[ARCHIVED] How To Mix Vocals

[@richardstylez1950]

Spent 10 years grinding through trial and error to learn the secrets of electronic music production, and then this man of the nords comes along and gives away all the secrets for free just like that... Haha, where were these generous people when I started out? Great videos, man. You’re reaching out a hand to the next generation of music makers. Quality stuff.

[@dancegod1691]

Still takes a long time to pick all this stuff up honestly don't worry

[@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet]

When I was starting out in 1998, there was no info at all back then, only songs you loved and the projects you physically bring home on floppy disks to scavenge for samples. In 2020 it feels weird and awesome at the same time to see how much effective knowledge people on KZbin can bring to the table that was absolutely absent when I was starting, and even to this day I still could learn.

[@tazz58penticalzone43]

True that a godsend

[@bennbutterworth4593]

Found this dude a few weeks back - most recent track is ten times better than my other stuff!! Eternally greatful!

[@jeancarlosdelossantos3691]

buen video hermano ponle subtitulo en español por favor hermano bendiciones.

[@_shuai_game]

1:36 recording 1:59 comping 3:15 balancing 4:15 autotune 6:53 EQing 9:22 de-essing 10:14 compressing 12:34 setereo imaging 14:22 reverb 15:53 delays

[@ephyman78]

Thanks for the note

[@crown9697]

good work...useful comment

[@GottaBeCarefulWhenIDip]

Xin Liu read my minddddd!!!!

[@sindeejay.original]

What is the software hes using?

[@rutvik9069]

@@sindeejay.original fl studio

[@AdenFoyer]

I couldn't really find any video going through the whole process of mixing vocals from start to finish, and I always struggled with what to do with vocals when I started out. I reaaally hope this helps, let me know if u guys have any tricks and I hope u have a great day 🎉

[@neskymusic9588]

thaanks

[@TheBlackhat97]

Thanks Jonas

[@amineouaddi8036]

Enjoy ADE!!!

[@amineouaddi8036]

@GlitchyPirate i think they check every remix , if not, its very unfair

[@NoahBuehler]

Your Videos really mean a lot for me and since im making a Vocal track next week this will be very usefull!

[@AmanKhanMusic.]

I just heard “tell me a lie” 100000000 times

[@theazuulrl]

Tell me a lie

[@denzeljordan3448]

Tell me a lie

[@camrenjaurbello1323]

Tell me a lie

[@renecastillo1581]

Bro I couldnt eatch this video after you i read that

[@mikazuki66]

Tell me a lie (4)

[@JReaLBiz86]

I've been engineering and producing for around 17 years now. Got some training (and a bunch of student debt) about 13 years ago, yet the coursework was run through so quickly there wasn't any time to make sure I really understood WHAT I was doing, only what techniques I'm supposed to use. I know every part of the process to mix, but I like seeing people's videos, just to see if they explain it in a way that makes more sense to me. You hit on everything important in this video, and vocals is the last "hurdle" I have to cross to be satisfied with my mixes. I'm really glad I came across this video today, and I'll be checking out more of your content! Kudos!

[@J4M13]

2:27 I just heard Jonas Aden meow, it was beautiful

[@thisisaegis]

😂😂

[@TheFatFox]

I wish Aden was my friend. He's so talented.

[@joewilson2175]

You call your friends by their second names?

[@TheFatFox]

@@joewilson2175 Well yeah, when i have multiple friends with same first name. Its common among my social group to reefer by last names.

[@djdeto7382]

@@joewilson2175 my friends also calls me by my last name

[@CKgamefreaker]

Jared Renz same. i guess i am what i eat

[@LOGinHDi]

This was super helpful!! Awesome video as always :D

[@avalonerstr977]

You are my producer teacher Best person to learn how to produce house music

[@finnxmusic]

I've never had vocals on my track because I don't know how to find one, but I still watched this. Thanks Jonas!

[@blablarecords5093]

Splice is the perfect place!

[@EvaLasta]

Since youve been gone! I can breathe for the first time!

[@KainCarthyst]

Oh my god, I just noticed that!

