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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #300 on: December 17, 2009, 11:10:36 PM »
Front/Back Panning. How? I'm using sony acid pro 7.0

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« Reply #301 on: December 18, 2009, 08:25:03 AM »
Front/Back Panning. How? I'm using sony acid pro 7.0

Panning is only left and right.

As for front/back positioning, that is achieved via volume, some reverb, early reflection, and very judicious eq (some reverb plugs have all of these). Think about it... what does something sound like when it's in the background? Probably a bit muted, more reverb, and not so loud, bright and bassy, di ba? It doesn't matter if you're using acid, reaper, sonar or cubase, the principles are all the same.
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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #302 on: December 18, 2009, 08:39:16 AM »
mga sir may tanong po ako sa mixing/mastering.

Sorry if it took this long to answer your query... it's been a busy month.

Your question is best answered if you try enrolling in this 'school':

http://bruceamiller.us/bamaudioschool/index.html

Don't worry. It's free.

@new_guitarist - learn to mix first. The rule of thumb should be: mix a song so that it sounds like a master. Mastering is a different topic altogether because it involves integrating several different songs into an album so that it sounds like an integrated whole.
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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #303 on: December 28, 2009, 09:03:45 PM »
Panning is only left and right.

As for front/back positioning, that is achieved via volume, some reverb, early reflection, and very judicious eq (some reverb plugs have all of these). Think about it... what does something sound like when it's in the background? Probably a bit muted, more reverb, and not so loud, bright and bassy, di ba? It doesn't matter if you're using acid, reaper, sonar or cubase, the principles are all the same.

Is a front positioned sound louder than a back positioned sound? I want  some parts of our song to sound like circulating around the head. What's the difference actually of a Front position and Back Position?

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« Reply #304 on: December 29, 2009, 09:11:59 AM »
Is a front positioned sound louder than a back positioned sound?

It's the other way around. Assuming the same sound level, how can something near you be softer than something farther away.

I want  some parts of our song to sound like circulating around the head.

Some autopan effects have this capability. The problem is that simulation of front and back positioning introduces phasing which can cause problems when summing to mono.

What's the difference actually of a Front position and Back Position?

Perceived nearness to the listener's position. In stereo, it's what you think as being near to your position whereas the 'back' is defined being the backstage, not to YOUR back. Don't confuse stereo listening to 5.1 surround, which is a whole different way of mixing. There are ways to project sound, usually via Dolby Surround, to your back when using stereo monitors, but like I said earlier, this introduces phase issues which can affect mono compatibility of your mixes. Normally, when some dvd albums have 5.1 mixes, they also have a stereo only mix for playback on stereo only systems.
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« Reply #305 on: December 29, 2009, 10:30:31 AM »
Thanks Sir.

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« Reply #306 on: January 06, 2010, 04:36:41 PM »
ayun alam ko na. may option pala sa acid kung stereo or surround.

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« Reply #307 on: January 11, 2010, 03:44:29 PM »
Sir ano po ang requirements para makapag-apply as Recording Engineer sa isang Studio?

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« Reply #308 on: January 11, 2010, 04:10:07 PM »
Sir ano po ang requirements para makapag-apply as Recording Engineer sa isang Studio?

Very good ears. And very good connections.
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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #309 on: January 12, 2010, 03:49:00 PM »
It also helps if you have some technical knowledge, especially in electronics; a keen attention to detail; very creative and has some musical knowledge.  It will be good if you play an instrument and consider music and recording your passion.

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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #310 on: January 13, 2010, 04:43:22 PM »
Noobie question: Anong pagkakaiba ng GAIN sa VOLUME? bakit yung ibang amplifier walang volume knob pero gain meron, tapos meron ding present yung Gain at Volume knob?

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« Reply #311 on: January 20, 2010, 11:06:55 AM »
Noobie question: Anong pagkakaiba ng GAIN sa VOLUME? bakit yung ibang amplifier walang volume knob pero gain meron, tapos meron ding present yung Gain at Volume knob?

