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When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress first?

Re: When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress firs

Postby Slim Fiasco » Oct 11th, '13, 14:45

First I record, then I EQ and then I compress. I may only use a limiter or a soft clipper or something beforehand in order to prevent clipping while recording. I do demos only for now though so I don't have any experience with a more professional equipment.

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Re: When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress firs

Postby Just Silver » Oct 11th, '13, 15:04

im not even into audio that much but i dont even know if its practical to EQ something without audio/lyrics
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Re: When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress firs

Postby Spyder » Oct 12th, '13, 05:57

I compress first. In the sense that EQ messes with volume... Then technically I amplify the audio. Then compress it, then at the end in the multi track session I play with the highs mids and lows.
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Re: When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress firs

Postby Spyder » Oct 13th, '13, 03:32

Just turn the beat down instead of compressing it before hand. Then eq your vocals a bit at the final stage of mixing, just before the mixdown.
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Re: When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress firs

Postby Spyder » Oct 13th, '13, 14:57

What'd you think man? I got something else coming next Monday.

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Re: When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress firs

Postby Eedee » Oct 14th, '13, 10:07

Put a limiter and compression on the master bus.

Then EQ your vocals AFTER you record on their own bus.

Btw we have a thread for this kind of stuff: viewtopic.php?f=74&t=164600
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Re: When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress firs

Postby Eedee » Oct 14th, '13, 10:48

Um... your thread title suggests otherwise.
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Re: When you record your vocals, do you EQ and Compress firs

Postby Eedee » Oct 14th, '13, 11:04

Yes, you're asking us which is better to do. And I answered lol
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Postby Eedee » Oct 14th, '13, 11:25

Yeah it's not a big deal haha. No worries.
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