Mixing Aggressive Metal Vocals: The Ultimate Plugin Chain
June 07, 2018104,064 Views
In a loud mix, vocals can get buried, making lyrics hard to make out. Mixer Jordan Valeriote (Silverstein) of Hardcore Music Studio shows his go-to method of enhancing aggressive screamed metal vocal with his favorite chain of plugins.
In this video, Jordan covers how to focus harsh screamed vocals with subtractive EQing, how to place extreme vocals in the mix with aggressive compression and how to combine compression and limiting to get an impactful, in-your-face vocal sound.
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