Members NeverTheMachine Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hi, I rarely ask for things like this, but I have a new song I'm mixing on which I'm very insecure about my vocal performance. I would like general performance suggestions and vocal mix things I may be able to do to mask certain pitchy and waviness of my voice here. i.e. reverb, delay, compression, etc. Or if you think I should just retrack, that's fine too. Feel free to break it down and break me down, I can take it. I'm in the process of mixing this to completion, so general mix thoughts would help as well. I know there are engineers here on these boards from time to time.... New Mix below ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 I would say try another 3 or 4 takes and comp them, then fix the few spots you didn't nail using V-Vocal or some other tool. You seem to go flat on the lower, long drawn out words so you can focus there. Mix is cool, but I'm not digging the drummer - seems it's playing one thing and the rhythm is fighting it. I love the tune so this is one worth working further on to polish it up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members urca Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 ^^^ This ^^^ I'd redo the vocals until you are completely satisfied as opposed to trying to mask the rough spots with effects... Nice tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeverTheMachine Posted October 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 I would say try another 3 or 4 takes and comp them, then fix the few spots you didn't nail using V-Vocal or some other tool. You seem to go flat on the lower, long drawn out words so you can focus there. Mix is cool, but I'm not digging the drummer - seems it's playing one thing and the rhythm is fighting it. I love the tune so this is one worth working further on to polish it up.... Cool .. this is actually from an already comped version, but I guess I can look into the other versions again and go from there. You definitely have a point about the drums too , no surprise there .... On a side note I'm trying to collab with electronic programmer to give the rhythm section an electronic feel .. I'm thinking like a subtle constant 16th notes of hi-hat during the verses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 Love the tune and the sound of your voice, I'd say it's a good demo but if you are looking for a finished product then it needs some work. Some spots can use some volume leveling in the vocals and some flat parts, maybe a breathing issue?I am not as bothered by the drums but I can see what others are saying, it could be much better if you are looking for a finished product. Would love to hear more of your stuff, it's very good, something I would drop cash for. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted October 5, 2011 Members Share Posted October 5, 2011 nevermind...listening to your cd as we speak! Just saw the link! Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 eyah sounds good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeverTheMachine Posted October 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 nevermind...listening to your cd as we speak! Just saw the link! Rod Thanks! Thanks for all the responses as well ... this helps. I got a lot to do here, and will post when it's all done hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Nice tune, vox sound great! Just echoing a couple other posts, there's a few flat spots...nothing a good punch in couldn't fix. To me the drums are very distracting...they don't quite fit? But other than that, nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeverTheMachine Posted October 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 Hello again .... I re-comped the vocal as suggested here and made a few mix enhancements. Still waiting on my dj friend to program some cool fluttery drums to this song ... However, any thoughts are appreciated. Is this comp better, the mix? Still think I should retrack? That won't be a problem since I'm headed back to the studio NOvember to track on a bunch of new songs. This is a weird vocal to begin with. I always feel like I'm almost always pitchy, but not at the same time. If that makes any sense ..... of course it doesn't. Thanks again! [video=youtube;5th5iaXK7c8] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeverTheMachine Posted June 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Update: The recomp above turned out to not be good enough. I was not happy with the performance of this song. So, I retracked the entire thing. A current, but not final mix of the new vocals is at the following link if anyone is still interested. http://soundcloud.com/soulground/rolling-wind This was one of the toughest songs for me to get right. It's still a bit pitchy in some areas. Maybe I'm not used to singing slower songs, or I prefer to sing it live with a guitar. I've learned that when tracking vocals you should do whatever you can to make yourself comfortable. Being in your head is the #1 enemy when tracking vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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