Members rasputin1963 Posted January 17, 2014 Members Share Posted January 17, 2014 I'm recording myself singing harmonies, in overdub, for a client's project. A solemn country/gospel type song, and I'm trying to make the backup male harmonies sound like, say, the Sons of The Pioneers or the Jordanaires. Something starts happening when you line up untreated all-male harmonies: the natural vocal-cord "buzziness" in lower notes starts to add up, creating a "too busy", too thick, buzzy/raspy sound... What's the secret to making low-pitched male vocals sound smooth as dark molasses, not overly buzzy/vibrating? Thanks, Dave aka, ras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted January 17, 2014 Members Share Posted January 17, 2014 Try using different Mike's for each part it might be that you are getting the same Mike having the same harmonics emphasized or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 17, 2014 Members Share Posted January 17, 2014 Hafta hear it. But vocal approach? Arrangement? Needing different mics? Too close to the mics? Too much proximity effect? No usage of a high-pass filter? Who knows? Some or all of these things?I almost always record background vocals with the vocalist backed off with the microphone. Sounds better to me, blends better with the lead vocal, sounds more natural. I really don't like background vocals to be recorded with vocalists right up on the mic. As always, YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted January 17, 2014 Once recorded though... Buzziness? This implies some highs mayhem. Listen to each track and find the source. It won't be on all most likely. Either notch out or de-ess at a probably lower freq than esses. Get your highs from the non offending backups and tame only the true offenders. Then group and compress and eq all together after the cleanup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueGreene Posted January 17, 2014 Members Share Posted January 17, 2014 Something that came to mind about this and it could have nothing to do with the problem... Perhaps there's too much information outside the fundamental frequency of each vocal. What intervals are you using? What's the chord structure? Have you used similar structures and achieved good results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Iamthesky Posted January 20, 2014 Members Share Posted January 20, 2014 Last time I ran across bad buzziness in vocals, it wasn't the vocals at all. The vocals themselves were smooth as glass. But mix in the guitar who had the distortion cranked up, and it made the vocals sound buzzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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