elazz said:
sundin13 said:
These are pretty good, especially given that these are your first songs. I have a few tips if you're interested from one bedroom musician to another.
First of all, I heavily suggest downloading Reaper. It is only $60, but they don't restrict the trial version so if you absolutely can't scrape it, you still get the fully functional program. The built in basic effects like EQ and Compression are pretty dang good and it is a lot more fully formed and user friendly of a program than Audacity. You can also get a ton of extra plug-ins for free across the internet if you need something that they don't have built in.
As for the actual production, it sounds like to me, your vocals are taking up a lot of space, especially in the low end. Low end is really important in hip hop to hold down the beat, so when your vocal eats up a lot of that space, it weakens the beat. You can fix this by first of all messing with the levels and maybe turning down the vocals a little, but also using some EQ to give your vocals more of a tight pocket to sit in instead of eating all of those frequencies. I'd also experiment with a de-esser and maybe some multiband compression to try to specifically target the harshness on your "ssss" sounds.
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Hey man, thanks for the advice. I really appreciate it. With my latest release this weekend (so song number 4) I have been able to experiment with a de-esser and go deeper in the wave files themselves within Adobe Audition. I do think the result is better than in the previous songs where there are some harsh sounds indeed. Feel free to check out "Promise of the Loud":
I am still learning but the next time I'll release something it's gonna be an album. That means on top of the above 4 there will be 4 others which will be released within one package, the album I call "Wonder Why". For those remaining songs I'll probably be able to work with a producer and recording studio. Since the album release will replace the previous uploaded files on streaming services it means that I will have a chance to make some edits to iron out some rough edges.
I almost feel like a 2021 game developer making music but with studio time and producer and some ironing of especially the first two songs I believe I will be able to release something I will stay proud of soon.
On top of the album that I'll try to have ready by the end of march there is a second album that I'm working on as well (half the lyrics written, most tracks ready). This time hopefully not with a staggered release. One song will release just before summer (to start of hopefully a fun free period of time where corona is not ruling all our lives as the majority of 2020, and the remaining 7 songs should follow not long after.)
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I would agree that the production on the vocals is a lot stronger on this track. I like the bits where you mix it up with the doubled vocals and the production in the "radio/LP" line. Nice work!
I'm not sure if you are using a complete backing track or if you have the stems, but if I was mixing this I would aim to turn the vocals down a bit and the melody up (High pass and low pass filters can also help you mix things up and transition especially when working with this type of beat). The bass in the beat is also real low in the mix to the point where it is almost not there outside of the kick so I'd look into trying to write something to fill it in using a virtual instrument or synth or something.
