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"In this video we're going to be taking a look at how to "Brauerize" your lead vocals! Michael Brauer is a Grammy Winning mix engineer who works off of a multi-buss system... He uses compression unlike many other mixers in that he specifically chooses what compressors to use based on how they will tonally affect the audio (in addition to solely compressing). He uses a combination of FIVE different compressors set up as send and returns to blend into his lead vocals. The results is huge sounding, warm, fat, and punchy vocals like you've never heard before. It's a little in depth and advanced, but if you hang with me all the way through this video, I promise you'll never compress your lead vocals the same way ever again...." - Pete
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5 years later still one of the best comp videos ever
I know it's an old video, but here's a little tip: You can set the main vocal channel to have no output, and maybe even split off the compressor that's on the main vocal channel to an additional send track. This way you can ride the main vocal channel into the various compressors without hearing any output gain increase on the main vocal channel...just a gain increase as a result of your various input gains into the various compressors.
Also, I don't remember if he's doing this in this video, but certainly you can group the compressor channels at the very end so you can ride your overall vocal level output.
Hey Pete, I really appreciate you doing this video. Brauerizing is a technique I've wanted to try and now I have a clear way on how to start, thanks to you. Yeah, Matt's voice truly sounds awesome using this technique. Thanks, Pete!
Thank you. I don't know how I missed this. Excellent video. Really appreciate all you do!
18:39 without sends
18:54 with sends
Hey Pete I can't thank you enough for everything you share!
Steve Waters Glad to help, Steve! Happy Mixing! 👍🏻😁
Whata voice!!! Whata singer..
The only thing I changed is that I made ABCD Low-mid-high-fx
It just made more sense to me to go in order of frequencies from low to high.
Other than that, I’m telling you guys the instant I put this on one of my songs everything sounded much smoother, better, and I am suddenly hearing from literally everybody who hears my songs “Man you are really getting better“
Thanks Man!very valuable lesson.Please keep posting stuff.You've been away for a while now!
your channel is amazing! thank you so much, dude! learn so much - greets from switzerland
Fantastic! The difference is huge.
WOW! Fantastic Sound! Thank you Sir for sharing.
Cleveland Harrison 👊🏼😉
Amazing method thank you so much
Great work
This was golden information. Thx
Brilliant! Thanks so much. Sounds amazing
Mark Beling Glad you enjoyed it, Mark! ✌🏻😄
Well done video, man!
Great video! I thought that using the sends sounded bigger than the inserts on this. The sends let you hear uncompressed vocal as well letting it breathe more. Love your vids.
Yep, that sounds fantastic! Looks like I’ll be modifying my template 🤔
The vocals remind me of Neil Diamond. Really good vocals.. Great info bro keep the good work up
There is a really cool interview with LarryCrane and Michael Brauer
on the Tape-Op podcast.
He talks about his system in that podcast.
One of my favs of the tape-op list :-)
Great tutorial 👍🏼
good one... thanks!
JulianFernandez No worries, Julian! Cheers! 🤙🏻😊
wow awesome. and the song is awesome aswell
Thanks a lot for bringing this video. Always wanted you to upload one on Brauerizing !
A couple of questions:
1) If it had been a dynamic pop vocals, how much compression would you do in insert + sends ? Will it be the same ratio or different ?
2)Why you compressed a little with others but heavily with Arouser ? Can i compress hard similarly with all parallel compressors and blend with insert(regular compression) to get the best non linear characteristics of every compressor ?
3) Why just 5, can one use more colored Compressors in parallel to get more thick fat vocals ?
Basically the best part of having parallels is the temptation to use most of the plugin gears subtly for their characters. :D
Harsh Verma No worries, Harsh. Glad I could do one on an aspect of Brauerizing.
1) it's all up to you as is most things in mixing. I'm just explaining what Brauer does on his vocals. I literally heard him say all of these things I showed in this video verbatim. The more compression you do the more squished your vocal will get. It's not really a yes or no answer.
2) See #1. You can do whatever you like. I'm just sharing what I heard Michael say on camera in an interview. The purpose of this video was to show how Michael mixes his vocals and the PHILOSOPHY behind it. The rest is up to you if you want to take it on board and make the setup work for YOUR mixes 😉
3) 5 cause he uses 5. Use whatever compressors sound good to you. You don't have to use these. Develop your own chains if that bakes your cookies 😛👍🏻 In fact I urge you to use whatever sounds good to you. This is apparently what Michael likes.
