Reply To: Getting Vocals more "present" in the mix a la Chris Lord-Alge

[Magnus JohanssonParticipant]

If you are concerned about width you can always unwide the reverb return with some mid/side tool. Or use a mono reverb.

If you imagine your singer really close, you get the direct audio instant but to get any reverb the audio need to travel maybe 20 meters before it hits a wall and can even start reverberating, hence the longer predelay. If you imagine the vocalist far down closer to the wall you will get direct sound almost at the same time as the reverbant audio, equals short predelay. Somewhere between you can also toy around with early reflections. Well, all of that is better describet at the softube page.