– Make Vocals Bright Enough Without Adding Harshness
- Remember, Many Vintage Mics Used to Start Sloping Down at 12kHz
1) De-Esser
2) Digital EQ to Amplify High End with a Shelf
– i.e. Similar Range to What the De-Esser Attenuated
3) High Shelf EQ with Dynamic Expansion on Sides to Expand the Stereo of Highs
4) Mild Distortion of Transient with a Compressor, Use Fastest Attack and Fastest Release / Hard Knee / Auto Make Up / SC EQ Only to High Frequencies / Aggressive Compressor Algorithm /
5) Use Split EQ and Amplify Transients Only (Green Band) with a High Shelf
6) Tube Distortion on High Frequencies to Expand Transients
7) Use Fresh Air / Sheen / Buss Exciter
8) Pro Studios Use High End Mastering EQ with a High Shelf at 12kHz to Dip Excessive High End After a High End Mastering Compressor
9) Try to Bit Crush Excessive High End with a Bit Crusher
10) Buss All Instruments that have a Strong High End into 1 Mix Buss and Apply Chorus and / or Reverb, i.e. Try to Spread the Highs for a More Vivid but Not Harsh High End Character, also use M/S Tricks
11) Chorus Effect can also Tame 14kHz Glass Transients
12) Another Idea is to Low Pass Everything at 15kHz Except for Hats and Lead Vocals, i.e. this Gives Room for the High End in Lead Vocals
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