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Achieving Better Vocal Sounds in Pro Tools by Sound On Sound
Achieving Better Vocal Sounds
Digidesign (Avid) Pro Tools Tips & Techniques
Technique : Pro Tools Notes
This month we are going to look at a range of techniques you can try to help you produce a better vocal sound for your project.
One approach to vocal comping is to have each take on a separate track, with an extra track (top) for the chosen parts. All these tracks are then routed to an Aux track (bottom) with the necessary compression, EQ and so on.
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In a vocal session you would normally record a number of takes and/or do drop-ins to patch up an otherwise good take. In this month's Pro Tools Notes we are going to look at how we deal with these raw takes to turn them into a polished vocal line.
Vocal compositing or 'comping' for short is usually the first stage in producing a good vocal line. To comp a performance, we take the best elements from the various raw takes and edit them into a master vocal track. There are two basic ways of achieving this.
The first is to use multiple Pro Tools tracks with the same processing applied to each. For this approach, the various takes are laid out in the Edit window with each take on its own track, and an additional track serving as a destination for our chosen parts. All the 'take tracks' and the 'comp track' are then routed via busses to a common Aux track, on which the necessary processing is applied using insert plug-ins. You then listen to each track, one phrase at a time, and compare the various takes. Once you have identified the best take of a phrase, edit and drag it onto your comp track. When you take out these sections, it is best to leave the gaps in the take tracks intact, as they give you a visual indication of which phrase the take came from. There are a number of variations of this technique; some people edit all the tracks into separate phrases and make their selections by muting and unmuting regions.
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