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The problem with the vocal mp3 was that it wasn't totally isolated. There were other sonic "ghosts" that kept overshadowing it which had to be disguised somehow. Also, it had been recorded far too loudly. There were no dynamics left as everything was hard into the red, so therefore I had to engage in some extreme fader movements to try and get a little bit of light and shade back into proceedings. So if the instrumentation swamps the vocal on the choruses at all, it's all to try and disguise all of the above!

The other basic thing is of course, is that KC didn't record it with a click track as far as I know. The speed was all over the place, so some editing was required

 to keep it in context with the already recorded arrangement.

Pleased with how it turned out tbh.

Been thinking about trying to contact RFs management to see whether they would give official permission to use it more widely, but I somehow think I would be wasting my time.

 

AK

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Rudloff doctorwho8@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:33
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal