Chorus

[Vin-Su]

My technique of mixing the main vocals is improving well but one place I seem to not be able to make any head wind is choruses. What gives them that "airy" vibe, what are the "general" methods to achieving a good chorus?

 

[IchabodVer7]

What gives them that "airy" vibe, what are the "general" methods to achieving a good chorus?

Well let me try to address this as best I can. Usually a chorus is your high-point in the song. Everything in the song builds up to that point. That means instruments too along with vocals. Some things that can make a chorus good are some vocal harmonies and complimenting instrument parts that help the flow of the song, and making sure that all of the instruments are eq'd properly so they are not fighting for freqency space. If you are recording vocals I would at least do some doubling of the vocal parts in the chorus if you are not going to do harmonies.

Now, this just my own opinion but try not to get too caught up in effects. Getting it sounding good dry first before you start thinking about effects. Often times effects will cover up things. I would also be aware of effects that make your stuff sound too "dated". Reverb can do that in a hurry. I would use just a little reverb just to make your vocals sound a little more wet. Too much and it will sound like you are in the 80s again.

If you are trying to get an "airy" sound with your vocals you can try a couple of things. You can double them or throw in some vocal harmonies. You can get a doubling effect by adding a very slight delay to the vocal part in the harmony. You can also double the vocal track and add different effects to the double and pull it down in the mix, that way it is more complimentary to the main vocal line.

That is some things I would do. Just experiment and after a while your ears will start to pick up on things you are doing right.

 

[RD423]

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If you are trying to get an "airy" sound with your vocals you can try a couple of things. You can double them or throw in some vocal harmonies. You can get a doubling effect by adding a very slight delay to the vocal part in the harmony. You can also double the vocal track and add different effects to the double and pull it down in the mix, that way it is more complimentary to the main vocal line.


Basically what he said one trick that I do is I do the lead chorus and 2 doubles pan the lead and the double not to hard just enough to where it sounds like both of them are coming out of the speakers with the words evenly and then I turn the 2nd double down real low and that's how I like to do my hooks to give it the "wide" sound

 

[Vin-Su]

I will try a few of those techniques out this week and come back to you guys with the results...