Patrik T wrote on Thu, 31 August 2006 07:22 |
Is the vox tuned?
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yes, but crudely, due to time constraints. i was taken by the vocalist's vibrato, which i wanted to emphasize. i tuned the vox and then again backwards... combining these together can sometimes reduce the typical artifacts of tuning, but also slight differences cancel and re-enforce, exagerrating the warble, and especially with this vibrato. the original vocals are in there too, but usually polarity inverted and often crosspanned, mixed in lightly. this always makes a detuned chorus effect, but an animated one.
the technique can tend to create flange and phase effects which i often like on the vox (by mixing more of the untuned vocal with the tuned; i used it that way on imp5.) but here, i tried to minimize this phasing effect. for the most part, all the vocal fx come from this tuning method. i did not eq the vocals at all. towards the end, i bussed them all to add a slight amount of parallel comp to smooth things out and allow the lyrics to be more intelligible when i wanted to cut some gain. but that is a minor tweak; there is basically nothing on the vocals except for this tuning method.
the singer was pitchy up and down, not consistently flat or sharp, so the amount of warbling, the vibrato some other "micro-timbral" modulation characteristics could be modulated themselved on the three faders i ended up with for each vocal part.
one can really hear the effect on the second acoustic break part: it's way overdone there. but i'm glad none of the critiques so far said: "too synthetic".
UnderTow wrote on Thu, 31 August 2006 09:39 |
think what worked for me was the lack of time. I didn't over think any decisions (something I am prone to). I kept it simple and just went with my first gut instinct every time. I'll give full details on what I did with the kick/bass:
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so it was you, not your gear or some magic bullet secret... figures. i will need to take this advice, not copy settings! my mix topography is different, so your specific kick and bass chain would not automatically fit with the rest of my mix.
you've hit on something that patrik and a few others said: now with all these critiques about elements, the big picture can easily get obscured. so i need to have nice tones, and nice dynamics and... clear vocals, louder drums that swing more, a sexy bass, etc. but... the listener needs to feel the song, not my gear or even my own daft moves.
jeff dinces