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How can I make the vocals sound better, I am thinking I need better equalizing, any suggestions? I use Adobe Audition. What is Mud Removal?
 
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Just a wild guess, but Mud Removal sounds like an EQ preset that operates on the lower midrange frequencies.
 
I notice when I am close to the speakers it sounds better, but when i am further away it is not as good.Is it an equalizing issue? or compression? How could I edit these in audition?
 
Impossible to say what the issue is without hearing the mix. Try posting your MP3 in the MP3 Clinic forum for advice on what you need to work on.

Your speakers should be set up to form an equilateral triangle with the listening position. Moving closer and farther away from the speakers can't give you an accurate view of the soundfield. That will only create more confusion.
 
Uploading it multiple times isn't going to get your question answered any faster. It will only help get you noticed by the admin. And not in a good way. ;)
 
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How can I make the vocals sound better, I am thinking I need better equalizing, any suggestions? I use Adobe Audition. What is Mud Removal?
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I take it you're the rapper? Well, it didn't sound to me like you used a pop filter on the microphone. I heard a lot of sibilance and plosives. That would definitely make the track sound altogether more crisp.
 
Some mics have a peak in the upper midrange to make the vocals more crisp. Perhaps you need to roll back the EQ in that area to compensate. You would need to do it while recording, not after the fact.
 
EQ on the high end could help with word clarity(10kHz-16kHz). But that could also make the sibilance worse. Kind of hard to be more specific since the track is mixed with other content. Kind of hard to tell on the speakers too. If they're near field monitors, they sound better close up by design. But it could also be gain, EQ, or even phase issues that differ depending on your perspective / orientation. You might try putting the pop filter further from the mic. But I wasn't noticing much in plosives, just the Sssss stuff which is normally the EQ of a given mic, more than most other things IMO. And of course the source. You do tend to hang on to the Ssss's that terminate a word too long. Not that I'm a good judge of that being an instrumentalist.
 
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EQ on the high end could help with word clarity(10kHz-16kHz). But that could also make the sibilance worse. Kind of hard to be more specific since the track is mixed with other content. Kind of hard to tell on the speakers too. If they're near field monitors, they sound better close up by design. But it could also be gain, EQ, or even phase issues that differ depending on your perspective / orientation. You might try putting the pop filter further from the mic. But I wasn't noticing much in plosives, just the Sssss stuff which is normally the EQ of a given mic, more than most other things IMO. And of course the source. You do tend to hang on to the Ssss's that terminate a word too long. Not that I'm a good judge of that being an instrumentalist.
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Ok will try your tips
 
I want to add some reverb to it but everything sounds very metalic when I do
 
There are different types of reverb. One of which "plate" would probably sound metalic. None of which will help with word clarity much. The male vocal was a bit muffled IMO. If I were still a Californian, I'd probably say something like enunciate or diction. But I'm not and that's a distant memory (filed under alien abduction since that place is it's own planet of sorts).
 
I'd try a studio reverb preset, something light. It could make a big difference.
 
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I'd try a studio reverb preset, something light. It could make a big difference.
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all the studio reverb resets sound horrible in audition man, they are drowning out the vocals, what should i adjust as there are many different options, the options on the reverb include:

Reverb Option - Range
Room size (1-100)
Decay (200-10,000 ms)
Early Reflections(0-40%)
Sterio Width (0-100)
Hi Frequency Cut(20-20,000HZ)
Low Frequency Cut (20 -20,000HZ)
Damping (0-100%)
Diffusion: (0-100%)
Output Level: Dry (0-100%)/Wet (0-100%)
 
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