Hope that helps ✌🏻
Excellent !!!
Piedscooter1 Thanks Scoot! 🤙🏻
eheee.... light years ahead man,wow,the vocal sounds huge...this is the way the digital sound of the pc becomes alive and kicking man,that's why i love brauerizing for.... making things alive,the digital becomes analog as a sound and quality...amazing depth,such a difference,its like 3D...all i can say is woow...thaxs for the video man i appreciate it very much
Mio My pleasure, Mio! I'm happy you enjoyed it! All credit to Michael, though... he's the genius. I'm just the messenger. But, yeah, I agree, after Brauerizing the vocals there's no going back... next video I'll have to explain (as well as I can) how he uses his A, B, C, D and unprocessed 5th buss at the end of his chain to sculpt the overall sonics. It'll be hard though since the way he really routes everything is only achievable in the analog domain.... but, I think the main premise and concept can certainly be taught and tweaked for use in the box 😜
We are all messengers my friend,even michael,belive me,and yes,after brauerizing there's no point of turning back,we can only think of improving in it,i've seen some videos doing this technique(brauerizing) with eq's instead of compressors....that idea is not bad at all,and i was thinking maybe the next evolution in audio will be combining these to ways...i'll be waiting for A,B,C,D man,hey check out jamie jampottt donnely on youtube chanal,he has a very good video on the subject,he did it everything by the book,i'm more kind of feeling rely guy,(i have ears you know :))) i like improvisation,i'm a professional musician so you know what i'm talking about
Mio Amen brother! 🤘🏻😁👍🏻
what if i would leave the 5th buss processed and make another one unprocessed in case i have to work with samples,just as you do,two mix busses,then with the regular channels that are set to stereo out(in brauerizing you have to put them to no out) i put sends on them just like brauerizing technique and than i get something like additional parallel compression but with the clean sound,so some of the tracks go to brauerizing completely and on some of tracks im useing brauerizing set up only as a parallel compression(latency issue,is that possible,can i move the tracx or press the record mode unison technology,or something...)in fact what if i brauerize only some of the tracks and leave the others unbrauerized (and how do you do that in the same project)so the situation is similar to mid side technique,you processed the" important" tracks,the punch,the vocal,and leave the others(sides unprocessed) to fill....there is something magical about unprocessed tracks that i can't explane but im using it for shure they kind of softened the sound,its like when you put a chorus on bass..there's no harshness only ducking,i haven't done brauerizing on vocal yet cause i was not sure how and i didn't get to that point in the material that im working right now,this material dose not need brauerizing...but i'll do it today on some of my own stuff
what i want to draw with words is like having two mixes one brauerized one not and make a mix out of brauerized and not brauerized tracx,like having two same tracx one processed one not....what do you get from something like that....just thinking while writing
Love the channel. Thanks for your time! I’m going to try this for myself. But please volume match A/B examples. It’s too easy to be fooled by volume.
Cool sound. 😊
Thank YOU!!!
Nice !! Thanks!
Hi Pete, excellent mix tips! Loving the channel. Did you record the vocals or do you know what mic was used to record it? Sounds beautiful!
Nice mix Pete! Frank Filipetti does a similar thing to michael Brauer's bus solution, where he breaks down the mix in four bandwidths covering the spectrum, creating crossovers with iirc McDsp Filterbank 202 @ 12dB per octave slopes. Compressors are selected to best enhance each section of the spectrum. Perhaps a Fairchild on the bottom end of a mix like yours, something else for a sweet airy top end, and so on. The round up changes depending on context. Michael Brauer has definitely got his system down, has a great ear, and creates beautiful mixes!
John Chase Wow. Franks setup sounds super deep but very cool. Thanks for sharing that! Yeah, Brauer's got it going on for sure 😄👍🏻
Great stuff man! Quick question...Do you do volume automation to the vocal before applying this technique or do you just allow the compressors do all the work?
Amazing..Thanks!!
Gontzal sa 👍🏻😊
Excellent channel all very well explained ... Greetings from Argentina!
would love to see this on backing vocals somehow as well. Thanx this was great.
