Vocals are among the hardest elements of a track to mix, particularly when they’re recorded on top of an existing, compressed beat. There’s a danger that they’ll end up sounding like precisely that - an audio appendage sitting on top of a song rather than feeling like an integrated part of it. Alternatively, the vocal may feel buried, and not standing out as it needs to.
Fortunately, says YouTube-content-creating audio engineer Streaky, there is a solution. His credits include the likes of Adele, Ed Sheeran, Depeche Mode and Paul Weller, and he’s now revealing how the pros approach vocal mixing.
