This is a big reason why I prefer to mix vocals last. Mixing is hard enough as it is, let alone if you spend time on something only for it to not work in reality. If you fire open a mix and start tweaking the vocal in solo (because it’s easier to do that), then when you bring in the rest of the instruments your EQ and compression moves might just fall apart in context. That being said, it seems that the first thing you could do to improve your vocal sound is to stop mixing it first. This begs the question: Why spend anytime at all mixing your vocal in solo? Don’t Start With Your Vocalīy way of preface, there are no hard and fast rules in the art of mixing. They will hear it sandwiched between the rest of your tracks. The end “user” of your mix (your audience) will never, ever hear your vocal soloed, by itself. What CLA is saying is that we have to think like a listener. It’s so simple that it might not be obvious at first. – Chris Lord-Alge, Mixer (Foo Fighters, Green Day, Dave Matthews Band, Switchfoot) So the only way to get a great vocal sound is when it’s competing with everything else in the mix. The guy is a monster mixer who always seems to get the punchiest mixes with in your face vocals and drums and I’m a huge fan of his work. Recently on the every insightful Pensado’s Place, Chris said something that is critical for us as mixers to understand if we want great sounding vocals. If you’ve listened to any major rock mixes in the past 20 years you’ve likely heard a Chris Lord-Alge mix.
Via Rick Harris Flickr No One Hears Anything In Solo Ironically getting killer vocals starts not with gear or technique, but rather a simple philosophy. A great mix without a great vocal sound, is no great mix at all. Maybe you think the key to great vocals is a better channel strip plugin or a secret compression technique.
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