3 Vocal Reverb Tips - Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro

[@thejonathandoan]

16:10 I tell you, the individual pieces of this puzzle didn’t make too much sense when the puzzle was being built, but the end result was nothing short of transformative! The final vocal sounded incredible! I never would have thought it would make sense, but it truly ended up being absolutely beautiful. Like a painter using multiple colors and techniques to create something magical. So lovely to watch a master at work! Thanks for the video (albeit an old one…)! Cheers!

[@ad00m5]

Warren - I get a smile every time your saying we are messing it up ! Its taking the human element and bringing it out! Yes, its good to put effort into having a good front end and treated room etc. but once you know your gear and room isn't holding you back.... well its time to MESS IT UP ! Make it interesting!

[@sea-ferring]

One thumbs up is not enough. This is the kind of thing you learn working with or apprenticing with other engineers and I would never have thought of as a hobbyist mixer.

[@BoatzCarina]

you're like TEACHER in my life's Unisersity of Music THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXISTANCE with REGARDS&RESPECT

[@Producelikeapro]

You’re very kind! Thanks ever so much

[@GuyMcguy24]

For those of you watching this - This is amazing advice. The next step is: Customize your own presets!!! You can save the settings you have in one session and transfer those settings to another session ! This is how professional engineers get their own "Sound" and why people will go to YOU for a mix.

[@voinrazuma]

A super video! Thank you so much!

[@Akashsama]

When you unmuted the delays at the end, that was the icing on the cake! Awesome!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much my friend!!

[@rocknrollguitar]

My protip to share on this... I have a condenser mic hanging from the ceiling, Panned it all the way to the left and secretly recording aswell. The regular vocal mic. is in front of the singer. Now I have 2 tracks to work with. + the natural reverb and 'roomy' feel really opens up the recording. Especially when vocallists go loud!

[@Jacob-iv7qg]

we are blessed that such a great mixer decided to open a KZbin channel and share his amazing knowledge.

[@thewarhenk]

What a beautiful voice he has. If the rest of the song is as listenable, it’s a winner. Thanks for the insights.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks very much

[@garfeeble]

one of my favorite parts of these videos is the length. 3 vocal reverb tips in 20 minutes means these are some GOOD tips. thank you!

[@Bluesbop]

This is so valuable. I actually went to audio engineering school, your channel has more info and better tips than anything they taught. Thank you!

[@haylinicole7358]

You've opened my eyes to a whole new world of mixing and mastering. As someone who's only just now beginning their journey producing music and experimenting with it, your channel is definitely one I will refer back to a lot!

[@Producelikeapro]

That’s very kind of you to say! I’m glad to be able to help

[@markwarrensprawson]

Aleister Crowley wrote (and I paraphrase) that you do a thing once, you get a little better at it. You do a thing twice, it begins to become familiar to you. You do that thing ten times and you might begin to feel yourself developing a level of proficiency in it. You do a thing ten times ten times ten time, and it's not longer you doing it, but it is doing itself through you. You, Mr. Huart, seem to have become a channel through which the art of mixing manifests itself in the world among us mere mortals. You are an absolute champ and the day I discovered your tuition articles and videos marked the beginning of my beginning to really understand the ins and outs of mixing. Thank you!

[@hernanpangia7593]

It is a honor to see a real pro working... Thank you.

[@BadChizzle]

This was priceless. Wrongness is right when too much rightness has gone wrong.

[@polmorgan3533]

Music is all i have in my life and i have a handfull of ok songs to show for a lifetime of trying.. Every moment of my life is taking an eternity now.

[@daveprentice]

Hey, Warren, thanks! 3 years down the road, this is exactly the advice I need today!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Dave!

[@paulEmotionalaudio]

Used the side chaining compression for reverb on a spring verb and a low input level saturation verb... sounds great!! Thanks again Warren.

[@rozbcoz]

Consistently blown away by your candid revelations. Much appreciated insight into the world of mixing. Never in a million years would I have stumbled upon what you present so obviously. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@DavidHudson]

The saturated reverb was a great thickening trick. Thanks

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks David! Glad to be able to help!

[@juelanthonybeats2123]

Right??? My vocals instantly sounded a lot better 💪🏽

[@DavidHudson]

Yeah! It gives your vocals more depth without it being thin and empty. 🙂

[@philip914]

Your da man warren. Got the hair rockin plenty of reverb and saturation in that style

[@MikeMastropierro]

The Bob Ross of Mixing

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Mike Mastropierro hahaha Thanks! I need a wig!?

