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7 reasons why high-pitched vocals hurt and how to adjust them to be gentle on your ears
If you want to brighten the treble but it stings your ears, fixing it with EQ alone tends to cause other problems. Sort the causes in the following order: recording, sibilance, compressor, reverberation, and working volume.
Jul 20
Why sibilance doesn't go away even when you apply a de-esser | How to make vocals that don't sting
Even if I strengthen the de-esser, sibilance remains, and only the voice becomes darker. In such cases, we will explain the detection band, processing order, two-stage processing, and measures to take before reverberation.
Jul 20
Causes of vocals being depressed by a compressor|Settings that bring them forward but don't make them hurt
I want to keep my voice even, but it goes back, and only the consonants hurt. We will review attack, release, detection band, and gain reduction in order and organize how to bring them forward naturally.
Jul 20
What to do before adding treble with EQ|Mix that doesn't make your ears tired even though it comes out
I want to make it brighter, but it stings, and I want to remove it, but it becomes thinner. Before boosting the high frequencies, we will explain how to adjust unnecessary midrange, sibilance, overtones, and volume balance.
Jul 20
8 things to check before buying a plug-in | Don't choose free or paid based on sound quality alone
If you buy only based on sale price or reputation, you will end up not using more plugins. We will summarize the criteria for selection, including trial versions, CPU load, latency, authentication, and update costs.
Jul 20
Purchase or subscribe for plugins|Choose based on annual cost and update risk
We will compare one-time purchases and subscriptions, taking into account not only the low monthly price, but also the number of books used, renewal fees, handling after cancellation, collaborative production, and OS compatibility.
Jul 20
Why reverb makes the vocals become distant | How to spread it out naturally while keeping it in front
The reason why the voice goes deeper when reverberation is added will be sorted out from pre-delay, early reflections, high range, low range, ducking, and send amount.
Jul 20
Why the sound hurts when using a limiter|6 things to fix before increasing the sound pressure
The higher the sound pressure, the more the high range hits, the bass gets crushed, and the depth disappears. Review the peak, low range, sibilance, clip, and comparison volume before the limiter.
Jul 20
What is EQ? Easy explanation of frequency, gain, and Q for beginners
We will explain the role of EQ to adjust bass, midrange, and treble, the meaning of frequency, gain, Q, high pass, and shelf, and how to use it without making mistakes.
Jul 20
What is a compressor? Explaining the basic parameters for adjusting volume differences
Explains the meanings of threshold, ratio, attack, release, and makeup gain, as well as setting procedures for beginners to use them naturally.
Jul 20
Difference between reverb and delay | Basics of effects that create space
We will explain the role of reverb, which creates reverberation, and delay, which creates repetitive sounds, how to use send, pre-delay, tempo synchronization, and settings that do not muddy the sound.
Jul 20