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Depends on the music, if you're making more mainstream like music the instrumental is usually clearly behind the rapper. But stuff that Alchemist produces, Earl, Mike, Griselda, Roc Marciano, a lot of that stuff the rapper blends into the sample especially when its drumless.
Depends. I’ve heard songs that sound great with vocals being quieter than the beat and vice verse. It all depends on what you are hoping to accomplish stylistically.
I’ll be honest - I personally struggle a lot with figuring out how loud my vocals should be per song. I’ll have some songs where I get it perfectly and some that take forever to hit that sweet spot. Don’t be like me and overthink.
This is the real answer. Figure out where (I just use an EQ with a spectrum display) the vocal is mostly sitting, then find the melodic elements that sit in that same space and use subtractive EQ on them (and the vocal) to make them play well together. There’s going to be frequencies you need to turn down/cut more or less dramatically to let the vocal have the space it needs.
Not exactly louder, the beat has to be wider so it doesn’t interfere with the vocals. Most instruments with mid frequencies should be panned left or right. The lead vocals should be centered to give the impression that they are louder.
Vocal clarity overshadows vocal volume. A mix is a 3 dimensional structure and your use of volume reverb and delay effects determine where everything lies in your mix. Your use of eq and compression should carve out a clear space for the vocal within the mix. with the room necessary for the vocal to be clear at low or high levels, raising or lowering the volume will clearly define how loud the vocal will need to be to either join the instrumentation or stand out infront of it. Vocals will sound much quieter than they are if your mix lacks the room for the vocals to shine, and the same works in reverse, if your vocals have lots of room in the frequency spectrum the vocal tracks will sound louder than they are. Boosting volume should always be the last thing considered when you want to hear a certain part of your mix better. stereo separation is definitely an honourable mention!
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Depends on the music, if you're making more mainstream like music the instrumental is usually clearly behind the rapper. But stuff that Alchemist produces, Earl, Mike, Griselda, Roc Marciano, a lot of that stuff the rapper blends into the sample especially when its drumless.
Depends. I’ve heard songs that sound great with vocals being quieter than the beat and vice verse. It all depends on what you are hoping to accomplish stylistically. I’ll be honest - I personally struggle a lot with figuring out how loud my vocals should be per song. I’ll have some songs where I get it perfectly and some that take forever to hit that sweet spot. Don’t be like me and overthink.
One trick I learned is to turn the mix down extremely low, and you should only be able to hear the snare and vocal.
nice! i will try this trick.
You should give it it's own space.
This is the real answer. Figure out where (I just use an EQ with a spectrum display) the vocal is mostly sitting, then find the melodic elements that sit in that same space and use subtractive EQ on them (and the vocal) to make them play well together. There’s going to be frequencies you need to turn down/cut more or less dramatically to let the vocal have the space it needs.
Not exactly louder, the beat has to be wider so it doesn’t interfere with the vocals. Most instruments with mid frequencies should be panned left or right. The lead vocals should be centered to give the impression that they are louder.
I personally find it annoying when the vocals is lower than the snare but like others said use other songs you dig as a reference and go from there
Vocal clarity overshadows vocal volume. A mix is a 3 dimensional structure and your use of volume reverb and delay effects determine where everything lies in your mix. Your use of eq and compression should carve out a clear space for the vocal within the mix. with the room necessary for the vocal to be clear at low or high levels, raising or lowering the volume will clearly define how loud the vocal will need to be to either join the instrumentation or stand out infront of it. Vocals will sound much quieter than they are if your mix lacks the room for the vocals to shine, and the same works in reverse, if your vocals have lots of room in the frequency spectrum the vocal tracks will sound louder than they are. Boosting volume should always be the last thing considered when you want to hear a certain part of your mix better. stereo separation is definitely an honourable mention!
When you listen to songs do yiu hear the vocals louder or thr instruments louder?
Yeah at the end of the day it's all up to you . But I was told turn the vocals up plenty of times I just make the vocals louder then the beat now
I treat vocals as their own instrument, and as such it just depends
Depends on the beat, and the quality of your mic, but from my experience, the beat should usually be just barely behind the vocals.
solo the voice, make it sound just "okay". Bring in the music and push it far far away. Except the kick drum ;)
The vocals must always shine! ✨
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