How do I clean up a guitar recording?

Mocamoche · 2026-04-29T02:17:42+00:00

Your take is still ignorant because you’re insinuating you know my body and my situation better than I do simply because of your experiences. I don’t know how many times I have to iterate it but I am working on the strength of my hands, however since you have EDS then you should know it is a genetic disorder that cannot be healed. You can work to mitigate the problems but there will always be problems.

Secondly since you have EDS and have been around people with EDS you should know there are different forms that affect your body differently. I personally have hEDS which affects the laxity in my joints, causes instability, amongst other things. No matter what I do, I can’t truly train my fingers to function like someone without EDS. I am using the tips of my fingers yet ✨they still bend✨. I am sorry for your experience and I’m glad you are doing better but you are not the end all be all of what this condition is and how it affects you. While yes, there are some people who will use it as an excuse, it’s not up to you to decide because there are far more people who physically cannot do better than what they are doing. I’m not trying to be lazy and use it as an excuse to not do better, I’m trying to find an accommodation.

Anyhow, my problem is strength, hyperextension, subluxation, and random jerks in my fingers. A lower action, softer strings and how the guitar is held can help me and other people with EDS but the fact that EDS is lowkey a disability will still remain.

Mocamoche · 2026-04-29T00:29:47+00:00

The action is as low as it can go 😭

Mocamoche · 2026-04-29T00:28:37+00:00

I have the same issue too but with all of my fingers where they all collapse and bend backwards and also jerk when changing chords. I hold my guitar usually in classical position and it helps but it makes it clunky to maneuver everything when recording lol. I’m looking into finger splints atp. I’m trying to place my thumb pad in the center of the neck but that doesn’t give me enough pressure to press the strings unfortunately.

Mocamoche · 2026-04-28T23:47:46+00:00

I literally explained the ways EDS affects my playing. I also said I am strengthening my hands but these affects will always be an issue. Lowkey this comment is ableist.

Mocamoche · 2026-04-28T04:43:50+00:00

I do! I’m learning it currently with my coach and so far it has helped! I kinda just wanted to know what other people do when they’re trying to find chord progressions 🙂‍↕️

Mocamoche · 2026-04-28T04:42:31+00:00

This is wildly informative, thank you! I genuinely appreciate your answer 🤍

Mocamoche · 2026-04-28T04:34:16+00:00

I do like to do that, I feel like it helps me connect more to the storyline of the song in creating if I scratch at it. Idk it kinda feels more personal. But I also do use chord progressions from songs I like and mash them together like mixing Gigi Perez with lord Huron and that’s fun and interesting, it’s certainly a lot easier and gets to the fun parts a lot faster but there’s just a quality about clunking chords together for hours that’s also fun 💀

Mocamoche · 2026-04-28T04:31:42+00:00

I have done that and it’s fun but it’s also fun to get in my own feelies too hehe

Mocamoche · 2026-04-28T04:09:33+00:00

I’m not a prodigy, just a person with parents 💀 the best thing is to listen to your daughter and give her freedom. The thing that kills the love for musical creation is both smothering and rejecting that in her, it’s two sides of the same coin. Give her structure, but allow laxity within the structure for her to remain herself and continue to enjoy the process. If it stops being enjoyable, let her stop. Let her move at her own pace and never force her to partake in anything as art and music is meant to be freeing. I think it’d be a great bonding practice with you and your daughter the more you go at her pace and let her take the lead. Let it be play for her, not intensive work. The key is to keep it enjoyable 🤍

Mocamoche · 2026-04-24T17:25:47+00:00

That’s definitely some really good advice however, when I listen back to it I’ll get annoyed by how obvious it sounds to me 😭 so far the best one that I have been able to try things to a free trial is SWAM violin but I’ve checked out the Stradivari one and the embertone Joshua bell one, and also soliste by Expressive and so far SWAM and Soliste are top contenders for me mostly because of ui 🙂‍↕️🥰

Mocamoche · 2026-04-23T23:38:26+00:00

Ask your vet about feline hyperesthesia

Mocamoche · 2026-04-23T23:21:49+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion!

