How To Easily EQ and Compress Vocals in a Busy Mix

If you’re wondering how to add presence to your vocals…

If you’re struggling with overly bright and “telephone-y” vocals…

If you’re wondering how to separate two lead vocals so that they don’t compete with each other…

…then today’s video is FOR YOU!

We’ve been building a mix all week in our Merry Mixing 101 series and it’s finally time to add the vocals.

We’ll add EQ, compression, and saturation to the vocals
We’ll simplify and rebalance the mix
We’ll discuss compression models and which ones you should use on drums versus vocals

And then you’ll follow along as I make some minor mix translation tweaks so that the mid-range doesn’t clutter up the overall frequency balance…

Hit the video to watch all that now:

As always, if you’d like more EQ and compression advice on how to make your mix sound good right away because you know exactly where to balance your frequencies and how to add tasteful compression, it’s all inside EQ Strategies – Your Ultimate Guide to EQ.

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