lind. this is what seperates the top engineers from the rest
of us. this is called audio engineering and takes years and years to build your own production style. i'm still trying to be a good AE after many
years...and its very difficult.
i have some general tips i can give you. but precise presets
will vary from one person to another. i could give you precisely how i do effects but it might not work well for you because the sound of your recording room is different to mine, our mics are different,voices are different, and instruments are different.
if you search under my name ive posted a lot of tips in the past year.
some basics.
dont overdo fx
if vocals sound bad sing them twice. do composite takes.
try stacking guitar tracks.
its been awhile since i used cool ....but there are so many effects ,
and possible settings you just have to spend the time experimenting with them. for example do two vocal takes. then on the second one try a 50/50 dry/effect. put the second affected track
under the first in volume. try this with echo, reverb,chorus,and flange effects. then repeat with different ratios of dry to effect.
on delay experiment in the 55ms to 100 ms range.
hope this tip gets you on the road. just experiment.