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Thanks for your comment! We mention how to deal with that at 3:02 Remember we also have a limiter on the mixbus already, but we could take that off before mastering if needed!

Mixing is way more important though

Great questions! 1. No - in this video and others on our channel, we're not doing any additional processing before or after. What you're hearing is just the raw vocal and whatever processing you see on screen! 2. Chorus doesn't eliminate the need to double track - if you want a "doubled vocal sound" (meaning you want it to sound like there are multiple stacks of vocals), the only way to get that effect is to record multiple takes. Chorus gives you a different sound that is somewhat similar, but not the same. Chorus is kind of a "synthetic" way to thicken a vocal, which sounds really pleasant and desirable if that's the effect you want, but it won't ever sound like you recorded double vocals. A lot of times, it's good to use a combination of both techniques - record doubles, and try applying a little chorus to the lead to thicken it up (if you're going for a very big sound, that is!) Hope this helps!

@@nuroaudio thanks!

Yes!

@nuroaudio really? I've thought about trying it but wanted to see a video tutorial for it. Maybe I'll try. 👌🏾

Great question, thanks for asking! 98% of the time, I find that I can get exactly where I want the vocal to be with just the tone section of Xvox Pro, simply by switching different tone modes and finding the one that fits best for each vocal and direction I want to take the mix. (Each of the tone modes is a completely unique curve under the hood, as shown by the EQ curve display). In some very rare cases where there's a serious issue with the vocal recording (and it can't be re-recorded for whatever reason), it may require some very surgical "fixing" EQ. I would take care of that before going into Xvox Pro. Of course, if I find myself doing a lot of "fixing" EQ (or really any type of "fixing" processing on a regular basis) - I'll do my best to figure out the root cause and fix it there, the results always seem to come out better in my experience!

@ superrrrr helpful, thank you so much for the detailed and thoughtful response. I appreciate your videos so much!

😂😂😂 eish bro... had he known

Great idea - we’re on it!

This comment. I mean, they have videos about Xrider, but it’s not much information. We need a good review about it on some vocals. @nuroaudio

Great idea! We'll do a bunch more like that - here's one we recently did where we do an entire mix from start to finish, including the instrumental: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZqVgGSti7dgasU

@nuroaudio wow this is awesome. Not too many KZbinrs do this but will check it out and thanks again 🙏

👏 glad to hear it helps!

It's a VST3 / AU / AAX plugin that you use within your DAW - here's more info on it: nuroaudio.com/pages/xrack-pro

Yes! Xrack Pro comes with all of the individual plugins

Yes and they're fantastic. Easy to use and great results

Hey hey, wanted to offer good tips. 1) Yes start clean and fresh; ensure you RECORD CLEAN; watch your sibilance; watch out for background humming/noise/echos; and make sure the levels are good. Its better to have audio too loud WITHOUT DISTORTION than a vocal track thats too quiet and you introduce other issues 2) Know the vibe of the song and what room(ambience) you require for the track. If its a song like he did, you want reverb and eq AFTER the vocals are recorded right. I do indie so i make sure the way i sound when i sing is airy like. 3) THE REST IS EAR TRAINING. The way you might mix for YOU can be different for different voices. The basics of a good mix are EQ/Balance/ Dynamics and panning. If you get those right, you can play around easier. Hope this helps 💐