Audio production

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You have a deadline – a TV company wants to use a track you have recorded with a singer and which the singer passed on to a friend. As the track was a rough demo the TV company have complained about the mix of the vocal, saying it is not clear enough and the lyrics are too hard to make out clearly.
Use automation in your DAW to adjust the level of the vocal phrases, ensuring they are always audible, but not overpowering, all the way through the track.
Automate the vocal level and use compression to smooth the vocals further.
To finish off the mix to a professional standard use bus/send effects to apply tasteful reverb and delay to the vocal. Make sure that the timing of the delay is in sync with the track and sounds pleasant.
You will be given a vocal stem and backing track stem. Do not use or create any other audio. You are not required to treat the backing track in any way.
When you have finished, save your DAW session, render it to a stereo WAV/AIF file (16bit / 44.1kHz) and upload.

If you are taking a Level/Grade 6 Music Production exam, remember to bring your coursework task and screenshots – you will be asked to upload these during your exam. There will also be a number of questions for you to answer regarding the task.

These will focus on:

The skills used to complete the task
How you approached the professional nature of the task
How you interpreted the creative elements

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