Vocals
All the vocals were cut (tracked) in my studio (VERY dead, even though it has a solid oak parquet floor, a 8'X8', very reflective wall, and solid pine doors) on a single 103 into my DaviSound TB-3 preamp/compressor with various amounts of compression and Tube "OUT". As you can tell, I find that combo VERY versatile!
No doubling of the verse vocals. At mixdown, the verse vocals were slapped with
a dbx 160X with a 10:1 Ratio in hard-knee mode with the Threshold set for a gain reduction of 10-15dB, possibly 20dB at times. Then board EQ and sent to
a Yamaha REV 7 with a VERY small, but VERY open/airy and bright room effect.
The chorus vocals were doubled, but after the first chorus, the "Whao, Whao, Whao" lines were added on the doubling track. At mixdown, I used 2 channels of
a Presonus ACP-8, both with about a 5:1 Ratio, medium-fast Attack, medium Release, and set the Threshold so I got about 5-7dB of gain reduction. I also used the gates on the ACP-8 for these tracks. Board EQed and then sent to the same REV 7.
The 3rd vocal in the choruses after the first was a simple high-end cut with the board EQ and left dry.
The "Do Do Do" vocals were the 3 guys and were doubled. No EQ. They were sent to a Lexicon LXP-5 with some-sort of preset Delay setting.
All vocal tracks were then stereo subgrouped and I strapped an FMR RNC across them in Super Nice Mode with roughly a 3:1 Ratio, medium Attack and Release, and set Threshold so I got a gain reduction of 4-6dB.
