Originally Posted by
Opie M.
You're clipping the shit out of your mix. The sample you gave me with the beat is way too loud. Sounds like that beat you're using is shitty and ridiculously over compressed. A beat like that is gonna be damn near impossible to mix vocals over. Try a good sounding beat. The raw vocals were recorded at a very good level and they sound fine. You're just turning them up way too loud to compete with that shitty beat. The distortion you hear is clipping. You need to pay attention to your levels. No levels on any track OR on the master channel should EVER EVER EVER go above 0dB.
Also, you said you don't want to learn how to mix. You will NEVER get a good mix without knowing how to mix. PERIOD. If you don't want to mix then get someone else to do it for you. Or else your tracks will always sound like shit. It's pretty much an insult to have someone say they don't want to learn how to mix but they want to have a good mix. Would you tell a professional guitarist that you want to play guitar but you don't want to learn how?? No. Mixing is no different. It's an art form that takes talent, skill, and musicianship.