problem, i dont sound like nelly??!!

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wtf i dont sound like nelly.. or emine.. or dre.. or anyone famous.. how come in my ears it sounds good (it does, why dont you believe me?) and my recordings sound really bad? im using cakewalk home studio 2k2, these are my first recordings, i dont know how to do any effects (cant find any in the software) and i dont even know if effects do anything to make my voice sound better, and all these knobs on my preamp (behringer 1002) i keep them on 0 (manual recommends), am i suppose to do something to make a recording sound good? like turn the knobs, add effects, etc?
 
da** straight you gotta twist those knobs.

but you gotta learn how to twist them right if you want for your production to have the same professionalism as that of Nelly or Em.

Now having said that, the studios that Nelly and Em are recording in are not using home studio. but that doesn't mean that you can't get the most out of what you have.

what mic are you using into the behringer?

what drum machine are you using?

what sampler?

what keyboard?

you need to get a decent FX package. if you can't afford Waves, try Ultrafunk or DSP-FX. Ultrafunk has dynamics processing as well as fx (compressor, EQ, reverb, chorus, etc.).
 
basically the people tracking mixing and mastering for em and nelly have experience as well as equipment that costs more then we would most likely see in one lifetime...plus topping em's sound would be ridiculously hard considering he records on 2" nelly's pro tools azz'll be more likely candidate to copy
 
im using sp b1 mic and audiophile 2496 sound card, beats from mp3.com so i guess i dont need the drum machine, sampler, or keyboard (wouldnt know how to use em either).. its not that im dreaming that my voice would sound good, its just that my recordings dont sound like they do to my own ears without recording (that make sense?).. do i need to buy books to learn how to turn those knobs and my software? what did you guys do to learn?
 
...Take more than a bunch of good gears to make a good recording. Also long years experience to be great sound engineer. However, since it's your first shoot, don't worry, if you keep learning, then you'll be there in no time. We were there at our time. Here's a good article sonusman wrote FYI.

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19596


...remember, experience is the key. And we're here to share eachother a knowledge.

;)
James
 
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