GET VOCALS TO SIT PROPERLY IN THE MIX | How To Mix Vocals

[@redfordmusicofficial]

I use the Pro-Q3 dynamic sidechain EQ feature for this most of the time. It works like a charm! Making space for the vocal like this makes a huge difference. Great video! :)

[@Stickwitit]

You got a video of it??

[@badmonkeymusicproductions3569]

I am finding all these new videos bu Streaky published recently perhaps the most insightful mixing tutorials on the freeweb. Thanks!

[@warstone01]

I was just thinking ZATTLY the same thing. !

[@danhicks1912]

Track spacer is a good plugin for this kind of stuff too.

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

A little tip for you. On your instruments bus, use an M/S utility to split your signal. Put Trackspacer on both channels. Have the lead vocal sidechain the mid and the backing vocals sidechain the sides. Then use another M/S utility to recombine the signal.

[@danhicks1912]

@@NoQualmsTheArtist Nice, ill give this a go. 👍🏻

[@deangelomanuel4613]

@@NoQualmsTheArtist any videos on this?

[@deangelomanuel4613]

@@NoQualmsTheArtist do i put the trackspacer on the beat?

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

@@deangelomanuel4613 here is a video where Joe Gilder does this with EQ, but just insert Trackspacer instead. Set the sidechain for the Mid channel to the lead vocal, set the sidechain for the sides to the backing vocals. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ganFqXZ7mNh1ac0

[@dandedie6442]

You're really going all out man, very appreciated! Vocals are getting smooth af now

[@Deepchild]

Streaky, this last batch of your "single idea" videos is SO useful, memorable, and on point. Brilliant stuff. Thank you so much.

[@hankslapper]

Nothing like a good ducker ... my preference for to get harmonica players out the way is the mute button

[@dearjoeymusic1146]

evil😂😂😂

[@gforsyth4]

Streaky killing the game! MB Compression ducking to sit vocals is so important in many instances and this is a great and to the point video. 🙏🙏🙏

[@refraktofficial]

Streaky makes the world sound better

[@Bert_Fromarketin]

Excellent information!! A game changer for mixing the dynamic of the vocal in conjunction with the instrumental ensemble

[@Lautraum]

Never thought of that! Thanks for opening my eyes (and ears)! 😉👍

[@MCJOOKY]

Hey there Streaky i am from Czech Republic and trying to learn mix and master on a PRO level. I just wanna inform you that your videos on youtube are just so precise and real techniques. I really wanna thank you what are you doing for the others. I just hope that one day will meet in person and talk about sound engineering. Wishing you the best buddy.

[@RVMBO5K]

[@bxrn___]

I've been wondering for months as to what's the secret sauce for creating space between the track and vocal. This is beautiful !

[@NoobFLProducer]

I like the whiteboard example. :)

[@Dibdibber]

Streaky: a master class in Music Production and a master class in KZbin presentation - simply awesome :)

[@PhilcoRt66]

Amazing! I know nothing so now I know something. You make it easy to understand.

[@shomystilllazy]

First like, than watch! Best yt channel! Thank you man

[@johnathanbeats]

Thanks for sharing! Came from mix and master group. Great video!

[@Stu.6]

Cheers dude That’s everything I want from you and need from you right now

[@Alex4Beats]

Thanks, man, appreciate your advice. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us!

[@skyggegutt]

this tip is a gem 💥💥

[@Keroser1983]

Right now I am working on a vocal trance project. Perfect timing! Thank you man...

[@laixu8142]

THANK YOU！！！ my vocal finally doesnt fight with my ins now

[@MrDJSTRATEGY]

Waves f6 ,spectral layers, track spacer are other ways also. Good video

[@adrie8779]

Loving the visuals on the white board

[@LostInAce]

Oh, yeah! Can't wait to give this a try.

[@danield2000]

Subscription is up Streaky!

[@CharlesK441]

Fantastic stuff Streaky !

[@MrEverson7]

Cool tips as usual, mate! Tks a lot for your input. All the best!

[@WayneDawkinsThePartyMan]

Simple and clever, very useful

[@jon0830]

insightful and to the point... Thank You for all your vids

[@rickdomina]

OMG. BRILLIANT. Thank you for this!

[@shoujitenken]

I just want to say thank you so much for this video! I finally understand how and why this works and why it's necessary

[@highstreetjackmusic]

This was a great tip. It seems obvious now, but I hadn't tried until now. I enjoy your videos, thanks for making them.