Best to think of gain as how much signal is going in the input, while volume is more on outputs.
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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #312 on: January 23, 2010, 04:24:05 AM »
hello! im back and i have a question.  :lol:

Ive read somewhere that instruments/tracks should have their own frequencies and not bleed over each other. I have tried to achieve this by panning or distributing each instrument in a simulated 3d sorround, but i guess im just doing things wrong. My mixes sound very very muddy. Though i guess i lessen it by panning. Ive done amateur recording for almost a year now and this is one that i couldnt learn on my own, I tried searching the web how to do this but all i get are general tips. Could anyone tell me how i could learn to make sure that each instrument is in its own frequency?, or if not how can i fix it?

Also, is there anyway i can fix a clip in a vocal track? I cant seem to fix it by compression.

Here's a sample of my AMATEUR mix. If its possible please TELL me the ALL the things that are wrong with it.   :-D i need it:

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8652080


Id appreciate any response! thanks!  :lol:
« Last Edit: January 23, 2010, 04:32:44 AM by progressive_pilipinas »
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« Reply #313 on: January 23, 2010, 06:59:46 AM »
hello! im back and i have a question.  :lol:

Ive read somewhere that instruments/tracks should have their own frequencies and not bleed over each other. I have tried to achieve this by panning or distributing each instrument in a simulated 3d sorround, but i guess im just doing things wrong. My mixes sound very very muddy. Though i guess i lessen it by panning. Ive done amateur recording for almost a year now and this is one that i couldnt learn on my own, I tried searching the web how to do this but all i get are general tips. Could anyone tell me how i could learn to make sure that each instrument is in its own frequency?, or if not how can i fix it?

Also, is there anyway i can fix a clip in a vocal track? I cant seem to fix it by compression.

Here's a sample of my AMATEUR mix. If its possible please TELL me the ALL the things that are wrong with it.   :-D i need it:

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8652080


Id appreciate any response! thanks!  :lol:
i am away from my studio so all i have are my laptop speakers but this is what I can gather from the clip:

-vocals has a lot of gain, maybe too much. sounds like the gain on the pre is too high or the gain is low but the vocalist is really close to the mic. an overdriven sound may be used to great effect but the vox for this one is a bit too grainy, sits too far up front and would benefit from taking the edge off its top end.
-the clip has a nice grungy garage vibe but the excess sound from the amp and vox could use some cleaning up.

panning can't make a set of tracks sit in the mix all by itself, you have to apply to EQ each instrument so you accentuate what inherent frequency a given instrument is particularly good at representing. ie. if you have a bass guitar in the mix, don't crank up the bass on the guitar or give the drum buss an overwhelming bass boost - cut it some to leave room for the bass so it can cut through all the other instruments better. when you pan without applying EQ, you are merely shifting an instrument's "place" rather than molding its sound to complement the sound of the rest of the instruments being played. all that said, EQing should be used sparingly - a good recording isn't judged by how much one has to apply EQ to massage tracks to sit well; if you put in the work to record well in the first place, you shouldn't have to put in too much work to nudge instruments to sound well as a coherent mix. the reason why you primarily get general tips online is because a specific set of frequency adjustments isn't set for ALL guitars, ALL basses or ALL vocalists...all require a bit of analysis to determine what you are getting too much (or too little) and what you need to do to make it more balanced. for instance, I were to tell you to apply a high pass filter to a vocalist who happens to be a tenor or a baritone, you'd be doing the wrong thing because the guy'd end up sounding like he had his cajones lopped off; you want to do the right thing for a given track which in this case is to naturally represent the tone, pitch and bass of the vocalist.

