Overpowering

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i tried compressing vocals in one of my recordings, buts everytime it gets louder, it seems its overpowering the sound, like its getting muffled as she gets higher and louder, i want it clearer, i dont know if its the acoustics in the room, or its just my mic, cuz i only have a usb mic, i dont know how to make the audio sound more clearer
 
One thing I will do with vocal tracks that vary in volume and delivery, is to separate the different sounding ones on other tracks and process them differently. A single compressor won't handle the variation if level effectively causing the loud passages to be quashed to death.

Hope that helps a little.

Jimmy
 
It does a little bit
thanks

Would a Limiter help too?
When I tried my limiter, it seemed to improve but no very much. Should I decrease volume? or try the compressor again but less threshhold?
 
You probably don't want a limiter in this case, especially one with a really fast attack and release.

Using a multiband compressor might get you the result your looking for in this case.
 
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Make sure you high pass all the low end junk below before compression too.
 
the muffling is gone, which is a good sign, now every time she gets louder, it begins to overpower again, is it just the EQ now?
 
Getting there. Can you post a clip? That would make it a bit easier to understand what is happening.

:)
 
Here is fine. Just export an mp3 of mixdown and 'go advanced/manage attachments' and upload there. That way others can hear it too and offer alternative advice. :)
 
alright, thanks so much, and I'm using Logic Pro 9, I'm sorta new to it, using it since december, ill download an insert of my progress asap
 
ok, I used a Multipressor
a compressor
and my EQ treble is a bit increased
I'm a little bit new at this
I don't know if it's the live recording that causes the distortion
I'm sure there is a way to fix it
i've been trying to since 12PM
I obviously need advice
 

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Well first off the girl can sing. I would try to find what is causing that intermittent low end hum. Sounds like something is gated yet I hear it cutting in and out during the singing. May be a bad cable used during performance I suppose. I would roll off more of the low end till it starts to affect her tone.

I don't hear her vocal sounding all that bad though I think this may be a case where manual volume automation would be best to attenuate the peaking/distorted parts. Hard to say if this distortion is your compressor introducing it or not. I would automate volume, then apply the compressor post fader to add depth and smooth the performance and see where that gets ya.

:)
 
No sorry, My fault, I didnt add the compressor in the audio yet

heres an update

sorry about that :p
 

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You may be stuck with a bit of that distortion in the recording. Some experimentation with some slight upper midrange cuts may help a bit. 1-2.5k.

The first section has quite a bit of ess's. Use a de esser if you have one or eq out a slice around 6-8k. Sweep s small Q peak around that frequency to find it, then cut that frequncy. If this messes with tone too much, just automate an eq to only cut during the ess's. I usually use a separate eq and just automate the in/out or power button for extreme ess extraction.

Is this a vocal solo track or are there other instruments? I still hear that low end hum cutting in and out, but you probably won't be able to hear that with background music playing.

I have definitely had to work will poorer recordings than this. I don't think you really have that much more to do here.

Good luck! :)
 
Thanks so much, it obvious i wont be able to get to studio standards, but it did clear up to a level of which I'm satisfied with, thanks again :)
 
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