How many vocal layers do you use in your songs?
Just layers of the lead will depend on the song but from 1 (or even none) to 8 (4panned to each side symmetrically) of true doubles. Sometimes a ghost or whisper layer. In pop genres they come in especially handy. And you can play around with verses being less layered than choruses. I’m not counting backing vocals here. Harmony layers I do many more usually but it also totally depends on the song. Some songs need minimalism, some maximalism 😀
If there are backgrounds in the song 24-68 tracks
Depends on context. Has been 1-10
I usually do three mains. Left, right, and center. And then I may have some "oohs" and/or "ahhhs" And sometimes I like to take pieces of the main and reverse reverb them and put them on another track like a background vocal. The one I'm working on now has harmonies on a few words. So...at least 3 and sometimes more.
Singing is usually 2 on the main, an octave harmony, a third harmony, and sometimes a fifth harmony.
Then sometimes I like to do ambient counterpoint harmonies in the background which are usually a 3rd and 5th.
So singing is 4-7, not including any adlibs or song specific extra parts.
And then for screams (I do rock and metal) I like to do 3 layers, not including song specific extra parts.
As many as I can 😅 normally two moon and like 6 backing as well as adlibs
Almost always double the lead melody .... when more than one vocal part, either a single harmony part (also doubled) or 2 harmony parts (not doubled)
Depends on the song, but between 5-10. It’s almost always harmony of some kind though. I don’t usually double or triple the same part