5 ESSENTIAL Pop Vocal Plugins with John McLucas

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[@Producelikeapro]

What are some of your favourite vocal plugins? Share below!

[@adrianl5899]

MV2! You know it's a good'un, Warren!

[@HACKED_YOUTUBE_ACCOUNT]

Slick-HDR in combination with Vocal-Rider, but as I see that's far from being perfect...

[@leefchapman]

@@adrianl5899 MV2 Indeed!

[@ivanidea4027]

Trust me! Check out Joey sturgis gain reduction 2 plug in! It’s been my go to for over 7 years! 🤘🤘

[@john_mclucas]

@@adrianl5899 yessss so good

[@LS-ud7do]

Instead of just explaining why he likes each plugin (which would have been good enough), John _explains how_ each plugin is affecting the sound. This approach gives the viewer transferable skills which can be applied using whichever plugins we have/choose. He can clearly mix well and has infectious spirit. Get this dude back on the channel asap! Thanks Warren, another great video.

[@Producelikeapro]

We will! John is fantastic!

[@john_mclucas]

well .... shucks now I'm bllushin out here thank you!!!!

[@bolleb.7195]

Thumbs up for Warren and John. These vocal FX really add a lot to the mix.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thank you! Glad you found them helpful

[@john_mclucas]

thumbs up to you being fabuloussss

[@Producelikeapro]

@@john_mclucas Yay!

[@FrankLenno]

Good tips everyone doing vocals really should know so well done.

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Frank, thanks for sharing!

[@john_mclucas]

YO first off thanks Warren and the PLAP fam for the love, I’m going to come into the comments and hit as many questions as I physically can so go for it! And pick up this insane course while it’s on sale, it makes me want to scream how insanely dope it is 🥹

[@Producelikeapro]

You ROCK, John! Thanks for everything

[@fanana_bishh]

Great video! John explains things in a way that is approachable for everyone.

[@Producelikeapro]

We agree! Thanks for sharing.

[@john_mclucas]

thank you for hanging out yo!

[@Producelikeapro]

@@john_mclucas YES!

[@RC32Smiths01]

I absolutely love both of you guys! Very high quality and informative videos!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks so much!

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@Producelikeapro Cheers!

[@john_mclucas]

teehee love you too homie!!

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@john_mclucas thank you man!

[@ShivRam-tg9gw]

@@Producelikeapro gg

[@Joey-rp5vg]

Great video. John is a breath of fresh air. Thanks very much

[@JimJWalker]

The SoundToys bundle by itself can do everything shown here, plus Echoboy is a FAR better delay. Also, Melodyne is must have so you don't have to sacrifice a great take just because a note or two is pitchy.

[@john_mclucas]

i love echoby too! The reason I wanted to show off CLA is I love the simplicity of one knob plugins personally :) And Melodyne/a manual pitch correction plugin honestly felt like too obvious of an answer, but Melodyne Studio 5 is flipping INSANE and I love the multitrack view its beautiful....

[@MeadowlarkAudioworks]

Eyy! My man, great vid!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Greg

[@john_mclucas]

Teehee hi homie love you

[@Producelikeapro]

@@john_mclucas You ROCK/POP!

[@connor3086]

So many cool ideas. Love the different approaches

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Connor!

[@john_mclucas]

HAI CONNOR

[@connor3086]

@@john_mclucas 🎉

[@ValenteVillanuevaMusic]

Great video! Very entertaining to watch. He's a great guy

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

Love John's enthusiasm! Great video.

[@john_mclucas]

I really love this stuff and I'm glad it transfers :)

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@Producelikeapro]

You Rock John!!

[@leefchapman]

Commenting before watching it all because John is such a good communicator! This will be great to watch - along with the course!

[@john_mclucas]

Honestly I’m biased but not only is he a good communicator but he’s very hot as well

[@Producelikeapro]

@@john_mclucas We might be biased too but you are right!

[@johnmcreason]

Very good selection of plugin

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks John!

[@massivebeatzz]

Great job John!

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous

[@tallyschwenkmusic]

amazing video, thank you!!

[@sgfdancecompany]

Great John!!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous

[@MartyZylstra]

love the CLA mix hub plugin, now i'm def gonna get the CLA vocals - I really like Butch Vig's Waves vocal plugin as well - really nice and powerful plugin!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks Marty! Definitely let us know how it helps your mixes.

[@enapsempire4151]

Amazing 🤩

[@john_mclucas]

thank you!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@Producelikeapro]

You Rock/Pop John!!

