports seem to be generous.
If you already have a monitor, you can pick up a Ryzae (or Intel) with 32 GB RAM and 1 TB storage for about $300. I don't know why this wouldn't work...
OK, first, focus on getting as good a sounds as you can. The polish comes later. Can you record separate tracks? If so, my suggestion is lay the guitar track down twice (double tracking. Group those together and get them to blend well. Two tracks, each mono. Slight pan left and right to taste...
From what I can gather, interface and the DAW (which I have never used and just now learned about) looks rather straight forward, not sure about trying it on an iPad. What are you exactly struggling with?
I would focus on the basics, recording a track, adding a track, learn the master bus...
I found SD/EZ to be serviceable with the rhythm and bass filling in so that the drums are just keeping everything glued together. I know when I solo them, they are pretty "straight forward", but with some work, I can get something salvageable.
Having a decent drummer would be a much better...
I do that a lot with SD. I will get the notes/chords (mainly chords, I'm a chords guy), rhythm, tap out the BPMs to the rhythm, then dumpster dive SD to find a beat/groove I can work with. Build everything off that. Sometimes I start out with the bass (but chords are still driving it) and work...
I usually move the MIDI grooves to my MIDI track as MIDI and then add subtract as required. I do not use SD/EZ in standalone mode, I use it as a plugin. If not aware, you just grab the groove from the plugin and drag it to the MIDI track. Manipulate away as a MIDI file. My apologies if I am not...