Eq on vocals.

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dylanf

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hey guys how to really know that if the vocals are clashing with your music ?
talking dance music with alot of synths etc :P
 
Well usually it's best to make sure the lows aren't interfering, and that the mids are powerful, that's where alot of the vocals punch are. But vocals take a lot of the frequency spectrum, so it's more of a panning thing to focus on than eq'ing. Make sure the vocals shine and are nice and clear, then widen your other sounds around it
 
hey guys how to really know that if the vocals are clashing with your music ?
talking dance music with alot of synths etc :P

generally you will be able to hear it :p

what you will hear is where the two parts seem to shadow each other as one becomes more readily heard

fixes are variable, but should include

high pass at the bottom of the singers range:

males at either 80Hz/110Hz/131Hz/196Hz
females at either 196Hz/220Hz/262Hz

then address the freqs around 500Hz by cutting a little bit (1.5dB-6dB) with a musical Q (Between 0.5 and 1.5) with a peaking parametric EQ

then address the presence of the vocal, somewhere between 2kHz and 6kHz, again with a small boost (1.5dB-6dB) and a musical Q with a peaking parametric EQ

lastly add some air to the vocal with a shelving eq at about 8kHz and small boost

doing complementary EQ'ing on every other instrument track may also be warranted; but in my opinion ,pointless, as there are only certain tracks that will be issues. Identifying those that are crowding the vocal and reducing the points in the range of the vocal where the crowding is most pronounced takes time and practice to get right.
 
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