Just so I understand - you recorded the vocals and then mix them into and existing backing track? How common is that and where do these backing tracks come from - are they like stock tracks or did someone already record the song and mix it down to a 2 track master for you?

DKAUDIO, post: 446362, member: 49673 wrote: Hey guys! I just had a session with a good friend of mine from Berklee. Would love to know what you think. The singer brought the backing track and gave it to me as a WAV. So I wasn't able to mix the tracks separately. So I guess I'm really looking for feedback on the vox.

Thanks!

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Sounds very good and clear ! Nice job ;)

It's well done, but I'm always a bit sensitive to spatial reverb only applying to certain tracks of a mix - in this case, the vocals. Sending some (more?) of the backing track into your reverb would probably fix this.

I'm not sure I like the old gramophone stylus effect on the lead-in and lead-out. It doesn't quite fit with the (probably intentional) over-crispy condenser mic sound on the vocal tracks.

DogsoverLava, post: 446371, member: 48175 wrote: Just so I understand - you recorded the vocals and then mix them into and existing backing track?

Yes, that is what he is saying.

DogsoverLava, post: 446371, member: 48175 wrote: How common is that

Very, it's the product I sell. A backing track, a beat, an instrumental etc.

DogsoverLava, post: 446371, member: 48175 wrote: where do these backing tracks come from

Any "beat maker." Gummy Beats, and Jaywan are popular. But any producer/musician could do it. You make a backing track, put it up for dl, and people pay you for it...like iTunes. The market is typically underground hip hop, and aspiring singers. But, it's been fine for me.

DogsoverLava, post: 446371, member: 48175 wrote: are they like stock tracks or did someone already record the song and mix it down to a 2 track master for you?

Someone with a DAW, VST's, and some musical knowledge, produces an instrumental. We put it on a site for dl. It's usually just a single track wav, and the artist, will often use the best mic available, or rent a studio to do the vocals, often mixing those themselves. Or sometimes they pay me to mix it.