When I record vocals, I tend to keep them dry in the track and I want the level to be high enough that it is heard well. In your case, I'd increase the vox gain a few db or so....

At times I will use a slight....very slight reverb on the vocal but it's generally so low you really can't hear it and then rely on the reverb on the entire project located in the master output bus to provide the reverb to sort of blend the entire mix together.

In some cases, there is not separate reverb on the vocal at all. I seem to recall this is one of those examples>>> http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11903190

Try running the main vox dry in the track and bump the level a bit and see what that sounds like. Let the reverb happen in the master bus.


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