New Members: Introduce Yourself Here!

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Hi everyone, I'm Jude, based in the UK. I'm part musician and part writer, and hoping to record/produce my own material, primarily audiobooks. I have a fairly powerful laptop with reaper (among others), and a scarlett 2i2 4th gen and rode nt1. I also have a tascam dp03sd that I use for piano, guitar and vocals, but which also allows narration to be a bit more portable if necessary. I've been experimenting (quite successfully) with room treatment, so I think I'll need minimal processing for my audiobooks. Still, I'd like to understand enough to go from ok results to great ones, and that's the main reason I'm here. Looking forward to learning from the experts!
 
Hi my name is Chris, I've been recording songs for about a year. I don't have a real world music community. One person gives me feedback every so often. Hah, I used to have a second friend who also gave supportive feedback, but unfortunately they just got 2 new jobs, now they're too busy. I would like to find some people who can listen to stuff at whatever stage and let me know what they hear. I love synth-based music and pop singing, one of my touchstone tracks is "Under the Wave" by Erasure.
 
Deylight said:
Hi my name is Chris, I've been recording songs for about a year. I don't have a real world music community. One person gives me feedback every so often. Hah, I used to have a second friend who also gave supportive feedback, but unfortunately they just got 2 new jobs, now they're too busy. I would like to find some people who can listen to stuff at whatever stage and let me know what they hear. I love synth-based music and pop singing, one of my touchstone tracks is "Under the Wave" by Erasure.
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Hi Chris, be sure to check out the MP3 clinic. There is lots to learn from the people who post, and reading feedback, as well as posting yourself. Even if you don't have any "improvement" comments, be sure to let people know you heard it. We all seem to like that part ;)
 
DM60 said:
Hi Chris, be sure to check out the MP3 clinic. There is lots to learn from the people who post, and reading feedback, as well as posting yourself. Even if you don't have any "improvement" comments, be sure to let people know you heard it. We all seem to like that part ;)
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Thanks DM60, great to know!
 
ecc83 said:
Welcome, I am always a bit sad when folks have an interface with only one mic input. I am sure you will find it limiting and get frustrated with it quite soon. Cakewalk is very useful but I strongly suggest you try Reaper...not all DAWs do everything or indeed very much equally well.

Speakers? Good idea, headphones can be rather limiting. As a starting point and assuming you are not flushed with cash, the Presonus Eris 3.5s are very good for around $100. No, they won't go loud nor low but the sound they do make is free from most vices and useful.

To get anything remotely "stooodio" monitor quality you have to look beyond $500 per pair and may here would say at least twice that.

Keep at it.

Dave.
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Hey! Thanks for the response forever ago. I ended up with the presonus speakers you recommended and I like em! For the price they do the trick for what I'm trying to accomplish. I haven't been working on anything really as life uh finds a way to get busy when I want to work on a new hobby.

I still need to try Reaper, I recently bought a MacBook for unrelated stuff so of course my brain keeps reminding me "ya know you can get logic now...."
 
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