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Continuing from the end of my last post about creating a “macro” lead track, it’s time to stack the back-up vocals.

Back-up vocals are there to complement and add character to the leads. They can be prominent or textural in the background, but the main idea is to make sure that they sit snug with the leads. To do this there are plug-ins that can align the vocals using time-compression expansion, (VocAlign, etc.) or you can do some splicing manually. Personally, I prefer to do it manually because the digitization thats occurs with the TCE is sometimes too noticeable and I usually want the natural, unprocessed sound - sometimes not. Also, sometimes plug-ins like Vocalign are too accurate and cause some phase issues with the leads they are matched to - especially if the stacks are really thick

Once the vocals sit on each other nicely, you can get into the processing stage… next time… (actually posted 8/11/08 - before this post; my mistake…)

— Mike with the Mic

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