[@MikeMastropierro]

Produce Like A Pro hahah nah that’s alright. It was more like the aspect “effortless mastery”

[@Producelikeapro]

Aw shucks I am so glad to be able to help! Have a marvellous time recording, many thanks Warren

[@TechMetalRules]

Haha, spot on!

[@bogard08]

Wow, nice one.

[@gabsauvage]

Man, idk if people say it to you often but your voice feels so nice to hear, one of the reasons why i'm watching a lot of your videos

[@Producelikeapro]

AW shucks!! You Rock!

[@murraywebster1228]

Feed one dense reverb into a more open one, you can go wild with effecting the first reverb, like using a Leslie effect on the first reverb, you can make it really dreamy with low rotation speeds and it’s not so obvious because it is then making the second reverb „swim“ for want of a better phrase, ramping the rotation up or down makes even more „rise or fall to the sound, gets you into some complicated automation but the added movement and variation is the cherry on the top

[@rickcampbell296]

Thanks Warren, you are a monster help understanding all these crazy plug ins.

[@Producelikeapro]

You're very welcome Rick!

[@SingleMaltIdiot]

3 tips my hiney. There's like a hundred tips in that first tip alone! This has genuinely exploded my brain insofar as what's apparently possible with reverb. Love it!

[@aswinbeats]

This was more of an inspiration to get creative and go crazy than a plain reverb tips video that I expected. Thanks! 😊

[@Producelikeapro]

You're ever so welcome Aswin!

[@BukezFinezt]

I rarely record and mix vocals anymore because my career is all about electronic instrumental music now. I used to record and mix vocals and artists for more than 10 years. But maaaan i love learning a few more techniques and ideas to mix stuff. The different reverbs panned are such a great idea. Thank you! Love your channel! Much love from Berlin!

[@simonquigley9054]

Couldnt have come a better time. I've been wracking my brains over the vocal mix for an RnB artist I've been recording. He wants something differnt! Other than bloody "Drake" .. great stuff!!

[@peterbrandt7911]

That saturation on the reverb is an amazing idea. The only thing I don't like about: I did not come up with it :D.

[@shestudiossheila7423]

Lol : )

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Peter Brandt haha thanks my friend! That’s high praise indeed!! I really appreciate it!!

[@1verzhn]

I love how you say you were looking for wrongness. I just did a harmony vocal and decided to make it distorted flange. I’m going to keep doing stuff cause I think it’s cool not because someone says this is how it’s done. Great stuff as always warren😎🤙

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Seymour, fantastic! That's what I like to see my friend! Great experimentation!!

[@jurgenschuler8389]

Love that video! The only idea I came up with, is putting an amp simulation behind the reverb, especially when I use exaggerated reverbs based on impulse responses. Cabs and reverbs are quite similar, so I used the same plugin twice with different settings and IRs. I never came up with going distorted into the reverb. It's fantastic! Thanks!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Jürgen! I'm so glad to be able to help may friend! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren

[@OdinOfficialEmcee]

One of my favourite reverb tricks that I discovered recently for a really big, deep sounding reverb is to mix your aux signal louder than your dry signal so what your hearing is primarily verb. I found using predelay in this case will ruin the sound though. Short hall or chambers work best

[@oestervig]

Great video as always! It's all about creativity! One trick that was "life-changing" for me was learning to use short, barely audible, ambient reverbs to make a vocal sit in the track but still appear dry/up front.

[@eberhardheinich5213]

Just watched the video and got the idea of running the input for the reverb through a harmonizer. I have to try theat tonight. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Kineticartist]

I love how just the right video cones up new or old when doing just that. tracked vocals the other day and now mixing them in to our new blues song

[@BillGraper]

The key word in every single video you make: FUN 😎👍

[@NostraBloom]

Hello sir, love your videos, they are super useful and you have a nice positive energy! Keep it coming, much respect. 🙏

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much my friend!

[@vanpeethovenstudio]

Thnx for the good tricks. The Abbey Road one was one of the first things learned mixing and is still a life saver for all times.

[@ericeberhaerd4397]

Hi Warren ... amateur musician and home studio composer, I really appreciate your wise advice, they open up new avenues for exploration and musical creation. Thank you also for the excellent pronunciation, it helps the French speaker that I am ;-).

