Vocal blending question

[guinsu]

I've got a question that I suppose applies to live sound and recording. Suppose you have a singer who's vocal range seems to be a bit on the low side, and you have a band that is going for a thick distorted sound at parts of the song (think hum, failure, etc). It seems the vocals sit in the same frequency range as these distorted guitars and live and when mixing the vocals get a bit lost. Does anyone here have recommendations on how to fix this problem or is it a case of changing the vocals or guitars to accommidate one or the other? Would there be any tricks when mixing or when doing live sound that could help this vocalist cut through? Thanks in advance...

 

[leavings]

If you have a good PA or if you're running sound through a mixer at all, you should be able to boost or cut frequencies accordingly. My instinct would be too leave the voice where it is in the frequency spectrum and try and reserve the higher end for the guitars. Cut the mids a bit, and if you need to boost the highs on the guitars then do it, but you want to avoid that screaming guitar sound that comes with too much high-pitched distortion.

Hope that helps,
Peter