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    Posted: May 23 2007 at 06:30

Well i recorded some demos using my acoustic guitar & a microphone (i sold my electric guitar due to dire financial situation)...

 
& the thing is that i'm actually a bit embarrassed to share these tracks because i know the quality is not acceptable (although my friend heard it & he thought it was pretty good)

 

Does anyone else have this problem & how do I overcome it.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Yes, I had the same problem when I did a bit of home recording (many years ago). My main problem was with my "singing" (and I use the term loosely). The only way around it for me was to either (a) record instrumentals or (b) put the tape on and leave the room quickly.
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A cheap way of getting great results is Line 6's TonePort UX2.
 
Plug it into your PC, dial up an amp (vocal or clean guitar - or even both), then record the part(s) straight into the supplied DAW software.
 
The sound will be fantastic (but I can't promise that the performance will be Wink).
 
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Click the link below my flashing logo, and use the password ProgArchives to listen to some music I created using Line6 gear - or go to http://www.myspace.com/Certif1ed
 
 
 
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Points: 149 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2007 at 08:22
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Yes, I had the same problem when I did a bit of home recording (many years ago). My main problem was with my "singing" (and I use the term loosely). The only way around it for me was to either (a) record instrumentals or (b) put the tape on and leave the room quickly.

 
loooool.... well i already do instrumentals.... so i guess plan B is more like it
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My singing is just awful!! I have to do instrumentals as well.

A few times, I'm a bit embarrased and sometimes I'm proud. Depends on the quality of the songs.
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yea but that's exactly what i'm talking about

 

for example i think that my music is good (not technical though) & listen to it all the time & i know that i can't be objective since these songs are mine, on the other hand i'm too embarrassed to let someone else hear it in order to get an unbiased opinion....

 
that's the problem im having
 
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my band had that problem.  we recorded our first song in my living room.  wow the quality was so sh*tty... but we kinda sucked it up and put it on our website.  we called it low-fi and tried to explain to people it was just the recording, and you have to appreciate it as if you were there live.
 
im sure if you like it then people with similar tastes will like it too and maybe be able to give constructive criticism.  if they completely bash it then thats just thier opinion and it cant be that bad if you like it.
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Originally posted by The Bard The Bard wrote:

im sure if you like it then people with similar tastes will like it too and maybe be able to give constructive criticism.  if they completely bash it then thats just thier opinion and it cant be that bad if you like it.
 
you're right i guess Confused
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Oooh.. I know how that feels!  I don't have much advice to give you at the moment, except that as you get better at recording and mixing (and pump more money into your setup) it will improve... I know there are other forum members much better at this than I am!
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Not to plug a Mac but..... Garage Band (free) can help the recording thing quite a bit as it has all the effects and sound generators you could want.
 
The key is getting a good recording level (hot but never over the red line) and work it up from there.  Very few musicians are good engineers so give yourself a break, it takes time, practice and lots of rough re-mixes to polish up a piece.  Listen to it on different systems so you can make the needed adjustments.  Comming back after a day or so (with clean ears) will reveal what needs the work, make small tweaks and re-mix.
 
Get a home recording book and learn a few tricks too, or ask a friend to allow you to watch their process and steal ideas like mad!
 
 
 
 
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Well there's no reason to be ashamed of the quality of the recording. I myself record my music with my nylon guitar and my flute, using only a headset-microphone in front of them. But the only thing it doesn't seem to get in is my singing. No matter how loud I yell, it sound like whisper, and like sh*t, and I'm pretty ashamed of it :P
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just practice a lot untill you can sound good in any situation! Don't record something unless you've practiced it to death. Also, specializing in improv (like myself) can help in those sticky situations where you're loosing it...
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Points: 8368 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2007 at 16:51
I think most composers feel somewhat embarrassed by their music at times, even when the quality is good. It's just a self conscious insecurity thing that we humans tend to have. The more you hear yourself, the better you'll feel about it, probably.
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Points: 8844 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2007 at 16:54
Kraftwerk seems to be doing everything it can to eliminate the period of their history before Autobahn.  I don't know if this is out of embarrassment or maintainance of their image, though.  

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Originally posted by purplepiper purplepiper wrote:

just practice a lot untill you can sound good in any situation! Don't record something unless you've practiced it to death. Also, specializing in improv (like myself) can help in those sticky situations where you're loosing it...
 
well the thing is that everytime i hear something that i've recorded.... i know that there's something missing & that i can do better than that, then i get frustrated & move on to another song where the same thing happens


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I remember myself being ashamed of my lyrics :D Some of my friends were really shocked because of my lyrics. So its allways interesting to sing with lyrics I wrote to my friends nowadays. But before I was emberassed.

And an advice.

FINISH WHAT YOU HAVE STARTED. Even it was not a satisfactory...

Even many succesfull musicians usually think they are not good songwriters. So let people decide wheter it is good or bad. Just have records you can rely on. Good or bad.

Atay

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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2007 at 07:33
I think Klaus Schulze said that "To be an artist you have to be an egoist.". Maybe this is partially true, and one shouldn't be ashamed of his/her own works. But ofcourse there should be a quality control when doing an album, or when giving a concert or an exhibition. Too hard self-criticism then makes it impossible to advance as an artists, as you see all of your works too poor.
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Originally posted by Eetu Pellonpää Eetu Pellonpää wrote:

I think Klaus Schulze said that "To be an artist you have to be an egoist.". Maybe this is partially true, and one shouldn't be ashamed of his/her own works. But ofcourse there should be a quality control when doing an album, or when giving a concert or an exhibition. Too hard self-criticism then makes it impossible to advance as an artists, as you see all of your works too poor.
 
very true
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Originally posted by Ahmadbarqawi Ahmadbarqawi wrote:

Well i recorded some demos using my acoustic guitar & a microphone (i sold my electric guitar due to dire financial situation)...

 
& the thing is that i'm actually a bit embarrassed to share these tracks because i know the quality is not acceptable (although my friend heard it & he thought it was pretty good)

 

Does anyone else have this problem & how do I overcome it.



Ah yes, I am my own worst critic. If you want a good free PC based recording platform, check out Audacity, It works great and has a multitude of free plug-ins. You can record straight into your soundcard but it helps to have some sort of mixer like an old 4 track cassette recorder or similar. Best is using an M-Box if you have the money.



http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Audacity is an amazing little program considering that it's free. It runs on Macs too.
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