30-09-2013, 05:31 PM
Nice job Olli and welcome! Thanks for the nice words too.
Vocals are so hard, especially mine as I tend to move way to much when I'm singing (I forget I'm not on stage I guess ) so usually some automation is needed to make different sections sit right. For this song I was using an SM-7, and moving even a few inches one way or another can have huge complications come mixing time.
Your mix sounds pretty close to me though. Something that may help the vocals here is to wetten them up as they sound pretty dry which makes them not blend as well as they could. The great producer Andy Sneap once told me one essential in power metal vocals is a great hall reverb and I agree completely. If you can get the vocal sitting better in the mix you can then raise the level without it sounding too out front.
Anyway, good luck with your mixing and thanks for sharing.
Vocals are so hard, especially mine as I tend to move way to much when I'm singing (I forget I'm not on stage I guess ) so usually some automation is needed to make different sections sit right. For this song I was using an SM-7, and moving even a few inches one way or another can have huge complications come mixing time.
Your mix sounds pretty close to me though. Something that may help the vocals here is to wetten them up as they sound pretty dry which makes them not blend as well as they could. The great producer Andy Sneap once told me one essential in power metal vocals is a great hall reverb and I agree completely. If you can get the vocal sitting better in the mix you can then raise the level without it sounding too out front.
Anyway, good luck with your mixing and thanks for sharing.