😱 EXPOSING FINNEAS' Vocal Plugins (Part 2)

[@laurobelrecordingstudio]

I’m actually impressed with the relative simplicity of the mix. This is a great example of knowing how to use the stock plug ins to great effect, and of course some timely automation. Thanks for the breakdown Streaky🤟

[@tedd3713]

That multiband *really* changed the sound of those vocals

[@Streaky_com]

Yeah good truck that

[@skirize]

@@Streaky_com beep beep!

[@drecurry9857]

Fam thought the same

[@errogiemusic]

Aw man…! Such beautiful artistry from Finneas. Thank you for walking us mortals through this so clearly.

[@MsMay32]

us mortals😆

[@chrisjeaaalbertos3802]

2:30 and 4:18 dude casually altering the mix without noticing it. First the Q of the LPF gets bumped up from .71 to 1.3 (making the low boost significantly bigger),, then the Q of the yellow band goes from .3 to .1

[@nathanielbrown8718]

I'm gonna start using more stock logic plugins where I can because honestly you save so much cpu and they sound damn good. I have the fab filter stuff and I still reach for the stock eq everytime cause its just so integrated. If you're doing simple things and not looking for the sound of a specific plugin, stock is king.

[@Dazz1806]

I totally agree.

[@ericpeters0n]

Bread and butter techniques here... It makes a huge difference having a f*ckin' incredible vocalist and a solid song. The rest is window dressing.

[@BostonDeadHead]

Seriously I learned so much just from these 2 videos. Working with jam bands they don't do much studio stuff. But my girls band wants to mix a album that's not a live show. Everything we do we do live. The recordings of each show is available right after the shows over. All mixing and audio is done live usually. So I'm not in my usual wheel house with a mixed and multi take production. The automation stuff was very informative. Can't wait to dig deep into your videos. I started out modifying guitar pedals and building modular synth components. Then got a job doing sound for a local jam band that does pretty well. Now it seems I need to learn the finer points of audio engineering. I think I found a good place to start.

[@petergedd9330]

Thanks Streaky! I thought the mutiband on the vocals also pushed them back too, lovely sound, I've always wondered how to get rid of boxiness, learning all the time.

[@skirize]

Yep! Same!!

[@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

Thanks for breaking this apart.... Starting out in this home recording and getting an idea of how these are done helps a lot! Many thanks and new subscriber!

[@Noisa]

Definitely appreciate the content, but it goes to show you it’s primarily the character of the vocalist and the quality of the mic. Nothing out of the ordinary here; pretty standard.

[@pandorajodara]

I've seen in a different vid, just before watching this, that Finneas and Billie used a $80 mic, Audio Technica 2020, for this track, so not even a very high end one

[@itsliaa4223]

I hope you do know, there’s a lot of post production editing before this editing lol. Get into audio engineering to know them, instead of saying things that make people not wanna get into music lol. It’s not the mic, the vocalist doesn’t have to be great, you would know if you do your research.

[@Noisa]

@@itsliaa4223 lol I’ve worked in production houses that have recorded National acts, how about yourself? You’ve missed the point completely. The “character” doesn’t necessarily mean classically, more so means timbre and accompaniment to the production. Quality doesn’t necessarily mean expensive, it means quality lol. The quality a mic has to a persons voice varies greatly. Why we sometimes ended up using a 57 instead of a 1-2k mic on things. You can’t polish a piece of crap. If you didn’t get that, you have some research and learning to do. 👍🏼

[@realraven2000]

@@Noisa I wonder if they used the same mic on the stacks as on the lead vocal? I usually do that (more out of laziness) but it can build up frequencies.

[@amaxlevin]

Fantastic! Thanks for this. I've gotta dust off the multiband and start using it more.

[@LA610]

Yes the multiband makes a huge difference

[@Boleskinebeatz]

Man.. that multi-band comp on the vocal stack makes a huge difference.

[@anajagacic1972]

honestly been looking for this video for months. glad youtube algo brought me here ❤ i am beyond stoked!

