Hi,

I suppose there is no one signal chain that works for everything.

In general, I have been using a low-cut filter, slow-acting low ratio compressor, and enough room plus plate with slap delay reverb to keep the vocalist happy.

After that mixing is a whole other issue I don't fully understand.

Subtractive EQ first then additive EQ

Trying to balance the mid-range frequencies between instruments and vocals.

de-essers

The use of parallel compression.

All of this complexity is what causes me to want to head to the nearest professional studio...lol

Comments?

Billy

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