Ep.3 Setting up the vocal chain
After recording and editing the piano for "Lucky Number," Greg continues building the track by having Bryce sing the vocal down to establish the heart of the song.
As Greg stated in Episode 2, nothing is ever truly scratch. With that in mind, Greg searches for the ideal vocal chain to match Bryce’s voice with his vision of the track, nailing the tone now to ensure that anything sang in the scratch recording can be used in the final vocal.
In this video, watch as Greg:
- Troubleshoots microphone issues
- Talks about recording the vocals for Mika’s hit "Grace Kelly" with Joe Chiccarelli
- Breaks down his settings for tracking vocals with an 1176 and an LA-3A
- Does a microphone shootout between Sunset Sound's beautiful vintage Neumann U-47, Telefunken 251, and AKG C12 Microphones.
- Sculpts the vocal tone with a vintage Pultec EQ
- Records Bryce’s vocal
Watch the rest of the series here
- Telefunken 251
- Telefunken C12
- Neumann U47
- Urei 1176LN
- Urei LA-3A
- Neve 1073
- Pultec EQP-1A
The emotional landscape of Bryce Drew's music is brilliantly unsteady, with peaks and valleys ascending from emotive ballads into rhythmic pop anthems that carry the heartbeat of her Trinidadian-American roots. But in her soulful dexterity as an artist, and her innate ability to draw out complex emotions often hidden in the mundane, Bryce Drew shows she has all the elements of an icon in the making.