[@Walid.OnTheTrack6725]

billie is smooth asf daamn

[@MsMay32]

i love how we can see the big difference as we turn on/off the plugins

[@alexeypraprin]

Wow) Seems like these 2 videos gave me more understanding of vocal mixing than the last year of struggling and ears bleeding trying to mix my own vocal)))) Thanx man for your content! Apprecialte)

[@unclemick-synths]

Great analysis Streaky!

[@999GNG]

RIGHT ON TIME!!! Thank you so much bro 🥰🙏🎧🔊💜💜💜💨💨

[@bontempo1271]

Super video Streaky. I really like how you broke it down. Everything straight to the point, no baggage 😂 So now i'm wondering how much further processing was done if this was sent off to be mixed. If the track already has alot of processing done, where would a mix engineer go from there ? Was this the final mix shown here ?

[@Streaky_com]

I think it sounds a touch better after a mix

[@bontempo1271]

@@Streaky_com ah ok i get it :) cheers

[@fadamusik]

WOW... the tricks I was looking for. Thanks Streaky

[@FIELDSY]

This was interesting ! I have me own vocal chain but love playing with my vocals when recording ! Some cool little tricks here I’m going to try out 🤘 thanks for the video

[@pianofun2472]

How to get this project... I cant see IT on Logic Pro anymore...thank you...

[@nectariosm]

So Logic native plugs are what where actually used? Nice! Goes to show you can win Grammies and whatnot with stock plug ins. P.S. Did you change the Kids for these new big black ones?

[@Streaky_com]

No I have the kii speakers behind me…mastering area 👍

[@davidasher22]

@@Streaky_com lol.

[@RedroomBerlin]

"Exposing" something that is readily available on the internet anyway 🤣🤣🤣

[@Streaky_com]

Give a man a break I need to type something

[@champnessjack1154]

Interesting that Melodyne didn't make an appearance - a testament to Eilish's world class vocal skills.

[@AlexaMorales]

This is so helpful! Definitely gonna try the multi-band trick!

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

That multiband compressor is a real powerful tool!

[@ballamaniac6984]

Good vid but u really dont show the whole chain , are all the tracks going to a bus after the chain on each vocal? And what other reverb was on them tracks besides the one in the layered vocals

[@TonyKomaMusicSweden]

Billie and Finneas are young, but holy smokes they are fullblown pros. Genius!

[@brettlionheart]

Superb vid, thanks man!

[@mikefasho8492]

You're a great teacher streaky thanks!

[@molem348]

That thumbnail! 🤣 Brilliant

[@OneMaxBaker]

I can ear the Autotune. Is it printed on the audio files or rolling in realtime?

[@eri7-11]

Wow lovely voice but lots brilliant processing, how do they pull it off live?

[@gothfrog69]

Hey, great video Streaky! Does anyone know which microphone they used to record this song?

[@itswinterandrews]

pretty sure it was just an at2020

[@Davi-yf3po]

Awesome video! What about de-essing in the mix bus? Isn't this effecting the other tracks while maybe not necessary?

[@edwardrieck]

Uh, yes. Not sure why he’s doing that.

[@TheKatchutes]

Wasn’t the de-essing in the “vocal stack”, and not the mix bus…? De-easing is only on those 5 vocal tracks… 5:15 😉

[@FiretrapMusic123]

i need to bookmark this video.. there is alot of good advice in here

[@ramonfelizjr]

Streaky nice desk , what is that desk ? Please , I want something like that for my studio

[@christopher-miles]

yeah, i actually prefer the logic "vintage" to uad. don't tell anyone, doe.

[@mikelo303]

Great piece of knowledge here. Thank you!

[@PharaohLawLess1]

All with basic plugins…. Gotta love it

[@jaydenmorehead3790]

Then exports stems wet and sends too his mixing engineer who mixes much more

[@hoosierbud704]

love learning all this. Thank you.

[@caglimedia]

brilliant walkthrough,! Cheers!

[@skirize]

Well F Me! That was far more useful than I expected! Thanks as always Streakz!!

