For some reason I have been receiving sessions to mix that has the reverb recorded on the vocals. Most of the time it is a BAD thing lol and thats really because the recording won't sit right or when you boost a frequency it will boost the verb as well, creating MORE NOISE! Other times the artist can't help it and it's the natural reverb in their vox booth. In this situation the artist doesn't always want to redo the cut or have the time, money, or emotion to deliver "the golden take" i like to call it, so what's left to do? well your job, fix this reverb!
The first way to approach it is think about, what is the reverb doing?
-creating space, warmth, thickness...
with that in mind, you need to start with the space reduce the spatial image. You can use a M/S encoder/decoder, there are free plugins like Voxengo MSED or Massey Tools. you can also setup an M/S encoder/decoder using stock EQ's! Takes some time to setup but once done its great especially if your studio doesn't have fancy plugins. I'll post up the steps in a future post unless you want the steps now I can email or post up sooner!
next take out some warmth and thickness easily done with an EQ.
Last, take care of the sustain of the vocal if there is one, put a gate on adjust to your liking and that should help a ton with that nasty reverb there....
#EveryDetailCounts!
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