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Yeah, I'm starting to wonder if the mic is going bad, because I've used it for years but my last few tunes have had these issues. My DAW is Sonar Home Studio 6 (old, I know), the mic is an AKG Perception 200 condenser, USB interface is a Lexicon Lambda (I don't think my soundcard factors in...

Hey guys. I've been mixing my own stuff with varied success for a while now, but I feel like the last three or so songs I've done have all had this problem where the vocals are just crazy sharp and harsh sounding and I'm not sure why. Part of me thinks it might be something I'm doing (or not...

Hm, not quite sure what you mean. Do you just mean remixing the background tracks in such a way that it's easier to hear myself with headphones on? I think the main issue is just having anything covering my ears. I know it's kind of a weird issue... Unless that's not what you're talking about.

I've always found I'm very reliant upon my ears when I'm singing - I need to be able to hear every little nuance of my voice to really give a good performance, in my opinion. Because of this, I've always had a problem singing into the mic with headphones on. I usually take one ear off, but it's...

Thanks for the detailed notes. I think you're spot on about recording to a scratch track, because time and again I go in to redo vox a second time and they always come out better, I think because the previous vox are already there. And yeah they are probably a touch too loud because our last...

Hm... Okay. I can definitely boost the bass. As far as width goes, do you mean panning or just overall scope of the frequencies in the song? Any areas other than the bass you feel could be boosted? As far as the mix being quiet, that's more of a mastering issue right? I mean I don't want to get...

Hey guys, I'm struggling to get these vox to sound right to me. They seem a bit too nasally (I cut around 1khz but I don't know if it helped a ton) and I'm not sure if the reverb sits right/if they should have a different treatment, like double tracking (or at least faking it with some delay)...

I've always had a traditionally good voice, but when it comes to singing rock/indie with my band, I am always very critical of myself. It's a totally different ballgame singing your own songs and having to develop a personality/style. I think I make do, but it doesn't help matters that I either...

Thanks for the comments. Yeah I really juiced the bass on this latest mix because the guitars just weren't interesting enough to carry it (may need to redo those too), but I think you're right, it's too muddy. And yeah I think I tend to undermix drums so I'll give especially the snare and...

Honestly I think that's totally rad. The drums have such a nice up-close sound to them. Reminds me of Albini's drums... The snare has a little bit of a ring to it but that doesn't bug me at all. Good guitar tone and parts. Throw some vocals on that bitch!

Dude it's not really a standard patriotic tribute. It's saying that the country a lot of us want to love because we're a part of it has fallen from grace and what it supposedly stands for in the name of remaining #1 through war and corporate greed. It's sort of a love-hate song.

Hey all. I've been recording and mixing my own band's stuff for a while and feel like I don't know what I'm doing half the time. I'm more interested in critique of the mix than songwriting, but I will take any comments into consideration obviously. I've heard criticism that the song sounds a...

Very nicely done. It fits right in line with the style of music you're playing. Plus it sits right where it needs to in the mix in my opinion.

I've done the one-ear out thing in the past too, but now I'm getting paranoid about the music bleeding into the vocal track through the open headphone. It's tough, because I really need to be able to hear myself to be on-pitch.

Learned in early chorus all the way up through high school select and vocal jazz - had to unlearn a lot of things for my lo-fi indie band. Vibrato rarely works in that frame.

Use sampled drums. ;-) Honestly I can't see it being too big of a problem... Where do you place your kick mic(s)?

My definition of dry might be off, but I love the production on The Microphones' The Glow: Part II. Big-time headphones album.