[@EfeErdemOfficial]

Hahahha that look on your face when you put the MB on 🤣🤣🤣

[@CharLessMajor7Music]

THAT WAS FAST! THANKS A LOT!

[@Canadianforestfairy]

Does garageband have a multipressor or do you know of a good plugin? If you didn’t have a multi presser, could you get them to blend just as lovely if you mixed it down so all the tracks were together then took a reg compressor to the mixed down file?

[@TheKatchutes]

No because you’ll just be compressing all frequencies of that “mix down” track. Multi band compressors compress the particular track at different frequencies (lows,mids and highs) and at different levels for those 3 bands of frequencies… hope that makes sense. Pretty sure GarageBand has a multiband compressor dude

[@mizii2659]

Now i need a video of ypu breaking down the vocal texture😅

[@ActuallyConfused]

Hey Streaky! Would you consider going into rappers? Not necessarily the rappers who have been covered a million times on KZbin already- except if you think there is something mixing from the people who have tried in the past. Thank you!

[@tbrianmann]

Hi Streaky, thank you for these insights. If i could ask for one additional step? When comparing sounds between compression on and off, it would be helpful to match levels.. I've notice when comparing the sounds, on and off, the biggest change is level. Thanks Brian

[@TheKatchutes]

But that’s what the compression is doing, cutting peaks but raising overall “level”… that’s the point! If that’s the level in Finneas’ final mix then that’s what should be shown. 🤷‍♂️

[@geekcrossing7862]

@tbrianmann, I totally agree. Louder usually sounds better so it's important to make comparisons on audio that's been level matched, to really be able to hear the differences.

[@BradleyProulx]

Cool video. Cheers!

[@golanmusicsimhon]

Awsome I don’t understand one thing though Thé multiband on thé stack Why do the vocals sound brighter ?? Isn’t it squashing the mids and high mids ? Maybe there’s a make up gain on those bands being compressed ?

[@zafmo9829]

Because by squashing the 1-3k frequency, its bring out everything above it more..which is the high frequencies

[@stephenboykin1]

What monitor are you using here?

[@robloxkb1825]

no autotune?

[@Sagerydian]

It is very interesting. But. The tracks that you are showing us already have obviously undergone some treatment before already. The "dry" signal is already flawless, the tracks pretty much cleaned up, there definitely has been some compression applied while tracking the vocals, plus they have been heavily pitch corrected. What you show us here is just 50% of all the work that has to be put into that record to make it sound the way it does.. It was an interesting video nonetheless.

[@TheKatchutes]

Have you watched any of Finneas mixing “tutorials” with Billie? “Apparently” they don’t do pitch correction, or atLEAST heavy pitch correction. She sings each section about 50 to 100 nauseatingly and painstaking times by using comps. Maybe they use slight compression on recording, but she also sings with the mic basically in her mouth and at quiet levels. Whatever is happening at recording stage isn’t really sufficient enough to point out. The gold is in what streaky is presenting us.

[@andreagiannelli6393]

:O omg ! exposed !? no way dude, now everyone has the secret ingredients, everyone going to have gold standard vocal mixes worldwide ! This is crazy stuff.

[@CIRCLEOFTONE]

Great content/info.

[@Superdelphinus]

I don’t get what the “EXPOSED” bit of the title is all about?

[@mphatic]

Hiya Streaky thanks for this interesting...would have been great if you had showed us the D-esser setup as well...

[@Streaky_com]

Sorry yeah should have opened that sorry

[@mphatic]

@@Streaky_com No worries will open the Logic Template up..good analysis and presentation as usual!

[@MikeyJoeMadeThis]

Do these get mixed further??? Like do they then send this off?

[@Streaky_com]

Yeah

[@easypeasyabcsy7883]

Interesting. Thank you! You did not decrease breathing at all. It is also very natural for Billie Eilish's style of singing.

[@8eight104]

if anything, that breathy type of singing is super popular today.

