Vocals too soft

When I playback to hear my recordings , I can't even hear myself at all . Sometime I do hear but it is very soft ,currently using music creator 6 and atr2500 USB mic windows 7 64 bit . Pls help ASAP?

When you solo your vocal track, can you hear your vocal alright? Are you working on an original recording? What are the other instruments in the mix? What level did you record the vocal at?

You can't just, "use a compressor," and expect a result that is not totally distorted.. I mean.. If your vocal is quiet, do you want to squash it to death, and gain it to the ceiling? I dont think so..

You have better options than, "use the compressor," give me the info I asked for, I will try and help you

If you have 1 track of mixed music, and 1 track of vocals - I would start by turning down the music track and turning up the vocal track. 

Are you saying you have already mixed the tracks together and cannot remix it?

AT gave you a great answer.


What you are going to want to do is re-record the vocal hotter than normal.  Look for something like, "peaks at minus 6 or 8 decibels."   Get a solid vocal, and bring your backing track down in the mix.

Do not go into the red on that vocal, and try not to break minus -6 on the fader.  Pro vocals are actually recorded pretty quietly, but you are working with, "a squished track," as AT said...

I'd suggest hitting your vocal with a short and snappy reverb, to give it a little space, and also let your ears, "experiment."  Look for a, "small drum room," preset or something...

Now...  Instead of throwing a compressor on the back track, I'd offer this..  Make a little space for yourself with eq..  that's what eq does.  Grab an eq  off your fx, and drop it on the back track..   look for the mid range..  level down ever so slightly, you don't need much, minus 2 decibels is too much!  without hearing the track, I'd like to say, "wide q," if you can find the q, if not no worries.  This will give you a pocket of frequency for the vocal to sit it.


Match your volume levels, and when you can hear your voice...   then drop a compressor on it, to bring it out of the mix.  easy on the threshold bring it down a decibel or two, so it just hits the vocal, ratio of 1.5:1 or something, and make up gain a half a dec -- 1.8 dec...  maybe there is a vocal preset on the compressor, but I'd bet the threshold is way too low




Peace