Since we're talking about roles, working styles and skills, could you talk to me about the difference between a vocal engineer and a vocal producer? What separates those two roles? And if you're not a good hang… (laughs)Īll right.
There's a saying that I like: "It's your skill set that will get you in the room, but your personality and how you treat people is what will keep you there or not." Music is a really fun thing that we get to do with our lives. There's a tie there that's like, “Do you think this sounds good?” There's a trust there that really has to happen. And it's funny because there's kind of like a tie between the artist and their engineer or the artist and their vocal producer. So, you have all of the technical skills required to capture this recording, but then there's another component where there's an emotional skill that you need in order to work with a vocalist through this performance. Same thing with punching and things like that. Say they're coming up with harmonies: you have to be really fast to keep up or they're gonna forget.
So when there are mistakes made, it's on them, so it's a lot more important to have that emotional empathy and to be really fast. There's no separation between their instruments and themselves. With a singer, they are their own instrument. I don't think that there's too much of a differentiator between the regular tracking engineer and a vocal engineer, but if there's a difference, it's that the vocal engineer has to be a little bit more empathetic and able to read people. I think it has a lot to do with people skills as well.
A lot of artists have their go-to person that they want to track with-Beyonce has her person, everyone has their person-but their job is to be really fast at capturing what's necessary and making what the artist wants to hear a reality very quickly. Vocal engineering and vocal production really go hand in hand, but the vocal engineer is just the person that's mainly focused on the vocals. We sat down and spoke with Simone about the specifics of engineering and vocal production and how she balances technical skill with the emotional, often intangible skill required to coax great performances from her collaborators.įor starters, can you talk about what a vocal engineer does specifically and how that differs from other forms of engineering? Since cutting her teeth in studios like Silent Sound in Atlanta, Torres has spent the better part of the last decade working on multi-platinum hits for a wide range of heavyweights including Cardi B, Becky G, Chloe Bailey and more.Īn accomplished singer in her own right, Torres brings her own firsthand knowledge and experiences into her work with vocalists. Simone Torres is a New York-born, LA-based engineer and vocal producer.
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