Lovely song tho I don't understand. It breaks the barrier nevertheless. I love the transition part, such tasty melodies; it stirs.
I'd say the hardest instruments to work with are the kick, the piano, and the vocals. They are worth looking at or... else
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*Took a couple days to gather enough courage to HP the piano all the way slightly pass 1kHz. Never that much with a piano before but it works, at least to my ears. Worked on the vox and background. The longer I work on this song the better I like it.
On the second pass I worked on the vocal and the background vox as well. The bv and the clap contribute to the harshness of the vocal. And the more I work on this song the better it sounds. Good job, songwriter!
Hello SonicTramp,
IMHO. I think you are putting the electric piano too high and bright and this makes you raise the voice and other instruments much more higher.
I would try to keep the piano sound in the warm region (100, 200, 300Hz). It would help clear the voice without any harsh (only a little deessing in the highs).
I hope this helps.
(29-01-2024, 03:17 PM)Fede11 Wrote: [ -> ]Hello SonicTramp,
IMHO. I think you are putting the electric piano too high and bright and this makes you raise the voice and other instruments much more higher.
I would try to keep the piano sound in the warm region (100, 200, 300Hz). It would help clear the voice without any harsh (only a little deessing in the highs).
I hope this helps.
Thanks for the comment, man. Yeah, you're right. I struggle with the low mid of the piano, the tail end lingers too long getting in the way of the sub and other synths while I want it to anchor the part. Tried a couple things unsuccessfully like gating (failed), longer release (not really), so I resorted to super aggressive HP (what you heard). I didn't realized the move forced a fight w/ vocal, etc like you mentioned but did notice the vox became a bit harsher. I barked up the wrong tree and thought it was the clap that interfered, which share some of the vox freq spectrum. Perhaps I had it a bit too loud. I'll work on it more and see. I really appreciate the comment, short, simple, and very helpful. Thanks
I guess if all else fails we parallel. I did that with the piano and only take the texture of the piano. Pour more reverb on some of the instrument for depth. Worked on the esses (clip gain) in the vox. Sounds good for now.