Q:  10.14.19  12:13 pm   Same person here. Ok. So, if I bought an official backing track of a song and then sing and record my voice to that song, would I want to add mastering effects (compression, limiter, etc) on the entire mix as well or just the vocals alone?
A: do the vocals first and then maybe a tiny bit to the master. everything we're talking about has to do with volume. so really, actually, the only way to truly do this right is to go through the whole song and adjust the volume of each word, pretty much. to make sure it is at the right level compared to the rest of the music