Vocal mixing tips

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Im mixing the vox for my album now and im not sure what to do.
I can get the vox to sit fine with EQ compression and volume automation, but they dont sound great.
Does anyone have any tips to bring vocals to life with effects or tricks?

Ive tried adding distortion, chorus etc, but I cant find the right sound for my mix.
Maybe im just thinking about it too much. :(

Any help would be great.
Cherers,
Eck
 
Hi..

Can you post a clip of the problem?

It's hard to tell what the song is asking for without hearing it, but a trick to get vox to be very full is to do some parallel compression, and really hit the comp hard so you hear all the lip smacks and breaths in between lyrics, and bring that up underneath the original. (Just make sure to mute when there is no lyric)

Is the performance good?

-LIMiT
 
Depends on what you mean by "to life"

very mild in volume delay is the goto for me. I try to keep it so the average person would not notice it out right. I tend to keep the delay time short as I can and get the effect I want. Once I have a delay time I am liking I will try cutting it in half or doubling the time just to see if I will like it better.
Stereo delay with an off set time is my fave metal song tool. You can pretty much skip the verb and all the other stuff if it works for ya. I usually only want it to echo once on each side, anymore and it can start building or blur things too much.

Mild is the key.

Would like to hear the mix so I could be specific tto the song. The above is just what I often do on a heavier song.

F.S.
 
Double tracking the vocal and mixing in the second track much lower in volume than the lead vox track is commonly used. Unlike a static delay, the timing differences are dynamic, as are the subtle voicing differences. Just make sure it's pretty close to the main voc, and mixed much lower..... unless you want it to be obvious.
 
I would not use either my or Robert D's suggestion until the destorted guitar kicks in. The begining of that song needs to stay pretty dry. I think reverb is about your only option my self.

If you post a mix of the music and a seperate track of the vocals alone that I could download I'd mess with it for fun :D

Effected track you put up is too much to me. Especially considering what I said on your other thread.

F.S
 
Funny you say that, as thats exaclty what I did. I put the delay on for the choruses. Sounds quite epic now. :)

I still need to tweak the distortion part, but im liking it. Gives a kinda raw energy sound IMO.

Sorry I cant send any files as the record label would sue my ass off or atleast not be happy with me atall!

Thanks for listening and helping out.

Eck
 
ecktronic said:
Cheers for all the tips guys. I like the delay idae as I can never really get reverb to sound that good.

Heres a clip of a rough vox mix.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=415936&songID=4899687

And heres a sepcial FX part I flung together. I like this clip.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=415936&songID=4899693

Cheers,
Eck
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My suggestion in my post above for the quiet part in clip 1 will make the vox more intimate...try it.

For the louder passes, try a split harmonizer, delays (timed to 1/4, 1/8 note tempo of the song), using only small amounts of each.

That, with the suggestion of a doubled track on certain phrases, will give the vox it's own space, in that very busy part of the song.

-LIMiT
 
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