Hope this was helpful to you! My course Producer Accelerator goes into tons of detail on vocal production (not to mention over 300 lessons on everything from producing to mixing): produceracceleratorcourse.com (this link is working!)
I have no idea how I stumbled upon this video...but we used to work together in a chain restaurant! Good to see you're still making music. Keep it up, man! Great content!
@@TheReal4th No answer as to why he chose not to reply. I was just excited to find him on the internet still chasing his passion. He turned me on to Native Instrument's KOMPLETE plug-in set.
I love this technique. I use this all the time with the 5 layers on lead vocals, but I actually perform the lower octave twice (benefits of having a bass/baritone range).
Nathan, your enthusiasm is so inspirational! I it's like, you produce a piece and you just know it's 'boom' and that smile comes along, it's so cool. This is such a great bit of tuition and will be going back over some of my music with this in mind.........thank you, thank you, thank you
Much thanks for this video. Having three different vocals panning one to either side, then keeping one in the middle is a massive help. Really helped my production.
This is "THE" video that made me hit the subscribe button... I've viewed many of your video's, which I thought were all outstanding. But this is the one really motivated me to hit that button.. AWESOME...
Nathan, you are the best! Im also a musician and creator and very happy to found you here. Your joy and passion for what you do is very very inspiring! Is a reminder for me (and for many of your audience) that we must believe in our magic and enjoy the creative process...and of course develop it! Best wishes Master! I will keep watching and learning from you!
Great video! Very helpful. Just starting out with home recording. I would actually sing the same part multiple times and was wondering if I was doing it right versus copying the single vocal track. Good to know I’m on the right path. If you want to do all your instructional videos with that song, I’d be ok with that. Great song!!
Yeah definitely a good option. I still do it by hand because vocalign can have some bad artifacts that need tweaking anyways so I like the control of scissors and crossfade
love it when your own work makes you groove and flowww naturally...the smile is 100% :) great channel and great advice. one day hope to be at this level with the voices thanks . keep the flow from PayoBlusProd Homestudio - Malaga, Spain
Great video! Love your energy!! :) Only one tiny suggestion - and it's just my opinion, but it would make your video more fun to watch if you put your PIP window in the other corner, or mirror flip your video so it looks like you're looking at the same screen we are. Gives a feeling of being there with you. Whereas the way you have it now - it looks like you're blind and looking off into the empty distance while you're talking to us. lol ;) Amazing content and vibe though! Really cool!
What I’ve done is copy and paste the original lead vocal track. Then on the duplicate track I’ll use the nudge function and move it over at least 10 ticks which makes it sound different from the original. I’ll slightly lower the volume on the duplicate track so that it easily blends into the first. Curious to hear your thoughts on this? Maybe I’m doing something wrong I’ve done this when trying to achieve the John Lennon vocal effect on the early Beatles records.
That's basically just what a delay plugin is for. You'd get a better sound by having an entirely different vocal take, or by using some processing to make the doubled track slightly different.
Hey Nathan, I'm a new subscriber and have watched about 3 of your videos and totally LOVE what I am seeing! Great tips and very well explained. One QUESTION: For the gang vocals, were those all individual performances?
Hey Nathan....absolutely LOVE your videos! Could you please explain to me more what the difference is between copying and tracking new performances? Why isn't the new performance just also making it louder? Even copies you could just pan and adjust volume. Thanks for anything you can offer. Keep up the good work.
It would really depend - I didn't mean it as a blanket statement but as a general thing. In a more intimate setting I might not do it because I want it to feel less big and more close - doing doubles usually makes things feel bigger, wider, and less intimate unless you are really being sparce in doing it and mixing them in low. You can certainly still do it - but just need to be aware that it might not always fit the setting!
Hey Nathan - I'm a song writer from New Zealand. LOVING your content and your enthusiasm! By the way did you write that song? It's sounds Epic! I could imagine 'Imagine Dragons' doing a track like that. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Very useful tip about the format shift. I didn't care for the overall vocal sound (too distorted and muddy... I actually like your voice on that voice over mic!). Thanks for your vid.
Yeah that sound is definitely not for everyone. I know with the mix it was much more subtle than it sounded in the production I was showing here. Yeah, the Lauten LS-208 is fantastic!
Any tips for going about mixing a messy logic project. I am someone who uses logic often as an aid for composing music, I tend to take bits from jams and riffs I have knocking around and then build up a song in a logic project. By the time I have added all the layers I want I end up with a complete mess of a project, every track has a bunch of plugins on and nothing is labelled or ordered in any logical way. At this point the idea of mixing the track seems pretty daunting so I usually roughly sort out levels and leave it at that. Normally these recordings aren't made for public consumption so I don't really mind them sounding a little wild but I am working with someone remotely who lives in a different country at the moment and we might want to actually put out these recordings but the way these songs are coming together is leading to similarly messy projects.