_patrikjay_ Glad you enjoyed it! All you'd do on BGV's would be to set up sends from the BGV's to the compressors. Blend to taste. Good to go! 🤙🏻😊
I have been doing it since I started learning in 2000
Marcus Dwayne Gonzalez Awesome! 🤘🏻😁
The individual compressors don't make much of a discernable difference, but the sum total makes a massive difference.
David Rosario Spot on David! 👌🏻🤘🏻😊
Thanks Pete
I wanna know do you eq vocal before the parellal comp or after it?
Very Cool!
Hey, great video explaining multi-parallel send/return, but you need to revisit Brauer’s technique. For starter, he mults his lead vocals to two buses: one for the verse and the other one for the chorus which than go to NO OUTPUT. So he doesn’t blend the dry signal with the compressed signal. This type of routing may create phase issues ITB and in hybrid situations. This routing is equally valid for his ABC&D buses. He uses sends for all his tracks rather than direct 2bud output. Cheers & happy brauerizing! :)
I must be missing something when it comes to Michael's ABCD instruments method. Typically with mixing youd automate a vocal line for example to be louder by automating the fader which is the last guy in the chain. If all his channels are going into their corresponding ABCD buss (via sends) which has a compressor on it, how does he automate a line to be louder, like a snare fill for example. If he automates the snare channel itself then wont the compressor on the drum/bass buss simply clamp down even more as its now seeing more level? And he obviously cant automate the drum/bass buss because it will alter the bass gtr as well.
@@madmuso5 good question
Thanks for the info. This is a new tip I never knew about NY style compression technique. Big up.
Sounds nice !!!!
Which vocal reverb do you use on this track ?
Thanks !!
Gr,
Jan
Great explanation! Question though, why not just do multiout to the 5 different compressor busses instead of using sends in post fade ? Also I found that with using all 5 comp buses, my main vocal bus gets pegged so I have to adjust the output of each compressor channel . Do you encounter the same issue ?
That was quite well explained ! Thanks a lot !!!!!! ;-)
Claudius LeBlanc My pleasure! ✌🏻😊
This is cool, but I wish you did this on a track with drums. Still! Appreciate you.
Thanks for explaining this - I have phase issues - going mono into hardware and back. Is that because you are using stereo ITB?
Hey Pete. Happened to be in Nashville this week. You’re missin all the fun brother.
John Core Aw dang! Missing Nashville for sure. I'll be there for summer NAMM most def! Mmmm. Now you got me in the mood for some Smokin' Thighs BBQ 🤤🤤🤤
Mix Better Now See ya then. PBRs on me.
8:06 HAAH LOOK AT THAT FACE.... I FEEL YOU BRO..
Hi Pete, did you ever create a Studio One mix template using the Brauer A,B,C,D bus compressor approach?
Are you sending your return tracks to the mix bus/pre mix bus or back to the vocal bus
Nice video! I'm just wondering the setup. I always thought that in the Brauer setup the vocal channel goes to dummy output so that the original channel in not parallel with the 5 compression busses. Of course everyone is free to make their own take on it and all the better so.
Vesa Laasanen Yeah for sure. In the interview I watched w him describing his vocal chain verbatim he said he sets up 5 sends and returns with the compressors on each buss. So you can essentially decide where you want the return to go. His specific setup is all analog and can't really be done EXACTLY the same way in the box. What I'm trying to convey here for those interested in Brauerizing their vocals ITB is that he basically uses 5 comps as sends and returns which are just as much about tonal coloration as they are about compressing. The rest is up to you to blend to taste or send the comp returns wherever you want 🤙🏻😊
After we do one method (5 sends) or the other method (5 duplicate tracks), then we can add the ABCD busses also?
excelente
You missed a very important phase of Brauerizing technique, the calibration. You'd have less volume jump.
I must chime in here, definitely that is what it’s ALL about
@@SteveStockmalMusic I might be wrong here but I Donn't think he calibrates on the Vox busses.
I use calibration on the ABCD but not on the vox busses. but I guess that would work too.
Calibration is redundant when using digital signal paths.
this guy mixing in a fuckin headphones ... o my fuckin god
Hi Mr Woj! To insure these parallel compressors to work harmoniously, one has to be careful with attack and release settings of each compressor.
