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Yep. I've never had a problem with them.

The gear that you already have is good enough. You're next purchase should be an audio interface. You can get a decent one for around $100.

Without hearing a sample, I would say that your #1 problem is using your laptop's soundcard.

Are you using the same headphones or speakers for playback and recording?

First, Welcome. :) A few questions.... What mic are you using? Are you using headphones only or do you also use speakers? What interface are you using or are you using your laptop's soundcard? Can you post a sample of the recording with the noise in it?

You can get good results with either one. You just have to know how to mix on whatever you use. You have to know your equipment and how it translates on other systems. I've always heard that mixing on monitors was easier, but I wouldn't know....I've always mixed using cans. :o I would love...

Every system that you listen on will sound different. It is possible to mix with headphones, but generally recommended not to.

I used Cubase for years. Then I moved to Reaper. I haven't even opened up Cubase since I started using Reaper and will likely never use anything else. So my vote is for Reaper. (obviously)

I've been pondering over a new laptop for a while and have pretty much come to the conclusion to buy a Lenovo T520 or W520. How do you like yours?

Thanks guys. Great feedback. I'll probably work on it tomorrow night and try some of the changes. And I agree...it needs something. And there was a squeeky chair. :facepalm: Good ears.

It was all in the mic placement. Haha

Alright...so I took some advice and added a little more verb on the vox and a little more lows to the bass and brought the bass up a tad. Here is a mix without drums in case anyone wants to add some drums to it. :D Thanks, Dwayne

Bass is something that I usually have trouble with, most likely because my mixing space stinks. Shakers I can do, but what are you talking about by "hand rhythm"? I will definitley post one with drums. Good idea. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for listening and for the comments. I'll give them a shot when I can. And now for the drums. Is probably should have explained in my original post, but oh well. My intentions when starting this project was to use midi drums just for tempo, then track real drums. However, our...

It's been a while since I've been on HR. Work & life in general has got me CRAZY BUSY. I've been messing around with this mix for a few months and it sounds decent to me, but what do you think? I need a fresh perspective from the good folks at HR. NOTE: UPDATED SONG WITH NO DRUMS IN POST...

Yeah. I'm sure that mixing on this machine would be difficult. But a lot of people think that they have to have the most up to date machine for everything when that's not the case. I mix on a slightly more up to date machine. Core 2 Duo, 3 gb RAM, XP, reaper.

The only things I did was turn off the screen savers/power saving options and in the Control Panel set the performance option to Adjust for Best Performance.

Just so you know.... I do a lot of recording with this setup with absolutely NO problems. I record at 24/44.1 and have recorded up to 16 tracks at a time. Dell P4 2.8 2 GB RAM generic firewire card with Ricoh (sp?) chip Presonus Firestudio External USB drive Reaper WinXP 32 bit This thing is...

Check out the GLS ES-57. Its a really good SM57 knock off for $30

An easy solution would be something like the Zoom H1 or the Tascam DR-05.