17-05-2014, 04:51 PM
Yeah, I think a little breath noise is good for a more intimate vocal sound. I think melting them to another track (as if there aren't enough tracks to begin with) a couple decibels lower and a more severe low cut and stronger de-essing to mitigate the proximity effect is the ideal solution.
Again though, not a criticism at all... A massive pop mix like this would have been an undertaking with a main engineer to tackle the mix and several engineers he employs to get all of the tracks ready so that things like that don't get missed. For an unpaid job,69 tracks, many in need of fine automation, it's not really realistic to get this to a commercial standard for one person. I spent several hours perfecting my backing vocal sound, and after mastering realized my kick sounded like a suitcase! All things considered you did great!
Again though, not a criticism at all... A massive pop mix like this would have been an undertaking with a main engineer to tackle the mix and several engineers he employs to get all of the tracks ready so that things like that don't get missed. For an unpaid job,69 tracks, many in need of fine automation, it's not really realistic to get this to a commercial standard for one person. I spent several hours perfecting my backing vocal sound, and after mastering realized my kick sounded like a suitcase! All things considered you did great!
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!