Using lowcut or not for vocals?

[Fredrik-Ablaze]

I'm tracking some vocals right now and yesterday I came to realize that I've always had the "low cut" switch enabled when recording.

How do you guys go about when recording? Is it "wrong" using lowcut?

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

No, do it

Well... unless your crossover frequency is at like 500Hz, but that's more likely to be around 70... I always low cut vocals during mixes, usually between 150 and 250...

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

In my experience, if there’s anything down below 80, you don’t want it on vocals. But it’s a safe experiment to leave it off and see if you like it. You can always cut some lows later.

I'm with Brett on the cuts though.

 

[TheDude]

Yeah, the only thing under 80hz is rumble from the mic stand, sub-harmonic farts, and cars going by outside.

 

[Fredrik-Ablaze]

Thanks for your replies, now on to the next question: Where the heck do I find what crossoverfrequency my sontronic stc-2 has?? And don't say "check the manual" because I dont know where it is!

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Check Google

 

[jesterroot4]

Check Google

good reply
+1

 

[RiF]

I always use a low cut on vocals, because surely removes any unwanted low end rumble but my main reason is that the vocals getting much more up-front and defined. Listen to a Pink record and you know what I mean. How much I cut depends on the singer, I usually start at 80 Hz und move up to 300 Hz and then stop somewhere in between. It is important that you use good filters (I have a UAD-1, so no problem here). Doing this with the built-in Cubase filters will ruin your mix.