The singer has a great voice except, he has a deviated septum, one nasal nostril is blocked, wondering how this can be rectified with EQ?

Says he might have an operation (out patient) to rectify this blocked passage, in the meantime, is there anything I can do plug in or EQ qwise to help him?

thanks

Try harmonieq by voxengo. it will allow you to make dramatic corrections without the eq adding any coloration itself so the vocals remain natural sounding.It will just sound like your reshapeing the vocals with nothing artificial added.The mode you want to use harmonieq in is softp mode. Try the demo first: www.voxengo.com

Maybe try recording him with a differnt mic position. Placing the mic either to the left or right of a singers mouth will allow you to locate their sweet spot. Every singer is differnt so you will have to experement and move the mic from side to side. Placing the mic above or below the mouth by as much as 1' or so allows you to tonal shape the vocal. You now can add or cut the amount of Head or Chest voice the mic picks up. Next is to experement with mic angle.

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The singer has a great voice except, he has a deviated septum, one nasal nostril is blocked, wondering how this can be rectified with EQ?

Says he might have an operation (out patient) to rectify this blocked passage, in the meantime, is there anything I can do plug in or EQ qwise to help him?

thanks

This sound pretty much like something you cannot EQ out. EQ can bring out highs or lows and remove highs and lows, but nasality is something which is unique to the performance and probably cannot be adjested/remedied. Your best bet is probably re-tracking the vocals and see if he can work hi way around it with a different technique.

Try a 6 db cut at 2kHz or about 3 kHz with a medium Q width.

I have to agree with the mic position theory. My experience is that placing the cartridge of a large diaphragm condenser mic just above the upper lip (and slightly below the nose) sometimes can make the voice seem less nasal. Also works on bringing up airway noise for breathier vocal sound. Each singer is a bit different though.

And tell him to lay off da coke:) Sorry,kidding

The nasality is a resonance, but it's a harmonic one, with multiple peaks. One trick (shh, it's a secret) is to use a comb filter (flanger with sweep width and feedback set to zero). Play with the delay and wet-dry mix until it's tuned in and the nasality just sort of "smooths out". The delay should be short, around 2 msec down to 0.5 msec, and the mix goes from 100% dry (no notch depth) to 50/50 (full notch depth). This, with some EQ for overall shaping, could do the trick. But be careful... if you remove too much nasality, he'll sound stuffed up, like he has a cold.

Also try BBE SonicMaximizer

Try a 6 db cut at 2kHz or about 3 kHz with a medium Q width.

Did he post the track?
How can you be so specific?
Am I missing something here?