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How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB #315144 10/19/15 11:15 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
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OP lambada Expert L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,590 Hong Kong	Hi Any suggestions. I recorded myself playing and singing along to backing tracks and it was a bit karaoke like. I could play live and get condenser mikes etc, but I like plugging straight into my audio interface with the mic and guitar. I tried adding reverb to the voice and that seemed to help, but I hate my voice floating in too much reverb. Any other suggestions. I'm playing around with the mix etc and all my guitar and voice is going through the TC Helicon voiceLive 2 so I have heaps of options. Just lack knowledge / skill in this area. It doesn't sound bad, just not mixed well and that is what I hope you guys can advice me on. Ta muchly. Windows 10 Home 20H2 Build 19042.487 BIAB 2021 (Build 818) Intel(R) Core(TM), i3-4160, CPU @3.60 GHz RAM 16 GB, 64 Bit X64-based processor Zoom UAC-2 (USB 3 interface-built in midi) VoiceLive 3 Extreme, Sputnik Valve Condenser Mic

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How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	lambada	10/20/15 06:15 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	Guitarhacker	10/20/15 08:45 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	Charlie Fogle	10/20/15 10:57 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	90 dB	10/20/15 11:31 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	MarioD	10/20/15 03:50 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	lambada	10/20/15 11:41 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	90 dB	10/21/15 09:49 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	DrDan	10/21/15 12:21 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	Guitarhacker	10/21/15 02:50 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	lambada	10/22/15 09:41 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	Guitarhacker	10/22/15 10:27 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	lambada	10/23/15 02:46 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	lambada	10/25/15 11:29 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	Notes Norton	10/26/15 09:37 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	Charlie Fogle	10/26/15 06:47 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	Guitarhacker	10/27/15 09:56 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	lambada	10/26/15 11:39 PM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	rockstar_not	10/29/15 02:15 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	lambada	10/29/15 03:14 AM
Re: How to avoid sounding like Karaoke when singing/playing along to BIAB	Charlie Fogle	10/29/15 08:35 AM

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