[B]I need to clean up my lead vocals...[/B]

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I need to clean up my lead vocals... The singer I'm using has a good voice, but I want the vocals to be as smooth as possible. How should I clean them up to get them as smooth and crisp as possible. I'm using a singer with a voice somewhere in the Usher to Marques Houston range. Any special processors I should be using? Thank You for your helps guys on the last post.
 
You should get it that way coming in, actually.

If you're talking about volume wise and such, try using some compression and a tad of EQ.
 
Your question isn't about "cleaning" them up. It's about getting them to sound good. They should have sounded good on the way in (as was mentioned in the previous post). What kind of mic are you using? How does the room sound? How good is the singer's voice? What kind of pre-amp? What's the signal chain? Those are the questions you should be answering BEFORE pressing RECORD.
 
I'm using an MMXLV69ME, (the gold one), for my mic, and I'm using a Eureka PreSonus 60 as my pre, and the room has good recording acoustics. I'm running a G5 imac with protools LE 6.9.2. The singer is strong with good range, ala Babyface.
 
We've place acoustic foam in various place, (trial and error basically)
 
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well, first off like mentioned above if it is a dynamics problem then use compression. If you have a good constant level(constant meaning not destroying all of the dynamics that natuarally would be present in the song, however not exceeding db levels in the vox that make it sound too loud or too soft.) then I would suggest using a bit of eq and maybe some effects such as reverb/delay to smooth out the sound. If your vocals just aren't "riding" over the top of the mix and you want them too, try boosting 2 or 3 db around 15k-16k. If you prefer reduction techniques then reduce at a lower frequency... off the top of my head I can't think of what that relates to at 15k... sorry. Any way make you vox not overly wet, but enough that it gives the vox the characteristic of the effect you have inserted. And you know, it is very possible that you just haven't got the levels set well enough and you may just need to make your vox louder. If they don't sound clear first raise them up a bit and see what happens... But if they are blaring loud, then try something else...
 
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