I'm in the dillemma that I'm really not quite sure how to get vocals to be soft in the mix yet distict. I'm trying to attain all the clarity of having no effects with the softness that modern rock vocals attain. In other words, every pro record out there has a certain effect on the vocal that softens it into the mix that I can't figure out what it is. I hear the compression. If it is a reverb that is softening vocals, I can't figure out how to use my Waves Reverb correctly to make a soft difference without noticing a reverb.
1 - an excellent performance is a given. I have this.
2 - right micing technique and equipment chain - I have this.
Here is my though. If I were to hit the insert and send bypass button on a pro recording, this is what my vocal would sound like.
I keep trying to fit it in with EQ on both the guitars and overheads as well as the vocals themselves. I've already compressed it more than enough to be even.
1 - an excellent performance is a given. I have this.
2 - right micing technique and equipment chain - I have this.
Here is my though. If I were to hit the insert and send bypass button on a pro recording, this is what my vocal would sound like.
I keep trying to fit it in with EQ on both the guitars and overheads as well as the vocals themselves. I've already compressed it more than enough to be even.