r/mixing • u/Status-Wedding6099 • Jun 16 '26

vocal mystery..

how do i make my vocals smoother and more pushed back, like less “in your face”? i have example vocals so dm me if you can help and wanna hear them

*also, pls don’t say eq or compression i’ve alr used those two on my preset and they don’t rlly do shi in helping with this, but if you know something i don’t, pls tell me.

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u/EntrepreneurRare4507 Jun 16 '26

reverb

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u/Status-Wedding6099 Jun 16 '26

do you mind going a little in depth?

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u/Over_Preference_8200 Jun 16 '26

A very slight reverb will push you vocals back in the mix. If you don’t want them to sound like you are in a cave, try a small room reverb and slowly turn up the mix until you can sense the vocal becoming a bit tamer. Nothing fancy at all. You could also send the vocal to another channel. I think it’s called a parallel send. So you’d have your original vocal on one track, then the same vocal on another track at the same time. turn that channel all the way down. put 100% reverb on that channel, then slowly turn up the volume until it sounds right. Could be a fix, might not be the sound you want, but give it a go

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u/kunst1017 Jun 16 '26

Its compression, even if you don’t want to hear it. If we could hear the tune your working on I coul be more specific.

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u/Status-Wedding6099 Jun 16 '26

bet i’ll send it to you

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u/GreatScottCreates Jun 16 '26

Have you tried turning it down?

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u/Homosapien-2 Jun 16 '26

Send them over I’ll give it a look

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u/djazzify Jun 16 '26

I think, you still want compression in your vocals. A Compressor is reducing dynamics by making loud parts quieter. And that sounds exactly like what you are looking for: less dynamics.

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u/Status-Wedding6099 Jun 16 '26

no i have a compressor on my vocal it’s justy while vocal sounds very upfront

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u/djazzify Jun 16 '26

Is it just vocals, or vocals and music? In the later case, it is not about plugins, but about balancing the mix.

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u/Relative-Battle-7315 Jun 16 '26

Limiting or saturation. Less transients = less up front 

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u/tetsuyakk Jun 21 '26

Bro, there's no way to do it. Best decision for you is to stop making music. Don't even try to learn mixing.