When you take vocals out of the controlled environment of the studio (home or otherwise) and put them on a live stage, you introduce a lot of curve balls. Wilder dynamics, microphone bleed, feedback, it’s all there. As such, we can’t use the same compression settings for vocals we would in the studio. With that
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Live vocals are a very different beast than recorded, studio vocals. They tend to be a lot more low-mid and bass heavy in part because of the reflections at those frequencies which travel better around the room. There’s also bleed from the rest of the band to account for. As such, you can’t simply apply
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I talked in the past about how to EQ kick drums when mixing to carve out space and get it to gel with the rest of your mix. We don’t have the same luxuries when mixing in a live setting as we can’t automate changes or take our time to craft the perfect sound. Adjustments
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