Can you hear that I'm using a cheap microphone (my own song, music)?

Hi. I chatted and chatted a bit with other producers and artists on Discord today. Pretty much everyone said I should definitely get an interface, XLR mic, and so on. I don't think the quality of my current one is that bad. Can you tell it's a cheap €20 microphone from Amazon? I think this…

Which mixing console for home recording and mastering (at home)?

Hello, I'm looking for a new mixing console. The following conditions should be met: 1. very good to excellent sound (audio quality) in the basic setting (linear) without changing any controls or sound settings (extremely important) 2 following connection options for mixing : 1. Keyboard Yamaha PSR550 2. Keyboard Yamaha PSR 9000 3. CD Player…

What does Martin Books do on his master to make his music sound so "warm"?

I can't find a single DJ whose music sounds like that. Other tech house/techno can sound similar but is usually much colder. With Martin Books I get the feeling that he slaps some kind of processing on his sets to make them all sound so nice. Does anyone have any idea? https://soundcloud.com/martin-books/martin-books-friends-bootsparty?in=martin-books/sets/podacsts-live https://soundcloud.com/martin-books/martin-books-live-set?in=martin-books/sets/podacsts-live https://soundcloud.com/martin-books/martin-books-zughafen-erfurt?in=martin-books/sets/podacsts-live

Problem with songs?

Hello everyone, I recently found a beat on YouTube, made a whole song on it, and recorded it. So far, everything's good. Now the problems begin 😂 I searched for tutorials on how to master a song. I tried Ozone 9. This didn't help me, as the results were never as loud as popular songs……

In ear monitoring when guitar is playing, does everything get lost?

We have the problem that when the guitar is playing, it feels like everything is drowned out. If I turn it down, the others complain that it's too quiet again. If I play the piano along with it, it somehow drowns out completely. Do you have any tips for monitoring, like EQ, mixing, etc.? We…