Hi,
I know the answer to this question is difficult to write , but let's try anyway...
I've been practicing grit for some time now because I want to add it to my too clean voice for the kind of music I make (something like Senteced or Paradise Lost).
I want to be able to control my grit the way singers like Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost) or Ville from Sentenced/Poisonblack do (I don't want to imitate, these are just two examples of the voice/grit balance I want to obtain).

My problem is: how loud should I sing with grit?
When I'm practicing I noticed that I'm able to control grit well only if I sing at low volume.
If I try to sing louder grit disappears... Has it to do with losing chest pressure?
How loud do heavy screamers from scandinavian bands like Dark Tranquillity or In Flames scream?
Sometimes it seems to me that they are not loud at all, it looks to me they are using mic and compression to "fit in the mix".
Many thanks and congratulations to Jaime and the others for the knowledge they are transmitting.
Frank

You shouldn't sing loud when you do grit. I think that's pretty much the rule to preserve your vocal cords

Frank, a lot of singers scream their brains out...but that's why they lose their voice. It is obvious that it takes more energy to scream or add grit because grit is an inflection that you are adding to your clean voice. So it might be slightly louder. However you want to focus on the quality of the grit being added as opposed to screaming your brians out or else it won't be placed/felt in the palate correctly and you'll lose. Like Oiselle says, it does NOT have to be that loud. Now when i demonstrate some screaming, I belt pretty loud to show a new singer the power of it...But it never hurts me because I always place/feel it in my palate. if I were to sing all night, I wouldn't be super loud, I'd let the mic do the work.

Hi,
Thanks for the answers. Actually my main problem is quite the opposite, as I can control my grit while at low volume but it goes away if I sing a full note and try to add grit to it.
Even practicing the low grit exercise I start at a volume (similar to yours in the audio file) but when the grit 'clicks' in I notice that the volume of the voice part of the emission is a lot lower than when I started. I suppose I need more practice...
Thanks again,
Frank

Tips anyone?
Thanks,
Frank

Maybe post an example here where people can listen. We need more to go on;)