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Making vocals "fit" into a song
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| sako487 |
| A lot of times I have trouble with making the vocals mix in perfectly with the rest of the song. I know reverb/delay help but most of the time it sounds tubey and awkward. How do people here go about with their vocals? |
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| EddieZilker |
Wrong forum, but I'll answer.
Firstly, when it comes to recording vocals, I'm deferring to Cryophonic. Those are the best vocals I've ever processed. Very clean, requiring no, if any, automation to correct for levels, on my part.
http://soundcloud.com/deepeddiezilk...ilker-s-r-remix
First, I put in a de-esser dialed dialed in the frequencies of unwanted sibilance that might over-reflect with the reverb. I added compression with a 2:1 to 3.5:1 ratio on my "main" vocal track. The threshold didn't need to be very low relative to the peaks of the vocals I was trying to compress. I just wanted to make sure she kept up with the instruments. Before I put it through reverb, I used EQ to cut abundant frequencies for clarity. I added a very, very nominal amount of reverb to the main track. The vocal track was in mono but reverb was in stereo. Vocals were center panned.
I copied the same clips to a track, below, but lowered the volume by about 10 or so DB and kept it dry as a bone (no compression or de-essing even) and mono, hard center - this helped preserve dynamics and bolster the sound quality of the vocals. Although I am unsure of my personal adherence to its conventional orthodoxy, this is called back-masking and is often used in live performances in addition to the recording studio.
The vocals I used for special effects were treated with the same de-essing and compression and put, in clips, onto a couple of different tracks in order to put them through different processors. I wound up bouncing these tracks and back-masking them - only with effect as I bounced subsequent to putting them through delay and reverb (much more-so than the main track), as well. |
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| sako487 |
| Thanks eddie, I'll try that right now, and would the mod please move this to prod. studio? |
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| EddieZilker |
| Don't forget that the vocals are the lead part. All the other instruments are there for the vocalist and should act accordingly. :) |
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| sako487 |
| Ill post a sample up in a bit |
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| EddieZilker |
| I like how that sounds, currently. Are you happy with it? |
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| sako487 |
| Sounds alright to me, thanks for the help d00de! |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by sako487
Sounds alright to me, thanks for the help d00de! |
No problem. |
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| Omega_Blue |
you know better than to post this type of subject matter in this subforum.
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| sako487 |
| My bad, thought I was on production studio lol |
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