Mix Note 090 / Vocals & space New
Breaths are part of the phrasing
Compression makes every inhale as loud as the lyric.
The move
Turn down individual breaths before the compressor instead of deleting all of them.
Do this- Find breaths that jump out of the mix.
- Lower their clip gain before compression.
- Replay the complete vocal phrase.
Listen for this.
Listen for natural phrasing at the final vocal level.
Know when to back off.
Hard edits can make the singer sound disconnected or expose noise changes.
Match loudness when you compare. If the original serves the song better, undo the change.
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091 / Vocals & spaceTune the note, not the consonantPitch correction warbles across unvoiced sounds and transitions.092 / Vocals & spaceDoubles should support the leadDoubled words arrive late and obscure the main consonant.093 / Vocals & spaceDuck the effect, keep the tailA beautiful reverb masks words while the singer is active.
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