[@thomasroeleveld2141]

A trick I think is very useful to use is by duplicating your vocal and put a stereo widener on it and then cutting off a little of the low ends of the vocal thereby your vocals still have a complete feeling and make your mix full but the attention is put on your central and main vocal. Just a quick little tip I think is useful.😊

[@shibuyajin_music]

now I get why he said he spends more than a 100 hours in a song. This guy is on whole next level of teaching. I've been watching his videos like 10 times a day to make sure I zucc all that knawledge

[@apiranha1]

Finalllly!!!! No one everrrrrr goes over mixing vocals. Every single video I’ve seen completely skips this process and I’ve never understood why. HELLO! It’s the most important thing

[@titaan814]

Jonas Aden has such a nice voice to listen to! I always relax when I watch his videos!

[@Twyzen]

You are amazing. I literally have been searching for a good vocal mixing tutorial for quite sometime now and it looks like I've finally found one. Thank you and have a good day. :)

[@cancrispy3928]

This helps a lot, especially to due to the fact I'm using slightly mediocre vocal recordings, and I managed to bring the quality up. Thanks for this vid!

[@satanno2790]

I feel so dumb listening to you talk about notches and frequencies when I'm out here just tryina mix my vocals for an amateur song cover, with my undiagnosed attention deficit problem kicking in whenever you say something smart and professional and my brain is like "ight I'ma head out"

[@thirushatk2664]

exactlyyy lol

[@theantisocialsociety7417]

Sameee

[@VanillaKye]

📠

[@friiiz1]

Two other good stock plugins for pitch correcting (only in FL) are Newtone and Pitcher and for dynamic notch filtering you can use TDR Nova (free).

[@architectofathanasia]

Thanks for this, Jonas! I've been looking forward to this one and it didn't disappoint! The details covered are much more in depth than other videos I've watched. I'll definitely be referencing this often until I get my own handle on vocals (I'm like a newborn giraffe trying to walk). Very much appreciated as always, thanks again man!

[@iMikeProduction]

This is one of the most valuable Vocal-Editing Tutorials i ever found on YT. Thank u !

[@limbimusic694]

The depth of your productions is unreal. Wow.

[@SATYANSH]

Legend says that Jonas is wearing the Spongebob boxers under that desk😂😂

[@PsychoThinkerMusic]

😂

[@triplec3920]

15:08 if you want to add some chamber cave feeling Thank you for this amazing tutorial Jonas!

[@RollinRoyce]

It’s always a good day when Jonas Aden uploads

[@finnxmusic]

your profile pic is like Vories 😂

[@SATYANSH]

@@finnxmusic I was gonna say that too😂

[@denk8956]

@@finnxmusic fun fact: I've played handball against Vories and he cucked my team :p

[@finnxmusic]

Demxan hahaha

[@ahjeezrick]

Thank you for making all these instructional videos like this. I’ve got pages and pages of notes from all these videos, its really a big help to someone just starting out

[@Hani-xn4bm]

me here waiting for Jonas Aden's Spongebob remix

[@djcric647]

Hahahaha too

[@DillonArnold1]

He played it at ADE too!

[@AdenFoyer]

shinOObae Its on my soundcloud!!

[@helmet6315]

@432Hz PureMusic haha wow ist Pretty good

[@tazz58penticalzone43]

@@AdenFoyer is a God

[@violetice7409]

thank you for your videos!!💛 And by the way - I heard so many times this line "tell me a lie, tell me you love me one more time" that I just have to go and download it cause now I'm singing this line over and over again!!!! 😄

[@fentyz1301]

I like your new song “Tell me a lie” . It’s very gôd ! I liked

[@phoneticalballsack]

ok bot

[@NiQume]

I Moan When i Wipe

[@mariomartinhiguera]

Your content is so useful to boost creativity. Such an inspiration, seeing you breaking down things in the studio motivates me to reach further and to have fun every time I produce. Thank you!

[@Cryptosonix]

Hey Jonas, I just want to say thanks for everything that you're doing for us producers! :)

[@blablarecords5093]

if you're interested, we highlight talented artists every week on our channel, you can submit your own mix!

[@olibertud]

Finally found someone who can teach vox in FL. Been searching it since 2016. I'm stuck with it.

