Tag: VOCALS
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Adjust Vocal Level to the Beat
1) Turn Down Volume on Speakers Really Low so you Only Hear the High End Transients 2) Adjust Vocal Level so you Hear the Hi Hats of the Beats and the Sibilance of the Vocals 3) Now Raise Speakers Volume Back Again
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Mix Rap Vocals Basics
General Method 1 1) Basic EQ, Cut Boomy Part with a Rather Wide Bell, Add a High Shelf and Boost Highs 2) Compress for Consistency (e.g. Brit SSL), Fast Attack / Slow Release (0.50), 3:1 Ratio 3) Compress for Thickness (e.g. 1176), 8:1 Ratio with 5dB to 10dB GR, Fast Attack / Fast Release, Parallel…
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Phil Collins Double Vox
1) AMS Delay for Double Voice 2) Left Delay 17ms, Right Delay 35ms 3) Spread Delay Lines Hard Left / Hard Right 4) No Feedback 5) Use AMS Pitch for Pitch Variations, i.e. Left Down a Touch and Right Up a Touch
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Mix Vocal High End Ideas
– Make Vocals Bright Enough Without Adding Harshness 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…
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Vocal Chain Process Order
1) De-Verb Vocal, e.g. Clarity Pro at 10 O Clock 2) De-Click, RX or Acoustica 3) Surgical EQ, e.g. Weiss EQ, Look at No Analyzer when Dialing EQ for Vocals (i.e. Just Listen) – Dynamic EQ Band to De-Ess Around 6kHz 4) 1176, Fastest Release, Mid Attack, Max 10dB GR for Loudest Peaks 5) MB…
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80ies Lush Unison Background Vocal
1) Sing Everything in Unison 4 Times, i.e. at the Same Pitch 2) Nudge Each Part in Small Increments from Each Other 3) Pitch Shift the Tracks Differently, Just a Little Bit (Up to +10/-10 Cents) 4) Highpass Severally, Around 200Hz to 300Hz 5) Compress Like Crazy 6) Use Loads of Chorus, Delay and Reverb…