Blending Vocals with a 2-TRACK Instrumental

In this mixing tutorial I show how to mix vocals with a 2-track beat. I use the SSL GChannel, F6 EQ, and Trackspacer plugins for this demonstration. This can applied in Pro Tools, FL Studio, Logic, Ableton, Cubase, or any other DAW.
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[@Jy1414]

your explanation rhetoric is exceptional thank you

[@sinikill9882]

Wow man after 13 years of watching mixing and mastering tutorials on YT, this is the best by far! I appreciate your thoroughness, most don’t go into detail the way you do ✌️

[@designerspiff4026]

HelpmeDevvon is Awesome too 🔥

[@TOPSyndicate]

Yo that's crazy it marks 13 for me to 😂

[@stingylizard]

Yes! In Studio One,each channel has a gain control,which saves using a plugin but this is how we did it for years. Solid video,Cheers

[@diavallestrange6818]

You're a monster explaining, thank for all the knowledge and time, big appreciation 🙏🏻

[@terrymcginnis7011]

Jerry, you are literally the best mixing KZbinr out. Please don’t stop posting, your tutorials are so easy to understand. You’ve help me grow a lot in the last few days with these videos. Thank you for everything 🙏🏾.

[@mixwithjerry]

Thank you!! It means a lot 🙏🏼

[@elsenior1597]

I personally thank you brother. Your tips and videos are on point and very very useful. I’m new to the channel and I want to tell you keep going my man. You have talent and charisma both music and teaching. Even if i’m not new in the mixing game in a few days watching these videos I refresh some things ✌🏼

[@deerorigues3010]

Facts jerry and a couple more engineers taught me more than any engineering school probably would

[@dawutelevision]

This was great thank you and happy new years

[@BHNDRXX17]

May God bless this man 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@in70x]

I also usually add dynamics in as well. I gain reduce, use a Transient Shaper like Smack attack, then maybe the Center Plug-in to make sure my kicks and low end is mono and in the center., I scoop a tiny bit with EQ and a little side chain… Then you gotta blend in your vocal trying to match the compression and adding delay and reverb to glue it all together r

[@aishine8184]

You definitely got a new subscriber based off this video your explanation is clear and simple

[@eugeniamikulan3328]

yup, and you convinced me to subscribe too. He's really good

[@PapaDuck]

great video

[@eugeniamikulan3328]

Thank you so much! This helped a ton.

[@jweezy1414able]

Pure gold

[@izzyizzm8761]

When you said Voltage, I subscribed!

[@Addghjifeet]

Thanks this video helped me a lot

[@pattanrecords]

You the best bro🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@isaiahruiz4566]

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[@mixwithjerry]

Glad I could help 👍🏼 thanks for the feedback!!

[@jjgangg]

Most needed

[@1bun_e_dung]

Ur the best bro learn a lot from u

[@mixwithjerry]

Thanks for the feedback 👍🏼

[@novazack2280]

Love u from italy

[@SEPTMBERXXIXX]

I have a question am I supposed to do this before I mix my vocals or after? Also, video was great this helps me a lot

[@Frontier2000AnoDomin]

We also have the habit of using a plugin to control/ride volume, rather than using the DAW mixer. We use Sonalkis FreeG though, as it uses very little CPU, it has a large slider and its free! We have a video on how we use it if anyone wants to see it in action.

[@NasaRecordsTheHitFactory]

genius

[@1KriticalShoota]

I do the same thing but I use the Fabfilter Pro Q3 to do that 😅… great video thanks 🙏🏾

[@mixwithjerry]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

[@natalieres3698]

When using the R6 to cut that range on the beat, try checking the mid setting instead of leaving it on stereo

[@2nvale595]

Would you recommend using trackspacer and waves center together

[@littleblackboy]

Do you experience an audible difference using a plug-in to turn down the gain vs the clip gain?

[@IshwarSDhanjal]

Great video, just a few quick questions, though: Does this help with creating mash-ups and adding vocal stem separation to instrumentals? Do I still need to sidechain the vocals to the instrumental when using Trackspacer? If yes, how do I do that? How do I sidechain effects on the vocals to mix with the instrumental, e.g., delay, reverb, etc.?

[@RodrigoMoralesUnderPressure]

Nice video. Do you use the two plugins at the same time? Or are two tecniques? Sorry for my english

[@KingTrayTovine]

SSL G Channel 6 to 7 Desb Turn it Down Wide curv to scoop out Less is more Eq on dynamic frequency

[@orgilbaatarbaasanjav]

tnx

[@SugaKat]

i cant find one video on how to set up an apollo with a uad preamp and what levels the mic and preamp should be at

[@slumpedfocused8377]

I don’t have a stereo aux in button could anyone point me in the right direction thank you in advance

[@brokentwinz91]

You also go at it's source to bring down the volume of the beat

[@EverViettiOfficial]

hello jerry! how are you? You didn't show how to link the channel to the trackspacer, I don't understand how the hell to do it haha

[@ISLANDZBEATS]

Hey, I'm still learning to mix vocals I wanted to ask what's the difference in doing this and using patcher /sidechain? Thanks!