Great tutorial!!Is there difference between actually recording dub vocals like you do in the clip and duplicating+ delaying the main vocal?Or processing with waves doubler?
i was gonna watch this mixing tutorial, but this one dude looked out from the vid screen all googly eyed at me , and said to quit watching mixing tutorials. how you doin....
I see that in most of your videos you keep saying *this is the unmixed version* could you share the link for the *Mixed* version please?, It's hard to judge something as muddy as this
Hi love your video's learned quite a lot, one question, if you have 3 lead vocals L C R , do you put all these through the same compressor on a bus? and I find its almost impossible to get 3 takes the same volume, there will always be a word here and there louder by a fraction which then unbalanced the panning.
If you are having trouble with individual words being louder or softer - then don't use compression - instead use volume automation to control it and re-balance. Compression is great and I do compress them all on a vocal bus but rely on volume automation for this in the case of balance issues.
This is fantastic, thanks so much for this! Question: How would this work with Parallel Comp? Would you only put the lead/centred vocal through, or would would also put L and R main vox through the same, OR through their own independent buses for compression so that you could keep the panning?
For me to be honest - I use Parallel Aggressor for all my parallel compression now. It's so freaking easy to use and I never have to create buses. Worth checking out
Thanks :) However, I am not just an engineer - I'm a songwriter and producer first and foremost :) pretty common for producers to also produce their own music - that's a big part of what this whole channel is about!
@@NathanJamesLarsen THATS what I’m talkin about, that’s why I like this content cause I’m also a amateur rapper using logic idk music theory I’m tryna dip my hands into audio engineering as well!
Hope this was helpful to you! My course Producer Accelerator goes into tons of detail on vocal production (not to mention over 300 lessons on everything from producing to mixing): produceracceleratorcourse.com
(this link is working!)
Hi Nathan, nice video. Just to let you know, the link is dead?
Hi, Strange site you directed us to 😕.
I have no idea how I stumbled upon this video...but we used to work together in a chain restaurant! Good to see you're still making music. Keep it up, man! Great content!
Such a great comment
Small world huh
If this was true he probably would've at least replied to this comment
@@TheReal4th No answer as to why he chose not to reply. I was just excited to find him on the internet still chasing his passion. He turned me on to Native Instrument's KOMPLETE plug-in set.
@@bwloawesome youtubers this big can sometimes just miss comments. but hey that's really cool!
His love and passion for his craft is beautiful and makes my heart warm
I love this technique. I use this all the time with the 5 layers on lead vocals, but I actually perform the lower octave twice (benefits of having a bass/baritone range).
Aaah the life of a music creator...just love the craft and the energy from all genre when your soul is flaring out of your being and you feel on 🔥
THANKS for talking fast and going to the point!!! ✨✨
😆
Just used that low octaves / formant trick on the song I'm working on and it definitely made a difference! Thanks for the tips man.
Nathan, your enthusiasm is so inspirational! I it's like, you produce a piece and you just know it's 'boom' and that smile comes along, it's so cool. This is such a great bit of tuition and will be going back over some of my music with this in mind.........thank you, thank you, thank you
I absolutely love this comment, Gary! Thank you. This whole thing brings a lotttttta joy to me for sure!! 😎😎😎
I really appreciated your video about how mixing is important but arranging is the first and most important thing.
Much thanks for this video. Having three different vocals panning one to either side, then keeping one in the middle is a massive help. Really helped my production.
Dude loves and enjoy his work 🙂 Love it!
Don't know how I found this channel, but bro... you change my life!
At 9:20 It´s time to rise, and the melody goes down...love it
Dude, with that massive harmony and 20 inputs mixed so perfectly well, 30 Seconds ain’t got nuthin on you ..... !!!
This is "THE" video that made me hit the subscribe button... I've viewed many of your video's, which I thought were all outstanding. But this is the one really motivated me to hit that button.. AWESOME...
Do you mind showing the effects and EQ on the lead + L/R vocal tracks? Loving the tutorials mate, keep them coming!
👍👍👍...all your videos are right down my alley, keep up the good work.
A really great video. You have a natural gift of teaching and explaining. Thanks, brother.
Nathan, you are the best! Im also a musician and creator and very happy to found you here.
Your joy and passion for what you do is very very inspiring! Is a reminder for me (and for many of your audience) that we must believe in our magic and enjoy the creative process...and of course develop it!
Best wishes Master! I will keep watching and learning from you!
Those harmonies sound badass man
you're really smart bro. I'm mainlining your vocal production videos like I'm studying for final exams. Definitely helping me get this album done.