[@em-kayproductions8980]

Mind blowing streaky, what a technique mate. Sounds so good theoretically, just have to try it aswell. Cheers

[@unclerayrocks4532]

Maybe a dumb question, bit of a noob, but... Do you recommend rendering the instrumental tracks down to stereo separately and adding the lead vocal track later, or did you do that here merely for the purposes of this demonstration? I really like your vids, btw. Especially the fact that you tend to get right to the point without spending an endless amount of time "introducing" the topic.

[@mttlsa686]

this kind of trick is generally used for more compressed kind of music like house or modern mainstream music or other stuff like this, you know...if you're mixing on more acoustic and dynamic music like soul music or other stuff of this kind, i think it's better to mix the vocals in the same project of the instrumental...my 2 cents

[@mariolamarque]

very good tutorial ....clear and to the point !

[@MadazzaMusik]

Thanks so much Streaky😀👍

[@BraveNewWorld8101]

I needed to learn this exactly right now.

[@casillasscorer]

I have used a few multiband compressors, and none of them work as well as the Fabfilter for me. Great tip that I’ll definitely start working on getting better at!

[@Wh1teland]

Good video again! Alternatively you use Track Spacer plugin. Might be even better for that

[@J3.16-]

You rock thanks for all the tips sir

[@beatnbiscuit1]

Your bad azz bro!!!

[@markhunstone2747]

It's just my opinion but, your defo the number 1 place to go too for all us anoraks!! I'm constantly asking myself "is it monday, wednesday or friday"! God damn you streaky! 😆😆😆 oh yes it's wednesday tmrw! Great vid as always.

[@zafmo9829]

Love your videos. Could you do a start to finish on vocals over a flat instrumental?

[@mandrakirankin-beyiii9506]

You are awesome dude 🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️

[@laurin4607]

Nice explanation thank you!!

[@hitman.777]

Thanks man!

[@PharaohLawLess1]

This is a great tip Streaky

[@YoungDawgBoi]

Wow thats nice

[@ashenisdick]

I’ve never thought about side chaining the eq This is gold

[@LucasMichalski]

Great tutorial and very informative video. Thank you. I just have one question. For this trick I always use dynamic EQ and side chain vocals. You used multiband compressor. Which is better dynamic EQ for this trick or multiband compressor and why? Thank you for your answer.

[@ThemisGeorgoudis]

Very useful! Thank you, sir!

[@TheSingingCelebrant]

The Pocket for the vocals is soooo kool. Do you have a video please doing this in Logic Pro?

[@DavidDorenfeld]

THANK YOU!!!

[@hollystanleyy]

this actually really helped, thank you!

[@nelsonm_]

Thank u!! Can u please do more vids like this?

[@watsonstudios]

That's a cool technique but I think this particular song is a bad example only because the vocal track is very "ethereal" with reverb and not very clear/detailed. Otherwise, cool tip!

[@Streaky_com]

Yeah prob but all I could find due to KZbin copyright nonsense

[@albertocavazos7619]

This is a fantastic technique !! As a music arranger I work a lot this way. Most of the times got ready the stereo mix of the music so the singer comes later to record the vocals. With this tool I´ll be more precise in the final mix: vocals vs. music track. Thanks a lot Streaky.

[@paulg3388]

Apologies if this is a stupid question (although I personally believe no question is stupid). I am a relative newbie, and I just wondered will this work also for a Choir? I am having issues with a Choir in the mix just crucifying everything else from the Orchestral side/drums etc. I have tried a few different things, and about to try this method. Thanks for your Videos, straight to the point and VERY useful. thanks.

[@sandro1995]

great stuff streaky. is that method similar what the soothe2 plugin does?

[@MickeyBlood]

Brilliant 👍🏿👍🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@DrayClay]

Indeed 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🤜🏿🤛🏿

[@Krishanu]

20 4z Streaky 2020

[@elcompainxendio]

Soothe 2 as well.

[@ATOMOCDOG]

thanks, i use to do this sometimes, but wasnt sure if im 'allowed' to

[@mattevans1427]

Legend

[@worldmusic2024]

Thanku Brother

[@Skimatik_DnB]

Thumbing it up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 ✌️

[@GrumpyGr3g]

Nice tip thanks a lot ! Got to your vids more and more, and that allows me to make all I know a bit more accurate by trying. Your thoughts on using a dynamic eq instead of pro mb for that specific case ?

[@Streaky_com]

No control on attack and release times makes it not as good

[@yassinetalbi5884]

This is pro stuff!

[@Fox_is_Fox]

Nice Man! thanks!

[@Eliminateeverything]

Great tip dude

[@realraven2000]

2:00 just thought to myself exactly what track spacer doors

[@GipsyStarpavlovce]

new subscriber

[@ulfb5467]

Great tutorial 🙏

[@MrBassdog]

Sweet !!

