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I usually record my vocals dry. When i'm happy with what i've got, i use a vst plug-in to add compression. One of my recent tracks has (excuse the newb terminology) quiet/soft vocals in the verse and some loud vocals in the chorus. I achieved this by recording the chorus first with the signal...

while we're at it, i'll offer my $0.02 Guitar first (my mother tongue), then when the song has structure i'll play with the melody by humming and mumbling whatever words come into my head until I notice a little melody that fits. I'll play with it and thresh it out until i'm relatively happy...

mastering you say... interesting. Your correct in that I push the recording signals as high as I can get without clipping, but could you explain (for the newbie that I am) what you mean about mixing with the main busses at 0db. I've heard people talking about this in another thread - does it...

interesting article. I dont find the clipping a problem, I've already been lowering the levels on tracks in my mix to avoid it - and using the reduce by 3db feature on areas of a track that may have a kick or a whack (ie too loud, sounding out of place with the rest of the track). My problem is...

Hi, Cakewalk and I are starting to get along better these days - thanks in particular to this site. I'm starting to work on my mixing abilities, and I would like a few pointers here. I record each track seperately (bass, guitar, voice etc) ensuring that the windows mixer levels are adjusted so...

thanks for the advice timothydog, its well received. I have an SBLive! Value and I've downloaded The natural Studio kit V5 for my drums. It sounds great to me - do you happen to know if its a layered soundfont or not? Luckily for me I've spent some time playing drums, and im just past beginner...

What can I do to enhance the pretty raw sound I get on my vocals? Im not worried about the quality of the sound, its clean enough... but I would like to hear what effects you recommend.... I read a lot of people talking about compressing vocals, or changing the EQ... I'm a complete newcomer so...

oddly enough I played about with CWPA after writing this and managed to answer a few of my own questions.... I see now the tempo view, and though I dont understand it fully Im sure Its understandable with a little practise. The bridge in my next song should stand out now :) Editing drum loops...

Previous to Alan's illuminating post on the use of soundfonts, I have been struggling with bitheadz voodoo program for arranging authentic sounding rock drums, and importing wavs into my cakewalk 8 project. I am delighted to hear that my sblive! value and some soundfonts can create some...