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Old 12-19-2023, 08:16 PM
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I am wondering how people go about stacking vocals or harmonies before the mixing process. Lets say you have 4 tracks that are stacked that are panned different directions and have effects on them or harmonies that have 2 parts. Do you then print all those tracks to one stereo track and mix from there?
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I am wondering how people go about stacking vocals or harmonies before the mixing process. Lets say you have 4 tracks that are stacked that are panned different directions and have effects on them or harmonies that have 2 parts. Do you then print all those tracks to one stereo track and mix from there?
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Unless you are maxed out (!) on track count, I'd leave them separated. This gives you full control during the mix. You can bus them to a stereo aux, for shared plugs & group-levels, if desired.
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Unless you are maxed out (!) on track count, I'd leave them separated. This gives you full control during the mix. You can bus them to a stereo aux, for shared plugs & group-levels, if desired.
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That will enable you to filter out the frequencies on each track to that build up in the low to low-mids when stacking and each harmony can have it's own register.

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Same here. Keep them separate, though I might route them all to a stereo aux(or folder track) if I want the same processing on all. As for BGV's, I usually EQ a dip around 350Hz so they don't get too "full" sounding and interfere with the lead vocal.
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