RawDepth
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I recently read an article about recording and mixing backup vocals. I wanted to experiment a little with it so, I resurrected this song simply because it had a lot of backup vocal tracks. (I mixed the whole damn song just for this experiment.)
The article talked about ways to give each backup vocal its own space in the sound field. It mentioned tracking backup vocals with different mics and pres from what was used to record the lead vocal. This is so that when layering (or stacking) several vocal tracks, similar tonal characteristics wouldn’t be compounded.
It also discussed panning the vocal that is least like the lead vocal nearest the center and the ones that are on or nearer to the fundamental pitch off to the sides.
That is what I did with this song, (although it was a very busy song to work with.) I placed the highest harmony backup near the center beside the lead vocalist. The other harmonies are panned more to the outsides.
Do you think it keeps it cleaner?
RD
The article talked about ways to give each backup vocal its own space in the sound field. It mentioned tracking backup vocals with different mics and pres from what was used to record the lead vocal. This is so that when layering (or stacking) several vocal tracks, similar tonal characteristics wouldn’t be compounded.
It also discussed panning the vocal that is least like the lead vocal nearest the center and the ones that are on or nearer to the fundamental pitch off to the sides.
That is what I did with this song, (although it was a very busy song to work with.) I placed the highest harmony backup near the center beside the lead vocalist. The other harmonies are panned more to the outsides.
Do you think it keeps it cleaner?
RD