14-11-2014, 04:27 AM
(04-11-2014, 06:09 AM)pauli Wrote: Yeah, that midrange buildup can be a huge mixing hurdle because it often tricks us into pushing the highs too hard. Eq boosts for the most part are trouble waiting to happenWords of wisdom! I try to extend the bottom & top first, which makes a wider mid-range to work in.
Quote:Not really sure what to do about the vocals, though, with the tonal changes... There are a few lyrics that can be cut and pasted to dodge some of it, but automation, dynamic eq, multiband compression... None of that is responding the way I'd like. Any tips you have on that score would be welcomed.I'm a "less-is-more" guy, but I ended up doing a bunch on the lead vocal: I automated a gain plugin to even the levels into the rest of the processing, which was a compressor, a multiband comp (doing radical de-essing and low mid removal), a CLA-2, another de-esser and an EQ (with a few automated low dips.)