vocals mixing

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when i mix vocals(cubase) ,after mixing and listening through headphones again intead of sittin in the middle ,my vocals kinda spread to a bit left and right...when i compare to other tracks of my country,all their vocals kinda sit in the middle of the mix without spreading to the left and right...what could be the problem? is because the dynamic stage mic i use?no acoustics in my room? or a reverb or mixing problem?
 
You need a booth.


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Sorry....couldn't help that.

There's a lot of things you could be doing that give the vocals that L/R spread....most likely it's some FX/processing you are applying to the track or the mix....yeah, reverb will certainly do that.

Take everything off....llisten to JUST the vocal track...make sure you pan is set to center.
Is the vocal in the center...?
 
Is this a single mono vocal track that you've recorded?

Follow Miro's advice: remove all effects, mute all other tracks and just listen to the solo vocal by itself.

If it still sounds spread out, it is possible your speakers are out of phase with each other.
 
My first guess would be you've got a stereo delay on your track that is going from left to right.

It's definitely some stereo effect if you're recording vocals mono.

The ONLY other thing I can think of... You say you're recording country. Are you recording stereo acoustic guitar and mono vocals AT THE SAME TIME? Because the bleed into the guitar mics will definitely cause this. I just had to show this to someone that was wanting to track guitar and vocals at the same time, because they didn't think it would cause any problems.
 
Miroslav lyk the way you tryna help me out...i will tryna remove all fx...thanks y'all
 
bartekkck said:
how can you record vocal in stereo? you've got only one mouth
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Yes, but it's possible to own 2 mics. You place one in front of your mouth and one somewhere else in the room, you'll end up with a stereo recording. I'm not recommending it and it's usually a stupid thing to do. But it is possible to end up with a stereo recording of a mono source.
 
If, for some reason, you do have two channels on the vocal track and you're using a compressor you might also want to make sure you have stereo linking enabled.
 
bartekkck said:
how can you record vocal in stereo? you've got only one mouth
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In my DAW, any track can be set to either single-track mono or twin-track stereo.

In stereo mode, the track is comprised of a left channel and a right channel, but remain linked/locked/synced as a pair. Each (linked) channel can get signal from a common single input or from separate inputs.
 
RawDepth said:
In my DAW, any track can be set to either single-track mono or twin-track stereo.

In stereo mode, the track is comprised of a left channel and a right channel, but remain linked/locked/synced as a pair. Each (linked) channel can get signal from a common single input or from separate inputs.
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That in itself means nothing AFA stereo/mono.
IOW...a single miked source recorded to a DAW "stereo track"...is still a mono recording, same as if you would have set the DAW to record a "mono track".

It's not in the source (people's choice of terminology aside - "mono source/stereo source")...
...it's not in the DAW setting as stereo or mono track...
...stereo is all in the miking and recording.
You first need at least two mics to record ANY source in stereo, and then you need to record onto two tracks.
 
I used to get this sometimes, too. In Reason, the default is to have the recorded tracks in "stereo image" mode (run through a stereo imager), but you can turn the "width" off. After I figured it out, I changed the default rack and now I get mono mono recordings (the stereo imager is bypassed).
 
You could set up two mics and then run around your room like a headless chicken screaming.
There you have it, a stereo mic recording with built in panning automation.
 
Please bounce your track in mono, import it again and let us know if you still get the same problem.
 
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