Can you suggest a guideline..if i am using sets of compressor other than these ?
Also is there any innovative method of subtle colored parallel eq's for next level vocal tone ?
Harsh Verma Howdy, Harsh. In regards to attack and release settings it's really up to the taste of the mixer. Release that's very slow vs release that's very fast will sound dramatically different. So I can't really tell you what you like (hope that makes sense). That being said, I typically go for a medium to slow attack time and a medium to fast release. I'm over generalizing here, but a 10ms attack and a 200/150ms release never got anyone in huge trouble. It's imperative to know your compression fundamentals before trying more advanced concepts like this. If you're shaky on dialing in a compressor and hearing what it does, using 5 in parallel is prob not a good idea.... yet. As for the parallel EQ, absolutely. I use parallel EQ all the time. Try anything you like and blend it in w your dry signal. There's also plenty of plugins that have natural parallel EQ like the Kush Clariphonic, Slate CS-Lift and Waves Scheps Parallel Particles. Start by trying an EQ A's an insert that has a dry/wet knob 👍🏻👌🏻✌🏻😊
Can you please Bruarize with Slate or waves plugins.... Including Arousor
Sooo did you duplicate the lead vocal five times then put compression on them I work in Ableton so I was trying my best to follow you
Hi..thanks for this Great Tutorial. Wich Mikrofon and preamp did you use for the vocal and did you use any Hardware Compressor in the frontend? Ty for your answer.
Paul Smith Hey Paul. Was a U87 into an API... no comp, just straight into the DAW. Thx for watching! 👍🏻👌🏻✌🏻😊
Is the dry signal also still in the mix with the 5 compressed signals? Or is it just a blend of the compressed outputs?
what I think I am seeing is , a vox trk with compression linked to a vox buss, then the vox trk "VIA Sends" is sent to multiple fx trks which are then to this vox buss. Is this what I am seeing?
Do you have the sends to the compressors as Post Fader or Post Pan? Are the compressors supposed to be a particular settings default? Thanks
Great video. Informative. How do you decide when you’re going to use either an FX track or a bus?
Eric Hood Music Thanks Eric! Well, in Studio One there's "FX Tracks" and "Busses". So if I'm using an effect like Reverb or delay or parallel comp I'll use an FX Track. If I'm simply bussing tracks for routing purposes I'll use a "bus". But in Pro Tools it's just an Aux/bus or nothing so it really doesn't matter. In Pro Tools I use an Aux for both. Are you asking because you're using S1 and you're not sure which to pick for what purposes?
Mix Better Now yes i do have S1. I only use bus tracks but sometimes i see people use the FX and i was wondering if there was any advantage to that. Lower CPU?
Eric Hood Music Not to my knowledge, Eric... I think they're equal in regards to CPU 😊
Mix Better Now thanks. I am going to try the Brauer method. Im also going to go on his website!
explain the routing
Good video! I always thought he stacked them in series... taking approx a db or 2 off with each compressor. That way not making each one work too hard (distort?) and getting the tone from each along the way. Doesn't this way add 4 vocal levels total (dbs) to the original? Thanks
Music Production Videos Thx! ✌🏻😊 Yeah, he's basically using each comp on a send/return to compress the vocal in parallel (minimally... I'm not sure how scientific it is in regards to 1 or 2 DB). It's also very much about passing the audio THROUGH the comps to get the benefit of the tonal impact they impart on the audio. I'm not sure by what you mean w "add 4 vocal levels total (dbs)"? Yes, it's blending multiple vocal sounds together and yes it does add volume. Is that what you mean?
Amazing video) Where can i get that brilliant song?)
Bogdan Yuriev Thanks Bogdan! That's "Pumping Blood Straight Through My Heart" by Matt MacKelcan. You can get it on iTunes 😊
Am I missing something here? the text at the beginning says that complimenting instruments should be sent to a specific bus. Not one instrument sent to all 4 busses. Bass tones, mid range, upper mids and tube non staccato. Then when you adjust something on that bus, it only affects that group of instruments. It reads to me like an alternative to having one master bus comp and using 4 + 1 clean instead?
I thought you weren't supposed to do more than about 3dB GR max?
Do you use outboard gears sittin your mix?
