Mixology Productions: How to Equalize Vocals

When Eqing, there's two types of EQ. One is subtractive, where you're removing a frequency to help others stand out better, and then there's additive EQ, where you boost frequencies to help the overall mix. Personally, I prefer relying on subtractive EQ for the lower frequencies, since additive EQ on the lower end tends to color the other frequencies in a way that's not too pleasing to the ear.

Insert a simple EQ plug-in on the vocal channel. Let's remove that low-end noise by putting a gentle slope on the low end, around 40 hz. Then, let's add a little bit of air to the vocals by adding about .5db of 6 Khz to the mix.

Now it's time to fix the intelligiblity issue. Most human speech, including singing, is centered around the mid frequencies, and are between, say, 500 hz and 10 khz. Let's add a gentle, wide boost to 2 khz. Now listen -- sounds much better doesn't it?

Of course, you could add some reverb (try and short reverb at 90% dry, 10% wet signal).