cincy_kid
Active member
Hey all, long time no see, hope everyone is doing well!
I started trying to record again and I just finished a cover song. Feel free to comment on anything you would like but to be honest I am less concerned with the feedback on the actual performance but instead what I really care about is what I need to do to get the finished tune sounding more professional.
Here is the original I covered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teXA8N3aF9M
Here is my version:
My version 2:
I have had some tell me the volumes are not equalized, some say it just sounds like a poor quality recording and some have told me that it sounds like I am playing/singing from a toilet
So I need to know if its the lower quality equipment I am using, my chain, my software, my mixing skills (or lack thereof) or the fact that I did not master it or something else? It just doesn't sound as full and bright as a normal song you hear on the radio or done in a professional studio, what am I missing? I know its not ever going to sound as good as somethgin done in a pro studio, but I should be able to get it sounding a lot closer than this.
I did everything myself (in this order):
- Lay down the ukulele track
- Lay down lead vocal track
- Lay down the harmonies track
- Lay down the beat using my Cajon
- Lay down the bass guitar going direct into my pre-amp
- Lay down the tambourine
Equipment I use:
- Mic: Studio Projects B1 recorded everything (I tried a couple of different options for the cajon but the SPB1 ended up sounding the best)
- Pre-amp: M-Audio Tampa
- Sound Card - M-Audio Delta 1010
- Mixing board - small cheap Behringer
- PC - I forget the specs but its a few years old and still good to go
- Software: Sony Acid Pro 7
My Chain:
- From Mic >> Snake >> Pre-amp >> Sound Card >> (from sound card it goes into the PC but I also have the outs going into my mixing board so that I can run my monitors from them and also have my headphone amp hooked up at my mixing desk when needed)
After I recoerded everythign, I first got all of the tracks I wanted to use, adjusted volumes until i thgought it sounded good through the monitors. Put some reverb on my vocals, uke and cajon and that was pretty much it.
Then I "rendered as", saved it a couple of different ways (as a high quality mp3 and a wave file which was much too large to send anyone to listen to).
So any advice? New equipmet? Better chain? learn how to mix/master?
Let me know if there is any info I left out that would help in figuring this out.
Thanks in advance!!
- cincy
I started trying to record again and I just finished a cover song. Feel free to comment on anything you would like but to be honest I am less concerned with the feedback on the actual performance but instead what I really care about is what I need to do to get the finished tune sounding more professional.
Here is the original I covered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teXA8N3aF9M
Here is my version:
My version 2:
I have had some tell me the volumes are not equalized, some say it just sounds like a poor quality recording and some have told me that it sounds like I am playing/singing from a toilet
So I need to know if its the lower quality equipment I am using, my chain, my software, my mixing skills (or lack thereof) or the fact that I did not master it or something else? It just doesn't sound as full and bright as a normal song you hear on the radio or done in a professional studio, what am I missing? I know its not ever going to sound as good as somethgin done in a pro studio, but I should be able to get it sounding a lot closer than this.
I did everything myself (in this order):
- Lay down the ukulele track
- Lay down lead vocal track
- Lay down the harmonies track
- Lay down the beat using my Cajon
- Lay down the bass guitar going direct into my pre-amp
- Lay down the tambourine
Equipment I use:
- Mic: Studio Projects B1 recorded everything (I tried a couple of different options for the cajon but the SPB1 ended up sounding the best)
- Pre-amp: M-Audio Tampa
- Sound Card - M-Audio Delta 1010
- Mixing board - small cheap Behringer
- PC - I forget the specs but its a few years old and still good to go
- Software: Sony Acid Pro 7
My Chain:
- From Mic >> Snake >> Pre-amp >> Sound Card >> (from sound card it goes into the PC but I also have the outs going into my mixing board so that I can run my monitors from them and also have my headphone amp hooked up at my mixing desk when needed)
After I recoerded everythign, I first got all of the tracks I wanted to use, adjusted volumes until i thgought it sounded good through the monitors. Put some reverb on my vocals, uke and cajon and that was pretty much it.
Then I "rendered as", saved it a couple of different ways (as a high quality mp3 and a wave file which was much too large to send anyone to listen to).
So any advice? New equipmet? Better chain? learn how to mix/master?
Let me know if there is any info I left out that would help in figuring this out.
Thanks in advance!!
- cincy
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