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3rd January 2008, 09:03 PM
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  | Help Trying to Make These Vocals Sit Better I've spent God knows how many hours trying to make the vocal sit well in the mix & can't seem to find the right combination. In your guys' opinion, what does it sound like the song's missing? More master compression? Using stock Garageband (I'm getting Logic at the end of the month)plugs definitely doesn't help the matter since no 3rd party developers seem to support Leopard. & yes, I know that the hook is copyrighted - I'm just using this song to test/compare my quality & not profiting off of it. Also, the ad-libs aren't panned & the main verse still has a few rough edges since I'm just concerned w/ making the vocal sit well. Appreciate it.
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3rd January 2008, 09:13 PM
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| Sounds like proximity effect to me.... how close to what type of mic did you have this fellow (or yourself) singing?
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3rd January 2008, 09:21 PM
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| Compress the living snot out of it and it will be just fine. (this is one of the few times that this is actualy the correct answer) |
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3rd January 2008, 09:32 PM
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3rd January 2008, 09:33 PM
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| uhh you're not supposed to chew the mic when recording... 2-3 inches is a bit closer than I'd be doing on a cardiod mic...you'll get a shitload of proximity effect and that is seemingly what you don't want.... i'd be more like 8-12 inches away....
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3rd January 2008, 11:00 PM
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3rd January 2008, 11:03 PM
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| their low output has nothign to do with patterns and pickup.... you just have to use a preamp with sufficient gain to run that microphone....
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4th January 2008, 12:00 AM
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| I think the voice needs EQ very badly. |
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4th January 2008, 12:31 AM
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| Yes, Compress the living snot out of it but: Use an LA2A for that. The UAD one works just as well as the hardware. It won't sound compressed even though you are smashing it if you use the 2A. The LA2A has made vocals come, sit and stay for years now. |
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4th January 2008, 07:30 AM
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| EQ and compression I'd say... cut about 3 db at 300 hz , and add 3 sb at 3khz.... and compress with that la2a..... then eq to taste after that..... maybe that will do it.... |
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5th January 2008, 03:53 AM
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I dig the low output concern, but even with my RNP I can get enough gain to sing a softer song 6" out. Good luck. | |
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5th January 2008, 05:24 PM
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 | Scoop out the goo, smash it shitless, add some 5k, after. And what's the deal with the synth line chewing up the scenery?
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