Vocal Compression: NOT What You Think!
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2021
- Compression or glottal compression has been confused so many other singing teachers, it’s almost impossible to know what they’re talking about
Often in singing tube, other coaches talk about compression as a way of adding distortion or rasp to the singing voice
Vocal compression is also different from compression in musical instruments
In music, compression is a way of squashing the sound so that the loudest is softer and the softest is louder
In vocals, compression actually refers to the full, warm vocal tone that comes from bringing the vocal folds together to resist the air from your lungs effectively
Like instrumental compression, vocal compression does involve volume but only indirectly
If the cords come together, you’re able to sing stronger because the air is vibrated more effectively by the cords
The stream of water is like your breath. However, when you phonate or bring the cords together, it’s like you’re pressing down on the end of the hose
The more you press, the further the water will squirt.
Likewise with the vocal cords, the more glottal compression you have, the more sound you’ll get
However, you always want to stay in balance
The perfect balance between muscle and air in singing is called “flow phonation”
Too tight is called “pressed phonation” when the amount of muscle is more than the amount of breath pressure
Too light is called breathy phonation
Well in order to find the perfect amount of vocal compression, you have to just ask yourself one question: are you singing too breathy or too pressed?
If you’re not sure, take a quick recording of yourself singing something
Is the tone light, airy and a bit dull? Then you’re probably not singing with enough compression
However, if your tone is brassy, rich and resonant, then you’re probably singing with enough or too much compression
If too breathy, try 5T Nae
It too heavy, try 5T Fuh
Remember, the goal with compression is to always be in balance
You can get a beautifully strong sound without destroying your voice and often if you’re too breathy, singing with more compression will often feel like your throat opens up
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Really valuable content, thank you very much!
you're welcome
Very good tutoring sir. Well done!
glad you liked it
Learning more and more
that's great!
It's real easy for me to find all this now that I understand it. Thanks man. You really have to be familiar with fry in order to do certain levels of compression but that's where these exercises come in. Like Bub, Gug, Nay, etc. I just never could figure out what they do tell now. It takes a understanding and a certain degree of knowledge over time. Doing them over scales helps you build muscle memory to find that phonation.
Almost a level of intuition as well.
Excellent videos.
Thank you very much!
"fuh like fudge" oh of course, that's what I thought too
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I came here cause I was confused when I hear the term vocal compression in a context where it seemed like they were talking about something other than audio signal compression. Thanks for the explanation! Just a little clarification on your explanation of audio signal compression - it doesn’t really bring the low volume stuff up. It just turns down the peaks, and then you turn the whole track up to compensate. It only processes the signal in that one direction. The softer moments do end up sounding louder, but it’s because you turned the loud bits down.
Nice Matt.
thanks!
This is how I describe compression. A balloon full of air, squeeze the sides, wheeeeeeeeee!! 😁
I really get a big problem about vocal compression. Sometime, it's too squeeze or too breathy. I hope this video can help me fix this.
Thanks+++; that finally seems to make sense (and I've watched a lot of other singing teachers try to explain it, so that's saying a lot)! UPDATE: from what you said, I figured that, if I couldn't tell from the sound of my voice whether I was compressing properly or not, taping a small piece of tissue just above my top lip (so that it hung down over my mouth) should give me an idea of how much airflow I was producing and thus how much compression I was using. Does this sound reasonable? My singing teacher didn't seem convinced and said compression wasn't directly about airflow; I'm having problems integrating all the advice!
TNX
happy to help
love your account. i have 2 questions though. first is i have trouble projecting how would i fix that and second is i have a hard time finding my chest voice, how would i figure that out
both issues require getting more power into your voice:
ramseyvoice.com/increase-singing-power/
I sometimes sound too airy and sometimes too tight when singing high notes like D4 and E4 (I’m a baritone btw) how do I keep a good balance?
Don't think of yourself as a baritone. Just focus on your voice as it exists because your range can extend beyond those labels. Something I used to do when I was younger that I realized helped me a lot in the future was something I decided to call empathic syncing. Basically listen to your favorite songs and put yourself in their shoes. Well more like put your body in theirs and without making any vocal sounds just copy every muscle. Become their voice. It is now yours. Do this enough and you will slowly gain insight to their muscles and body. You will feel their technique and soon will be able to do just that. I know it sounds unorthodox but trust me it works.
Does anyone know why my voice sounds like a saw wave and not like sign wave like every body else example my voice sounds like a synthesizer or something
Will my voive get better or easier to sing and hit higher notes as i get older ?? I'm turning 16 after 3 months from now
usually the voice lowers as we mature, but you can still get better with training
hi i have a song on youtube call surely God is able i wont to know if iam singing in mix voice
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I can sing I chest and head voice but not my middle voice any tips?
He has videos on mixed voice
ramseyvoice.com/mixed-voice/
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Bro how can u add roughness to my voice
here's my vid on rasp:
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I try to not over sing it’s so hard
yes, it is
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too compressed --> emo singing
not compressed enough --> (certain) r&b singing
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good for you