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Post by rsadasiv on Jan 16, 2013 10:48:57 GMT -5
I've been mixing vocals for the past couple of days and I'm looking for ideas. oh, and in before - "it depends".  |
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Post by leeknight on Jan 16, 2013 11:24:58 GMT -5
If I have a dense rock mix and want that in your face rock sound, I'll take a limiter and shave the transient peaks. But set it so if doesn't touch to body of the voice, just the attacks. Set the output to match the unprocessed voice by bypassing and listen, engage and listen and match volume output. then...
Then take a warming compressor like the Massey or a LA2A type and set it for SLOW attack. insert after limiter. So you've grabbed the attacks with the limiter, now you're going to put them back in with a tube type slow attack compressor. Deepen the threshold to taste. Set the volume to match unprocessed voice like above.
EQ as final insert. Try giving him weight at 150-200Hz, to really stand out between 1-2k, sheen at 4-6k, hi-fi at 10k shelf. Not all of those, or any of those, but try them to see.
But that's an extreme sound. Cool in a dense track though. I
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Post by rsadasiv on Jan 16, 2013 12:00:39 GMT -5
Even though I've got a lot of tracks I'm trying for light and breezy. I may need to retrack some of the vocals, and I'm considering doing a deep dive into Melodyne on a bunch of tracks to tighten up the doubles.
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Post by oldgitplayer on Jan 16, 2013 17:01:05 GMT -5
 ...Whenever I hear this kind of talk, it confirms why I will never venture beyond Garageband...... 
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Post by rsadasiv on Jan 16, 2013 21:45:23 GMT -5
Stuck in the uncomfortable nether world between pretty good and really bad. I'm tired. Go to bed - tomorrow is another day.
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...Whenever I hear this kind of talk, it confirms why I will never venture beyond Garageband...... 