When eqing should i pretty much completely remove it? leave it? or tone it down a bit?
Why not ? It seems that this is something that you've heard and just accepted as true rather than conclude it yourself. I don't think you can say "overall, you shouldn't do this". You might like the bass in your voice, you may hate it. It might work really well with the song or it may be in the way of other things like piano, bass and drums. Case by case is the way to fly, if we are going to get into absolutes.........But overall you dont really want that much bass in vocals correct? i know it depends but over all.
When eqing should i pretty much completely remove it? leave it? or tone it down a bit?
Simple answer - yes.
Which question is the "Yes" the answer to ?
When eqing should i pretty much completely remove it? leave it? or tone it down a bit?
All of them of course.
well here is a song i did let me know if its to boomy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uymYXxWz8oI
also there is another one on there called mind stuck 2nd verse. these had no eqing at all. Just some effects and compression. Quality is a little low compared to the actual mp3, but i think you will be able to hear it for the most part.
Ok, I'm a little out of my element here, but I don't think that one sounds boomy or rich. It actually sounds kind of muffled and lacking in bite. Proximity effect maybe? Not the best mic for that voice?...not sure. I like the delivery a lot though - is that you?
mind stuck has much better clarity on the vocals although they seem a bit too dry and forward at times. 2nd verse on this sounds great...much more rich and full I think. So hard to tell on youtube though.
When eqing should i pretty much completely remove it? leave it? or tone it down a bit?
And I know people hate "always do this" stuff, but in my opinion, you're always safe cutting out everything below 150Hz in a vocal. I don't care what kind of character a particular vocal or song has, there's nothing in a vocal below 150Hz that's worth saving. And it can act as a sort of pop filter too.
Nice track.
Yes that is me. on the first link and on mind stuck on the 2nd verse.
first verse of mind stuck was done with a normal desktop mic.
the condenser mic i have now is an AT4040. I am not the greatest when it comes to mixing or really anything cause all this stuff was brand new.
Also for some reason when i mixed "web surfing" down to mp3 it had seemed to loose a lot of quality and i dont know why. How would i get rid of the muffle sound?
And I know people hate "always do this" stuff, but in my opinion, you're always safe cutting out everything below 150Hz in a vocal. I don't care what kind of character a particular vocal or song has, there's nothing in a vocal below 150Hz that's worth saving.
Cookie cutter approaches suck like open chest wounds.