Making a Rap Song

[X'ed Up]

Ok so I have all the materials needed for songmaking

-A beat(s)
-Audacity
-A Mic
-Written song

Know that i THINK I'm ready to go.....I just need to learn the mixing proccess to make my voice blend with the beat and sound more proffesional.

It would be greatly appreciated if someone can gimme a quick tutorial on how to mix a song so I can the quality of the song is better. thank you

[murphmanny]

Ya, I'd like to know too.

You on Mac btw? Your sig has Leopard logo. When I recorded for school, I used Garageband. My voice was meh, but it worked.

[X'ed Up]

Ya, I'd like to know too.

You on Mac btw? Your sig has Leopard logo. When I recorded for school, I used Garageband. My voice was meh, but it worked.

lol no I'm not on a Mac and btw wats garageband?

[X'ed Up]

there's a big thread in the MC lounge full of tutorials and tips

btw you also need skills, good luck

Gonna go check it out thx

and I do

[Tash8]

It's not something you can do over night... You need to adjust your ear to hear when something is off. It comes with time, there's no right or wrong way of mixing. It all depends on how you want it to sound...Sometimes a voice has way too much high end and not enough low end so we'd use EQ to fix it up a bit. Sometimes the vocals aren't always at the same dB level, so we use compression...but you can also compress and EQ too much and make the voice sounds unnatural..

Also an issue you might encounter is what sounds good in ur speakers or headphones wont sound good on someone elses, I suggest listening to it in multiple sound systems. A Car,Some subs, computer speakers, earphones, headphones.. whatever you can.

A.K.A ---it's way too hard to learn if you're planning on releasing this song to the public, I would suggest having someone mix it for you.

[murphmanny]

lol, aight. Nevermind about garageband then.

[X'ed Up]

It's not something you can do over night... You need to adjust your ear to hear when something is off. It comes with time, there's no right or wrong way of mixing. It all depends on how you want it to sound...Sometimes a voice has way too much high end and not enough low end so we'd use EQ to fix it up a bit. Sometimes the vocals aren't always at the same dB level, so we use compression...but you can also compress and EQ too much and make the voice sounds unnatural..

Also an issue you might encounter is what sounds good in ur speakers or headphones wont sound good on someone elses, I suggest listening to it in multiple sound systems. A Car,Some subs, computer speakers, earphones, headphones.. whatever you can.

A.K.A ---it's way too hard to learn if you're planning on releasing this song to the public, I would suggest having someone mix it for you.

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