Great video! Very helpful. Just starting out with home recording. I would actually sing the same part multiple times and was wondering if I was doing it right versus copying the single vocal track. Good to know I’m on the right path. If you want to do all your instructional videos with that song, I’d be ok with that. Great song!!
Most helpful youtube channel I've come across so far. I learned more in two of your videos than in ten of others. Great job!!!
Vocal align is that fall back. I tell you it work miracles.
Yeah definitely a good option. I still do it by hand because vocalign can have some bad artifacts that need tweaking anyways so I like the control of scissors and crossfade
love it when your own work makes you groove and flowww naturally...the smile is 100% :) great channel and great advice. one day hope to be at this level with the voices thanks . keep the flow from PayoBlusProd Homestudio - Malaga, Spain
Great video! Love your energy!! :)
Only one tiny suggestion - and it's just my opinion, but it would make your video more fun to watch if you put your PIP window in the other corner, or mirror flip your video so it looks like you're looking at the same screen we are. Gives a feeling of being there with you. Whereas the way you have it now - it looks like you're blind and looking off into the empty distance while you're talking to us. lol ;) Amazing content and vibe though! Really cool!
Fantastic sound; thanks for the ideas and tips!
I love your producing!! Sooo good. Such a great teacher too.
Really great vocals, great choir sound! 👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻 I wish I would be able to do this!
Thanks! 🔥😎
What I’ve done is copy and paste the original lead vocal track. Then on the duplicate track I’ll use the nudge function and move it over at least 10 ticks which makes it sound different from the original. I’ll slightly lower the volume on the duplicate track so that it easily blends into the first. Curious to hear your thoughts on this? Maybe I’m doing something wrong
I’ve done this when trying to achieve the John Lennon vocal effect on the early Beatles records.
Its called the Haas effect. You could use that method if you cannot get more takes for whatever reasons. Otherwise having multiple takes is the key.
That's basically just what a delay plugin is for. You'd get a better sound by having an entirely different vocal take, or by using some processing to make the doubled track slightly different.
Think Vintage 70's Queen!
Have you listened to the cab? Sounds just like them and I love it.
I don’t know why I’m just now finding this channel now but I’m very glad I did! Great videos man and ty so much for the help!
Well I'm glad you did too! 🙏🙏
I always stack my vocals to make them louder
Really great tips. Easy to follow and concise!
Hey Nathan, I'm a new subscriber and have watched about 3 of your videos and totally LOVE what I am seeing! Great tips and very well explained. One QUESTION: For the gang vocals, were those all individual performances?
Hey! Love hearing that and yes all individual performances. Only way to make it work!
Awesome vid, Nathan!
Hey Nathan....absolutely LOVE your videos! Could you please explain to me more what the difference is between copying and tracking new performances? Why isn't the new performance just also making it louder? Even copies you could just pan and adjust volume. Thanks for anything you can offer. Keep up the good work.
Another great video I’m enjoying. ⚡️🌪⚡️ very informative.
Nathan you’re a godsend ❤️
I love this whole tutorial. Question: In working on an intimate Acoustic driven track, you wouldn't double lead vocals? Why is that?
It would really depend - I didn't mean it as a blanket statement but as a general thing. In a more intimate setting I might not do it because I want it to feel less big and more close - doing doubles usually makes things feel bigger, wider, and less intimate unless you are really being sparce in doing it and mixing them in low.
You can certainly still do it - but just need to be aware that it might not always fit the setting!
Hey Nathan - I'm a song writer from New Zealand. LOVING your content and your enthusiasm! By the way did you write that song? It's sounds Epic! I could imagine 'Imagine Dragons' doing a track like that. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Thanks for this, could you make a video on making syllables all hit the same . Like s t p c sounds all sounding natural but not overpowering
Nice!!! Any tips for panning more voices? (More keys, like, main key, octaves, 5ths...)
found this just when i needed to...thankyou xx
Another AWESOME video!!!
This is dope 🔥
This was a ton of fun to do! Glad you liked it!
Thank you. This is helpful.
Very useful tip about the format shift. I didn't care for the overall vocal sound (too distorted and muddy... I actually like your voice on that voice over mic!). Thanks for your vid.
Yeah that sound is definitely not for everyone. I know with the mix it was much more subtle than it sounded in the production I was showing here. Yeah, the Lauten LS-208 is fantastic!
amazing again bro
You know, I really think you should have made another one of those high vocals ;)
Such great tips.
Excellent. Very cool.
Wish I had watched this before I released my album oh well the next one is gonna be utilizing what I have learned here !!
Is “I Will Rise” out on any streaming services? I want to actually listen to the full song.