Great tutorial! What program do you use to record your screen?
MixEngineer 419 Thanks I appreciate it! I use Screenflow 🤙🏻😊
WHAT ABOUT THE CALIBRATION PART PETE?
Look at a crutchfield magazine they spread them.over the keyboard
Not sure I understand the advantage of using the sends vs creating track stacks(logic) to send to A B C D. It's not like I'm going to be auditioning compressors for this set up...Also why wouldn't I just create track stacks for all of my different types of instruments...guitars go to one, keys go to one, drums go to one. etc Wouldn't I get even more movement and tonal variety in the mix by doing that? Since it's ITB it seems like this is an artificial limitation created by using actual consoles.
"I can feel my arteries pumping blood straight to my heart"? Someone needs to revisit biology class...
LOL
😂
@@AaronOwenSmith He actually say 'To my heart' 14:12
well, not sure,, but I think it's the sensation 'from the vein to the heart, which is probably his brain lol,,, But, I'm not sure what he's talking about lol
Plus looking up to the sun is not good for the eyes...
Question. I do hip & hop and spoken word vocals in Studio One. I only have the UAD plugs that came bundled with my Apollo Twin. I do have the Slate Everything Bundle. What compressors in Slate or Studio one can I use in place of the Neve 3309 and the Manley compressor?
DS POET You can use the FG-Mu from the slate bundle for the Manley... but unfortunately I don't know if any other Neve 33609 plugins besides the UAD... the waves VComp is the Neve 2254 which is the predecessor to the 33609. Worth a shot. But use whatever compressor combos you want. This is just what Michael Brauer uses. Try developing sounds with comps of your choice 🤙🏻😜
Bruh. Made my vocals sound much fuller. I will surely play with more combos!!
DS POET Haha! I'm stoked to hear it bro! Brauer is the man! #brauerizeforlife 🤙🏻👌🏻🤘🏻✌🏻
Send it to you tomorrow!!
I think Brauer came up with this before multi-band compressors? Wouldn’t one dedicated AUX with a multi-band compressor plugin work the same? You select four separate frequency spectrums
(Lows-mids-upper mids-highs) and compress these any way you like. Each band has its own volume also. Wouldn’t that be the same? Love your channel!
Paul T. Thanks for the kind words, Paul! I wouldn't say a multiband comp would work the same because he specifically chooses these compressors for the tone they impart on the audio. Hitting tubes and transformed is a very special thing and he's big on compressors that contain different "attitudes". Most multibands are pretty transparent. 👍🏻👌🏻
Mix Better Now. yes, that would be a huge advantage. I have to try it now. Thank you for responding!
Check out Blue Cat mb7 it let you choose a different compressor for each band inside the same plugin. At least you know where and what each compressor is exactly affecting.
Great voice! But no idea about anatomy.
Do you have a version of the Studio one template for version 2.6?
Evan Anderson Sorry man. I don’t. I’m on 4 these days ✌️
I thought the idea was to compress different busses, each with their own compressor, for example: drum and bass buss; electric guitars buss; piano and acoustic guitar buss; vocals buss; etc., with each buss compressed separately, rather than compressing the whole mix together. I'm not sure all those parallel compressors on a lead vocal makes enough of an audible difference to bother. Just my 'pinion.
There's two different Michael Brauer compression techniques - one for the multi buss compression and one for vocals
Great information ... I use Pro Tools ... just curious if it would work as well setting up aux sends but instead of returns on the lead vox track, bring them into a separate sub mix "Vox Comps" , and then setting up that subs output to the the Lead Vox submix. I'm just thinking that way once I get the blend I want of the different comps, I can add more of less of the entire blend with one fader. Your thoughts? (also, I can't find the info you put up there from Brauer's site on it anywhere? It there a secret tab I'm missing ?)
One other question too ... I seem to be getting some phase type issues with the 5 duplicated tracks. Any thoughts?
@@nicknash2008 I wish he would answer this question as I got the same phase issues when I tried that, as well as when I tried 5 Aux sends. How do you deal with phase issues?
