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Applying reverb on vocal tracks makes them blur

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Hey guys, what's up. Just found out about this forum, and I think it's a great idea :). I'm an amateur audio engineer, and pro musician, and I am facing a little trouble with my vocals mix.
The problem is that after I apply reverb, the vocal lines are hard to understand (unless you read the lyrics that is :) ).

Playing audio/midi tracks live

I hope this is the right forum, if not maybe someone can point me in the right direction.

I'm only researching at this point so I can't tell you what gear I use, because I don't have it yet. But, what I'm hoping to do is record a combination of MIDI and Audio tracks on a computer to be used as backing tracks for live performance. (I perform solo and in a duo).

Record tracks in stereo or mono?

Hi guys, what do you normally do for this? It seems that in all my mixes, even if I pan something 100% to the right, it doesn't sound like it is way over there. Then I listen to a professional song and they just have such a brilliant space that I can't seem to achieve.

Vocals?
Electric Guitar?
Bass? (I imagine yes for this one)
Acoustic Guitar?

Merging software MIDI tracks on Mac

Hi, clueless noob here.

Basically, I am doing some sketches involving creating grooves using Band In a Box 12, exporting those tracks as MIDI, then importing them into Garage band. From there, I add some real instrument tracks. Overall, it seems to be working fairly well. I like the BIAB tracks much better than the Apple loops.

Cubase playing recorded audio tracks too soon

Cubase LE. I have been recording on this computer in this project just fine, and then yesterday, whenever I would record something, it would play the clip slightly too soon. Notice I say too "soon" and not too "fast." It's the correct speed and if I nudge it forward a hair, it right in sync, but it's annoying as hell. I haven't been able to google anyone with this issue.