Wow Scott. Thanks for that. So much information to digest. I really appreciate the amount of time and thought you put into your response. I feel a bit guilty now, as I've realised that I put bugger all thought into my backing tracks apart from getting them up and running. A valuable lesson in itself. I'm busy chopping away, getting rid of instruments etc. I'll start to really look at the vocals too. Some backing tracks are back to bass and drums with perhaps one solo section. The vocals thing is so hard to cope with. I don't like my voice much - too choir boy like - due to classical training etc, but other people do like it and the more training I've had the better it's got. I tend to sing too quietly with a mike, but actually I have a loud baritone voice when I feel confident, and that's related to mic control, memorizing the words and music and having everything running smoothly. I find that whilst I'm more critical now of other peoples' voices especially if they are not trained and are straining or out of tune etc, I'm also more critical of my own voice too. Maybe removing the lows was what the Voicelive 2 adaptive tools were trying to do which I felt sounded like compression and hated. I've gone back to factory settings on the Voicelive 2 (lol). It takes so long to grasp this stuff, so I appreciate the amount of experience you and the others are sharing with me. It is appreciated

I'm also planning to switch to Electric guitar with the Nova unit, which means I'll have to go through a mini mixing desk instead of straight into the audio interface, cos I'll need 4 inputs instead of just two. I'm almost afraid to go there.....

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Last edited by lambada; 10/28/15 08:30 PM.
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