Vocal clearness?

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:46 am

Hi Guys..

I have a pretty big problem getting cleaness to the vocal. especially in my mix, where i cant get the vocal up front in the mix like i want to. what can i do to the vocal to make it more up front in the mix?

Cheers

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:59 am

To give an informed opinion we are going to need more information about the type of music, type of vocalist, type of equipment. Without that information I'll give an uninformed opinion - otherwise known as a wild guess: the acoustics in your room are probably bad. Do the vocals sound hollow - like you are singing into a box?

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:56 pm

Well acostics could be better, but aint bad. Im using a AGK Genesis GC-1 for my vocals into a lexicon Omega interface. and edeting with cubase. The vocal sounds pretty good but its hard to get upfront in the mix like i want it. The music is soulish.

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:27 pm

A nice compression setting will help in keeping it "close by". Be aware that short attacks can kill high frequencies, so go easy on the attack. Maybe you can build up a couple of stages of compression. There's slots enough in Cubase.

Then it is mostly level and EQ. Think of the frequencies that you hear best when something is indeed upfront. The response will be "flat", as in, you don't really miss anything, whereas distant sounds reach you with loss of HF.

Be careful with reverb, you would need only low levels of long tail reverbs, nothing obvious. Maybe it's even best to only use it as a finishing touch. It can help to smoothen it a bit, that's all.

Now hopefully the singing was done up close without too much room acoustics on the recording. If the miking was distant, then it is virtually impossible to get it sound upfront.

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