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I'm sure we are all aware of this, but still an interesting article. Vocal Comping
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Interesting article. Most likely not much new information for users in this forum but some maybe surprised the practice is as common as it is.
I thought the quotes by Mike Senior and Ken Lewis were pretty good. I REALLY appreciated the tip about hiding edits behind instrument sounds. I also thought the comments about clues to recognizing comps in songs informative.
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Great ..
I'm currently working on narrations for lessons at an academy. Last thing I need is someone pointing out how to spot the edits .. especially when a single vocal track is all there is.
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Thanks for sharing that article Caaron, enjoyed it. One of the tools I use once in a while for the pitch side of things is: Singing CoachYou can create a MIDI file of your vocal melody and plot your voice to a graph on the screen while recording. The graph plots with the MIDI notes so you can tell if you're a little sharp or flat. If you or your singer practice through some runs on this before recording, you may not have as much to comp later. FREE version does not allow you to use your own MIDI files but it shows you how the tool works for deciding on purchase.
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Interesting story. I guess if you have a huge budget, lots of time, and someone else is picking up the engineer's tab.... that works. Oh yeah, and, lets not forget.... a good voice to start with!!
As for me, recording non-top 10 songs in my studio mostly for fun.... I think 3 or 4 takes will work fine, hit it with Melodyne, punch in what ME can't fix in a transparent manner, put the takes in the mix layered and panned, slap some EQ and verb on it and let it roll, because , let's face it..... I'm not exactly singing at the level of Kenny Rogers, George Strait, or any of the big artists for that matter.
100 takes.... I can't even imagine how tedious that would be trying to comp. Knowing how many phrases, words, and syllables are in a given pop song..... then multiply that by 100..... now, listen to, and categorize each and every one..... now, pick the parts and put them together......
.....and don't forget to click the "SAVE" button every now and then.
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I agree just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you need to. A good vocalist should be able to do it in 3 takes and maybe several extra punch ins for harder parts. How did they do it before they got all this digital wizardry? I doubt 100 takes would make an appreciable difference in performance other than wearing out the vocalist.
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I agree just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you need to. A good vocalist should be able to do it in 3 takes and maybe several extra punch ins for harder parts. How did they do it before they got all this digital wizardry? I doubt 100 takes would make an appreciable difference in performance other than wearing out the vocalist. I agree with Herb 100% I don't think what you are saying is what Herb was saying though. Just my opinion. I'm not going to speak for him. For top 10 hits, comping is what they do. It's not "I'm sure some do" they ALL do MANY, MANY takes. For what we do, it's probably not necessary. The reason I say "probably" is, if it's what someone wants to work on, go for it.  It's all fine in my book. I'm not commenting on what someone else should or shouldn't do.
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I guess what I am saying is years ago pretty much none of this was done and many wonderful hits were released. I believe in comping to have insurance that you have enough. 100 takes and editing to the syllable seems excessive to me and you run the risk of getting too sterile but then again I'm not footing the bill and to each his own. I may just be too much an old fart.
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I agree just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you need to. A good vocalist should be able to do it in 3 takes and maybe several extra punch ins for harder parts. How did they do it before they got all this digital wizardry? I doubt 100 takes would make an appreciable difference in performance other than wearing out the vocalist. I agree with Herb 100% I don't think what you are saying is what Herb was saying though. Just my opinion. I'm not going to speak for him. For top 10 hits, comping is what they do. It's not "I'm sure some do" they ALL do MANY, MANY takes. For what we do, it's probably not necessary. The reason I say "probably" is, if it's what someone wants to work on, go for it. It's all fine in my book. I'm not commenting on what someone else should or shouldn't do. Well, they used to have one mic in the studio and there was ONE TAKE.... learn the song, rehearse the song, then sing it into the mic. Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells, Bob Wills, Elvis, Patsy Cline,..... the list goes on and on...... all recorded that way and sound just fine. In fact, compare Cline's one take vocals to any of the singers out today. Personally, I think this whole comping thing is a ruse. Kinda like the Wizard in the Wizard of Oz movie, all smoke and mirrors designed to impress someone..... they record all those takes to make it look like they are really a super audiophile (and they may be for all I know) ... to the folks with the money..... in the case of 100 tracks of one lead vocal...... I'd wager they might pick the best one out of the first 5 or so..... cut and paste a few places, essentially comping the track in much the same way I have done with 3 to 5 tracks.....run some transparent Melodyne on a few other nits and call it done..... but then hold off for a few days so they can then say... hey, I slaved over these tracks for the past 5 days or two weeks, or whatever...... by the way, here's my bill for labor. How do you even listen to 100 tracks and say, .... in the 2nd verse, line two, word number 3 last syllable of the 3 syllable word is the best out of all the 100 tracks.... give me a freaking break!!! I'm not a professional singer by any stretch of the imagination, but even I can get a vocal track right and nearly phrase perfect in under 5 takes. But.... I have also rehearsed and learned the song before I hit the record button. Beyond 5 takes, I'm simply taking up more valuable hard drive space and accomplishing nothing useful. I will listen to the tracks, look at them, and decide which one becomes the lead and which ones become the layers for thickening. I generally pick the one that needs less work, less fixing, and is generally better right out of the gate. However, there's really not that much difference between them all. That's why I can easily use them to layer and double the lead without the need to fix them. So.... if the artist cuts 100 tracks for the lead vocal..... how many dozens more are recorded for the harmony vocals?