telling you what is wrong with a track, IMO, isn't the most efficient way to tackle recording methodology to improve it. you'd have to go back earlier and analyze how you recorded your instruments, what settings you used, how you arranged the mics, how your vocalist sang and whether they used proper mic technique. putting in the work there cuts down on having to fix so many things when you sit down to mix a track because you end up producing cleaner, better recordings to work with afterwards.
« Last Edit: January 23, 2010, 07:07:58 AM by abyssinianson »
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« Reply #314 on: January 23, 2010, 08:01:26 AM »
i am away from my studio so all i have are my laptop speakers but this is what I can gather from the clip:

-vocals has a lot of gain, maybe too much. sounds like the gain on the pre is too high or the gain is low but the vocalist is really close to the mic. an overdriven sound may be used to great effect but the vox for this one is a bit too grainy, sits too far up front and would benefit from taking the edge off its top end.
-the clip has a nice grungy garage vibe but the excess sound from the amp and vox could use some cleaning up.

panning can't make a set of tracks sit in the mix all by itself, you have to apply to EQ each instrument so you accentuate what inherent frequency a given instrument is particularly good at representing. ie. if you have a bass guitar in the mix, don't crank up the bass on the guitar or give the drum buss an overwhelming bass boost - cut it some to leave room for the bass so it can cut through all the other instruments better. when you pan without applying EQ, you are merely shifting an instrument's "place" rather than molding its sound to complement the sound of the rest of the instruments being played. all that said, EQing should be used sparingly - a good recording isn't judged by how much one has to apply EQ to massage tracks to sit well; if you put in the work to record well in the first place, you shouldn't have to put in too much work to nudge instruments to sound well as a coherent mix. the reason why you primarily get general tips online is because a specific set of frequency adjustments isn't set for ALL guitars, ALL basses or ALL vocalists...all require a bit of analysis to determine what you are getting too much (or too little) and what you need to do to make it more balanced. for instance, I were to tell you to apply a high pass filter to a vocalist who happens to be a tenor or a baritone, you'd be doing the wrong thing because the guy'd end up sounding like he had his cajones lopped off; you want to do the right thing for a given track which in this case is to naturally represent the tone, pitch and bass of the vocalist.

telling you what is wrong with a track, IMO, isn't the most efficient way to tackle recording methodology to improve it. you'd have to go back earlier and analyze how you recorded your instruments, what settings you used, how you arranged the mics, how your vocalist sang and whether they used proper mic technique. putting in the work there cuts down on having to fix so many things when you sit down to mix a track because you end up producing cleaner, better recordings to work with afterwards.


thank you for the response.  :-) i see. I really need to learn how to EQ well then. any tips?  :lol:

with the song above, here are the GADGETS that i have used: a headset microphone, thus the nasally sound and the sudden clips at the track. As for the guitar, mine went directly into my laptop and i used guitar rig for its effects.

Im still getting confused though on how i could carefully place/keep each instrument in its frequency, are there any rules that, say, a guitar should be kept within 4k and 16k? if yes, how do i do that - is EQing the answer? how about vocals should it sit between 500k and 1k? things like that.



"Frequency Placement

The human ear can hear between 20hz (low) to 20khz (high) illustrated in the diagram shown above. Now we know the frequency limit in which we have to span our instruments across, anything outside of this should be eliminated with an equalizer. Proper frequency placement is done by proper equing and instrument selection. In the song each instrument should cover a different span of frequencies and peak at varied frequencies. When mixes are done right each instrument occupies its own frequency space without overlaying too much on another sound, and that no peaks are canceling each other out or causing severe muddying within a mix."


Sentence in bold confuses me.  :roll:

I read about frequency placement in here, you guys might want to check it out.

http://www.canadianmusicartists.com/mixdown.html


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« Reply #315 on: January 23, 2010, 11:48:41 AM »
thank you for the response.  :-) i see. I really need to learn how to EQ well then. any tips?  :lol:

Im still getting confused though on how i could carefully place/keep each instrument in its frequency, are there any rules that, say, a guitar should be kept within 4k and 16k? if yes, how do i do that - is EQing the answer? how about vocals should it sit between 500k and 1k? things like that.


