Music with many vocal layers

Ok there has been loads of tutorials on Sonic to get any tom, deek or harry up and running making big a55 tunes. However I do feel we need something that full goes in depth on working vocals into arrangements.


Would be nice to see a tutorial on a vocal track.

Anyhow not sure if these tips are technically correct but here are some tips I’ve picked up over the years for working with vocal layers.

1)  Try to send all of them to a bus and lightly compress them as you would a drum group.

2) When working with vocal layers panning is your friend.

3)  Some light chorus or slightly delaying the lines from one another can help with any possible phasing issues.

4)  A friend of mine once showed me how he uses the Vengeance Multiband Sidechain Compressor to duct only the conflicting frequencies of a synth sound which was fighting the vocal.  He automated the amount of sidechain compression to match the needs of the track.  (the vocal and lead were not fighting for frequency space the whole time only at certain points)

Hope any of these are usefull for you. 

Check out this tutorial on vocals

http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/production/how-to-record-and-mix-stereo-backing-vocals-part-1/

It’s from a website that’s jam packed with small tip and tricks.  http://audio.tutsplus.com/

[quote]rcorbo (30/06/2010)[hr]Would be nice to see a tutorial on a vocal track.



Anyhow not sure if these tips are technically correct but here are some tips I’ve picked up over the years for working with vocal layers.



1)Try to send all of them to a bus and lightly compress them as you would a drum group.



2)When working with vocal layers panning is your friend.



3) Some light chorus or slightly delaying the lines from one another can help with any possible phasing issues.



4) A friend of mine once showed me how he uses the Vengeance Multiband Sidechain Compressor to duct only the conflicting frequencies of a synth sound which was fighting the vocal. He automated the amount of sidechain compression to match the needs of the track. (the vocal and lead were not fighting for frequency space the whole time only at certain points)



Hope any of these are usefull for you.



Check out this tutorial on vocals



http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/production/how-to-record-and-mix-stereo-backing-vocals-part-1/



It’s from a website that’s jam packed with small tip and tricks. Audio.tutplus.com[/quote]



really great informantion!



very thanks :slight_smile:

Great info rcorbo, i knew about the rest but number 4 was a cool idea which to be honest i didn’t think about. Makes sense, could give that one a go.