07 'Vocal-up Mixes' Human ears are designed to be able to pick out voices.
"Another useful trick is to listen from outside the control room with the door left open. This can show up balance problems."
Paul White
Editor
Sound on Sound
When listening to the same piece of music over and over, your ear will quickly get used to the vocals and as a result you'll probably end up turning them down.
That's because in a 2 hour session you'll probably listen to the track about 30 - 40 times.
Because of this fact record labels usually ask their engineers to deliver what's called a 'vocal up' mix.
As the name suggests this is a mix where the vocals are sitting right at the front and it's this mix of the track that usually gets released.
Record companies will be especially interested in hearing your vocals so make sure you do a 'vocal up' mix of your demo.
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