Vocals in Reason 4

What is the haps Everyone,

I am doing a track with some sampled voices and I was wondering how to get them crisp in my mix. I hear other soundtrack music and the vocals used are soooo damn clear (the end of Tropic thunder has a good example as well as hills have eyes) I just don't see how to do that with reason. Before I put the File in the song it sounds great (loud enough, clean etc) then I get to going and it doesn't keep that by the end of the track so I add a little compressor limiter to it to bring it up but it just sound muddy in the end. If anyone has any tips, I would be highly appreciative. Thank you in advance...
Soul

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Permalink Reply by Edward Unger on May 24, 2009 at 5:12pm: Check out these articles as a starting reference point - then just post any other questions on this forum topic.

Vocal Recording Tips and Doubling Vocals are a great start to getting really clean vocal sound.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Miss Laidlaw on May 29, 2009 at 7:53am: What are you putting the samples in? What device?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Soul on May 30, 2009 at 1:40pm: Depends, some in Dr. rex and others in NN-xt. I even tried redrum a few times. Is there one more suited for vocs than the others; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Edward Unger on May 30, 2009 at 4:39pm: Reason itself is for music production - you'll need something like wavelab or a software sequencer to record the audio in and then chop it up. Then you can use the chopped samples for Reason in the NN-XT or Redrum.

Similar to these Opera vocal samples and other Vocal Sounds; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Soul on May 30, 2009 at 5:11pm: Ohh, I have the samples already. Im not trying to use it for the acquiring of the sample. Its the playback once I put the samples in this particular song that has me in a bind. It sounds muddy once I get to putting everything together. I want it to have a crisp natural sound but I don't think im mixing it all together right. It sounds drowned sometimes or just "what in the heck is that saying" at other times.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Edward Unger on May 30, 2009 at 5:16pm: Sounds like mixing, eq, sound design, etc. maybe re-process the individual samples too before bringing them in reason?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ahmed Adel on November 1, 2009 at 8:23am: guys, do you mean that i can record a wav line (on cubase or sonar for example), then turn it into sample, then put it on the nn-xt or redrum in reason 4 ?

how can i do so, that will really help me alot..but how to convert a wave file into a sample ?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Edward Unger on November 1, 2009 at 8:25am: Yes you can do that. You'll just export the sample, make sure to cut it so it triggers correctly when using it in the nn-xt or redrum.; ▶ Reply to This