Vocal recording inconsistent..

[coreyb]

I struggled trying to mix this because it sounds like half the vocals were recorded differently to the other half;
some regions/items sound normal to the rest of the songs, some sound like they've had everything from 1k-2k down sucked out and then brightened.

Regardless, tell me how well I did to salvage it, or if there's anything more I can do to make it less obvious, cheers!


https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28049727/Cliffhanger_mix1vox.mp3

 

[Clark Kent]

Those "screams" are actually whispers that have been distorted. If you need to leave them in I'd use a de-esser or multiband compressor to make them sound darker and lower the volume a whole lot on them. Generally speaking all vocals could use more compression.

 

[coreyb]

I promise you they aren't whispers, but it does sound very painful....definitely poor technique, but it is what it is. I'll give the de-esser and multicomp a whirl.
What sort of gain reduction would you suggest? Because I didn't want to slam them too hard, so just tried to ride the fader.
Is the consensus compression over automation? Still struggling with vocals in general

 

[ShipwreckSoundWorks]

Those definitely aren't whispers. I have a friend who screams just like that. I'm not sure man. That's a tricky one. Like he said, DeEsser is a good idea. I hear the boost/brightening that you're talking about. I suppose if you can just take those and fix soley those vocals to match the others maybe? Best I can think of.. I personally think they sound better in the beginning.

 

[Jrich4967]

you could send it to a bus when you have a pitch shifter and shift it down an octave and turn down the bus, to fill in the lower frequencies of it. Thats a good technique to use in general though for screams lol. You hear it all the time in All That Remains, except i think they actually made him scream deep.