02-01-2020, 10:21 PM
Vocals are 75% responsible of making a fine mix, so I usually start with the lead vocal.
9 out of 10 times, the 1176 usually does the job for most leveling, however, I notice that
very few people pay close attention to gain-staging, which can make or break a nice leveled out vocal track.
The lead vocal track in my mix consists of 7 stages; preamp, 2 comps, eq, tape, group bus, mixbus, as most
of my tracks do. It creates consictency, and makes the balance really easy.
About the acoustic guitars; they 'drown' a bit, because I can't hear the tone of those guitars, but that's a 'taste thing'
which you want to feature at that moment.
9 out of 10 times, the 1176 usually does the job for most leveling, however, I notice that
very few people pay close attention to gain-staging, which can make or break a nice leveled out vocal track.
The lead vocal track in my mix consists of 7 stages; preamp, 2 comps, eq, tape, group bus, mixbus, as most
of my tracks do. It creates consictency, and makes the balance really easy.
About the acoustic guitars; they 'drown' a bit, because I can't hear the tone of those guitars, but that's a 'taste thing'
which you want to feature at that moment.