This poll may or may not help the decision on vocals volume. If you’d rather not answer, just ignore it. I have tried to set it up to be anonymous.
Can those of you who think the vocal volume is too low please let me know what speakers you listened to the recording on?
- Phone or Tablet Speakers
- Multi-purpose headphones or ear buds (e.g. the ones that came with your phone)
- Ear buds for which “good for listening to music” was a key factor for you
- On ear or over ear headphones for which “good for listening to music” was a key factor for you
- Studio Monitors
- Room speakers (HiFi or similar)
- Something else
Simon is there an overall question that the poll supports, like what media do you use to listen to music ? I might have missed something but the reason for the poll is not clear.
If you are talking about mixing, you need to create a master that has a consistent presence across multiple platforms. And that aint easy as there are so many. Are you seeking the most commonly use “speakers” ?
TIA
@TheMadman_tobyjenner Ah yes, a question would have helped. Apologies, and now corrected in the poll.
Indeed. Another rabbit hole to peer into 
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You may want to look at this from a few years ago.
https://community.justinguitar.com/t/getting-the-right-loudness-levels-and-mix/119812/1
There are element that refer to setting up for out Open Mics but the overall topic was loudness levels.
You will get a multitude of difference response to your poll, as folks will be using many different types of speakers or headphones etc. May advice would be to establish what streaming or sharing platform you intend to use and mix your tracks for the optimum levels of that platform. And a Loudness Meter like the one from Youlean, lets you dial that in and see where you are either cooking or falling short.
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