There is another thread on this topic at the moment, but I felt best to keep my separate not to steal it. But one point was made:

Originally Posted by dcuny
If I'm going to work on the vocals, I'll micro edit everything..

Well I do exactly what Dave does. As a result, Unfortunately one potential outcome of this is that my vocals are never done, I just stop working on them until at some point I quit..

Here is an example from this morning with my current project. I throw everything I got at these vocals in the post processing. I am not always successful at gettign a result which I can upload, but if or when I get this far, I generally try to get some feedback from others as a sanity check to determine if I save the work or relagate it to a backup drive never to be heard again.

So what say you guys? Any pearls of wisdom regarding what, if any thing can be done? This project is still open in my DAW. grin
I am pretty realistic regarding my talent or lack thereof, so I have a pretty thick skin so don't go easy on me if you think a good push in any direction is needed. grin

https://soundcloud.com/dan-hoch-784636941/die-with-a-smile-063025

Note: Obviously a cover, but if you don't recognize this you have been living under a log for the past year or more. grin

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