[@jaymethodus3421]

I’m amazed. I actually started mixing my own vox on iPhone GarageBand and had to learn how to lean into unique effect combinations to “mask and utilize” my lack of quality recording equipment(it’s a feature not a bug I swear). Now I have a real mic and I feel like I’m hitting the ground running. Thanks man

[@markbathofficial]

Awesome tips!! Love messing around like this.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks Mark! You Rock!! Mess around, get creative!

[@markbathofficial]

Produce Like A Pro I just joined up to the academy on the cyberspecial. Thanks for the opportunity! I’m checking out the videos. I would love more videos on a song going from rough acoustic demo to a full arrangement. I love the mixing stuff as well, of course, but the magic of moving a song to a point where it has a full arrangement isn’t shown much because it’s tricky and hard to apply. I think your teaching skills can pull that off though! I have a bunch of song ideas that are at various beginning stages but am stuck moving them as a beginner.

[@MarcNevali]

I listen to this with akg 702 headphones.. For sure the differences are very subtle, and for sure Warren has golden pair of ears (and a good monitoring system)

[@jimandrews2912]

Wow thank you ! Yes multi reverbs and eq to make real reverberation sounds ! Reminds me of the story about John Lennon having trouble with his dry voice asking the engineer to f**k it up a bit to give him some inspiration , something for his voice to play off . Love it !

[@alexeysmirnovguitar]

Sometimes I use reverb in the insert of a snare or tom-tom bus just to bring them farther away and create a broader and more ambient sound, like in the 80s. It works well if the initial sound is too dry and "in your face". The more wet I have my reverb mix knob, the farther the source goes. Did that on my mix of this song "Stay", worked really good.

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Alexey, that sounds very cool my friend! It sounds like you are paying a lot of attention to your mixing! Nice work!

[@MRorPA]

I think what often comes up in my mixes is a bitcrushed reverb. Apply EQ on top for some extra spice. Great video as always

[@kelvynification]

Very nice singing👍 That trick with modulating flanger in the reverb was definitely an ‘Aha moment’ Nice one...

[@arijitguharoy6705]

What else I can use rather than D VERB? But the technique is really awesome. Kudos Warren...👏👏

[@Producelikeapro]

You should use your stock reverb plug in indoor DAW

[@AfferbeckBeats]

I always like the idea of making things sound a bit 'wrong' to create interesting and characterful sounds. I just got Goodhertz' new Megaverb which is based on 'bad' old hardware reverbs for just that purpose!

[@sirdaveandre]

Got the Goodhertz pack last week - havent had the time to try it yet, but as far as I've seen from the videos it seems you can do very interesting stuff with it.

[@Producelikeapro]

That sounds very interesting Dane! Thanks for horsing!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks Dave for that info!

[@betty4774]

me every time there's a new upload 2:00

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Betty haha I am so glad to be able to help! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren

[@valium-fm7236]

@Betty Your coat is red

[@LukeBass1000]

@@valium-fm7236 hmmmmm black clothes

[@idanlib]

I clicked this clickbait and LOLed.

[@the-matrix-has-you]

That Sans Amp proves how imperfect sound can Come pleasant to ear love it

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Master Dalek exactly! I agree 100% my friend! Thanks for the great comment!

[@promixacademy6904]

3 outstanding vocal reverb tips! Tiptastic!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@MarcBecker_Music]

Great video! I've learned a lot, thank you Warren. There are two things I do when I want to make my vocal sound a bit more aggressive at some parts of a song. I use the ghost voice effect of a vocoder and work with delay, modulation and distortion on it. The other one is pretty similar , but it's even more aggressiv. I use Pink Noise, EQ it, modulate it an put all kinds of effects on it like I do with the vocoder. The last in the chain is a gate, which is triggers by the vocal and only opens up, when the voice comes in. If you want to push it even more, you use a clean delay on the vocal and duck it while singing and open it up at the end of a line and do it vice versa with a delay fed by the pink noise signal it sounds pretty wrong in a good way :-)

[@MartinVanDerSande]

Thanks Warren! I’m starting a mix soon and you’ve inspired me to play now! Cheers, Marty

[@Producelikeapro]

Please do my friend! Create your won sounds my friend! Creativity is KING!

