Gits-vs-Vox-vs-Gits

[joedirt]

First of all let me say I've learned a TON from this board (as I'm sure many have) so, thanks for all the knowledge/tips!

Ok, here's my situation. I'm working on a very basic rock song. 2 gits, bass, drums and vocals. Clean guitars during the verses and heavy during prechorus and chorus. (all gits panned hard left and right) The vocals sound great during the clean sections but get muddy and lack definition during the heavy parts. So I'm assuming it's a conflict with the distorted guitars.

The mids on the guitars are already scooped so I would think the vocals would sit nicely in thes pocket but the don't. Now just reaching for, say 5k (on vox) doesn't feel right, so my question is this: is there any way to determine exactly where to cut ( either in the vox or the fiddles?)

ps. I have a spectrum analyzer if that would help.

 

[volltreffer]

I may cause extreme reactions, but I would propose to use HEAVY compression (and maybe on guitars, too!!!) . Helped me a lot to have my vocals sit in our punk rock sound... If it solves your problems it's good, if not, try messing around with the EQ more...

aXel

 

[plexi]

I second heavy compression, I always compress the vocals when tracking, and always when mixing, sometimes even two compressors in series....

Amund