@@nicknash2008 it depends on how your DAW handles latency on tracks and busses. If the DAW doesn't handle latency correctly, you will get the 5 busses out of phase due to the different compressors introducing different extra latency and that typically differs from plugin to plugin, (as well as in outboard gear). I am personally using Ardour or Mixbus and those have pretty good internal handling of latency between tracks and next version will also compensate busses and outboard gear. In your case you will have to check the phase between the busses and adjust the latency between them to reduce or minimize the difference. In worst case, the latency changes if you change the settings in a plugin but in that case it is poorly written software and should not be used unlessnthe DAW can make up for the change. I hope this makes sense.
Hey, do you ever run out of DSP with all the plugins you use? If so, what do you do to reduce the usage? Do you ever print your effects to ease up on the DSP workload? Just wondering. I've been trying some of your methods just for kicks and my UAD meter is almost on 11!!
sizzlemann Well, I have quite a bit of DSP... I'm running 2 Apollo quads cascaded together with a thunderbolt satellite octo. So it's 16 SHARCS all together and that seems to handle what I throw at my mixes. But if I ever get in a situation where I need to free up DSP, I'll simply "commit" the tracks if I'm in Pro Tools or "render to audio" in Studio One. The important thing for me is to make notes as to what is/was on those tracks before doing that. You can also always print your track old school and then just delete or make the plugins inactive. But if you're really into and rely on the UAD stuff like I do, I can't recommend upping your DSP enough. Octos are super cheap nowadays and usually come with like $1000+ in plugin vouchers 👌🏻😎
Wow! That's a lot of Sharcs! Looks like I'll grab one of the Octo's. But I already have the plugins they are adding in their special. Maybe they'll let me pick something I don't have. Keep up the good work!
sizzlemann Don't worry 😉 If you have the plugins they offer they give you a voucher for the same price to get whatever you want 👍🏻👌🏻🤘🏻
hey, how come u dont get faze issues?
every compressor has a little latency and all of them in parralel should be problematic.
btw sounds great 👍
Amir Aharony Thanks, Amir! Glad you like it 😊 I don't have any phase issues with using these comps on sends and returns... Most modern DAWs have really great delay compensation to handle and latency from certain plugins that were previously problematic. SOMETIMES I'll get phasing issues if (for example) I duplicate a bass DI and then process the duplicated track heavily with amp sims and distortion etc. IF that happens I just nudge the track in phase, flip the phase, or use Auto-Align on it. To me the phase problems have to be audible and between the delay compensation from the DAW I don't find it to be problematic in this situation. I'm not saying it couldn't happen... but as always, use your ears, and if you hear the phase getting wonky or see your correlation in the negative then fix the phase. If you're not hip to Auto Align by Sound Radix I can't recommend it enough 👍🏻✌🏻😉
Mix Better Now i will try this.
and my fav way to align channels is by moving them phisically.
sorry for my english its not my native language 😊
Amir Aharony No worries Amir! I understand you completely. You speak great English 😄
Are the busses mono or stereo. I dont use S1 so i cant tell the difference. They look like stereo but using mono plugins????
@mix better now
dc3hawaii They're regular stereo busses 😊
Man, where are striking sibilants??? There is really no need any deessers! Is it a perfect voice and mic compatibility?
Does he use the same compressors for his busses? and Does he run his master busses thru another set of Auxes like this?
dc3hawaii So the way he runs his master busses is a whole other thing in and of itself. He uses 4 submaster busses and 1 unprocessed stereo buss. But no, he doesn't use these exact same compressors for his master busses. The only one he uses as buss A is the Neve 33609. I believe the other 3 are different. I'll try and do a video on that... the only thing that's hard though, is his self proclaimed multibuss compression setup was designed to be used out of the box on an analog console with analog outboard gear. But I think I'm going to give a video a try regardless how hard I get hammered by the Brauer purists and experts out there. I highly implore you to go to his personal website where he tells you his entire process and the gear he uses to achieve it. It's well worth the read if you're interested 👍🏻😊
Mix Better Now yes I went to his website and found where that was and you are correct. Most of those compressors are outboard gear. BUT I would love to even try anything similar to it. So if you can find plugins in the same family or close to what he uses as his outboard gear that would be awesome!
dc3hawaii Yeah, I mean using what he uses is just a starting point. You can copy it like how I demonstrated or you can change the compressors and use whatever it is you like or think will sound good... In fact I'm experimenting with a new template and setting up a whole bunch of comps on sends to just have ready to go to try different things with. Take this concept and tweak it to make it your own 👍🏻😉👌🏻
Colonel Sanders has 11 Herbs and Spices, Brauer has 5 Auxs of Parallel Compression!
