curteye
September 27, 2013, 2:47am
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grpetz:
I’m learning how to set the vocal in the mix by carving out spots for it with the eq, however is there a certain DB reading that it should sit at, like -20db, -15db verses how load the overall music should be at decibels?
I use Cubase 7 and I have set the brickwall limiter at threshold of about -14db for vocals and it sounds alright to me.
I know there are a lot of variables here, genre, etc.,., but is there a good starting point? I’m sure that EARS would be a good place to start, instead of meters? Thanks in advance for any good tutorials on the net or pointers here.
Gary
Aloha G, IMHO it’s all over the map.
With some forms music the vox needs to ‘stick out like a sore thumb’
while with other forms of the art, the vox level is such that it makes the listener
‘dig thru layers of sound’ to hear the lyric.
As an engineer I let the artist decide.
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