So I was curious to know what techniques everyone has used (or finds themselves using most often) in order to get some "big" sounding vocals? Of course there's hardly anything you'd do every time, so I'm just trying to generalize and find methods you find yourself using more than most. After talking with a lot of guys, some things I've heard are:
Have the vocalist double himself on everything; tuck it under the lead vox
Double specific phrases or choruses; tuck it under the lead vox
Pan some doubled/background vox about 45% left/right, others as far as 100% left/right
Double the background vox and tuck them about 6db lower under the original background vox
Etc...What are some things you find yourself doing to acheive bigger vocals? Would you say that you commonly have a vocalist double himself all the way through, or do you find you have him just double specific phrases? Do you pan additional background vox as far as 45% up to 100% wide, or do you like to keep them closer to center? Do you like to compress vocals on the way in, or save that for mixing?
Just wanted to get a vocal discussion going here...
Have the vocalist double himself on everything; tuck it under the lead vox
Double specific phrases or choruses; tuck it under the lead vox
Pan some doubled/background vox about 45% left/right, others as far as 100% left/right
Double the background vox and tuck them about 6db lower under the original background vox
Etc...What are some things you find yourself doing to acheive bigger vocals? Would you say that you commonly have a vocalist double himself all the way through, or do you find you have him just double specific phrases? Do you pan additional background vox as far as 45% up to 100% wide, or do you like to keep them closer to center? Do you like to compress vocals on the way in, or save that for mixing?
Just wanted to get a vocal discussion going here...