Cant get this Vocal right

[shminkydj]

Easy people.......Having a bit of a problem with this one....
Cant get the vocal to sit right.... it needs to be in your face but i think there is a frequency in there which gets really jarring / annoying when i play it thru large PA systems.....Maybe you think the vocal is really annoying any way. In fact this was one of those tracks which i thought was gonna be really good when the first ideas were born but dosent seem to fulfill its potential. Any advice or ideas would be welcome

[On the Loose]

You could run the vocals through an equalizer(or noise gate or band pass stop filter), and cut out frequencies until you achieve desired sound.
Or you could try adding a small amount of phaser to the vocal track (5-10%) adding a bit of chorus can also ironically sometimes clean up rough vocals.

[shminkydj]

Cheers for the reply.....Do you have any idea which frequencies i need to be looking at?

[On the Loose]

Try leaving everything between 8500 and 11500 alone, your problem is probably between 11000 and 14500 (top of vocal range)

[.tom]

the fx on the vocal is causing some phase distortion. itsa given with an effect like this but the mixture is a bit rich. perhaps scoop the fx loop. but first, find some pitch correction for the vocal trax -just a bit in some areas.

[.tom]

its those refrains -allthewaynaked... pitch that from the C it is, to D or get that vocalist bak to pitch it right. the vocal track is also a bit grainy... careful with eq.

[shminkydj]

Originally Posted by .tom

its those refrains -allthewaynaked... pitch that from the C it is, to D or get that vocalist bak to pitch it right. the vocal track is also a bit grainy... careful with eq.

Thanks for the pitch correction i will try it.....i am not great with pitch...problem with this vocal is that it was spoken word and didnt have any pitch so i just threw it into a production i was working on and hoped for the best.
Any commens on the tune itself......and the over all mix...I know its probably your style but we are looking to acvhieve a chemical brothers type sound
I wish!!!

[shminkydj]

Originally Posted by On the Loose

Try leaving everything between 8500 and 11500 alone, your problem is probably between 11000 and 14500 (top of vocal range)

Cheers mate i will try this......
any comments on the track itself

[rsadasiv]

I'm listening on computer headphones, so I can't comment on the PA question.

The mix itself sounds good - does remind me of Chemical Bros. There are a couple of peaks with the synth/distorted guitar that are too loud - I'm not saying squash the crap out of it, I like the dynamics between the guitar and the synth starting at 3:30, but maybe hand automate the synth/guitar volume in the early parts of the song.

Not sure what to do about the vocals issue - whatever the effect you are using (vocoder?) could be the culprit - it's easy to get some unpredictable volume results with those kind of resonant/oscillating filters over a dynamic sound source.

Yeah, diggin the guitar solo at the end of the song - definitely gives it that Chem/Noel Gallagher sound (Setting Sun?). Good job.

[pdalmolin]

I like it! I see what you mean about the vocal not sitting right. I think the effect is too radical. Maybe the effect is ok, just back it off. Also, guitars are a little dark for me. On the very end...I would leave the outgoing phrase "you're dirty and you're shaking" completely dry, without the looping effect. The chick sounds sexy...good job