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In this track I used delay on the vocals to match the genre of dub. In the 2nd vocals I used filtering and reverb to ensure they did not take over from the lead and they had space space in the mix since the lead is pulled to the foreground.

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In this track I used parallel compression for more powerful vocal, I also can even out the dynamic range of the vocal with the compressed track and then mix in the uncompressed track giving back the emphasis in the singers words. I also used a Gate on the vocals to eliminate breathing.

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This is my first track with my solo/lead vocals. When recording this on my own I had to do many game staging takes as it was difficult to monitor the volume whilst singing.Because the vocal was broken up from comping and editing I added the ping pong delay and reverb to make the vocals move more flowingly.

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This is a track that I made about 6 months ago with the same vocalist,  recorded with no pop filter and I was unaware that the vocalist was "eating the mic". with nothing but reverb and filtering on the vocals.

THEN

This is the track now that I have applied vocal processing techniques I have learnt, including Subtractive EQ, using a gate to eliminate the breathing and compression to even out the dynamic range. Its definitely not perfect but its a good start to sounding better and improving on what I though was unfixable.

Leila Stamford