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How do you even listen to 100 tracks and say, .... in the 2nd verse, line two, word number 3 last syllable of the 3 syllable word is the best out of all the 100 tracks.... give me a freaking break!!!
I agree - there's no way 1 person can listen to every note sung on an entire song 100 times each to figure out the best one. after just a couple of notes a person's ears will already be fatigued! comping 100 takes of a lead vocal is just not practical at all.
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Please know that when I say this, I'm not saying it is in any way practical. I know personally, it would be WAY WAY WAY beyond what I would ever even care to do. For me, that would put me into complete overwhelm. So are we clear, it's not something I personally would EVER do? Now, that being said, I had a friend who did actually do this. We weren't close friends but enough so that I did get to witness his work. So NOT for me! I found out that he wasn't so much comparing from the aspect of just going in blindly to see which one he liked best out of all of them. It was more an approach of he knew the sound he was looking for and checked to see which he felt was closest to that sound. Those sounds he would compare. That also doesn't mean that he did every single syllable of every word. If they were fine they were fine. If they weren't, sometimes he would have to listen to the same mistake many, many times in different tracks, until he found one that wasn't that way. I'm not in any way defending his methods, just saying I saw it first hand. And it wasn't like he was doing it to impress me by any means. It was his job, and he got amazing results. Bottom line is I don't think people that do this are lying. He was elite, and got paid very well for it. My personal take is, there are people in ANY field of endeavor that take things WAY beyond what the rest of us would. I've heard stories of titans of industry, great athletes, writers, you name it who do things we would never dream of. Just because we think we could get the same results easier, doesn't mean that we can. I'm sorry to say, with all do respect, we (notice I included me in this) can sit and talk, but they are doing AND get far superior results! There are the players on the field, and the fans in the stands. Then there are the armchair quarterbacks. Just my opinion. I'm neither a player on the field, nor an armchair quarterback. I'm probably more flag football level. I play, but come on....do I really think I'm playing? Nope He was a great guy, well respected, AND down to earth. I will also say he committed suicide. I've always wondered, but don't know, if it had anything to do with his obsessiveness. Striving for perfection can be taken too far, in my book.
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I will take a first or second take any day because after that you lose the emotion and the live feel. I will take a first or second take even if it has a couple of small warts in it. If it has a large wart the cut and paste works just fine for me. YMMV.
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I will take a first or second take any day because after that you lose the emotion and the live feel. I will take a first or second take even if it has a couple of small warts in it. If it has a large wart the cut and paste works just fine for me. YMMV. There's not enough tricks or comps to make MY vocal work 
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I will take a first or second take any day because after that you lose the emotion and the live feel. I will take a first or second take even if it has a couple of small warts in it. If it has a large wart the cut and paste works just fine for me. YMMV. With today's DAW's, it's best to hit record even on your warm up time. And I LOVE punch in capability. My motto is to always record more than I need in case I need more than I have.... Gems sometimes happen unintentionally, even if you're just playing around. There was a YouTube video about vocal recording from Alan Parsons that's no longer up on YouTube but there was a portion featuring Michael McDonald. He said in the interview he normally has to practice 3-4 hours before his voice is suitable to him to begin actual serious takes.
