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Mixing lesson: vocals [video]
🕑 Added 2024-03-24 09:33:59 +0000 UTCI'm showing you how I am treating a vocal in a song. This chain here is quite common in all vocal work I do, and I mix vocals for clients weekly, almost daily. I do use different plugins sometimes, but the type of tools doesn't vary that much. Also the order of processing is usually the one seen on this video.
My biggest vocal mix this year so far is “Shiver” by John Summit.
This will help you improve the tone of vocals. I’m addressing the usual problematic ranges and using some really good plugins and even give you a free plugin tip.
Any Qs? Hit me up!
💡I think I want to start a new series via Patreon called “breakbeat of the month” where I chop, re-arrange and process a breakbeat and also give out the resulting sample in the end to all subscribers. Any takers?
Source Direct “Stars” remix walkthrough video coming in April. Wanna give out some samples to paid members soon too!
A recent change for producer tier 2:
I don't offer one-to-one Zoom sessions thru Patreon, but I do 1) still offer personal feedback in both writing and video format and 2) I do still do one-to-one sessions: just contact me directly at fanusamurai@gmail.com and I can arrange those.
I may introduce a higher tier that offers this in the future. I am doing because I am raising my rates a bit because my demand has simply exploded, and after doing some market research, I've noticed that that producer tier 2 rate isn't necessarily enough for an hour of one-to-one via Zoom anymore (and I can't update the rate).
BTW I know I still haven't done the Collections like I've been meaning to; will take quite a bit of work as there's content for 4 years…gosh darn I've been doing this for 4 years now (in May exactly). HOWEVER, do note that posts have tags, and I think I've tagged most posts since 2000, so when you click on a tag, Patreon will list all posts of mine under that tag for you. For example, this video will be under "mixing" and "video" tags, and if you click on those, you will see all my mixing-related content.
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Comments
CARTER
Loved that echo delay
Ben Hill
This was a really helpful vid. I'm working on a vocal right now and tried to apply some of these techniques. I feel like the boxiness is much better. I'm trying to make it thicker by doubling it up with a version pitched down an octave but not sure that works. What do you think? It is: unprocessed, processed and in context (although the context may still change!) https://drive.google.com/file/d/17JmPufB1dlrvJ_4oJ1VkBgl7qNh2C5JY/view?usp=sharing
Dan Robertson
Great mixing post - very helpful for vocals but also some useful stuff that generalises to other instruments (like smoothing the attack out of the delayed signal). Thanks!
Janne Hatula
Hey glad to hear it helps :-)
Matt Petters
Awesome video! This is such a good walkthrough and I realized I've been overcompressing and incorrectly EQing my vocals for a long time lol. Great tips too on making reverb and delay sound "classy" as I've been too heavy handed with those as well.