Any tips for going about mixing a messy logic project. I am someone who uses logic often as an aid for composing music, I tend to take bits from jams and riffs I have knocking around and then build up a song in a logic project. By the time I have added all the layers I want I end up with a complete mess of a project, every track has a bunch of plugins on and nothing is labelled or ordered in any logical way. At this point the idea of mixing the track seems pretty daunting so I usually roughly sort out levels and leave it at that. Normally these recordings aren't made for public consumption so I don't really mind them sounding a little wild but I am working with someone remotely who lives in a different country at the moment and we might want to actually put out these recordings but the way these songs are coming together is leading to similarly messy projects.
Try thinkinf about the end. See what you're dong and what may end up becoming a mess, and start organizing.
You know....... you really should have done another one of those “HIGH VOCALS”😜
Hahaha!! Shucks!
Dude! Slayin it as usual
Thanks Andrew 😎😎 this was a fun one
Amazing content man
Nathan, quick question... is it possible to connect an instrument to my computer without an audio interface?
Cool tune, Nathan!
🔥🙏🙏
Damn, best tipps, subbed
Thank you! Going to try it out now!! 👍
Awesome! Dooo ittttt!
Great tutorial!!Is there difference between actually recording dub vocals like you do in the clip and duplicating+ delaying the main vocal?Or processing with waves doubler?
If you are delaying the main. You are just causing phasing. You need different wave forms
Great video on a amazing topic! Great info😁
Thanks a bunch! Appreciate it! 🙏🙏😎😎 it was a fun one!
@@NathanJamesLarsen no worries man! Your content is amazing and I appreciate you for creating it😁
Great stuff! Track sounds awesome.
🙏🙏🙏 thanks!!
that last part.. the autotune.. do you do that track by track? or you are mixing the vocals and do it together
Thanks for the tips bro
And don't forget the 3 hits of coffee while reviewing your progress. 😎 Nice tips and thank you!!
100% never forget the coffee!!
i love the track
Great content! Greetings from Brasil!
Game changer!
😎🙏 yeah yeah!
This is an amazing video! Fr gonna up my vox skills
Working on knights of Cydonia cover right now. Wish me luck
You are the beeeeeeeessssst
i was gonna watch this mixing tutorial, but this one dude looked out from the vid screen all googly eyed at me , and said to quit watching mixing tutorials. how you doin....
Excellent vid. Subscribed.
What type of reverb are you using in the gang vocals
these tips really are pro. better than courses you pay for
☺️☺️
I see that in most of your videos you keep saying *this is the unmixed version* could you share the link for the *Mixed* version please?, It's hard to judge something as muddy as this
I thought I was crazy I was like this sounds like shit but it's un EQd
Hi love your video's learned quite a lot, one question, if you have 3 lead vocals L C R , do you put all these through the same compressor on a bus? and I find its almost impossible to get 3 takes the same volume, there will always be a word here and there louder by a fraction which then unbalanced the panning.
If you are having trouble with individual words being louder or softer - then don't use compression - instead use volume automation to control it and re-balance. Compression is great and I do compress them all on a vocal bus but rely on volume automation for this in the case of balance issues.
Nice ♥♥♥♥This is dope 🔥
This is fantastic, thanks so much for this! Question: How would this work with Parallel Comp? Would you only put the lead/centred vocal through, or would would also put L and R main vox through the same, OR through their own independent buses for compression so that you could keep the panning?
For me to be honest - I use Parallel Aggressor for all my parallel compression now. It's so freaking easy to use and I never have to create buses. Worth checking out
Awesome you have a new subscriber
QUESTION-IF YOU HARD PAN BEFORE OR WHILE U RECORD,DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE,OR JUST PAN AFTERWARDS?
No difference at all
an engineer mixing his own vocals......it simply does not get any better then that!
Thanks :) However, I am not just an engineer - I'm a songwriter and producer first and foremost :) pretty common for producers to also produce their own music - that's a big part of what this whole channel is about!
@@NathanJamesLarsen THATS what I’m talkin about, that’s why I like this content cause I’m also a amateur rapper using logic idk music theory I’m tryna dip my hands into audio engineering as well!
got the word i think Humanize thanks great
This is definitely the chanel for me even if I just use my phone 😌
Everybody, please listen to Nathan Larsen! These vocals sound great...awesome harms, too on the responses!
you man, are one of the very best.....thanks
Thank you so much! Super kind to say. 🔥🙏
This is cool
Will apply same ways
YES! Do it!
Also, by the way...in an older video of yours about flex pitch, you said you never use Forment shift.....I guess something shifted :)
great stuff
Love it, Thanks
Awesome! Of course!
❤️ best in utube ❤️
Great!
Great video, great song!
Thanks a bunch! Appreciate it!
Hey man, you should done one more of those high vocals, dude. C’mon.🦍
Very helpful thanks
Awesome! Happy to hear that
where could we listen to the whole song ???