[@530Zeno]

Do you prefer the brainworks console plugin to the ssl brand channel strip plugin?

[@Producelikeapro]

I've been threatening to do a SSL plug in shootout! One day!

[@530Zeno]

@@Producelikeapro looking forward to it! I like the CLA mixhub as well but the CPU is too taxing to use across a whole mix for me. Same with the EV2. I really like the SSL Channel strip

[@Rhuggins]

Why not hit the saturator(s) a little bit harder rather than dimeing two of them serially..?

[@john_mclucas]

great question! The two modules have a different character, Hollywood is more brightening, and the NY module is really good at pushing the midrange forward.

[@RMBittner]

I really appreciate the time and experience given to producing this, but part of me thinks it’s really off-base to discuss plug-in/equipment recommendations with terms like “must use” or “best” or even “essential.” Why not “my favorite” or “my go-to” plug-ins? I’d argue that only certain categories of processors are “essential,” such as EQ and compression. Everything else-including specific types and brands of EQ and compression, etc.-is going to be a matter of taste, musical application, budget, experience, objectives, and all the rest.

[@splashesin8]

:)

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks Audrey

[@tomywidacol]

Two product pitches in one video huh 🤣

[@SWATTECHNOLOGIES]

I like this channel, but I fail to understand when plugins are demonstrated the songs that are chosen are modern over compressed terrible music and not something more accessible and normal sounding. The example hear is the usual TOO PERFECT sounding, barely any dynamics, robotic performance, soulless with predicable drum boring loop, etc.

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Joseph, the important thing for me is that we showcase all genres! I’ve had Jazz bands, Orchestra, Acoustic instruments, Hip Hop, Metal, EDM every genre you can think of!

[@DJRICKYG]

big whoop...yawn!

[@Sinistar74]

So is this comment

[@john_mclucas]

@@Sinistar74 icon

[@garethde-witt6433]

I really don’t like this type of production makes me want to stop listening. Modern pop production is the worst.

[@HACKED_YOUTUBE_ACCOUNT]

I guess that's almost the same to what people said when Psychedelic-Rock came up in the late 1960s and that's a style (for example) which is deservingly rated as "classic" now, isn't it?!

[@blackswanstudios6632]

@@HACKED_KZbin_ACCOUNT That's a weak argument as I suspect deep down you already know. Just because a portion of an entirely different group of people didn't like an entirely different genre in the past, doesn't mean you get that to dismiss critisism of something completely different. If your argument was valid, critism of literally anything could be shot down that way. Let's say that music becomes nothing but someone recording farts, and that's it. When people then critisize it, you could shoot down that critisism by going "Well, some people had a problem with something else in the past, so....".

[@HACKED_YOUTUBE_ACCOUNT]

@@blackswanstudios6632 I get your point here. Probably my comment shouldn't be taken too literally. I was only saying this kind of production exists, is appreciated by many these days and as time will move on... it will likely be easier to understand why. Something like that... Whatsoever: Thanks for your reply in any way! Cheers!😊

[@blackswanstudios6632]

​@@HACKED_KZbin_ACCOUNT Yeah, I would say though that "this kind of production exists, is appreciated by many these days..." is exacty why it's being called out. If it didn't exist at all, or if it wasn't 'appreciated by many' no one would be talking about it being bad....you know....there'd be no reason to. I don't think it will be ''easier to understand why some people like it as time moves on'', as it's already very easy to understand. Just like it's easy to understand why white toast is one of the most popular foods, the same reason wrestling is hugely popular, the same reason the Spice Girls were the biggest group in the entire world at one point, the same reason movies with very little story and tons of effects make so much money etc. None of these are hard to fathom psychological phenomena. We understand fairly well how you can easily appeal to an increasingly low attention span and appeal to the gratification center of the brain through mindless repetition etc. And I don't blame someone who's probably passionate about music, as I'm sure you are too, calling out the lowest common denominator stuff out there.

[@Producelikeapro]

At Prooduce like a Pro, we need to ensure that we cater for all music styles whether it's music from 50+ years ago or music that will be made for the next 50+ including modern pop productions

[@chancetobar]

Loved this! Just followed you on insta, John! You rock! 🔥❤️🔥

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous

[@john_mclucas]

heck yes great to have you!!!

[@HACKED_YOUTUBE_ACCOUNT]

This video will teach me a lot! Thank you guys!

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous! Thanks ever so much

[@john_mclucas]

GOTCYOUR BACK ALWAYS

[@Producelikeapro]

@@john_mclucas thanks John! You Rock/Pop!