Doug Payne Haha! I love that! And the crazy thing is he also uses 5 MixBusses. Might show that in another vid 🤘🏻😜
S Class Records Well "technically" Brauerizing can't work in the box due to the specific routing capabilities of the SSL 9000 and his hardware (in regards to his multi-buss stereo buss setup)... so I'm showing an interpretation of what he does to his vox ITB. Id still be doing all my routing the exact same way if I was working in Pro Tools (or any other daw)...
Yes you can. Check out the following links: brauerizing.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/brauerizing-a-how-to-guide/ Especially in Studio One (really easy): answers.presonus.com/3663/fr-mixer-channel-output-to-none
@@MixBetterNowTV Braeur is ITB. And he has sold most of his HW. So it obviously works.
as I understand it, Michael's whole thing is predicated on sort of the opposite idea... that is, the vocal doesn't cause the compressor on the drums to react and vice versa. It's NOT about sending a vocal to multiple compressors.
Not that there is anything wrong with what you're doing if it works for you; it's just not what Michael does.
weedywet Im not here to argue and mislead. I'm relaying the info I heard from his lips to my ears verbatim in regards to how I'm showing his vocal processing. I'm not (in this instance) talking about his 4 sub masters and 1 unprocessed mixbuss (as I'm well aware of his 4+1 multi-mixbuss approach). He specifically described doing this exact thing with these exact compressors (I don't have a vintage Gates Sta-Level, hence the substitution of the Manley). There's a reason the vid is labeled as Brauerizing your VOCALS, and not Brauerizing Your Mix. As I've replied to others, I may do another vid addressing his 4+1 setup. But on numerous occasions in numerous vids I've seen, he describes this exact process and these exact compressors for his VOCALS. Sorry we seem disagree 👍🏻✌🏻❤️
weedywet Totally not responding in an aggro manner as I know translation of text can be misleading. Shoot me an email (as I'm a fan of your work and I know you're a friend of Lij's) and I can share the vids I'm referring to where Michael specifically says all of the things I demonstrated here. And if I'm incorrect about what I heard Michael say I'll totally be the first to put my hands up. But I'd love to share the videos and hear your thoughts. Cheers, William ✌🏻❤️
I"m hoping to not come off as 'aggressive' either! Only saying hat my understanding of Michael's idea has to do with the multiple sub groups with different compressors on each, being summed together into the final stereo. If this idea of multiple compressors on a vocal is also a "Brauer" thing, I'm happy to be wrong! Just not what I've seen.
I had the same understanding of this concept as Weedywet - multiple compressors for different groups of tracks so they act independently. I came to that conclusion after reading the page on Brauer's website. I'd love to hear how you guys came to resolve the difference in understanding.
I'm not going to argue though - these vocals sound great after your processing, Pete. Thanks!
@@weedywet I say who cares? It definitely sounds bigger and cooler...game on!
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So you dont use the 2 "dummy tracks i heard him talk about?
Shawn Waters This is his vocal chain. Not the 4+1 mixbusses. Tbh it’s impossible to brauerize properly ITB because of the routing offered on the SSL 9000... so the only way to get close ITB is interpret your own version. But as I say in the vid this is how he processes his vocals verbatim.... he said these exact things in multiple interviews
Mix Better Now ok, just curious, but makes sense, thanx as usual pete!
Shawn Waters No worries brother! ✌🏻
Looks like you have your sends all on the same level. So what if we use just one send for all 5 buses?
Not correct. You're supposed to calibrate. This is just adding plugins.
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That shaker in the background is annoying other then that it’s great
I was going to watch your video really; until you poorly described who he is and the artist names you gave for reference dude. :D :D :D I just left instantly.
this is incorrect - Brauer does "bus compression" what you are demonstrating is "parallel compression"
Arteries pump blood away from the heart. That being said, it sucks Michael Brauer gets his name attached to a technique that has been used before he even knew of the technique. He just figured out how to do it on a console with a surround version with multiple busses.
what you are doing to the vocal seems very andrew schepsy
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