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Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
Hey All--
I've got a fairly good arsenal of EQ plug-ins, but I'm not feeling the love on my current track (male vocals).
I've got UAD and SSL, and then the built-in CW stuff. What do you use that you like for male lead vocals? (It's sort of a AC/ soft rock genre).
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 18, 18 7:04 PM
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 18, 18 10:33 PM
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 18, 18 10:39 PM
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For cleaning , any parametric , ssl will do it , for tone
Neve ( v series , sheps 73 or any other neve emu )
Eq 495 (overloud ) is a pure beauty
Sly fi api style eq
Softube summit eq
Puigtec or pultec style
Harrison and Helios
All those eq s have fixed values but those values are super musical and spot on , it works or not ...
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 19, 18 0:25 PM
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 19, 18 0:32 PM
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Give the UAD Maag EQ4 a try, sounds amazing on vocals.
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 19, 18 0:56 PM
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I actually use the Quad Curve most of the time. I try not to mess with the vocals too much. I just try to make sure I get a good initial recording. After that, maybe a tiny mid boost, along with HPF and LPF.
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 19, 18 1:34 AM
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If there is no eq frequency that needs to be fixed, I stick something on them like Zo for some character. Try different ones and see what works.
I always try the maag 2 and t would have to be my fav. That and a Pultec emulation.
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 19, 18 11:34 AM
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I have used a chain of the included Cakewalk prochannel plugs until I picked up the Nomad Factory Analog Rack on special a few weeks ago. The chain in that rack right now is the preamp, gate, pultec eq, enhancer, channel compressor. The Pultec is just incredible for that round, smooth vocal that I couldn't achieve with the SSL eq.
I also have the Pulgtec freebie that replaces the Cakewalk prochannel eq. I drag it from the fx browser to the prochannel strip, not the fx bin!! This way it gets wrapped as an fx chainer and I can use the other prochannel plugs in the strip however I choose.
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 19, 18 12:20 AM
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MDynamicEQ 90% of the time, Pro-Q2 the other 10%.
Vocals can be all over the map from instant to instant, especially when a dynamic microphone is used.
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 19, 18 9:36 PM
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Hey all - a lot of good recommendations here. Thanks all! My vocal take is actually good, so, not a lot of correcting needed from my Rode NT100 condenser mic--just the HP and LP roll-offs. I just used some compression to even out the levels a little. What I was hearing is, I just thought it needed a little polishing, if I can use that term. What I ended up doing is sending less signal to the reverb bus, and added the Maserati VX1 at the beginning of the fx chain (not really a chain-a bus insert). I've now got VX1 (zero comp setting) --> Lexicon MPX1 reverb --> UAD Pultac Pro EQ --> UAD Precision Bus Compressor. Might seem like a strange grouping with more than one EQ and reverb, but I dialed them in to taste without overdoing it. I like the parallel compressor technique, but the above seemed to sit well in the mix, so I'm good with it.
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Re: Favorite EQ Plug-In for Lead Vocals
September 25, 18 8:12 PM
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I use PRO Q2 at the track level and Waves Vitamin Enhancer at the bus level. VE introduces harmonics and has stereo widening capabilites, so it's mor than an EQ
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