[@LyraRieka]

Yous videos give me so much depression, we only learn that we have to put so many hours to make it sound great ! you put so much work for all this, congrats!

[@BobbyWashingtonvlog]

You do vocals very similar to me... I have not seen anyone else notch out every annoying freq in a vocal and also use a Q to notch out Sibilance with a de-Esser , that’s exactly what I do. I also do that in my mastering chain to get rid of every annoying freq for the overall track.

[@jwtch]

**how to CPU overload**

[@royalesamurai3337]

Great help! I make Heavy Metal but like the vocals to have a Pop feel. I’m away from my studio right now but when I get back to it I’ll definitely go back and try to apply your technique and fit it to my style.

[@ShadyShae]

Nice, will watch more bro. cheers.

[@lia-rh7qj]

it's my first time watching your videos and you already have a space in my heart for teaching all the necessary things. love you man

[@mikestillrapping612]

🗣SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GOOOOONE. I CAN BREATHE FOR THE FIRST TIME! Is all I hear lol

[@dancinqgueen8703]

I KNEW THIS REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING

[@arthurstanley6891]

Honestly your channel has the best tutorials. This is gold.

[@valentinomartin1404]

This is by far the best KZbin recommendation for me 😍 can't believe I'm just getting to know you ❤✌

[@Fawnshell]

Great video, learned a lot! The only thing i still don't understand how to do is; change the volume of different plugins without creating an additional automation clips. It would be way easier if i could layer whatever is in my mixer onto the vocal itself, without having to create multiple automation clips to adjust all the levels separately so i can adjust them like he did when i want different words to produce a different sound. I hope this makes sense

[@amandembla7109]

I came here for the reverb, got tons of other stuff as well!

[@cdanielmusic559]

Hey Jonas thank you so much,great staff and an easy to follow tutorial !

[@felix_music]

Jonas: boosts the highs Also Jonas: cuts some highs at the end of the mixer chain cause he felt there were too many...

[@tobias240]

Thank you for all your explanations. They really help a lot

[@N-VAMusic]

2:57 idk why I laughed so hard at that clip lol

[@meliorn4329]

sounds like something Nicki Minaj would do xD

[@raksrah944]

Couldnt wait for this tutorial. Thanks jonas ;)

[@TalkingNonsense]

2:27 you're welcome

[@thesxndey1066]

Sir big fan

[@kingjulienlegrand5314]

Why don‘t you have a million subscribers, you‘re videos have such an amazing quality!

[@bawlermusic]

no joke i was about to look up how to mix vocals because i was struggling with some stuff for my remix 😂

[@konnichiwazah]

Squidney Music x1

[@asterchi703]

Very reinforcing for what I've already learned. I feel much more confident now. Thanks man! :D

[@charlesm5752]

Since you’ve been goooooone, I can breeeahte for the first tiiiime

[@casie6609]

Ikr it sounds exactly like that song

[@elias6306]

This is so good Jonas, you are really talented. You inspire a lot of us! Keep up the good work, greetings from Sweden! 😀🤙

[@andrewtfluck]

When EQing out bad frequencies, Jauz does this really neat trick where the EQ will only trigger when the bad frequencies hit using that plugin. It's really neat.

[@velvetsycap6351]

Andrew Fluck That’s what you call dynamic eq

[@AdenFoyer]

Andrew Fluck I do that too but I often find i get a more natural sounding result by doing it manually!

[@andrewtfluck]

@@AdenFoyer gotcha, the dynamic eq in pro q 3 is pretty neat though.

[@jonathanmoses3204]

Jonas Aden your tutorials are the best out there. I have been trying to find a tutorial like this focusing on vocals and finally you made one! I have one song that I would love for you to master by the way! :) PLEASE?!

