Warm up the sound and increase pleasant harmonics Reduce woof-ness and boxiness : 200Hz - 400Hz Remove plosives and rumbles: Low Cut / HP Pass Filter 85Hz - 150Hz (depending on the gender) Use a very narrow bandwidth, cut between 2db to 6db depending on the vocal. I would recommend: Be very gentle when you remove these frequencies. I would generally do a sweep around these spots to find any annoying frequencies that need to be taken out. Always check around 200Hz - 400Hz area, that’s where the boxiness lives.Īnd around 1kHz - 4KHz area for harsh and honky frequencies. I will give you some pointers and some frequencies to look for. Once we are done, we will move up to the next octave up. The first plug-in in the chain is a corrective EQ, and what we’re doing here is to remove any frequency that might be bugging us in the vocal.Īnd, also we are rolling off the low bottom frequency around 80Hz -150Hz, depending on the vocal, also depending on the gender. If this is a singing vocal, make sure you have a pitch correction done, and tune all the vocals, the vocal melodies and harmonies in tune with all the key of the song.Īll right let's get to the vocal mixing section. In the performance editing phase, you should fix any pitch or timing errors in your vocal recording. So after you’ve got all the editing done on your vocal recording, then we can start prepping the vocal for the mix. I'm sure you have read this in a many blogs out there but I just want to cover all the bases. Repair any damages, Use iZotope RX to repair clicks, clips, noise, and plosives too. If there are any room tones or annoying frequencies, use your EQ to notch them out. In the editing phase, you want to listen to the entirety of the vocal recording. Listen for pops, clicks, clips or any annoying frequency that may poke at you. If you're not in a good room, you may run the risk of recording all surrounding noises too.Īfter you've achieved a very good vocal recording, the next phase is editing. If you may record low but you want to be mindful of the room you are in. Record at decent gain level.ĭon't record a too hot signal nor a too low signal. The next thing to take note of is your gain staging. You may have an acoustic treatment which is rather expensive, but if you can't afford it, just make sure you have a room that is semi dead, not too reflective or echoey. Saturation - warm up the sound and increase pleasant harmonics The first step to getting a good vocal sound begins with a good vocal recording.Įnsure you record with a good microphone in a good room. Tonal Density Compression - create a more compactness in sound qualityħ. De-Esser - reduce and tame sibilance or harshnessĥ. Tonal Shaping EQ - bring out presence, midrange power, and airĤ. Dynamic Peak Compression - tame unruly peaks for more consistent vocalģ. Corrective EQ - remove annoying frequenciesĢ.
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