need somewhere to start

[EleEse89]

brand new at mxing, no formal school, just and ear for music and a new found passion for playing around with it on pro tools, neways i just finished reading a book on mxing, learned alot but need to head in the right direction, if any1 could listen to the mp3(its a rap vocal in spanish of my friend) and let me know how u would eq n compress, itd b a big help, gotta xml mic goin str8 to my mini mbox to my macbook pro, will b using the waves SSl channel to eq n compress, thnxs alot for the help

 

[miroslav]

You can't make mixing decisions with only one track. How you process the vocals will depend on the music that goes with them.

 

[EleEse89]

so should I attach the instrumental as well? I realize every1 will mix it diffrent but any1s opinion would b helpful,
I just need a real life example of wat a good.mix would b, even if its just this vocal, sorry for not introducing myself btw, namesLS n im new lol

 

[diggy_dude]

You can't have a mix if you only have one track, so yes, you need to upload all of the tracks.

Compression and EQ decisions affecting one track are usually made in the context of all the tracks in the mix. For instance, does the instrument on track 1 mask the instrument on track 2? And so forth.

 

[EleEse89]

da reason I,only,uploaded 1 part of,the,song is bc I dont have the beat mixed down instrument by
instrument by instrument, I just uploaded the completed mp3 beat,onto
1 track of protools, da rest of,the mix is just mw boy rappin,
it doesny get much diffrent then the part I uploaded, ill have the beat uploaded soon as im off work

 

[moresound]

Spanish RAP! cool. What will they think of next?