Originally Posted By: Alanb
Hi New to this forum and music recording. I'm using Ableton 11, Melodyne 5 assistant and Nectar 3 plus.

When trying to create a song in a daw from scratch. Should you use your own vocals and try to get a good mix on them or use samples?

I'm trying to create a song from the vocals first?

Any help or advice would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.


I am not exactly sure what you are planning. But it sounds like you would like to lay down the vocals first and then have the band play (synch up to) to the vocals. That sounds a bit crazy. For timing purposes you would want the band to play first and then sing the vocals over the backing tracks. Just sayin...


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