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1. Pet Peeve...Even when aligning good overdubs on time when doing them, i always manage so how to make the overdubs kinda Clutter my main vocals and dont stay Behind it like i want it to...(an suggestions to help that problem)
Are you talking about a double tracked lead vox? Not sure.
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2. Need a Better Mic i know that for a fact i only record wit a Radio Shack mic going into the Soundcard of my SoundBlaster Live...YES I KNOW THEY BOTH GOT's Ta' Go!...
Oops. Radio Shack? Yeah not good. Get a $100 mic from your local music store, it should improve your vox. There's many to choose from.
There are far too many audio cards to choose from. What's your budget and how many tracks do you record at once? A Mbox/PTLE system is good. You can get into many budget systems, including software, for about $4-500 if you already have a decent computer. Lexicon, Steinberg, Mackie, Digidesign & others all have these types of systems bundled with software.
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....I stack my vocals and harmozine the best of my ability and i often like the results but i crave some better Reverb or something to Bring out In the Mix have it stand out and jump at you....And Some nice effects to give some flavor weather rapping it, or kinda singy songish but ain't no r.kelly more of a fifty cent harmonization...Just Want my Hooks to sound Full and Have some Pretty Decent Effects to Get me By...
Up front "jumping out" vocals are often the result of compression. On your "singy songish" parts try stacking multiple parts to fatten them up.
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after dat i'll be pretty much satisified cuz i'm not tryna build not actual studio...just gonna do a couple of songs "mixtape quality" to give me a buzz and my name out and get that money to invest in studio time to go to a actual studio for the real deal...So i need CHEAP but Decent Gear to get me buy for just MIXTAPE-LIKE Quality!....
The best thing you can do right now is just play similar music to reference to when you mix your songs and get it as close as you can. The other stuff comes with time and experience.
I hope I was a little help.
Lawrence