[@RazertoesMusic]

imagine having Jonas singing

[@Lukelito10]

If you don't have Auto-tune or Melodyne and don't want to pitch everything manually, you can right click the vocal in the playlist and then choose "pitch correct sample". This will import the sample to edison where you can pitch and fine tune everything, then export it as a new sample :)

[@JktuUekmw]

"de-assing" sounds terrifying, I'm glad it didn't have to happen here

[@soumikdaswin]

THANK YOU DO MUCH JONAS! YOU SAVED MY WHOLE CAREER! 🤫❤️❤️

[@DnAStudios007]

1000 hours later .... Its time to mastering 🤣🤣

[@boss_on_the_place5909]

I like your lessons, I can always learn a lot of useful things in them.🌀

[@UKRUX]

Actually Many things got easily passed from my mind. I need more research on Electronic Music

[@isaacmakkonen2383]

Thanks Bro... i have listened Strangers Do and i did not even know who you are... YOu Are AMAZING

[@iliyajavadian]

"theres no perfect sound in this video" me: 2:27

[@nikhilofficial5317]

😂

[@artifexmusic]

Agreed lmao

[@AimuzMusic]

😂😂😂

[@sree3650]

😅😅😅

[@givencci9997]

Iliya3D 7:14

[@BillGraper]

I'm using an AT-2020 & I love it! Pop filters are a must, no matter what.

[@danielnewsom2523]

Just turned 81, wish I could follow his instagram :/

[@improvementTime10.3.17]

Doing these small steps to Make sure your base vocals are 90% done will help prevent that amateur mix sound 3:15 balancing base vocals before using compressor 5:00 going back to comping and pitching a vocal part correctly so auto tune isn’t used too much an creates an unnatural sound 6:40 auto tune each channel/ vocal track independently If you try to be lazy and batch auto tune all vocals together it will get messy and will show 7:25 be wary not to overdo removal of specific sound waves in each vocal part too much, because removing too many of these sound freq can make the vocal sound unnatural, after all its the combination of these diff freq that give each of us our original sounding vocal instrument 8:10 the singers vocal could sound better 1 half tone down because she may be using chest vs head or mix But if the track requires it to be 1 semitone up Then you could have her sing it 1 semitone down & then pitch it up 1 semitone in post Doing 1 semitone pitching up or down can still sound very natural =============== 5:18 if you want to fine tune the auto tune like adding vibrato or other specifics.... 6:36 now that everything is in key, time to remove everything that you don’t want = EQ 7:50 you can also automate the EQ to help takeout those randomly high freq 8:40 he’s EQd out freqs in the supporting vocals to the point where it doesn’t even sound good anymore on their own But the point is that they sound good as supporting vocals to make the lead vocal sound even better 8:55 can also automate the harmonic vocals to put more emphasis on certain parts of the singing line U2 9:00

[@tjerborfritzasnt5942]

*CHOPS UP EVERY VOCALS AND PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT KEY IN THE PIANO ROLL* so Jonas Aden doesnt know Newtone

[@grostic6602]

I think he was referring to people with stock plugins, and although newtone is technically stock, the first few levels of FL only come with it as a demo

[@nocapster3781]

Insanely useful and well explained! Thank u a thousand times! 🙏🏼

[@CatDribble]

I feel like this was too advanced for me, I need someone to show me each little bit and how it works :(

[@thisisaegis]

The easy way is to mess around with reverb and adjust it's room size and decay time you'll end up with a good enough audio if you don't have knowledge about other things

[@xAC255]

Forever the most helpful man on the internet. Thanks dude

[@KarmazynowyAgent]

What's the name of software/tracker?

[@spencedeezy]

Dude this is awesome, the vocoder effect you did on time is my favorite

[@itsLukeHutton]

loophole 🧐 - can someone still win a free mastering on their remix ? just kidding i know you wouldn't allow that 🤣🤣 much love 🦐

[@perspective4882]

tip: there is an app called voice record, it is great mic type of recordings for clean vocals and you can just airdrop the files and put them in a track, left my gear back at campus cause of rona but this can work!!

[@chiragratola8939]

Man its rude to call your girlfriend a compressor just cause she overreacted.

[@djamton2836]

lol

[@thisisaegis]

😂

[@jacobh8714]

You are a saint

[@0815Snickersboy]

Short answer: reverb

[@blackjack4330]

No

[@blackjack4330]

Picth

[@nikolaswalter490]

sure, the esses in your recordings will sound absolutely amazing with reverb

[@simstudiosofficial]

And stacks of other sort vocals

[@ayMillmusic]

Man, this was really helpful! I love that you are doing all the vocal work in a separated project! Way smarter! 😍

[@satanno2790]

This sounds more difficult than pharmacy school

[@ItsMe-lx7li]

In some ways, I've done both dude. This one's much more pleasant and sweet. From a dentistry student

[@thesxndey1066]

@@ItsMe-lx7li I'm from MBBS but this is easy

[@Clever_es]

So helpful, Thank You and keep up the good work!

