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I am asking the experienced mixers here about this problem I am finding.

For the sake of discussion, I am calling it "BLOOM," and I mean it to refer to BGV in particular.

I keep running into a problem where I am mixing a tune (usually one that is semi-complex) and there are punches of BGV on certain phrases (strophes? anyone use that word anymore?).

By "punches" I do NOT mean punch-in's, ala hitting the record button. I mean BGV meant to "punch-up" a certain line of Lead Vox.

OK, so anyway, as we probably can assume, such phrases tend to end on open vowels of one sort or another. And, subsequently, such vowel sounds tend to open up in volume and timbre---which I am, for purposes of this post, calling "Bloom."


My problem is this--Bloom sucks.

How can I fix it? Bloom overruns the lead vox, and causes unpleasant "beating" with sympathetic vibrations in the GTR and KBD ranges.

1. I have tried to write in subtle fades on the tails of the blooming vowels.---->result: The intensity and flow of the BGV and Lead Vox is ruined.

2. I have tried single and double compressing the tails of the Bloom--->result: The artifacts end up shining a nasty spotlight on the very thing I am trying to make more subtle.

3. I have tried to automate EQ against a very tight Q of the more nasty elements of the Bloom---> result: gets close to being correct, but takes sooooo much time and effort that I nearly go insane.


Does anyone have a better solution?


Thx,
KT