Mixin vocals... Effects?
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Posted on Jul 28, 2009 01:18 pm
Adam Mutschler
Abomb Muchbaby
Member Since: Jul 02, 2009
Could someone give me a baseline for mixing vocals? Like what kind of compression and a few ideas for effects? Thanks.
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CptTrippsCzar of Turd PolishMember
Since: Jun 20, 2006
Jul 28, 2009 01:23 pm Although my chain remains similar how I use it depends on the singing/singer.
With a good singer I like to EQ, add a light compressor and a tiny bit of reverb.
With a singer that can maintain I EQ, compress a little more, possibly a small delay and then reverb.
With a screamer/singer who isn't good at it I EQ, compress the crap out of it, heavy delay so you don't hear all the messups and a really light reverb. Possibly even some distortion.
Jul 28, 2009 01:26 pm It all varies by the vocalist...compression is almost 100% required...reverb is nice...
Jul 28, 2009 01:32 pm Since I really don't fully get compression, could you tell me what the settings would maybe look like, or is this also dependent on the application? I know there is attack, release, and some ratio... Sorry guys, pretty new to it.
Jul 28, 2009 01:46 pm Dude that helps so much. Really. Thanks man
cruxTypo SzarMember
Since: Jul 04, 2002
Jul 28, 2009 08:13 pm Waves has the RVox (renaissance vox) plug which is a compressor/gate designed specifically for vocals. It doesnt have attack, release or even ratio settings, just threshold for the main comp and gate. Its ofcourse very easy to use and i think in about 70% of times it really gets the job done, its basically like using a template.
Jul 29, 2009 07:37 pm Just got that Rvox plug working... Haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but thanks for the advice, can't wait to try it out.
