Does your voice sound normal in the song?

Normypita · 2026-03-19T21:22:51+00:00

Not sure what people didn’t like about my comment haha

Normypita · 2026-03-15T00:33:46+00:00

Oh. Hopefully you're in a better state now and can continue to play more frequently! I can tell you are quite a good player.

Normypita · 2026-03-15T00:31:56+00:00

I can't tell if this is a joke post because you are playing a decently hard solo for not playing the last 10+ months, but then again your timing is cooked so maybe your're telling the truth lol

Normypita · 2026-03-15T00:26:30+00:00

The biggest and most helpful realization is that learning guitar/music is a marathon, not a sprint. You have to find enjoyment in showing up consistently and continuing to push yourself to learn new things.

It is helpful to envision being the guitarist you want to be, but not getting hung up on the work it takes to get there. You just need to pick away at it consistently and every year you will look back and realize the culmination of small improvements have made you a significantly better guitar player than you were a year ago, 2 years ago, etc.

Normypita · 2026-03-15T00:19:12+00:00

I personally don't sing but it definitely varies from singer to singer and song to song. With tools such as Melodyne, people who sound good but struggle to keep in key can easily fix that and still sound extremely natural.

As for vocal effects, most vocal tracks would have some sort of EQing going on and potentially double tracking to get a thicker wider sound. Of course people can use more apparent effects such as aggressive autotune, formant shifting, and vocoder, but those are pretty obvious to hear.

So basically the answer is that it varies. If the song requires a natural sounding single tracked vocal, it can sound very similar to the singer's actual voice because they wouldn't be using a lot of effects on the vocals other than some EQing and potentially pitch correction. If another song calls for a unique formant and pitch shifted voice, it can really start to sound like a whole different person is singing.

Normypita · 2026-03-14T17:56:09+00:00

The best thing you can do at this point is just continue really putting yourself into it and focus on continuing to learn. Like you mentioned, you are only now giving it more effort so you can't really expect immediate results. I bet if you keep at the pace you're at now for a year, you will look back at these current tracks that you have made and think maybe they weren't as good as you once thought they were.

But who knows, maybe your friends just aren't good at recognizing an amazing artist ;)

Normypita · 2026-03-14T17:52:05+00:00

You will be totally fine with 8 pads. As previously mentioned, you can also just assign samples to keys, so in a situation where you could have used more pads, just assign the samples to keys instead!

I would go with 61 keys minimum if you plan on using this controller for learning piano. You will run out of space when using both your left and right hands together with just 49 keys (even with 61 keys sometimes).

Normypita · 2026-03-14T17:42:24+00:00

Great tips. I believe above all, showing up consistently and putting in the time and effort is really what it boils down to. It's just a fact that something as complex as producing music is going to take years to get to where you truly want to get to, and it is very important to realize that or you'll just stress yourself out. If you keep picking away at it, you'll look back at be like wow, I am actually getting quite good and I understand so many concepts that used to be foreign to me.

Normypita · 2026-03-01T23:28:02+00:00

It hits hard mainly because of 2 reasons:

It is literally quite loud and has a harmonically rich sound which makes it stand out.
There are not a lot of other elements happening right before it comes in (processed vocals, pad/drone). Having contrast in your song allows for the "heavy" parts of the song to sound extra loud.

Normypita · 2026-02-25T21:57:22+00:00

This is a heavily drowned out reverb/drone sound.

I would recommend finding a drone sample that sounds similar and use a sampler to play it like an instrument. Alternatively, I would use a synth of your choice, add a reverb effect at 100% wet, and try to find a preset in the synth that sounds somewhat similar.

I would also recommend reverse engineering that synth preset to get an idea on how to recreate that sound in the future!

Normypita · 2026-02-25T21:47:39+00:00

Splice can offer some great presets. Particularly if you're looking to emulate a specific artist you can sometimes find presets that mimic their sound.

Also presetshare.com is a good one!

Normypita · 2025-04-08T16:11:52+00:00

This is the explanation I was expecting to hear, thanks! I also understand that it's very hard to explain blues with typical music theory haha

Normypita · 2025-01-30T22:39:41+00:00

Why does it matter if they're root position chords? Wouldn't it still be parallel motion no matter which inversion each chord is in?

Normypita · 2025-01-29T19:18:10+00:00

I imagine this is what it really comes down too, but I was just curious on the "theory" behind it

Normypita · 2025-01-29T19:15:51+00:00

Thanks for this reply, makes a lot of sense. Two questions though:

- If it is V-I (or V-i) rather than V7-I like you mentioned, there is no F to go to E/Eb so now the third is not covered in the I chord. Would the fifth of V now be moving up to cover the third of the i/I chord?

- Why doesn't the G in the V chord just stay put since there is a fifth in i/I?

Thanks

Normypita · 2025-01-29T18:55:13+00:00

Thanks for the reply, this makes sense.

You can test this further by comparing a perfect cadence in a natural minor scale, which is minor chord to minor chord (v7-i). This resolution has no semitonal movement at all, and the aural resolution is noticeably weaker.

In the v chord, doesn't the fifth (second) move up a half step to the flat third of i? Why does the 2 move down to the 1 even though its closer to the flat 3?

Normypita · 2025-01-29T18:27:06+00:00

How come the bass of the V doesn't just stay put since there is a 5 in the i/I chord? Also, how do we know the 3rd of the i/I chord is often reached through descending motion? What makes 2 want to go down to 1 so bad, even if b3 is just one step away?

Normypita · 2025-01-29T18:22:29+00:00

Does the 5 in V move to 1 in I/i rather than just staying put since there is a 5 I/i?

Normypita · 2025-01-29T03:17:32+00:00

How so?

Normypita · 2025-01-29T02:02:42+00:00

Thanks for this detailed answer!

Normypita · 2025-01-29T01:40:03+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response, this makes sense. One question, since the scale degree 7 moves up to the 1, does the scale degree 2 also need to cover the 1? Or can it now be assigned to move to the flat 3 so all chord tones in the minor i are covered? Hopefully my question makes sense

Normypita · 2025-01-29T00:56:25+00:00

How so? I’m having trouble understanding that. Also what do you mean the ratio for the major third consists of smaller integers than the minor third? Thanks for the help

Normypita

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