[@HelamanGile]

I liked the original girls voice before editing

[@HelamanGile]

Thank you for an awesome video though

[@rebirth4119]

Another helpful thing for people is to get a dynamic eq if you can .Theres a part where he mentions that he automated certain cuts in the vocal and a dynamic eq can do that for you automatically based on threshold volume. Just thought it might be helpful to mention :)

[@jaxdresden2237]

Yoo amazing quality vocals, and really good tips knowing that there are not so good explaining stuff. So thank you, and hope you can check my remix (publishing it on Sunday😁)

[@ShadowWolf-kn7pn]

Love your vids! Keep it up 👍

[@prodbynxne2297]

I can only imagine the CPU powerhouse you're running this on lol

[@learnidotapp]

Aden you teached me soo much. For every video that you post makes me happy because I'm gonna learn something new😃

[@syph8086]

IMPORTANT QUESTION: Hey Jonas, are we allowed to upload our remixes to spotify?

[@robfeathermusic]

i don't think so haha, i think only the winner gets an official release

[@syph8086]

@@robfeathermusic still hoping xD

[@0815Snickersboy]

I want to know that as well

[@joewilson2175]

@@robfeathermusic just because you dont get the official release doesnt mean you cant use a distro to get it on stores...

[@robfeathermusic]

@@joewilson2175 i mean you technically can but it's without the label's permission and they will probably take it down

[@shikhargupta8576]

Jonas is the first producer who looks genuinely happy in his videos!!!😮

[@satanno2790]

"Tell me a lie" I'm straight

[@Tom-hg9lw]

Even if I'm not a professional I'm doing a very similar effect chain. First a subtractive EQ to cut out the harsh frequencies depending on the mic I'm using. Second one is a deesser to get rid of the "tzzz" and "shzz". Third is a compressor to balance out the level differences on some letters and vowels. And fourth is another EQ to slightly boost around 4-5k and 10-12 kHz and maybe cut a little bit around 400-600Hz (and also low cut everything under 100-500Hz). And last but not least other effects like autotune, reverb, automated delay for ducking on specific words and so on.

[@AhwanMishra]

So I heard Beautiful sounding harmonies and reverb on them and panned perfectly wide which makes the overall vocal very wide and melodic. Ok. Sounds good but it does not answer the question which is written in Title. "How To Mix Vocals Like A Pro (Any Genre)"

[@Mistakia]

Ill do it for u.. To mix vocals like a pro you need to be a pro who will get the already well recorded vocals

[@WilliamSmith-ss2nw]

I think that's your best tutorial so far! Helped alot thanks!

[@bobotun6449]

Can you please make a tutorial about “Swing” feature

[@timosaruh9232]

Great video with lots of learning points - thank you so much, Jonas! 🤗 Just wondering about the reverbs and delays, do you put them on the vocal bus or treat harmonies and dubs differently?

[@randall1746]

Me: My life sucks, I don’t even have a pre-amp for my mic Man of the Nords: I recorded this professional vocal on a broken mic

[@rhemaman]

Using FL Studio myself I would consider using a sidechain to control the delay effect and controlling it with the original dry vocal, but use the flexible parameter controls within the Peak Controller to time the tails just right, I bet it could be automated quite quickly this way.

[@rhemaman]

Just occurred to me how brilliant of an idea that was! Imagine a mixer track with a ducking compressor, the fruity peak controller, and sandwiched between them is the F6 dynamic Equalizer from Waves, and now you have a seriously professional aux bus that can throw down on platinum or gold vinyl. The headroom wood be shared infrequency masking would be eliminated by the sidechain of the F6.

[@Oreki_kun]

I wish he will be my friend soon

[@Oreki_kun]

Please

[@Oreki_kun]

Hey jonas aden can i be your friend

[@TylerMancuso111]

This was the best vocal mixing tutorial I’ve ever watched. Thank you!!