[@540Hero]

How to I side chain the track spacer

[@KC10234]

I have a question. Should I boost the gain of the beat I created after or before vocals. I have seen tutorials for gain staging but I wasn't sure if I should eq and add reverb to beat before adding a limiter or make a beat record vocals then limit then mix

[@user-qo2wo5ux5s]

Hey I luv the vid but I had a question. You say to turn the beat down with the plugin and then say we can turn it back up later, but wouldn't that just start clipping/peaking? is there a specific way you bring the volume back up? thanks again and have a good one

[@mixwithjerry]

The reason you turn it down is so that when you add in the vocals you’ll know where your track is now peaking at with the vocals added. Then you can bring the volume back up, but have a limiter to make sure you don’t go above 0 dB

[@tucups1809]

You can use the clip gain to turn the the volume down of the 2track beat (either on the track itself or a clip gain factory plugin). Don’t just turn the volume down on the volume fader bc the levels will still be clipping and you won’t get your desired result.

[@stresseddude]

what if vocals is louder than the beat and needs to blend lower? Especially add echo and doubling of voice.

[@youtune_records_official]

Hey quick question.. After mixing the vocals with instrumental. do we need to do mastering again? or just push a limiter to get suitable gain?

[@mixwithjerry]

Definitely need a limiter because there will be new peaks created when you combine the instrumental and vocals come together.

[@FutbolLite7]

I'm confused... with the dynamic EQ you said to take out a maximum of -3db but you let Trackspacer take out like -10db at least....

[@user-qh5uy8xi5m]

Do u adjust the release whit tempo

[@NarenZac]

Hi Jerry, i have a question... If our song have more vocals like featuring artists.. How to sightchain different mixers together with the beat? 🤔

[@mixwithjerry]

You could route all the lead vocals to a bus and title it ALL Lead Vox and then use that for sidechain input to the 2-Track. You could also just have multiple dynamic eq plugins loaded on the 2 track and have each one sidechained to a vocal. The EQ won’t engage unless the vocal that is sidechained to it is active.

[@mixwithjerry]

The knob for the Sidechain signal shouldn't show any signal being sent. If there was actually any signal being sent then you would be doubling that signal the more that you increase that knob.@HoodMelody

[@mixwithjerry]

correct@HoodMelody

[@zorsyyth208]

why not turn the beat volume down using the faders?

[@am-mp5nt]

so is this to utilize both dynamic eq and trackspacer or only trackspacer ?

[@mixwithjerry]

Only Trackspacer.. it’s just more precise and effective than Dynamic EQ

[@am-mp5nt]

@@mixwithjerry Ah i see thank you for the quick reply! was just confused because i didn’t see the process of the eq removed

[@Elipkwy]

Why don’t I have the stereo aux in option. I just just main and output under the processing tab

[@mixwithjerry]

Is the vocal signal sidechained to the instrumental mixer track? At the bottom of the vocal mixer track make sure the sidechain signal is sent to the instrumental.

[@str0xy]

@@mixwithjerry i have the same issue i sidechained it to the beat but i dont havve the option

[@Datsmeeeeeee]

⁠@@str0xyi have same problem too. Maybe the problem is that we have fl studio 20

[@MasonTorrey]

Why would you use a plugin to lower the gain when you could have just done it in the DAW's mixer?

[@lililWAVEZlilil]

He's adjusting the input volume of the mixer, since it goes: input volume -> fx chain (example: EQ/Trackspacer) -> output volume. The plugins would think the instrumental is louder due to the input volume, so it would process as such. Ducking/scooping more frequencies and harder, then you'd turn down the volume which would make it quieter and like shit lol

[@MasonTorrey]

@@lililWAVEZlilil Thanks! :)

[@lililWAVEZlilil]

@@MasonTorrey no problem :p

[@Valincii]

When I right click stereo aux in it don’t show main vocals help pls??

[@mixwithjerry]

Do you have the output of the main vocals track in the mixer sidechained to the instrumental track?

[@Gautam.Bharadwaj]

Thank you for the great info! Wondering what else can be used instead of SSL to bring down the output? Any compressor with output gain is enough? TDR nova I think does dynamic EQ cuts with a side chain enabled. Also wondering if there is any plugin for free similar to track spacer?

[@mixwithjerry]

Any plugin with an output gain control, which most of them have. Just have to make sure no other processing on the plugin is taking place. I haven’t found anything free like Trackspacer yet, but I think I paid around $30 for it so it doesn’t break the bank.

[@luxlife8996]

Currently working on a project I've got 3 different lead vocals and a channel for adlibs how am I gonna side chain them all to the beat? Any help would be appreciated 🙏😭😭

[@mixwithjerry]

Create a vocal bus with all of the vocals routed to it and then sidechain that to the beat

[@lilnosebleed3683]

@@mixwithjerry when i make a vocal bus and route the vocals to it, the vocals get louder what do i do?

[@mixwithjerry]

@@lilnosebleed3683 It’s probably because you still have it routed to the master also. If you route the vocal to a vocal bus, you want to un-route it from going to the master channel. It’s essentially doubling up in volume because the vocal is routed to the master and also to the vocal bus which is also going to the master.

[@lilnosebleed3683]

@@mixwithjerry ohhhhhhhh i seee now loll thank u for the answer

[@millysmanifestations]

I’m wondering if you can mix my track and vocals for me? I will pay you !

[@JC-jt3ug]

Man i dont understand anything on FL like this channel stuff just doesnt work for me i try link one to the beat then i click on the beat to do the eq and it unlinks