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Lol at "yeah, let's just insert a random complextro sample/slice every 4th-note".
Usually using a dedicated audio interface (with ASIO) does this. You have officially left the bland Soundblaster/Realtek realm. Welcome! There is...
Lol. You mean your recording device is set to "Focusrite", but you haven't plugged anything into your Focusrite inputs? If that's the case then...
The higher the Q (as in Quality value), the more narrow the bell is. With the highest Q value you can eliminate/boost specific notes/frequencies....
Using your ears first and foremost. Maybe use an instrument of choice to determine key and root of the sample. Then just transpose them so they...
What does that even mean?
This is just a typical "80's gated reverb", but even more wet than usual. You could also try to add a typical reverb to a snare and then...
Doesn't sound like musicbox, glockenspiel, xylophone to me. Sounds more like a kalimba or mbira, imo. But what do I know?
Sweet spots are when refering to EQ (and timbre/character/presence of sound). Just stay under 0 dBFS going into a plugin. If you are running hot...
Yes, you do. The best DAW/software/hardware is the one you are using, or will end up using (and learn through and through). It's no secret.
No. SInce it's polyphonic. Look into simple pitch transpose (if you want to stay in minor/major/whatever key it is in). Look into Melodyne if you...
Not really sure what you mean. Have you tried "always on top" on VST windows, etc?
Tip - improvisation. Vocal or on instrument. Words can be clothed on melodies. Words/poems/sentences have melody in them. Language is melody,...
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Simple answer is better mixing and submixing. If your mix is good you don't need to squash the master (or as much as you are doing now).
Needs better mixing and less/no auto-tune. Get to it.
Just Swing it! Flex it in Logic, or warp it in Cubase and Ableton Live. Same shit, different name. Instead of straight 16ths, you warp every 2nd,...
Make it less monotonous. Surprice me! Add lots of variation (dynamics, samples, automation, effects, melodically, arrangement-wise, layering,...
Also, it's "wav" (as in wave file) - not "waw". The manual will do just fine. Read it! And the read it again.
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