-yes, you need to know how to apply EQ - sparingly.
-tips? read a lot of books about the subject - anything about recording, the recording chain and mixing methods. if you have any local seminars, attend them.
-essentially, yes, the frequency ranges are a good starting point but NOT an absolute rule because, like I said, how you EQ is all relative to what you've got...if you recorded a vocal and it ended up being too boomy then you don't want to apply too much bass in the lower end of the freq range. the best way I can tell you to tackle this is for you to rad, process the knowledge and apply them to see what they sound like. I can rant all day about EQ dos and don'ts but in the end, what I do is still LARGELY dependent on hearing the raw recording first.
-complement your reading by experimentation and application....all audio engineering courses I ever took were complemented by spending time in a control room twice as long for study time to get a good context of what the text had to say about a topic.

as far as the gadgets go, for fun, the headset mic is fine but if you want to get a little bit serious about producing a decent track, the headset mic has got to go. folks have mentioned this before on the forum that if you want to derive quality from something, you have to put quality stuff into use....you can't polish up a track if decent gear wasn't used to record it in the first place.
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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #316 on: January 23, 2010, 01:39:29 PM »

Also, is there anyway i can fix a clip in a vocal track? I cant seem to fix it by compression.

Here's a sample of my AMATEUR mix. If its possible please TELL me the ALL the things that are wrong with it.   :-D i need it:

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8652080


Id appreciate any response! thanks!  :lol:

pa email ng vox track yung dry lang walang compression. kaya kong tanggalin yung pop/click sa intro.
noniemartinez@yahoo.com
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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #317 on: January 23, 2010, 08:12:11 PM »
pa email ng vox track yung dry lang walang compression. kaya kong tanggalin yung pop/click sa intro.
noniemartinez@yahoo.com

haha its ok bro. was just having fun lang naman hehe.

@ abyssinianson

thank you very much for the response. I just realized how EQing is very important - and i guess i have to train my ear harder. I do agree that if i want to go at least have some decent recordings that i should dispose the headset mic. haha i understadn the garbage in = garbage out theory.  :lol:
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« Reply #318 on: January 24, 2010, 12:59:52 AM »
mga sir may tanong po ako sa mixing/mastering.

ano po ba gagawin para yung vocals hindi parang hiwalay yung tunog niya sa banda? tapos ano po ba dapat volume level ng vocals relative to the band? kasi parang nagsstick-out yung vocals e.

second question po. yung rythm at lead na gitara, dapat po ba sa magkahiwalay sila na channel lumalabas? or dapat po ba mostly sa right kunyari yung rythm (pero may onti sa left) tapos sa lead mostly sa left (na may onti sa right)?

last, bago ba i export, ano pede gawin para magdikit lahat ng tunog? ok naman na sha, pero kasi may sinasabi yung iba na may gagawin ka pa para parang pag naging mp3 na sha wav or something dikit yung tunog maliban sa ginawa mo sa mastering.

salamat po, sana matulungan niyo kami.

if it helps, pop-punk po genre namin tas yung mga kanta namin na inedit ko (na kasalukuyan pading may mga problema mentioned above)
nakapost po sa myspace account namin. www.myspace.com/quickletsgo

thanks, help us!  :?

gamitan mo ng headphones para mas rinig mo 'yung blending tapos after icheck mo ng nakaspeakers after para rinig mo 'yung kelangan mo iadjust, minsan pag dumadami tracks tingin ko e nasasapawan 'yung vox sa mixing pero pag masyado namang nalalagyan ng effects, ex. reverb, yung boses e masyadong nagiging lutang (hiwalay sa instruments), yun bale yung binabalanse ko. Kung minsan naman, kung hindi talaga swak sa tunog ng kanta yung higs or lows nung vocalist e iniEQ ko, onting timpla lang para dumikit. Tapos siyempre, autotune :-) kung kulang pa. Pero sa iba common ritual na yun. tedious talaga pero kaya naman. sanayan lang naman din.