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Please know that when I say this, I'm not saying it is in any way practical. I know personally, it would be WAY WAY WAY beyond what I would ever even care to do. For me, that would put me into complete overwhelm. So are we clear, it's not something I personally would EVER do? Now, that being said, I had a friend who did actually do this. We weren't close friends but enough so that I did get to witness his work. So NOT for me! I found out that he wasn't so much comparing from the aspect of just going in blindly to see which one he liked best out of all of them. It was more an approach of he knew the sound he was looking for and checked to see which he felt was closest to that sound. Those sounds he would compare. That also doesn't mean that he did every single syllable of every word. If they were fine they were fine. If they weren't, sometimes he would have to listen to the same mistake many, many times in different tracks, until he found one that wasn't that way. I'm not in any way defending his methods, just saying I saw it first hand. And it wasn't like he was doing it to impress me by any means. It was his job, and he got amazing results. Bottom line is I don't think people that do this are lying. He was elite, and got paid very well for it. My personal take is, there are people in ANY field of endeavor that take things WAY beyond what the rest of us would. I've heard stories of titans of industry, great athletes, writers, you name it who do things we would never dream of. Just because we think we could get the same results easier, doesn't mean that we can. I'm sorry to say, with all do respect, we (notice I included me in this) can sit and talk, but they are doing AND get far superior results! There are the players on the field, and the fans in the stands. Then there are the armchair quarterbacks. Just my opinion. I'm neither a player on the field, nor an armchair quarterback. I'm probably more flag football level. I play, but come on....do I really think I'm playing? Nope He was a great guy, well respected, AND down to earth. I will also say he committed suicide. I've always wondered, but don't know, if it had anything to do with his obsessiveness. Striving for perfection can be taken too far, in my book. but was he also the vocalist or was he recording someone else? do professional vocalists really do 100 takes? I can't imagine doing this because after 20+ takes the vocalist is going to be worn out and the rest of the vocal takes are going to be crap anyway - assuming they are done all in one day.
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Many of my songs are first or second vocal take. Because recently, I haven't even been doing layering. I've gotten really lazy on a few songs.
One take.... punch in on a few mistakes or glitches.... fix the rest with Melodyne...and I'm done.
I didn't mean to insinuate that everyone comping more than 2 dozen tracks was lying about it.... I know they do that, and I know they know what they're doing. It was more like an exaggeration on my part to illustrate how absurd that sounds.... 100 tracks and fixing syllables.
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Well, they used to have one mic in the studio and there was ONE TAKE.... learn the song, rehearse the song, then sing it into the mic. Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells, Bob Wills, Elvis, Patsy Cline,..... the list goes on and on...... all recorded that way and sound just fine. In fact, compare Cline's one take vocals to any of the singers out today. I love a lot of the old music and certainly appreciate how they had to do it! Can you imagine nowadays having to splice a tape when I can do that digitally in a few seconds? But, I also recognize that, regardless of whether or not you prefer it, today's music, studio performance, recording, mixing, mastering, etc. is far more sophisticated, and I would say a lot better, than my old Hank Williams records! That is just obvious progress during 60+ years of experience! How do you even listen to 100 tracks and say, .... in the 2nd verse, line two, word number 3 last syllable of the 3 syllable word is the best out of all the 100 tracks.... give me a freaking break!!! Yeah, I agree 100%! I find it a chore to even work through 5 tracks. It encourages me to work harder to learn and sing the song better because that part is actually more fun than the sorting through a bunch of mediocre performances!
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With today's DAW's, it's best to hit record even on your warm up time. And I LOVE punch in capability. My motto is to always record more than I need in case I need more than I have....
Gems sometimes happen unintentionally, even if you're just playing around. So true!! I've had both sides of this. 1-Had something because we were recording. 2-Missed something because we weren't There was a YouTube video about vocal recording from Alan Parsons that's no longer up on YouTube but there was a portion featuring Michael McDonald. He said in the interview he normally has to practice 3-4 hours before his voice is suitable to him to begin actual serious takes. I would have LOVED to see that!
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The way comping is being addressed here, you guys are correct that it doesn't take 100 takes to get it right. However, many big studio recordings are done over a considerable period of time, sometimes months or more... No takes are discarded.. The singer comes in several times over a period of several months. New vocals are recorded with alternate phrasing. Different mic's may be used to try a different tone. The vocalist may be asked by the producer to try the song with a different emotional vibe.
There may be several 'alternate' versions of the same song, each requiring different phrasing and emotion. New or additional producers may be brought in - their input can change the direction or breath new life into a song everyone knows is a hit but for some reason or other, the magic hasn't been found yet.
100 takes isn't so awesome over a six month period.
And in the digital domain today, nothing is discarded.
Listen to the out takes and alternate versions of the Beatles and Beach Boys songs available on YouTube. Many early versions of their hits vary greatly from the final commercial single. Also, back in the day, album versions of a song many times differed from the single release.
I also think you guys may be underestimating how advanced tape splicing/editing was back in the day. They really could take pieces from 5-6 different takes of a song music and vocals and cut/splice them into a single composite. There was also a lot of bouncing between machines to save various versions and experiments...
Its not unusual to hear the Beatles stop and restart a song at a bridge or 2nd verse. That could be edited into a completely separate first verse recorded at a different time.
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but was he also the vocalist or was he recording someone else? He was recording others. do professional vocalists really do 100 takes? I can't imagine doing this because after 20+ takes the vocalist is going to be worn out and the rest of the vocal takes are going to be crap anyway - assuming they are done all in one day. They are NOT all done in a single day by any means.
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XPro Styles PAKs require Band-in-a-Box® 2025 or higher and are compatible with ANY package, including the Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, and Audiophile Edition.
