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janjaal · 29th November 2009

recently i came thru this chain and now i'm thinking if i'm using too much plugz for a vocal chain??

1 uad fairchild (for giving balls to my vox)
2 uad pultec pro (to tune the vox the way i want)
3 uad 1176 se (to level the vox to my mix)
4 waves rdeess (to de ess!!)
5 uad plate 140 (reverb)

now i thought i should've stopped here BUT, i hear the vox to be a bit muddy, harsh, i donnu how to explain it however i added

6 uad la2a or la3a (which makes the vox sit in the mix)
7 waves req 2 band (to take the mud out at 2k, and boos a bit at 10k)

and i slightly compress my instuments in the mix maybe a db or 1.5 db (which mainly produced in propellerhead reason) or i might push the compressor on the kick to get the right sound out of it...

so plz tell me if what i'm doind is normal, or i should reduce some plugz in the chain...

29th November 2009	#1
janjaal Gear addict Joined: Dec 2008 Location: toronto Posts: 391 Thread Starter 2 Reviews written	am i using too much plug in my vocal chain? recently i came thru this chain and now i'm thinking if i'm using too much plugz for a vocal chain?? 1 uad fairchild (for giving balls to my vox) 2 uad pultec pro (to tune the vox the way i want) 3 uad 1176 se (to level the vox to my mix) 4 waves rdeess (to de ess!!) 5 uad plate 140 (reverb) now i thought i should've stopped here BUT, i hear the vox to be a bit muddy, harsh, i donnu how to explain it however i added 6 uad la2a or la3a (which makes the vox sit in the mix) 7 waves req 2 band (to take the mud out at 2k, and boos a bit at 10k) and i slightly compress my instuments in the mix maybe a db or 1.5 db (which mainly produced in propellerhead reason) or i might push the compressor on the kick to get the right sound out of it... so plz tell me if what i'm doind is normal, or i should reduce some plugz in the chain...