Bought a microphone, artist sounds really flat. What can I do to boost the vox? Only slight reverb added. Recorded w/ decent mic + reverb. That's it. I can provide vox as they came, or w/ reverb if someone wanted to f**k w/ them themselves... Let me know. Sounds like shit, need to get it on point.
thanks
What do I need to do for VOCALS?!
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 13 posts since 5 Nov, 2012
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
EDIT: Never mind.
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
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- KVRAF
- 2212 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland
Flat as in the pitch is flat? Or flat as in dull and lifeless? I'm at work so can't listen to the audio link, sorry about that. But assuming that the answer isn't just "get a better singer with more confidence"...gmcmxci wrote:Bought a microphone, artist sounds really flat
First case - pitch correction.
Second case - EQ, I'd open up a parametric and cut some lows with a shelf (especially if the mic is a dynamic and the singer got really close to it), then maybe try boosting some upper mids a bit. Then add compression.
I pretty much always cut some lows on vocals and do a softknee compressor anyway, no matter how good and lively the singer is.
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
I initially typed an unhelpful comment that said:gmcmxci wrote:Naw, just say it.
"Get a better vocalist
"Not helpful though, so I removed it.
Listen to DSmolken though. He know's what he's doing.
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
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- KVRAF
- 8238 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
99% of the magic of vocals is in the skill in recording them right in the first place.
Just buying a mic and hitting record won't cut it.
Just buying a mic and hitting record won't cut it.
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- KVRAF
- 16918 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
First, in the first mix they're too loud in the mix. Bring them down a bit, apply some EQ and compression. Second, you might try recording a double track and then see how much of it you need, and when, to liven it up.
On another topic, when you say that you recorded them "with reverb" do you mean that you tracked the reverb? If so, don't do that. Give the performer "comfort" reverb in their monitor mix but record the sound dry.
On another topic, when you say that you recorded them "with reverb" do you mean that you tracked the reverb? If so, don't do that. Give the performer "comfort" reverb in their monitor mix but record the sound dry.
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- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head
A pitch shifter with only a few cents shifting can do wonders... 