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

I really like this. Thanks much. What I do with my reverb already: Always reverb is on it's own send FX channel and that's a pre-fader send...Much more control to blend it into the dry Abbey Road EQ between 600-10K but it changes depending on the exact sound I'm after I like adding delay going into reverb I'll duck the FX channel keying off the dry, I'm after tails and wanting to push reverb into the background a bit After viewing your video, I'll add some other things like saturation and distortion, and pitch shifting, this is for "blurring" the reverb to help keep it from just being a repeat of the dry, I'll add to the EQ the mid dip as needed That separate reverb for left and right might be accomplished by my nice little Melda multiband reverb. As is, my Melda multiband delay gives me slapback and ping-pong with one instance of it. These are part of my Melda new shiny bits of plug-in toys that have a very, very deep level of editing ability.

[@huckwalton2307]

I love what you do with stock plugins. Genius.

[@Kspurewal]

Best video, to motivate yourself as a mixer

[@michaelorourke5848]

I especially like the dual mono reverb and panning it closer to the vocal, Sounds great, Thanks Warren!

[@Bring_MeSunshine]

I've visited many of your vids and sometimes more than once, because I go away thinking I have the tidea, but then forget about the settings. Luckily, today I'm doing some vocals in the mix and this has really helped. Just in case I forget, I made a few notes this time - Lol. Thanks as always - Liked this time.

[@Producelikeapro]

That's great to hear my friend!! I'm so glad to be able to help!!

[@michaellarsen180]

The right left is a classic. :D I love the flanged octave up reverb. Sounded cool enough for me to go do myself! As always, thank you for sharing!

[@derekmoffat2233]

Great ideas Warren. Will be trying these out on the tracks I'm working on!

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic to hear Derek!!

[@MartinLuxen]

Thank you very much Warren! Great ideas! I use ping-pong delays a lot on vocals, with saturation and a small chorus effect.... Gives some nice width and it won't mess up my mono signal...

[@hazzardsound1505]

What I'm experimenting with is combining my old hardware units like the Ensoniq DP/4, Quadreverb and plugins to create different sounds.....lots of fun!!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Perfect! I LOVE the Quadraverb! I have one, it's amazing!

[@hazzardsound1505]

@@Producelikeapro by the way.....this is Ajay, just under my new channel name LOL!

[@Producelikeapro]

Hello AJay!! Good to see you haha!

[@mattparmenter8412]

So tasty and kind of gives, a reckless freedom to experiment, when the people you learn off, that you think are in the zone and respect are doing this shit. Adds so much life and colour to the vocal. Stoked🤙🏽🤙🏽🤘🏽

[@gezma12]

You rule Warren. Thank you.

[@charosgerotolios8125]

I m new to this and i have also just joined the academy! Love your work, my mind everytime gets blasted away. You know i had all this "rules" in my head that i thought they were valid and i would stick up with them every time but man, i m so happy to found out that i was so wrong! Thank you so much!

[@officialWWM]

That Abby RD sound is soooo good!

[@Zelectrocutica]

Please do more vocal delay tips next! for all of us. God bless Warren!

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi IO absolutely!!

[@711records9]

Focusing on the uniqueness, the originality, the Art.........and not so much on the tech. The minute the "technology" gets in the way, you stop Listening, and start Looking at your mix (just my 2 cents). ALWAYS solid tips from Warren! You are truly a great teacher.

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi 711 Records you are very generous my friend!!

[@BlackenedNL]

Warren always blesses us, thank you dear sir!!

[@Producelikeapro]

You're very welcome! Thank YOU!

[@austinmoser5056]

Gojira pic. I like it

[@SteveSchuffert]

Hey Warren! Hope all is well. Loving the vids of course. I’ve forgotten which is the one where you demonstrate how to create a dynamic delay. Any clues? Thanks again for all your inspiration and instruction. Steve

[@ragingchimera8021]

Recording some vocals tonight, going back and watching some of these vocal recording tips has been great!

[@andrewwhitehouse1878]

Beautiful Warren, thanks so much for sharing!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Andrew!!

[@MaPa60]

Checking out The Workday Release right now. His vocals got me hooked!

[@necrodogs]

So wrong it's right. i love it :D Thank you as usual

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! So wrong it's right! Haha

[@ScrewballMcAdams]

The dry vocal sounded great. Why mess with it? Love your channel, Warren. Steve

[@hifijohn]

I was just going to make that comment,the original is beautiful and now it sounds terrible with all those useless effects.

[@carlitosfreetos]

“Sounds pretty evil, I like it.” Classic Warren quote if I’ve ever heard one.

[@Producelikeapro]

Hahaha yes! Busted! Thanks Carlos!

