How to Process Vocals (Best Vocal Chain) Pt. 1
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
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Listen to the full song here:
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Pt. 2: Parallel Processing:
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NOTE: I've excluded the paid effects in this chain, and included the free effects. For the free effects to work you will need to DOWNLOAD THEM! (Link below).
Free Effects:
Fresh Air: slatedigital.c...
MAuto-Pitch: meldaproductio...
Paid Effects:
Waves CLA-2A: waves.alzt.net/XYqjX4
Waves DeEsser: waves.alzt.net/eKGXrD
Spiff: oeksound.com/p...
Soothe2: oeksound.com/p...
Time Stamps:
00:00: Intro
01:17: Creating a New Vocal Project
01:40: Volume Matching
03:23: Pitch Correction
04:40 Mouth De-Noise
05:41: EQ #1
09:31: Compression #1
11:30: High-End Exciter
12:01: Saturation
13:25: Compression #2
14:02: Soothe 2
17:02: De-Esser
18:30: Outro
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One of the clearest explanations of how compressor ratios works after years of watching videos about producing! Nice chain, and thanks!
oh hell yea!! I'd love to do like a 30 min deep dive into compression one of these days to like reallyyyy get into it!
I agree! I'm so happy that I found this channel. Big ups to you, Lillian Frances. 🙏❤
Most saturation just increases perceived volume because the frequencies it adds are even harmonics. Meaning they are enhancing the fundamental frequency. Which is the lowest frequency in the main sound. Which is why most compressors sound "boxy" when you use them.
-Tip
Using eq to make your material sound different before the compressor and using an eq after, that has the exact opposite settings will give your compressor a different sound depending on the shape of the eqs. Every compressor has a different sound, so using this technique with different compressors will give you a different sound. A famous combination is the CLA style compressors and the pultec style eqs
thx for the tip relic!
Thank you for your calm delivery. It was refreshing. I learned a ton. I don't usually work with vocals, so this should help.
hey!! glad you found it useful!
I have NEVER been explained something better before in my life. You go into so much detail about how to do it with different settings and it helps me understand it so much more. Thank you!
ohhh this is the sweetest comment to get. so glad I could expalain it in a way that makes sense. thanks! hope ya enjoy part 2, too.
I found that saturation and compression for example are working like magic when parallel to the dry vocal. They add their spice without damaging the whole feeling of the original vocal recording.
My eq looks like my mic is broke. But the real problem is my pocket's the one broke, so my eq helps me out a little by allowing 20 more bands to achieve the same amount of quality💯 W plugin
haha nice, work with that tools ya got!
20 band gang here too 💪🏻
lmfaooo I was rolling when you hit the delta switch on spiff
Sooth is one of those plugins I held off buying for the longest time, cause it’s really expensive but it really is an industry standard now. There’s nothing else quite like it.
I never buy any plugins hardly but this is one I had to have, too! I agree, really nothing like it.
Loved the energy, the approach and the execution🎉 Subbed
yeee, thanks Noam for watching!
Thx for sharing your process :)
Your walk-thru on your intention + how you use each the elements in your chain = super easy to understand. So good!
Looking fwd to Part 2
so happy to hear this was clear and helpful!! cheer greg!
I like how you could name the frequency on waves de esser, and good reminder about multiple compressors sharing the load
hell yea - glad there were some useful pointers in there for ya!
It’s important to memorize the frequencies, especially in fabfilter or in analog Eq like British Neve’s 7.2 kHz clarity boost. Here she showed the 330 hz to 360 hz reduction which is a mud remover. 400 hz to 800 hz can be very forward and warm , or Adele energetic, powerful, so it’s the next great frequencies the memorize or learn and to adjust since it’s a lot of Throat voice, chest voice. She covered a lot of the clarity, head voice with the high pass and Fresh air enhancement for the trebles, which covers the heavenly beautiful whispering or any form of the airy gleaming shining glimmery pristine-ness aspects of the voice recordings, de-essing to remove abrasiveness. Removal of abrasiveness is one of the first essentials steps, It’s like doing Make up , doing a glow up requires Primer and blemish removal. Adding air and compressor harmonics is like the eyelashes liner and final glows, and the lipstick 💄 👄.
The goal (of the modular processing chain) is to make the human voice beautiful (well if the singer can sing and record well, musicality and professional voice comes first)
Like a choreo, the chosen moves come first before the dancer can dance, whether silly sexy or beautiful. This is modular and chain making.
Love your sense of humor 😂 “yonder f**ks” got me.
haha glad you liked it!
Great tutorial thanks!!!
sure thing!
Thank you, Lillian! Very well-explained!
hey my pleasure, thanks for watching!
Thanks a lot
So helpful
❤️🙏
So glad!
Silibance! lmao or is it sibilance...either way who cares your videos are awesome! love the work!
haha 😝 thx for watching glad it was helpful!
Excetra, et cetera, etc.
This is awesome, thanks for sharing.
so glad it helped!! look out for pt.2 :]
greatest of all time
heheh thank u gilsaint!
Very thorough and well explained! Great video!
they Steve! thanks so much!
"Fine Line" is so well produced. I put it in my reference track playlist for mixing on Spotify... :)@@LillianFrances
Great video nice sauce with spiff i forgot all about it
saucy right??!
You're a trip! Just hit subscribe. Thanks for the content and humor : )
aw hell yea, welcome to the channel!
Nice straight to the point video. Voice is sounding buttery as usual!
FabFilter Pro DS is tops for a DS'er. Haven't found another that works as cleanly.
oh nice, thanks for the tip! and thanks for watching, mdjagg.
