Best way to process Clean vocals?

[RichMinerva]

DO HELP!? >:S

 

[Sloan]

here is a great tutorial on how to get some seriously smooth clean vox:

 

[Sloan]

I generally use compression and highpass at like 100 depending on the vocalist range and proximity effect of the mic. some mics will have too much fucking bass (sm58). Also, I tend to work around the 1k range to reduce some of those "telephone" mids. Be careful about them low mids as well, they can cause them muds. It's all very dependent on the vocalist, style, and the mix. If the vocals are the focal point of the songs, they gotta POP!

I also like to have a fun track where I send the vocal and just destroy the fuck out of it. Distortion, fuzz, phaserz, bit crushing the fuck out of it. whatever and blend it in. Can add some nice character, but you always have to be careful not to muddy things up or make it too distracting. I'm currently working on a project where I really like smashing the main vocal track with a little distortion, and then underneath I've got a 4-bit version that sounds like the speech from the Sega Genesis game Altered Beast:



WELCOME TO UR DOOM!

 

[Aaron Smith]

It seems like more often that not I need to do some pretty substantial scoopage in the 100-300Hz range, there's just a lot of nasty crap in that region...

 

[Ermz]

Watch CLA's Classic Compressors video on the Waves site as a starter.

I'll have a comprehensive vocal mixing tutorial up in a couple of days/weeks.

 

[Morgan C]

A cool method of exciting the vocals, getting a hyped top-end, is to send the vocals to another bus (or just duplicate the track), highpass it at 4-5khz, compress it really hard, fast attack fast release, with a compressor that has 0 latency, or won't go out of phase with the uncompressed track, and then just slowly bring the volume of this track up til it sits right. Lets you have a more consistent top-end, and gets you that 'breathy' overlay, without being too dynamic on the sibilants.

 

[viralz]

Welcome to your doom!........CLASSIC!

 

[YoRich]

here is a great tutorial on how to get some seriously smooth clean vox:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-KCd0guJI

do people actually listen to this gash?

 

[RichMinerva]

Thanks everyone

 

[Sloan]

do people actually listen to this gash?

yeah dude, that was a mega hit.
i played a bar this past weekend and they played a kc&jojo song. I couldn't believe it.

 

[ArnaudM]

First, a good take. Try different mic positions, listen to the result. Don't be afraid to strongly compress the voice while listening to the results, because it while enhance what's wrong or what's good.
When you have found the right position and have recorded the vocals, equalize the voice.
Then, compress it. I just discovered I f**** incredible compressor for voices. And it's free !
http://www.meldaproduction.com/freevstplugins/mcompressor.php

Then, a bit of reverb, and bit of delay.

You also can double take the voice, and find the right balance between the two voices. It's up to you. Trust your ears, and compare with the one you love the prods.

 

[Chris Lucas]

Step 1: RVOX THE SHIT OUT OF THEM
Step 2: EQ OUT GAY STUFF


That's my strat

 

[OneDaySky]

Watch CLA's Classic Compressors video on the Waves site as a starter.

I'll have a comprehensive vocal mixing tutorial up in a couple of days/weeks.

Sweet, cant wait ERMZ

 

[darthjujuu]

Step 1: RVOX THE SHIT OUT OF THEM
Step 2: EQ OUT GAY STUFF


That's my strat

ermz, ya may as well not even bother, this nigga just done put it outta the park.