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Vocal compression is one of the few subtle techniques used in the studio that have been carried from decade to decade in the studio. Even before hardware compression was introduced, engineers would naturally overdrive their hardware or tape machines for an organic, natural compression – what many today simply refer to as saturation.
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Lead vocals deserve thick and present in just about any major music production. Sometimes, that requires you to record layer after layer of vocals making them harmonically dense and filling out the frequency spectrum. Other times, all it requires is a single, well-recorded voice with some post-processing that helps ...
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Comping vocals is a great way to get the sound you're after, but did you know it works for other instruments as well? If you're improvising a guitar solo, try comping together 2 or 3 takes - you just might be surprised by the results!
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Audio post-production is grouped into two main categories: music and film. While the film side seems to take post-production as an essential part of the process, music producers don't always feel the same way.
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Vocal mixing isn't just about making a good vocal sound great - it's about the role it's going to play with the other instruments in your mix. How do you make your vocals play nice with other tracks in the session?
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