Mixing a White MC

[Formant024]

No... less is more and it works best with the proper and expensive gear and yes a gate belongs in a vocal chain but not always neccesary. I meant to say that there's no hardware solution ( or any solution ) that deals with his problem.

 

[StressWon]

No... less is more and it works best with the proper and expensive gear and yes a gate belongs in a vocal chain but not always neccesary. I meant to say that there's no hardware solution ( or any solution ) that deals with his problem.

I agree wit "less is more". Vocals can sound way too cluttered sometimes. I like using Audition and I try to leave my vocals alone in a sense. I normally just add:

Standard Hiss removal
Waves plugin C4 Compression,,,,or C1,,still playin with this.
and depending on the beat and what it sounds like,,,I add a lil reverb. Sometimes a track sounds good without the reverb.


Ultimately, you want to have the vocals and the track compliment eachother. I think personally for every track, the vocals acn sound different. Remember, it's still music and expression so toy around. Just cause one guy/gal adds this doesn't mean it will work for you....1

 

[Formant024]

Another less is more situation ( prefered ); in the proper recording studio with proper vocal booth and a class a signal chain you wont need his removal etc etc. It's probably ideal because theres no interference in adapting the signal through another proces ( analogue or digital ). In cases of bedroomtechies you will need such utilities to deal with the conflictions in improper studio environments. Still, with digital or software rendering I hope limit myself asmuch as possible in editing the signal path's original character. In all cases, the best start of a vocal's signal processing chains start with the best mic you can afford, the better the mic, the less you need to perform once recorded.

 

[FistFulloDollaz]

Another less is more situation ( prefered ); in the proper recording studio with proper vocal booth and a class a signal chain you wont need his removal etc etc. It's probably ideal because theres no interference in adapting the signal through another proces ( analogue or digital ). In cases of bedroomtechies you will need such utilities to deal with the conflictions in improper studio environments. Still, with digital or software rendering I hope limit myself asmuch as possible in editing the signal path's original character. In all cases, the best start of a vocal's signal processing chains start with the best mic you can afford, the better the mic, the less you need to perform once recorded.

I agree the best starting point is having a decent condenser mic

...but it is industry standard that vocals be compressed and eq'ed no matter what studio it was recorded in, ask any engineer

...it may not be heavy processing of course but it is used on every commercially released song

unless its some orchestra type stuff where that kind of processing will take away from the composition

 

[Formant024]

^^^that's what I mean by a vocal chain, mic->pre->Eq->comp(gate/limiter)->recorder. I'll rephrase; Im not saying you should stick the mic into your soundcard's analogue input and fire away for mixdown...