Screaming Vocals in Logic.

benjy

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Guys I need some help! I have been recording a personal project and I have hit a wall with vocals. I am using logic. I am using a 57 into a focusrite pro 24 I believe my problem is in logic. I need to bring them more upfront and beef them up, if that makes sense. I have put an eq, comp, and verb on the track but i can't get it to pop in the mix. I have yet to find a saturation plugin that works on my newer macbook. Any advice? What kind of chains do you use? Examples etc... Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
 
Logic has a rad tape delay plugin that you can use as a tape saturation if you set the delay time to 0. Works pretty good on vocals and drums, throw a little bit of distortion on screams to help smooth them out as well. Hi-pass and low-pass the EQ, try a boost around 3k to push them through the mix
 
Tha is dude! When using my pro 24 should I turn the input gain up until it starts hitting the red or turn it all the way down and use gain in logic?
 
Tha is dude! When using my pro 24 should I turn the input gain up until it starts hitting the red or turn it all the way down and use gain in logic?
Turn the input on your pro 24 so it's peaking around -6 or so in Logic. Some people track lower, but that's a good place to start your gain staging.
 
The saturation on the tape delay in Logic really darkens things up - I'd cut frequencies on the other instruments that are conflicting with the vocals before looking at anything else.
 
I'm not sure I'm using the tape delay correctly. I am honestly not hearing much of a difference.