Introducing Xtra Styles PAK 21 – Now Available for Windows Band-in-a-Box 2025 and Higher!
Xtra Styles PAK 21 for Windows & Mac Band-in-a-Box version 2025 (and higher) is here with 200 brand new RealStyles!
We're excited to bring you our latest Xtra Styles PAK installment—the all new Xtra Styles PAK 21 for Band-in-a-Box version 2025 (and higher)!
Rejoice, one and all, for Xtra Styles PAK 21 for Band-in-a-Box® is here! We’re serving up 200 brand spankin’ new styles to delight your musical taste buds! The first three courses are the classics you’ve come to know and love, including offerings from the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres, but, not to be outdone, this year’s fourth course is bro country! A wide ranging genre, you can find everything from hip-hop, uptempo outlaw country, hard hitting rock, funk, and even electronica, all with that familiar bro country flair. The dinner bell has been rung, pickup up Xtra Styles PAK 21 today!
In this PAK you’ll discover: Energetic folk rock, raucous train beats, fast country boogies, acid jazz grooves, laid-back funky jams, a bevy of breezy jazz waltzes, calm electro funk, indie synth pop, industrial synth metal, and more bro country than could possibly fit in the back of a pickup truck!
Special offers until December 31st, 2025!
All the Xtra Styles PAKs 1 - 21 are on special for only $29 each (reg $49), or get all 21 PAKs for $199 (reg $399)! Order now!
Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 21.
Video: Xtra Styles PAK 21 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 21 requires the 2025 or higher UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition. They will not work with the Pro or MegaPAK version because they need the RealTracks from the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition.
Introducing XPro Styles PAK 10 – Now Available for Mac Band-in-a-Box 2025 and Higher!
We've just released XPro Styles PAK 10 for Mac & Windows Band-in-a-Box version 2025 (and higher) with 100 brand new RealStyles, plus 28 RealTracks and RealDrums!
Few things are certain in life: death, taxes, and a brand spankin’ new XPro Styles PAK! In this, the 10th edition of our XPro Styles PAK series, we’ve got 100 styles coming your way! We have the classic 25 styles each from the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres, and rounding out this volume's wildcard slot is 25 styles in the Praise & Worship genre! A wide spanning genre, you can find everything from rock, folk, country, and more underneath its umbrella. The included 28 RealTracks and RealDrums can be used with any Band-in-a-Box® 2026 (and higher) package.
Here’s just a small sampling of what you can look forward to in XPro Styles PAK 10: Soft indie folk worship songs, bumpin’ country boogies, gospel praise breaks, hard rockin’ pop, funky disco grooves, smooth Latin jazz pop, bossa nova fusion, western swing, alternative hip-hop, cool country funk, and much more!
Special offers until December 31st, 2025!
All the XPro Styles PAKs 1 - 10 are on sale for only $29 ea (Reg. $49 ea), or get them all in the XPro Styles PAK Bundle for only $149 (reg. $299)! Order now!
Learn more and listen to demos of XPro Styles PAKs.
Video: XPro Styles PAK 10 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
XPro Styles PAKs require Band-in-a-Box® 2025 or higher and are compatible with ANY package, including the Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, and Audiophile Edition.
Introducing Xtra Styles PAK 21 – Now Available for Mac Band-in-a-Box 2025 and Higher!
Xtra Styles PAK 21 for Mac & Windows Band-in-a-Box version 2025 (and higher) is here with 200 brand new RealStyles!
We're excited to bring you our latest Xtra Styles PAK installment—the all new Xtra Styles PAK 21 for Band-in-a-Box version 2025 (and higher)!
Rejoice, one and all, for Xtra Styles PAK 21 for Band-in-a-Box® is here! We’re serving up 200 brand spankin’ new styles to delight your musical taste buds! The first three courses are the classics you’ve come to know and love, including offerings from the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres, but, not to be outdone, this year’s fourth course is bro country! A wide ranging genre, you can find everything from hip-hop, uptempo outlaw country, hard hitting rock, funk, and even electronica, all with that familiar bro country flair. The dinner bell has been rung, pickup up Xtra Styles PAK 21 today!
In this PAK you’ll discover: Energetic folk rock, raucous train beats, fast country boogies, acid jazz grooves, laid-back funky jams, a bevy of breezy jazz waltzes, calm electro funk, indie synth pop, industrial synth metal, and more bro country than could possibly fit in the back of a pickup truck!
Special offers until December 31st, 2025!
All the Xtra Styles PAKs 1 - 21 are on special for only $29 each (reg $49), or get all 21 PAKs for $199 (reg $399)! Order now!
Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 21.
Video: Xtra Styles PAK 21 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 21 requires the 2025 or higher UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition. They will not work with the Pro or MegaPAK version because they need the RealTracks from the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition.
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