I've included some images that, no matter how you proceed, should give you a better understanding of frequencies, dB levels, and how to mix better.

Mixing voice into an already recorded track would need more then just volume level adjustments.

There's a bunch of methods, some better, depending on your os, software, gear, etc.

I'd be happy to help get you directed to some software based on your available setup and ability. (there's an almost infinite supply of free stuff out there for every need)

Assuming you can find a basic daw or audio software you can do the following:

The most basic way to mix vocals would be steps 1 through 4. 1 through 6 for a sharper, fuller sound. All of them for overkill but possibly the best result.

1. Set a ceiling (the Max volume of the mix) of maybe -4db (this allows you to increase overall volume later) using a compressor or limiter.

2. Vocals should almost always be recorded and mixed in mono. Centered. Compress / limit Around -9db max

3. Stereo separate the music/background track. A mid-side stereo mixer would make it simple. They split the low,mid,high frequencies to sides or middle, effectively giving room for each to breathe. This track is likely already mastered so no compression, just limit to around -12db.

4. Listen to mix. Sound OK?
   Listen in mono. Sound OK?
   You're done!

5. I would EQ both. Cutting a space for the vocal to sit in the existing music / background track in the vocal range.
   And limiting the frequency range of the vocal track.

6. Compressing it would be a good next step - Another post mentioned you could sidechain/duck. I agree. Have the vocal trigger compression on the background track. A multiband/dynamic eq compressor would be ideal.

7. Then eq again for clarity and depth.

8. Increase volume / compress up to 0db.

(Also, Composing Gloves on YouTube is amazing for theory and practical application. They use fl studio, but the mixing/mastering theory/methods are universal principals of mixing)

For too many of them, if they could put another twelve cents in their pockets they would sell the souls of their children.

Funny, I just mentioned PNAC in another post earlier today.

I am never going to not believe bush/Cheney/runsfeld were in some part aware of/responsible for what happened.

Everyone has forgotten about the Project for a New American Century (PNAC)

And 79800% more likely to be shot by a cop.

If we just go with it and give them some cyanide, arsenic, and a rod of spent uranium to boost their immunity, it would be a self solving problem.

Also, winners don't need to plug their other nostil.

Or that younger people simply have no memory of, and were not (or don't realize) affected by, 9/11.

It's from...you're going to hate this... The facts of life.

A portrait of me as a younger person.

o7

(TIL about o7)

I don't even know how fast I can type on a phone.

Even with word completion I find myself hesitating between the choice of word or typing it out.

I know it's not near as fast as on a physical keyboard where is used to be around 90-120 wpm if I remember correctly. (Been a while since I had to do that at an employment agency)

Anyway, it'd be fun to see a thumbs only tiktok/Snapchat typer vs a mechanical typewriter type off.

And, tbf, most people are far from tech savvy.

Most are consumers. Some are really good consumers. Some are power users. Some know how to do things.

Very few actually understand it.

But, there was a time where there was indeed a necessity if you used the tech, you had to understand it.

The top 10 GLOBAL food companies:

Sorry, the top 10 tobacco companies that are also the top 10 food companies:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurendebter/2022/05/12/worlds-largest-retailers-2022-amazon-walmart-alibaba/?

More

https://www.wideopencountry.com/biggest-food-companies/

It's all about that comma.

I don't live in the American savage lands.

Fuck billionaires.

Eat em all.

Freshly sliced.

Raw or burnt on their floating sanctuaries.

Feed em to the sharks. An inch at a time.

Clad them in armour and set them up the pike.

I will gladly support an open fishing season of billionaires and their cronies.

I've never had a trophy head on my wall.

Remember when Netflix almost had it perfect?

At one point it was the answer to piracy, IMO. I only ever subscribed to it and Spotify.

Then every studio and media corp decided to take us back to cable.

When is Scott Dracula?

They use apps.

On phones.

They aren't tech savvy.

No.

One sucks, the other blows.