Re: Producing Great Vocals
Posted: 01 Dec 2019
I say, you can do a conservative hi pass on the recording (around 100Hz), but then set it as a standard so you always do it. It is about being able to go back and fix something and have the identical sounding raw vocals. You can EQ before and/or after compression. I use a LA style compressor with another behind it. LA may hit 6dB the second 3dB. If you need more it is better to fix it in the audio file in the sequencer. I normally put dly+rev as inserts on my vocal bus. But tune+eq+comp on each track. Has a bit to do with qty of tracks, needed processing and cpu. If you have big de-ess issues, you may need to educate the singer to sing with quieter esses, something good vocalists do, especially for the backups. Automate when neede, eg between verse and chorus so the levels fit each section. You may want different reverbs for chorus and lead, but you can do as sends if you want.Creativemind wrote: ↑29 Nov 2019I have 3 questions regarding this.
Vocal processing chain....
Compress, EQ, De-Ess then Reverb.
1) You would add the compressor, EQ and De-Esser as inserts wouldn't you and then Reverb as a send? how does having 3 effects as inserts and reverb as a send effect the order, reverb needs to be last but would it be added as a send?
2) Regarding EQ, would you leave the EQ untouched until after the vocal was recorded then cut / boost what you needed after or apply before? I'm inclined to think EQ after as you wouldn't necessarily know where needed cutting or boosting right?
3) What about layering vocals?