More reverb puts the sound further away from the listener. Less reverb puts the sound close to the listener. Now you have to decide how much reverb you want by changing the wet level. Playback the vocals both Solo and in the mix to decide the Noise gate threshold level.Ħ. If your recording is noisy keep Noise gate checked. Uncheck everything except Compressor, Track reverb and visual eq. If not press the microphone symbol and change the preset to Lead Vocals. Make sure that Lead Vocals is the preset.

See my tutorial on Garageband decribing how to record the vocals with Garageband.ģ.

It has a has a lot of presets so you don’t have to be a mix engineer to record and mix professional vocals. I will describe two easy ones (Garageband and Bandlab) and one advanced (Cubase). Some work both on a Mac and on Windows and some only in one of them. You have one track for each instrument, and you can edit them individually with the level and effects you want to have. Choose a DAW you like! The best DAW is the one you like and know the best. Midi is sometimes called instruments, but it should not be confused with real instruments. Midi is different instruments that are programmed by the engineer or producer. Audio is recorded vocals and real instruments like guitars, basses and drums. In the DAW you can either have audio or midi. This is the basis for mixing a song or vocals that you want to send to a producer. As in a mixer board all instruments or vocals are on their own tracks in a DAW and can be edited individually. The Digital Audio Workstation is a mixer board in your computer or your smartphone.

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