Another wannabe - take 2

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Hi everyone,

I'm pretty new to this, and so the advice on here has been superb. In comparison to some of the home recordings I've listened to on here, my contribution is a bit lame.

I don't know much about production/effects or even what to do with a file make it CD ready so it's pretty much as it comes, straight out of the guitar and my mouth. I've been recording in my spare time for the last 3 months and this is the first complete thing I have made.

I'd really appreciate some honest feedback about the recording/playing/singing and tips to improve it. My family and friends have been very kind to me so far, but I know there is a long way to go, and I need to hear the truth, so tell it like it is.

Cheers for listening anyway and I hope you all dislike bankers or else you might think I am an angry hater which would not be a very good way to introduce myself to this forum...
 

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Is this a take two with the guitar up a bit or take two now that your in the MP3 clinic?
 
Aye, I meant take 2 being in the clinic - but now I think you should see a second take (06) with your advice to crank the guitar. Thanks for bearing with me as I get it together.
 
Nice - much better with the balance of the guitar and vocals.

How are you recording? Microphone, DAW etc. ?
 
Yeh I reckon too, sound advice you gave me there, amazing what a track tweak of volume can do for a tune, I never would have spotted it myself.

I started with Reaper about 2 weeks ago after reading about how good it is on this forum. My friend is letting me borrow (trusting guy) his AT4033 mic. I've got a Tanglewood semi acoustic guitar. I record in my room, I think the set up is not bad, my room is quite big with fairly high ceilings and plenty of soft furnishing BUT a downside is that I am directly under the Heathrow flight path. So it's not perfect, but by no means the worst environment for a city based home studio. Can you hear the room qualities in the recording? I wonder about this....
 
Funny story about flight paths.

An engineering friend of mine helped his client (A famous vocalist) build a studio on his newly purchased farm in the country. We are talking hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Long story short -
Not long after the completion the local airport became an international airport and you guessed it ... new flight paths directly over head. :facepalm:
 
Yeh human development = roar of engines. What a shame to have a lovely new studio ruined, no sound proofing could supersede the noise and vibration a jet engine makes. Shame that.
 
Back to you .....

I don't hear that much room artifacts at all.
 
Good to know the acoustic are working in my favour despite Heathrow. Thanks heaps!
 
Very good sound fritsthegirl, your in good hands with more if there is anyone that could sound proof & mic a damn jet engine is more sound! Kudo's to u on using reaper your starting out on the right track. Dont stay there tho based on your tracking and skills at the beginning stage wanna see you graduate to pro tools in a year or two :D. Reaper is a solid entry level software dont let anyone tell you no different. we champion it here for new beginners.
 
jaynm26 said:
Very good sound fritsthegirl, your in good hands with more if there is anyone that could sound proof & mic a damn jet engine is more sound! Kudo's to u on using reaper your starting out on the right track. Dont stay there tho based on your tracking and skills at the beginning stage wanna see you graduate to pro tools in a year or two :D. Reaper is a solid entry level software dont let anyone tell you no different. we champion it here for new beginners.
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Reaper is also a solid piece of software for non-beginners. The idea that one should aspire to 'graduate' to Pro Tools is preposterous.
 
jaynm26 said:
Very good sound fritsthegirl, your in good hands with more if there is anyone that could sound proof & mic a damn jet engine is more sound! Kudo's to u on using reaper your starting out on the right track. Dont stay there tho based on your tracking and skills at the beginning stage wanna see you graduate to pro tools in a year or two :D. Reaper is a solid entry level software dont let anyone tell you no different. we champion it here for new beginners.
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Sorry jaynm, but that is really the most ridiculous piece of advice I've seen here. Reaper is a fully featured DAW, extremely powerful, and is no way an entry level piece of software. Reaper recommended as effectively training wheels for new beginners? Get real.

The only concession that I will make is that while Reaper is very powerful, it is also very easy to use.
 
^^^^ THIS^^^^

Reaper is much much more than entry level software, and it's a ridiculous notion to think such a thing. Ridiculous.

Back on topic, I really liked the song fritsthegirl. I look forward to hearing more from you as you develop your skills.

Cheers :thumbs up:
 
I'll stick with Reaper forever now probably, it's pretty time consuming learning new software and if it does what I need it to (which from the sounds of things it always will) then I don't see any need to change. It's already beyond 100 times better than Audacity, so I'm happy as Larry that I got the recommendation off here to start with Reaper. From using it and what everyone has said I reckon it's going to be be an excellent bit of software for me.

And hey, cheers a lot for the compliment. I look forward to working on the ideas and feedback I've had. I can't wait for Friday to be over so I can get stuck in!
 
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