Vocal Production and Recording
Over the summer and carrying into the fall I've been doing a lot more mixing projects for people and I'm continually seeing the same problems with the vocal recordings. I decided to make a post about some of the more common ones to help people out a bit. LEVELS First off let's talk about volume levels. It's a common misconception that with digital recordings the volume level should be as loud as possible for everything you're recording. In a perfect world where tracks didn't need further processing and the level coming in was completely predictable this would be fine but we're far from being in a perfect world. Have you looked outside lately? The reality is that vocalists are dynamic and sometimes unpredictable and who can say how loud that last part of the verse before the chorus will be when you're really getting into it? It's always good to give yourself a bit of headroom while recording in case that happens. Unlike the days of analog ...