Hear And Identify

Hear and Identify
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In the 'Goodish' version you can hear the guitar plays the first note while in the 'Worse" version it immediately starts with the piano part. This probably happened because the note was played before it started recording. You can avoid this by simply moving the track along until it's in the recording region.
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You can hear rumbling and a cough in the beginning of the track. This shows lack of professionality and makes it sound very messy. If that happens in a part of the track where there are no other sounds, you can get rid of it by using the scissor tool and cut it out of the track, but if it is together with another instrument you would have to record it again as there is no way to cut out one single sound.
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You can hear a lot of reverb on the vocals which makes it sound very unclear. Thereby the vocals are too low, which doesn't help with the clarity of the sound. You can change the reverb by clicking on the audio track, clicking on 'mixer' in the bottom left of the screen and clicking on 'Averb'. You can bring up the volume of the vocals by dragging the little bar at the bottom of your mixer screen up.
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With the words 'performance' and 'independence' you can hear that the p's cause a popping sound. This is very disturbing and annoying. To get rid of that sound you must place a 'Pop Filter' in front of the microphone which will prevent too much air from getting in to the microphone which causes the popping sound.
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The piano part is not necessarily bad but it sounds very messy because it is too loud and it overpowers the voice. There are too many notes which makes it sounds very hectic and unprofessional. The best thing to do it to re-record it with more simplicity so it can be listened to as an nice add instead of letting it take over.
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'With a degree of independence' is phrased out of time which makes it sound very unlogical and weird. It does not fit with the rhythm of the song and makes it sound unnatural. As it is an audio file it should be re-recorded. Because it is not part of a long phrase, you can just cut out that piece of audio with the scissor tool, record it again and place it back in there. It is good to make sure that you put it back in at the right moment and therefor not make it sound out of rhythm again.
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The hamornies are too loud and overpowering the main vocals. This takes away the power of the chorus and makes it sound weak, like it is an in between part. Also, the harmonies are adapted to the leading vocal part being the loudest one. Once you take away the leading vocal part, some of the harmonies sound odd as they are not meant to be heard individually. You can either take the volume of the harmony track down or take the volume of the leading vocal part up.
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There is an odd sound at the end of the word 'competently'. It is not very clear and I am not sure where the sound is coming from, but if you want it to be perfect, you should listen to every track individually and find where the fault is coming from and re-record that part of the track.
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The vocals sound very hollow and muted which makes it sound quite dull. In combination with the fact that the vocals are out of tune every now and then, it sounds rather whiny. The reason why the vocals sound so muted is because they are not panned properly.
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The harmonies do not go sync with the leading vocal part. This causes it to sound messy. The best way to prevent this is to, while recording the backing vocals, play the leading vocal part in your headphones. That way you can hear exactly when you are suppose to sing and you won't be out of time.
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The vocals in the end is out of tune and dragged along too much. It is not good to have any part of your vocals out of tune but as the beginning and the end of a song are the most rememberable parts it is very much recommended to re-record the end and stop more abruptly.




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