Newbie mix question.

[JerryD]

First of all I have only made two or three songs. So I'm new to the whole recording thing. In fact I'm more of a song writer type than a recording type. Enough said.

I added a lead guitar track to one of my demos and the lead guitar nullified some of the words in the verses.

It's not like the lead was to high in volume. It was more like the frequency matched the vocals in certain spots and the vocals in those spots went "Poof".

I think it's some kind of frequency match thing or something.

Could someone explain to me what's going on here?

[Gidge]

First off from an arrangement standpoint , why are you having a lead guitar part while someone is singing?".....If the part has to be there, make sure the vocal is panned center and then pan that guitar either hard left or hard right...see where you are then....next solo your vocal track and use a parametic eq with a Q of about .5 with a good 10-20 db boost....sweep starting from 2500hz and go up until you find the spot where the vocal really pops out at you.....note the frequency....adjust the eq on the vocal back to normal and go to the guitar and cut the frequency you found....you may have to do the sweep technique on the guitar to find where it lives and give the vocal a slight cut there....

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Jerry of D and Jive of nine:

Do the all of the music tracks and then do the vocal; maybe, put the vocal on two separate tracks for more impact when mixing.

This way, you can TWEAK the guitar loud track and make it soft or put it left/right or middle.

Overdubbing a tune is a good way to record in a small home studio without the benefits of big time stuff.


Keep twiddling the dials,

Green Hornet

[riley357]

This effect is called "masking" and is a result of overlaying frequencies of two different parts competing for the same sonic space.Rather like a loud obnoxious woman talking the same time I am! One way around this is to do a little cut eq at that frequency on one of the parts, usually the one that is least important.

[JerryD]

Thanks.

Jerry of D. I like that.

[Blue Bear Sound]

Originally posted by riley357
This effect is called "masking" and is a result of overlaying frequencies of two different parts competing for the same sonic space.Rather like a loud obnoxious woman talking the same time I am! One way around this is to do a little cut eq at that frequency on one of the parts, usually the one that is least important.

Ba-doing!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Riley - this is the first time I've seen you post something technical!!!!!!!!!! RN, my eye - you're a closet engineer - admit it!!! Must be a load off to "come out"!!!

Or does Csus7 now have an assistant in training???



Bruce