What’s wild is I have the same exact setup on my vocal chain and yet I watched this all the way through simply because you explained it all so well! Simple clear and to the point with confidence. Good work!!
omg so sweet. haha thank u Daniel!
Cheers on the great tips, fellow Sac resident.
yay thanks Mustafa!
7:44 "three deciboooouaols" 😅
nice vid lillian!
thanks yo!!
Thanks a lot, u shining
aw thanks dude
Tnx to you am better now ❤
lovely content, thanks
thx Johnny!
Well, I guess that’s one way to do it.
Great video ❤
thx sanjay!! 'preciate ya.
🙏🏼
5:26 Sophie samples be like
Very helpfull thanks 🙌
glad it helped Georgian!
Are u intersting in a vocal demo?
Very nice Video.
thanks oldskool prod!
Thanks!
glad you found it helpful!
U got me on deesser
oh ya!
You are so quttttt ❤🎉🎉
Interesting that you’re using 2 LA-2A’s back to back to compress… they’re known for being slow not fast. Have you tried the 1176 instead? It’s one of the fastest out there. Using it in tandem with the LA-2A gives you a classic sound too!
good tip! thx idkhahaok!
@@LillianFrances hey no problem LillianFrances! ur music is great btw 🤯🙄🏎️☄️🤠🌸😔😍😎👌🏼🔥😈🗣️🥳🥸🤪
Great !
any time!
Awesome work! My vocal chains look more or less exactly the same
dope :]
Mmm cerrrealll
yum
I don’t have Spiff, but I have Izotope RX software. It has a module for mouth clicks I use.
sweet! glad that's working out for ya.
the vocal sound batter before the process well done girl keep the fire on !!!
haha rock on thanks yo!!
whats the difference between spiff and soothe?
Spiff is more like a transient designer. Soothe is a resonance suppressor.
Hello, i wonder if you're always recording vocals over your wav file, or do you sometimes record them inside the original Ableton project ( over the other tracks) & then do the mixing of all the tracks together? Or do you prefer having the instrumental done first, and then do the vocals? One thing I"m not sure you mentioned - do you send your vocals to a pre FX bus while recording, like slight delay, reverb and compressor? Or are you doing them just raw? Looking forward to part 2 !
Hey Evan! thanks for this Q! I always record vocals over the wav file, because at that point in time my project is almost always too big to hadle a buffer size of 128 recording audio... plus you can see how much processing goes down, so I want a fresh project as not to get totally bogged down and overwhelmed. The instrumental isn't necessarily done at this point, sometimes it's mixed already and sometimes it's still a work in progress. Just depends at what point I'm getting stoked to record the vocals.
I don't send y vocals to any fx bus while recording, but I will bring in reverb & delay with parallel processing later in the song project.
Hope that helps! Holler if you have any more Qs. Cheers.
use the pultec+la2a+pultec trick called push and pull to push the vocals right in your face.
haven't heard of that! say more?
ua-cam.com/video/C9ZZZuliXxQ/v-deo.html this video explain the trick, in fact is considered an old school trick. I use it in parallel to add some mass to the center of the vocal. But you can use in the lead too. For me was a game changer to make my vocal sit in front of bass/ 808 heavy instrumentals pushing the energy to the middle of your forehead. In the video you'll understand better how the pultecs are used to make the la2a glue the energy into the front/center.
pretty spot on. thanks for sharing - do you have anything on recording chain - mic/preamp etc?
it would be good if you showed us in the context, because is so important to know how vocal seats in the instrumental.
tru - you can hear context at the end. but my vocal is my main element in my song so everything else gets mixed around it. when I pull it in my actual song project and start parallel processing is when I really start thinking about the mix around it.
what were you using to edit the volume of the clips at the very beginning?? thanks :-)
hey eday, i'm not sure i understand your question.
top girl
I failed the class because the professor gave me the wrong Syllabunce 😂
New sub, which Ableton suit are you using?
Live 11 :] welcome to the channel!
Whats the name of your mic
Avatone CV12
Hi😃
Thank you for the beautiful video you made.🥰I am a musician who plays various instruments (flutes,hand pan,jews harp,kalimba and also vocals)such relax music.I play live through guitar boxes(delay,reverb etc. Through a looper...I just got an Ableton after a long time,about three weeks.So I have a lot to learn.I wonder,and I'm still trying to see if it's possible to play live through Ableton with a plug-in setup like this.I am not able to set it up so that I am satisfied with the result,like with the guitar effects...Can I write you a private message?You are really good at it.And I am still looking for help.I would be very grateful for your help.I am from Czech Republic,so I don't know where you are from?I mean the time zone.So thank you in advance for the answer.🙏😇
Hi! So glad this was helpful for you. Excited for your Ableton production journey! Sounds like you've got of skills and experience to bring to the production side of things. Yes, I do one-on-one sessions with people I'd be happy to help you get started :] you can shoot me an email at lillianfrancesmusic@gmail.com. Cheers! (PS - my family is from the Czech Republic! woo!)
@@LillianFrances 😃It's a coincidence that your family is from the Czech Republic.
And can you speak or write Czech?😇
what mic and hardware u use for recording your vocals ?
Avatone CV12 through an Apollo twin.
wait spiff does mouth clicks
sure does! that's my main use for it
Been my source to remove mouth clicks for years.
U look so beautiful
Simp
This was so educative am defin following you on insta and giving a sub awesome😀😀
hellyea!! so glad you found it useful!
17:28 It's pronounced "SIB-ilance" and you keep saying "SIL-ibance" lol
This triggered me too 😂
wow really heplful, Aside from this
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