[@mitsanut5869]

I have really hard time with feeling this as "evil". It can't get more cheesy than this

[@nickellion3657]

Warren. You make it so easy to watch and so interesting to learn from. Really don't think theres anybody better. Thankyou

[@abdouljabbar4656]

Good sir, you do have a so ever beautiful voice. I like the way frequencies are so well balanced in it.

[@najinelson6742]

For me some marvelous and unique vocals can be found in these songs: "7" (lots of background vocals!), "Adore u" (only he could arrange and add vocals to his lead vocal like this), "If I was your girlfriend" (clipping hence distorted vocals with some Mickey Mouse effect), "The most beautiful girl in the world" (high, higher and crystal clear), "When doves cry" (kind of dirty and magic) and "Purple Rain" (what a delay!) all by Prince. I am not just listening to Prince haha but these ones are gems! Your vid is great again!

[@sda5150]

Great ideas here Warren! Cheers! I like to go out to an old Zoom 9120 I have, and print that back to a track, then bandpass it with Gband (free)..

[@bibliothekdeshorrors4084]

Thanks for that. You helped get more creative and try out new stuff. I tried out the AbbeyRoad trick, didn't work that good tbh. But I created a nice little megaphone effect and now have cool preset track. Using Neutron 3 Elements to eq a radio effect. Then applied some distortion in the midrange and applied that to the voice track as pre fade.

[@SergeyBerezovikov]

Thank you very much. I am currently in the process of creating of a song. I have all the parts recorded and finally I got the vocals from my vocalist and they are great. Now I just have to figure out how to mix it all together since I have never done it myself. First I decided that the vocals are mussing some reverbs, and after having watched your video I realize that it is the case. However I now realize how much I have to learn about mixing, especially mixing of the vocals. I hope to learn from you. Man, I wanna make my song right!

[@siletone9586]

I just found this channel when I needed it! I never quite understood the idea of a setting a reverb on a send/aux but you explained it brilliantly here. Applying saturation is a brilliant trick too. I just tried this on one of mixes and it was a real improvement. Thank you!

[@dpastamusic966]

Thanks for the encouragement I am no longer scared to be different, I am gonna take more risks in my mixes, because they surely is something wrong about all great mixes that's why whenever i'm using a reference they is this feeling (the wrongness and the randomness) I can never transfer into my own mixes and today you have taught me how to get that feeling out of my own mixes. Thank you very much sir God bless you.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks my fiend! Exactly! Experimentation is key!! Get creative my friend!!

[@Bigal5296]

I’m always looking for unique things to try. I love the pitch change idea. Thanks

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic!!

[@metalion667]

The waves manny m reverb has the distortion, phasing built in, makes this stuff really easy!

[@MrObelisk2290]

Eventide micro pitch shift 9 cents down on one side 9 cents up on the other. Especially on vox, gtr and keys. Thickness for days, taught it to my college students

[@benseghers1153]

You make my hobby interesting, starting to enjoy mixing again, thanks a lot Warren!

[@bobbaumeister5243]

Thanx Warren! A very useful and effective work to get good results and my own creativity! Great my friend!

[@SuperJayCee07]

your wisdom is over the place! Thank you Warren for all you have shared with us.

[@E.T.musics]

Great tips again Warren, im definetly trying those on my new song. Thanks a lot

[@dansands6363]

Excellent video Warren! Gonna try out the dual mono trick! :)

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks Danny! Yes, it's a great trick!

[@TooruOfficial]

Thank you so much. Seriously I can't thank you enough for all of this. I aspire to be just like you one day

[@mysteriousreality]

I see the Audient iD44 there. I just bought one for myself today! Thank you for introducing me to Audient!

[@Producelikeapro]

You're very welcome Emily! I love mine!

[@mikesparks3398]

i dig these kind of videos! thank you sir!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Mike!!

[@DiZzAzZtErPrOdUcTiOnS]

Seriously from the bottom of my heart thank you for all of the knowledge you share. It helps so much. You're the man, coach!

[@benlang7615]

Such a nice video. So positiv and motivating

[@kenselcer]

Just put some saturation on a vocal in a folk rock mix: bass, 2 guitars and vocals. Wow! Sounds great. Adds so much excitement. Thanks so much. Used the sans amp in Pro Tools. Great tip. Suggestion (a digression): how about a video on how you put drum samples in your sessions for your mixes. Love to see that one.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Kenny! Great idea