The floating, additional two outside filters are intended to adjust the frequencies that are problem areas, but the inside four filters should work pretty well as they’re set up. I experimented for over a month with different bands to come up with it. Basically the goal was to be able to properly gain up any vocal, with the preset as a great starting point. I wanted to have a preset where the threshold, attack, release, and ratio parts of the plugin were optimized for vocal. The specific vocal preset that Greg mentioned was created out of necessity, for my own needs.
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Again, they’re intended as starting points, not as “be all, end all.” I’ve developed a few presets for the C6 that I believe are a great starting point. Previously, Greg concluded at number 4 by discussing the C6 Multi-Band Compression plug-in, so let’s pick it up from there. Used sparingly, however, they are akin to bringing a gun to a knife fight. (Credit: Tim Solar)īoth Greg and I use Waves Audio plugins to help achieve excellence in our mixes, but please note that we’re not suggesting using all of these tools all at once. Pooch Van Druten emphatic about optimizing the mighty vocal. The vocals are the flowers that everyone gazes at in admiration, but without a solid root system and stem (drums, bass, guitars), the flowers would not be possible. Obviously there are elements of a mix that must be there in order to support the vocal, but ultimately vocals are the key to comments like “that’s the best sounding band I’ve ever heard.”Ī very prominent recording engineer/producer once told me that he views a mix as a beautiful plant. Without fail, comments were about the vocal. When I was a young engineer, I asked my friends who were not musicians or mixers what they liked (or disliked) about my mixes. It cannot be re-emphasized enough that the vocal is the most important part of your mix, and therefore should be the first focus of any good mix.
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L2 ULTRAMAXIMIZER MAKES VOCAL SOUND COMP SERIES
Greg Price got the ball rolling last time ( here) with the first in a series of articles sharing our knowledge of the vocal chain.