[@easypeasyabcsy7883]

@@8eight104 Interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@GILLISH]

hey man i was wondering if you could do a vocal production video on Lily Meola Got Your Way if so please let me know so i can watch thank u

[@realkono]

you gotta keep doin these.. people sleeping on these

[@anasaim]

thanks man u are ... idk what i have to say but really thank u so much

[@JosephEsparza]

subtitulos porfavor :( subtitles please friend :(

[@magnuseriksson8081]

I think she said in an interview that she uses Autotune and that she liked the sound of it??

[@garyroberts1843]

How about uploading those tracks? 😀

[@Streaky_com]

They are in logic

[@fadassereuben1319]

Gift me one of your speakers... Cos one of my m-audio bx5a got spoilt please

[@jeffbaumet794]

you could process your voice over a bit more to help since im listening on headphones and your mix is pretty harsh. Otherwise to be honest i find your analysis to be incredibly helpful

[@jeffbaumet794]

@official_Streaky2 that is a very obscure response lol. i have no idea what that means

[@zackgee3084]

He by mistake messed up the HP on Lead vocal...

[@LandonGonzo]

love this !

[@whodemclan]

Jeez you must have some serious back pain leaning over like that all day

[@louishauger3057]

Thanks very informative!

[@gorkemackaln4677]

thanks sir

[@ThePickledOnions]

great videos

[@coolbro6969]

Very nice

[@Digbyandthelullaby]

Cool Channel!

[@Projacked1]

Again, perfect video, no bullshit.....

[@mSarimaa]

Gotta appreciate your click bait game on these two parts, in the thumbnails and headers! And resurfacing this Logic demo project after some time! But it is true that many people have not noticed it or just don't have logic. =)

[@mSarimaa]

and the analysis is helpful of course!

[@Streaky_com]

Cool pleased you liked it…yeah I reckon most have listened but not dived in

[@johndogwater]

He has good ears does Finneas.

[@tonythomaschristianmusic]

Hey, can you please share the vocal presets/patches in this video part 1 and part 2?

[@GaryBradleymusic]

Nice 😁

[@Quant-Beat]

I feel sorry for all you stuck in Logic. The automation looks just terrible... I am fully convinced the automation in Cubase is superior to Logic.

[@TheKatchutes]

Maybe so, but everything else in logic is better. Switched from Cubase a while back and it’s SO much better! Don’t feel sorry for us, we’re doing just fine over here in Logic Land!

[@JayTheLane]

🥓.

[@mkjaerkjersson7749]

is it really worth it though? He's no professional at all. Why is the music industry taking these celebrities for some kind of experts they obviously are not?

[@Streaky_com]

Just interning to see how different people get their sound no?

[@mkjaerkjersson7749]

@@Streaky_com fair eough. I just think there's a lot more talented people out there that actually do deserve recognition because of their talent.

[@TheKatchutes]

What makes someone a professional…? He’s had BILLIONS of streams from his productions and mixes of Billie… so people want to see his process.

[@kye903]

I kept waiting for you to highlight that hideous and really quite obvious whistle in the main vocal that is maybe around 3k, but you never did... Saving that for part 3..?

[@Streaky_com]

Hahaha What whistle it’s only you hearing that 😂😂😂

[@kye903]

@@Streaky_com I hope you're joking, but I can't tell. I can hear it through the music too. But go to 1:40 when you solo the 'Lead Vocal' track. It's clear as day in my HD660s, when she's holding that second word. Do you have a similar pair of Sennheisers you can use..? If you still have your Clear MG they should be good for highlighting that area too if you still can't hear it. Let me know please.

[@zafmo9829]

@@kye903 that's not a whistle sound at all. You are confusing the air with a whistle sound. Played with the music you will understand that it's not a problem at all

[@Noisa]

Maybe you’re getting that because of the 5-6k bump the hd660s have? Idk

[@davidpachecoegido]

Seeing your bad posture sitting in that chair looking down at the screen already makes my neck hurt. What a bad example!

[@Streaky_com]

Sounds better though

[@davidpachecoegido]

@@Streaky_com Yes, it sounds better, but over the years you will generate a major cervical problem that can have serious consequences. Sometimes it is a priority to lose a bit of audio quality to gain quality of health and comfort.