Fletcher wrote on Thu, 22 April 2004 12:47 |
FWIW, even on "rawk" stuff I will still often run an "air" track when mixing... I split the backing vocal group off to a stereo pair, filter out everything below like 4kHz, crank the shit out of like 12kHz compress the snot out of it, filter the remaining lows and mids out of it... then blend to taste. It often allows me to run the backing vocals lower in the balance but still allows them to be heard and understood. Sometimes it's cheesey as all get out and I remove it... other times it's the extra zing they need. As always... YMMV |
asylumdigital wrote on Fri, 23 April 2004 14:24 |
Usually for that modern R&B sound...Doubling or tripling each harmony part works wonders for the background sound. Blend, compress & pan to taste. |
raw-tracks wrote on Tue, 27 April 2004 11:38 |
When balancing BGV's, I like to monitor at very low volumes, almost inaudible. I find this allows you to get a good balance. |