Mixing the Bass in contrast to vocals

[Dogbreath]

Not to be dense here but.....

I thought ducking was pretty much riding the fader, adjusting Volume for vocals...I'm thinking like for radio commercials where the dj is talking, then when he stops the music goes up...and comes back down when he starts talking again.
That's what we called it (ducking) when I was in radio. I assumed it was the same thing. Not sure how it'd be done using EQ....or did I miss something.................again.

 

[Freudian Slip]

I'd be interested to hear this. Someone said compresion, that may help alot throwing some on the vocals.

If I had to guess I would say the vocal track has some serious eq problems.
Like a major lack of top end. I have a pretty low voice and don't have this issue. It's hard for me to imagine the kick and the bass eclipsing the vocals unless the vocals are all muddy and boomy with a lack if sibilance.
Unless the bass and kick are at ungodly levels and you are compressing the whole mix while you are listening or something really odd?

I would try bumping 5k on the vocals and either adding a hi shelf or bumping 10 to 15 k with a wide q setting. Slowly work them up and see if the condition improves.

you could run a low shelf or hi pass on the bass and add some around 700 to 800hz if needed and possibley a bit at 2.5k or so for clarity. This might allow you to turn down the bass if all you are doing is mainly feeling it right now.


Shrugging shoulders.

Post a sample in the mp3 mixing clinic if you want to hear some suggestions bassed on your current mix.

Good Luck.

F.S.

 

[Freudian Slip]

Just for grins.

If you can, play the vocal track alone and try to take a fresh critical look at it. Have some people that don't know the song listen to it. See what they say. The mind is a powerfull thing and if you know the song and words you can think the track sounds very full, manly and totaly understandable.
In fact it may be muddy as all hell.

If you are new at mixing and you are the singer you need to think about this a bit. People tend to want to mix them selves like they hear them selves when singing. Problem is about 80% or so of what you hear is vibration coming threw the bones in your head.

It's the old answering machine thing, "I don't sound like that" .

First time I went to a studio before I started recording I had fits!
Everyone else was, no that's how you sound.

Very much a learning experiance

Anyway I thought I would throw that out because it's very common.

F.S.