tama yung sinabi mo sa gitara, pero dapat hindi masyado yung tamang nahihiwalay mo dapat sila. para nadidistinguish mo yung lead at yung rythms. Pero sa natry ko hindi naman ata necessarily ihihiwalay mo sila parati, just go with what your gut feels right, oks na. Iba pa rin kasi pag okey sa tenga mo e.

bago ako magexport tintry ko sya pareho sa headphones at sa speakers para makita ko yung final output, dinodobol check ko yung lakas nung buo, tapos pag nagrered edi babawasan ko para hindi pumuputok.... hmm... ano pa ba... papakinggan ko nga pala ulit yung blending, kasi ang rule ko is dapat malinaw ng instrumento, yung tipong pag tinenga mo mahihiwalay mo isaisa, vox, drums, ganun pero pag di mo pinansin maghahalo na lang sila, which I think is tama naman.  :-) :-)

ayun, just my two cents, hope I helped
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« Reply #319 on: January 28, 2010, 08:08:30 AM »
thank you for the response.  :-) i see. I really need to learn how to EQ well then. any tips?  :lol:

with the song above, here are the GADGETS that i have used: a headset microphone, thus the nasally sound and the sudden clips at the track. As for the guitar, mine went directly into my laptop and i used guitar rig for its effects.

Im still getting confused though on how i could carefully place/keep each instrument in its frequency, are there any rules that, say, a guitar should be kept within 4k and 16k? if yes, how do i do that - is EQing the answer? how about vocals should it sit between 500k and 1k? things like that.



"Frequency Placement

The human ear can hear between 20hz (low) to 20khz (high) illustrated in the diagram shown above. Now we know the frequency limit in which we have to span our instruments across, anything outside of this should be eliminated with an equalizer. Proper frequency placement is done by proper equing and instrument selection. In the song each instrument should cover a different span of frequencies and peak at varied frequencies. When mixes are done right each instrument occupies its own frequency space without overlaying too much on another sound, and that no peaks are canceling each other out or causing severe muddying within a mix."


Sentence in bold confuses me.  :roll:

I read about frequency placement in here, you guys might want to check it out.

http://www.canadianmusicartists.com/mixdown.html




First of all, that song has great potential. While I was listening I was imagining it being recorded and mixed "properly" and that put a smile on my face. Love the grunge feel; keep that on the final mix.

Actually, I'm an amateur too but I do know a good recording/mix when I hear one. Having said that, yes, the mix isn't what's wrong with this. Or rather, it's not only the mix but the recording itself. Throw that headphone mic away THIS INSTANT! At the very least, don't use it for recording unless this is the sound you're after. It's been said time and time again: garbage in, garbage out. People WILL hear the difference (although less and less are minding it nowadays what with the advent of mp3's, but that's another subject for another day).  Buy yourself even a "basic" dynamic mic (SM58), a decent audio interface/recorder and you're good to go. These will greatly improve the "sound" being recorded and maybe diminish unwanted ones--loud noise floor before the guitar kicks in--although there are other tricks for this.



