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sondriven
New member
Do you generally mix the vocals straight on or not?
regebro
Insane Genious!
Eh?
What is "mixing straight"? How do you mix curved?
What is "mixing straight"? How do you mix curved?
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Spider
New member
i managed to mix a figure eight yesterday , was very impressive....
just jokes sound.... i generally do record vocals dry , unless the room doesnt permit it ... eg. the natural reverb from a bathroom.
But even recording in the studio ill give the vocalist a mix of reverb on his/her vocals in the headphones... but only if their picky and need that to perform well...
and to avoid pricks like me and regebro giving u shit , in future maybe 'dry' might avoid the bendy thing!
goodluck
spider
just jokes sound.... i generally do record vocals dry , unless the room doesnt permit it ... eg. the natural reverb from a bathroom.
But even recording in the studio ill give the vocalist a mix of reverb on his/her vocals in the headphones... but only if their picky and need that to perform well...
and to avoid pricks like me and regebro giving u shit , in future maybe 'dry' might avoid the bendy thing!
goodluck
spider
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sondriven
New member
Sorry, I wasn't more specific. I meant once the vocals are recorded, do I pan straight up or a little Left and Right? Im pretty new at this mixing thing!
six
New member
interesting question
and what about possible overdubs? any panning there?
and what about possible overdubs? any panning there?
toad_uk
Member
Listen to some CDs etc with headphones on. Most lead vocals are centre. Backing vocals often come in panned centre, left, right or all three. Listen to some recordings, see what you like and do that. Ive even heard some with one line left next line right etc.
I tend to go for lead vocals centre and two backing vocals left and right in the choruses or on certain words/lines for emphasis.
I tend to go for lead vocals centre and two backing vocals left and right in the choruses or on certain words/lines for emphasis.
regebro
Insane Genious!
Ah! Thats what you're at!
Depends on the type of arrangement I do. For example on the song "Pacification by force" I'm have two vocals singing the same thing, one high and one low. I move around the panning of both of these during the song, to keep things more interesting. http://www.regebro.nu/lennart/music.html
If the song has an unusual arrangement is maybe is heavily electronic and pretty experimantal, panning things (including the vocals) wildly is fun, and works. Try panning the vocals slightly one way, and panning the delay the other way.
If the song is a straight rock/pop/folk-song (as most of my songs are) with a straightforward arrangement, I usually don't pan the vocals.
Depends on the type of arrangement I do. For example on the song "Pacification by force" I'm have two vocals singing the same thing, one high and one low. I move around the panning of both of these during the song, to keep things more interesting. http://www.regebro.nu/lennart/music.html
If the song has an unusual arrangement is maybe is heavily electronic and pretty experimantal, panning things (including the vocals) wildly is fun, and works. Try panning the vocals slightly one way, and panning the delay the other way.
If the song is a straight rock/pop/folk-song (as most of my songs are) with a straightforward arrangement, I usually don't pan the vocals.
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The Green Hornet
New member
Yo Vocal People:
To me, a vocal is thee FRONT LINE. Why do a vocal if it isn't UP FRONT? I've listened to many good arrangements and the vocals wind up buried in the music; can't hear those great words that form the poetry of great lyrics. Soooooooo, I work the vocal UP AND STRAIGHT UP; I usually pan loud music left/right to soften it; then, it is easier to get the vocal up front without having to blast it up there with mucho volume.
But, each pair of ears hears what it wants to ears.
Green Hornet
To me, a vocal is thee FRONT LINE. Why do a vocal if it isn't UP FRONT? I've listened to many good arrangements and the vocals wind up buried in the music; can't hear those great words that form the poetry of great lyrics. Soooooooo, I work the vocal UP AND STRAIGHT UP; I usually pan loud music left/right to soften it; then, it is easier to get the vocal up front without having to blast it up there with mucho volume.
But, each pair of ears hears what it wants to ears.
Green Hornet