New Track - At The dISCO

[Andy Tarpinian]

On Jun 24, 2008, at 6:31 AM, Andrew Robinson wrote:

> 2008/6/23 punkdISCO <forums at punkdisco.co.uk>:
>> - vocals sitting ontop of everything. Yep, Im scared of reverb so  
>> they are
>> pretty dry. I did push the vocals higher than I might have done in  
>> the past
>> as a producer I know always says to be: being a synth guy, you  
>> don't want to
>> hear this but people are not listening to you, they are listening  
>> to the
>> singer.  I will listen more to these levels..
>
> Great track, especially now I've finally had a chance to listen on
> something other than my other half's pc speaker in the kitchen with
> the tumble dryer on.
>
> An ancient but very good tip for balancing the vocals to the music:
> Turn it up, press play, then leave the room and close the door behind
> you. Keep walking until you can barely hear things. If you can only
> hear music then the vocal is too quiet, if you only hear vocal, then
> the music is too quiet.

As a general rule, not vocal related, I always go into my bathroom, or  
in my building hallway, anything to get away and separate myself from  
what I just made so I can hear it.