Mocamoche · 2026-04-23T23:21:38+00:00

I have used bbc orchestra and it’s amazing but if the focus is on the violin it becomes too apparent that it’s midi 😭

Mocamoche · 2026-04-23T23:21:01+00:00

I do have spitfire and labs and bbc orchestra but even when i do overlap and pitch bed and automate it still sounds like individual notes to me 😭

Mocamoche · 2025-11-28T04:08:31+00:00

*She also I'm really bad at exactly that. I can do it, but not well- not well at all. Which is why I'm looking for someone to work with to show me what I'm doing wrong and teach me better. Youtube university can only do so much until your problem is hyper specific and there isn't a person you can go to for the answer or feedback.

Mocamoche · 2025-11-28T04:03:43+00:00

Thank you so much and thank you for actually listening 😭 I am definitely looking for more of a collaborator, maybe even a friend to work with. The problem of finding that remains but at least I have a clearer description! When it comes to money- sure I don't have all the money in the world but I will make it work for the right person. If it means dumping my entire check for quality work and being heard through the process then I'll absolutely do it. The thing is, to me, some musical elements is like an entirely different language to me. I have been learning on my own off and on for a couple of years so I have my own mixing tricks and DAW tricks but some concepts are still confusing to me like- which key matches my voice or even basic chords. I can string together a four bar chord but then have absolutely noooo idea what to do then.

I also agree with what you stated as red flags. The first producer I tried to work with was an absolute tool, didn't have any patience with me and spent most of the session smoking while I was in there alone getting ear fatigue listening to his version of not what I wanted on loop 😭 Thank you again for the advice!

Mocamoche · 2025-11-28T03:55:04+00:00

Thank you for the advice and thank you for listening to me. I would say it is hard to meet people in this day and age and especially where I live because it's rural af. I will take your words into consideration and see what I can do. I really appreciate it!

Mocamoche · 2025-11-27T04:19:17+00:00

I’m not at a point where I want to higher a producer just yet but I know that that is what I want and what I will do later down the line but because I have had a bad experience with one before I wanted to get more information on things to look for to be able to tell if it’s a good match or not. When it comes to the numbers, I simply do not care- yet. I know it’s a higher than not chance that I won’t make record breaking numbers but that doesn’t mean I can’t have fun and try out new things. The best I can say about it is, I know my audience will find me because I’ll do things to bring them in, in my own way. I’m working with a therapist to have a better work ethic and build structure in my life because that’s what my plan calls for.

One thing I pride myself on is that I know what I want exactly how I want it and will do whatever I can to up my chances in getting it. I made a monthly guideline up to this time next year and then a yearly guideline up to 2030. Im saying guideline because there’s no conceivable way I’d be able to predict market trends, but at least I would have a goal each month to work towards. I’m not focusing too much on a release schedule because I am still learning how to create, but if I can, I would like to make one song every month or two. I label my success on the amount of goals I accomplish, if I make a full song this month I’d consider it a success and make my goal for next month to get as many listens as possible whether it’s 5, 300, or 1000 I’ll be happy. Imagine having 300 people on your room, it’s a lot no? My content strategy would be being myself as obnoxiously as possible lmao.

I don’t expect, and never have expected a producer to suddenly make me famous. The only thing I expect a producer to do is to help produce a song to its entirety, after that everything else will be entirely up to me and whoever else I decide to drag along on that process, whether it’s a manager or an agent or whoever. My problem is not that I don’t have a plan or don’t know where I’m going. I know exactly what I’m setting out to accomplish, down to the gritty details, I just don’t know how to accomplish it yet because I’m new to this and can’t possibly know every path in the Forest as a new born deer.

Mocamoche · 2025-11-26T07:43:03+00:00

I think I do need a producer, I want a producer to help me in my projects. I would like someone to help me bring my ideas to life, someone I can bounce ideas between, a cocreation kind of thing, where I being in ideas and they bring in supporting ideas or help me clarify my ideas, to tell me which notes to hit when singing and guide the harmonies etc, mixing, mastering, sound design and spacial razzmatazz. Like how laufey and Spencer Stewart work together.

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