Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Although I don't have much experience in Logic, the "Channel EQ" is quite nice. Assuming the vocal is compressed enough for her voice to sit on top of the mix good without sounding too unnatural, after you solo the track, find the frequency band in her voice, which sounds the harshest to you by setting the fifth frequency band up as narrow as you can get it, (which should be a "Q" of around 100) and setting that band to 800Hz with an 8 dB boost. With the 8dB boost, go UP through the frequency spectrum from 800Hz until you find the harshest spot. Once you pinpoint that frequency, cut your 8dB boost back to 0dB. Then, bring the level of that band down to about -4dB from 0dB . Then, experiment with how wide the "Q" needs to set and where the dB level needs to be.  (No matter how wide the "Q" is set, as a general plan, I never try to cut or boost  things more than 4dB, but that is just my way of doing things.) If you're not quite satisfied, keep your setting, but find another frequency band, which you can BOOST to make the track sound a bit softer. Generally, like most things, with EQ, less tends to be best. Just because you have 8 frequency bands on the "Channel EQ" in Logic, there is no rule, which say, that you always have to use all of them. 

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "k_e_moeller" <mkarl2@...> wrote:
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> harshness usually means unwanted energy in the upper middle range or high frequencies.  there's an EQ in Logic which allows you to SEE the audio energy across the frequency spectrum in real time.
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> I'd cut everything over 10KHz by 12Db and then start carving off the frequencies under that.  Listen with your best headphones.
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> good luck.  this is what EQ is for.
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> karl
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> --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Andy Brook <bbgrove@> wrote:
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> >   I have made a recording of an opera singer for a song I'm working  
> > on. The singer is excellent but I am trying to soften the sound of the  
> > vocals (less harsh, not quieter) but without making the sound too  
> > processed. I only have logic 9 to work with and I can't re-record the  
> > vocals.
> > 
> > Anyone got any tips please?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Andy Brook
> >
>