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Goofing off in the studio today with a friend. I'll take any tips https://soundcloud.com/madscientistmusic/sunday-afternoon

This is something I've been fighting for a while. I record a few tracks (stereo mic the guitar, vocals, DI the piano, and electronic drum kit). Start mixing and adding plugins and before I'm done the song has developed a hiss and I couldn't figure out why. I asked some others and found the...

Hey guys, working on some new tracks with a friend of mine (rock genre I guess it would be called). I didn't know if anyone might be interested in recording some live drums for the tracks we are doing. I have an electronic kit that we're using but frankly I can't make them sound great, and...

I'm thinking of taking the walk in closet in my room (6'4"x 5'2" x 8') and trying to turn it into an iso room/booth. Basically something completely dead and silent for tracking some acoustic guitars, or throwing an amp in to record electric (maybe even a vocal if it's something super quiet). My...

I got lots of help on this cover but I would love to hear what else I need to do https://soundcloud.com/polarity-2/wonderwall Vocals were me Steenamaroo did the harmony, glockenspiel, and oboe Jimmy did this mix but I am recreating it and even trying to make it better =) I'll take any tips you...

Saw this posted by HomeRecording on facebook and thought it was actually pretty cool. From everything I've learned on this site, I would have to assume it wouldn't sound good but I'd love to hear what you guys have to say about this. Convertible Vocal Booth DIY Build - Album on Imgur It's a...

I have gotten a few jobs lately to record local orchestra and choirs. The people I'm working with are looking for a very different sound than I am used to. They want to hear the room in the performance hall. Right now I am trying to record about a 20 piece orchestra and 40 piece choir...

https://soundcloud.com/polarity-2/feel-my-love Need to finish the song but curious if this guitar sound is better than the last few I've posted. Singing still needs a little work but sounds pretty good to me.

I have recorded myself quite a bit at this point and so far it's all been by tracking. I'm not very good at guitar so I'm definitely not good at singing and playing at the same time. The other day I started recording a cover of "make you feel my love" the Bob Dylan tune that was covered by Adele...

Would anyone with a higher end tube preamp (who also happens to have a cheap one) record a clip of something on each so we can hear the difference? I purchased one of the Tube Pre v2s a little while back because I was told I had to have one (I really shouldn't trust salesman). While I can...

Accepting any criticism/help. The guitar is my buddy Kenny Davis playing, I'm doing the vocal. Any help on mix or vocals would be much appreciated. https://soundcloud.com/polarity-2/ggd-cover thanks

I'll take critique on anything. The mix, the singing, the playing. I have someone (I'll leave their name out unless they want to say) mixing it so I can hear some differences. I thought I'd post it up here though and see what you guys hear. I apologize for not using soundcloud but my friends...

Can compressing the crap out of a vocal make it sound lifeless? Trying to determine if it's a problem of performance or mixing. I feel like in some cases I'm really feeling the song and singing the crap out of it, but then people hear it and say it sounds like I don't mean it at all.. I'm...

I only got to work with my vocal coach for a very short time (I moved away and honestly I was too shy to sing in front of her). She did help me understand a few things but some stuff I never really got what she was saying and I'm finally starting to put the pieces together on my own. Anyway on...

Do you think is in this recording? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZfReXafYNE Listening to these guys here (pre-recorded) vs their live stuff it's very different. Just curious if anyone hears any massive amount of processing that they can't/don't do live normally?

Most on the vocal here, first person I sent it to said "not your best work". I keep listening back and think it's pretty good. Figured maybe you all could give me some input. Is the vocal bad or off key? Mixing horrible? Or fine and just wasn't his cup of tea.

Another original by my friend Kenny Davis. I love the sound from the guitars in the intro but I would love to find a way to make it cleaner. I'll take any other tips you guys have

This was just done as a test for a friend. Recorded using 3 mics, 2 MXL 991s on guitar and an AKG c214 on vocals. Played/recorded in 1 take, only reverb added. What would you do to this one? -Will

Found someone selling a Groove Tubes GT40 (new in box it says) for $475. I can't find much online in the way of pricing for these things. Reading suggests it's a pretty decent all around mic. Actually I don't even think I'm interested in picking it up (don't really have a need for another mic...

EQ Cheat-Sheet Breakdown | MyMixEngineer.com Pretty cool read, helped me understand some of the frequencies better. Feel free to debate or point out flaws if you see them, I'd love to hear more.