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    Recommended Mixing Site?

    No offense taken at all. I consider myself a newb (again, maybe). Shoot had the same problem DAW wise, started in cool edit, than went to a university class on audio and was trained on protools, than had a cubase crack (umm alledgedly, sorry), now have the free version of mixpad. They...
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    Recommended Mixing Site?

    haha I got offended for a brief second as I looked up luddite; but after seeing the definition. YES one of the worst. I was thinking of trying a butter knife or one of my cheap phillips head swiss knives.....however stripping those screws would be horrible! I think i may take a shot at it...
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    You are right about the avalon! Sad truth is I don't have a damn phillips head screwdriver in my house, lol i was dumb and bought one that the top screws off and lost the phillips head top. I know shame on me, once I get it I dont wanna just turn the thing upside down incase anything is not...
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    FolkCafe-- Thank you. After listening to them I agree I like the FIRST the best; probably want to lose the doubling on the verses or at least take the time to get them lined up alot better lol the silence here was deafening so I panicked a little (DOUBT!) and overcorrected. Thank you for...
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    Thank you, in this case I would rather not 'put it off in perpetuity' as to tell you the truth, by the lyrics being written pre 2012, I have already had it on the sideline long enough that before my guy passed he did ask me "Hey I put hours into those beats are you going to use them" ... "Well...
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    Awesome cheap Vocal Booth

    Okay, so if i understood right your priority list would not go 1. Behind the mic 2. Any parralel walls instead of 2 in front of the mic? I figured in front of mic as second priority as that is the first (and strongest?) reflection point the sound tends to hit. (also in most cases most likely...
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    TalismanRich- Thank you so much for taking the time to listen. (first posted was final the second was new.) I agree about the the second one lacking bass and that being a mortal sin in the genre. I hit the vocals with a pretty steep HP filter and I thinks I may have accidentally HP'd the...
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    Rob -- Thank you so much for taking the time to listen and respond! Unfortunately the beat is already a MP3 that was made by a fellow who passed and I am no beatmaker...so beyond adding effects to the actual beat I cannot do much but would like to honor his efforts. (w The third one I do...
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    Awesome cheap Vocal Booth

    Glad to hear duvets are still "acceptable enough". It is most important to treat directly 1. Behind the mic 2. In front of the mic.? 3. (I cannot afford or justify purchasing with my skillset) so I will ignore.
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    Awesome cheap Vocal Booth

    If the room your recording in sucks and you can't afford proper accoustic treatmet than starting off with a completely "roomless/booth" vocal may be the next best thing. I guess I understand the logic but not a fan.
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    Recommended Mixing Site?

    www.soundcloud.com/jon-smith-667928375/allondrugstnewestugly (There is also a third one where the beat really bumps but watch your speakers i am a novice, the vocals are dry and just the levels mixed, minus the hook.) There are three attempts. Ok I re-recorded it and did the best I currently...
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    Why are the commercials so loud?

    I hear you, get this chinsy shit, I too pay for a landline: But apparently they are so obsolete that the phone jacks (that are like standard in homes!) don't even work and it all runs through a modem which is only accessible at one point in the house... I bet you can guess which room they were...
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    Awesome cheap Vocal Booth

    Thank you for the insightful replies. For some reason the like button isn't working for me so you get a special thanks.
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    TalismanRich- "the way to learn is to do it.....again and again and again" but but but, i don't want to; mixing feels like "work" to me and the thought of doing it over and over again ad-nauseum for years until Im decent; in this case is unacceptable. Okay my beatmaker has passed and I would...
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    Ok I am going to make a new mix of the same song. That one was made in 2012 apparently. Give me a better or worse when I post it; things you would change always help. Remember at this current point I only have control of the vocal part of the track; so go ahead and make that your only focus...
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    Awesome cheap Vocal Booth

    I thought general knowledge is not to record vocals in a ''booth'' unless said room sounds like ish and cannot be fixed by treating (within your budget)? ; Right now and for the forseeable future I am recording vocals only. I am no superstar on reverb either, i follow the 'add reverb it until...
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    Why are the commercials so loud?

    ^ You aren't. Still prefer VHS to DVD ... at least they continue to work; I look at a dvd sideways; or often straight out the box they dont work!! am I gunna go return it to the 5 dollar bin, probably not. Anything "Smart" also functions as a GPS; therefor if you are concerned about that...
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    Why are the commercials so loud?

    No, I am in the US. I will have to talk to the good people at walmart (because we know they got the product specs memorized and wouldn't say "uhh probably" or something to that effect. However I suspect if it is doable in the UK it will be doable stateside to? *edit* I hear you on the smart...
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    Recommended Mixing Site?

    I know with the equipment I have, even minus the avalon; that I am getting a good recording going in. Silent in the background and peaking at around -8 , so I should lose another 4 db ish of gain. No problem big problem. From this point on.......I know awhole lot about mixing on paper but...
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    Why are the commercials so loud?

    well screw act 3.0 than... ecc83-- I figured a fader would pretty well cover the problem, for all practical purposes. To put a finer point on what I am trying to stop; I live with a 71 year old who enjoys falling asleep in front of the TV; which I don't exactly condone but who am I to 'condone'...
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