In the editing phase, you want to listen to the entirety of the vocal recording. Listen for pops, clicks, clips or any annoying frequency that may poke at you. If you're not in a good room, you may run the risk of recording all surrounding noises too.Īfter you've achieved a very good vocal recording, the next phase is editing. If you may record low but you want to be mindful of the room you are in. Record at decent gain level.ĭon't record a too hot signal nor a too low signal. The next thing to take note of is your gain staging. You may have an acoustic treatment which is rather expensive, but if you can't afford it, just make sure you have a room that is semi dead, not too reflective or echoey. Saturation - warm up the sound and increase pleasant harmonics The first step to getting a good vocal sound begins with a good vocal recording.Įnsure you record with a good microphone in a good room.
Tonal Density Compression - create a more compactness in sound qualityħ. De-Esser - reduce and tame sibilance or harshnessĥ. Tonal Shaping EQ - bring out presence, midrange power, and airĤ. Dynamic Peak Compression - tame unruly peaks for more consistent vocalģ. Corrective EQ - remove annoying frequenciesĢ.