Here's a frequency chart I copied from some website or other--can't remember now--that might help you understand frequencies. (Don't blame me if the pic doesn't appear. I was only told to follow the example from this link: http://talk.philmusic.com/board/index.php/topic,29397.0.html). Mind you, I have no training in recording/engineering so I had to figure this out myself, just like you'll probably do also. Study it carefully; it's not the do all and be all of study material but I really hope it helps. On the surface, the frequencies (columns or x-axis) of different instruments/voices (rows or y-axis) must not overlap with each other or else the sound may become "muddy" or indistinct. For example, you may want to accentuate the 50-60Hz band when EQing your kick and boosting the 80-100Hz band when EQing your bass so that they don't share certain frequency ranges and become cluttered. For guitar, you may want to bring up the 600Hz to 1kHz band. As long as the great majority of an instrument/voice doesn't overlap with another, then each instrument will become more distinct. Mind you, these examples are just that: EXAMPLES, just so you can picture the process. Although being an amateur, I'm not even sure if that's the proper way to explain it, but I hope I'm in the ball park. Anyone?
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« Reply #320 on: January 28, 2010, 08:15:29 AM »
Darn! I knew that picture wouldn't show up! And I only followed instructions from http://talk.philmusic.com/board/index.php/topic,29397.0.html. Yes, I used picturetrail and copied the link properly using the required syntax and No, I didn't use 50x50 as the size of the pic (of course, that was only an example from the link) 'cuz it ended up too small. So, what to do guys?
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« Reply #321 on: January 28, 2010, 10:01:34 AM »
Show me the link and I'll post it.
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« Reply #322 on: January 28, 2010, 02:27:40 PM »
Here's the link, sir: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22918134. And while you're at it, please give me instructions on how to attach pics/links myself using the step-by-step for dummies version. I really did what the link said but it didn't work...honest! Sorry for having to have you do this but I've no one else to turn to. Thank you much!
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« Reply #323 on: January 28, 2010, 02:54:37 PM »
Right click on the image in picturetrail and choose 'copy image location'

In PM, when you reply, click on the pictureframe button below the bold ("B") button. Paste the image you copied in between the image brackets, and voila!

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Re: What do you want to learn about recording?
« Reply #324 on: January 29, 2010, 03:52:14 PM »
First of all, that song has great potential. While I was listening I was imagining it being recorded and mixed "properly" and that put a smile on my face. Love the grunge feel; keep that on the final mix.

Actually, I'm an amateur too but I do know a good recording/mix when I hear one. Having said that, yes, the mix isn't what's wrong with this. Or rather, it's not only the mix but the recording itself. Throw that headphone mic away THIS INSTANT! At the very least, don't use it for recording unless this is the sound you're after. It's been said time and time again: garbage in, garbage out. People WILL hear the difference (although less and less are minding it nowadays what with the advent of mp3's, but that's another subject for another day).  Buy yourself even a "basic" dynamic mic (SM58), a decent audio interface/recorder and you're good to go. These will greatly improve the "sound" being recorded and maybe diminish unwanted ones--loud noise floor before the guitar kicks in--although there are other tricks for this.

Here's a frequency chart I copied from some website or other--can't remember now--that might help you understand frequencies. (Don't blame me if the pic doesn't appear. I was only told to follow the example from this link: http://talk.philmusic.com/board/index.php/topic,29397.0.html). Mind you, I have no training in recording/engineering so I had to figure this out myself, just like you'll probably do also. Study it carefully; it's not the do all and be all of study material but I really hope it helps. On the surface, the frequencies (columns or x-axis) of different instruments/voices (rows or y-axis) must not overlap with each other or else the sound may become "muddy" or indistinct. For example, you may want to accentuate the 50-60Hz band when EQing your kick and boosting the 80-100Hz band when EQing your bass so that they don't share certain frequency ranges and become cluttered. For guitar, you may want to bring up the 600Hz to 1kHz band. As long as the great majority of an instrument/voice doesn't overlap with another, then each instrument will become more distinct. Mind you, these examples are just that: EXAMPLES, just so you can picture the process. Although being an amateur, I'm not even sure if that's the proper way to explain it, but I hope I'm in the ball park. Anyone?


Exactly! thank you so much for this information! haha the picture realllly helped me understand better!  :lol:  thank you for appreciating the song and its potential. I couldnt agree more with everyone in here saying that i should get at least an entry level microphone - AND AN INTERFACE! whew.

thanks everyone! for helping me understand. =)
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