[@2spooky326]

So would you route all instruments to an instrument buss and put MB on that? Then send the vocal buss to the instrument buss on say 3/4 aux. Then send instrument buss to a mix buss and raw vocals to the mix buss, then that buss to the master?

[@Streaky_com]

Yes

[@2spooky326]

@@Streaky_com works great! Thanks a ton. Appreciate your work!

[@KaneDWilliams]

I thought the vocals sounded pretty well blended before the extra processing! lol.

[@nadimabou-chacra7479]

Hehe fast intro tonight

[@alexhulme6135]

It is bad that I always think of this as ‘cheating’ because it works SO DAMN WELL, thanks for reminding me that all that matters is that it sounds good, doesn’t matter how you get there 😂

[@himangshudeka10]

Amazing video.

[@Proxxo]

Where should we put the mutiband compresser in the master or on vocal or on piano ???? Help unable to understand 😔☹️???

[@PunjabiGuru]

❤️❤️❤️

[@halso154]

First we cut out a pocket, then we implant the vocals and you can call me Master Doc 😂 👨‍⚕️ 🎶

[@tennactennacerobert7732]

.could you help me? i use dynamic eq to achieve the same process. which is more professional? im concerned, vecause i dont use a multiband and what is the difference between sidechain dynamic eq than sidechain multiband compression. thanks i would love the tips!!

[@marLamaDeo]

Streaky mentioned in other comments that you probably won’t have as much control over the parameters like release attack on dynamic EQs

[@TonyHavenMusic]

Is it normal to mix a vocal over just an instrumental bounce down? I usually mix the vocals when everything else is also in the project

[@iloveeverything4380]

But why not use all frequencies because i thought vocals has heaps of frequencies unless u cut them out like for example doesn't everyone boost the high end of vocals alot???

[@mariamalova1012]

What if the vocals sounds like it is miles away with the instruments?

[@AsukaAmaneHeavenlyMusic]

Do you have a preset for this setting somewhere?

[@watsonstudios]

Would you say this would work the same if using FabFilter Q3 in dynamic mode? I usually prefer using dynamic EQ over MB compression (I know they are very similar).

[@Streaky_com]

Yeah you can but you don’t have as much control on the attack and release times 👍

[@murraywebster1228]

Have you tried the Sonible compressor for this, so accurate and malleable

[@ricotibo7161]

Wow. you put the MB on the instrumental track or the vocal track.

[@samharrington2604]

multiband goes on the instrumental track and you choose the vocal track as the sidechain input (some plugin call sidechain the "key input".)

[@Streaky_com]

Cheers sam 👍

[@johannesgritschacherdrums]

Niceee!! How did you process the vocals on this?

[@musicxtech6680]

great vid. just one quick question. why dont u use just simple eq instead of MB compressor? is there a reason for this?

[@Streaky_com]

You can add some eq but we are trying to blend it rather than just eq

[@musicxtech6680]

amazing. i see thats the detail from the experience. thnx for sharing ur knowledge.

[@kingmadeofficial6124]

is that a sidechain or you just put the MB compressor on the beat

[@PrinceOfPersiamusic]

Or you can use Track spacer

[@cyrusanderson3788]

Can you please mix a hip hop track 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@makkan4353]

Great video! I am in the mix right now with this exact problem, how do I go about routing this to use this tip/trick? I am in Logic Pro X and mixing midi, what bus to use, sidechain? any tips?

[@SnowAngelfish]

It might cut thru the mix better but still does not quite sit right in the mix. I guess thats another video.. thanks.

[@Swishmb]

So I love using Waves' C6 plugin, but anytime I watch a tutorial or masterclass that includes the FabFilter Pro MB it just looks like it was meant to be in your arsenal of plugins! However, I'm curious as to what the biggest difference is when using a MB Compressor vs a Dynamic EQ? I've tried and tested both of them on my mixes and I can clearly hear a difference after trying similar settings around the same frequency ranges. Obviously the MBC compresses, but I can still get great and similar sound out of a Dynamic EQ when used in its place. Of course it doesn't give that same compression effect, but you still get a groove out of it. So back to my question: What is the biggest difference? Am I missing out on some secret sauce when I reach for my Pro Q 3 in Dynamic Mode (on a mix or as a sidechain) instead of a multiband compressor, or is it really more of what sounds good to you (me in this case lol)? Should I stop overthinking it or am I wrong in my assessment of how the MBC works in comparison to a dynamic EQ? p.s. (example): I'll sometimes use a Pro Q with a dynamic point on my sub lows before putting it through a mix bus compressor or MBC. Am I doing too much by applying this process? Like I've said before, it sounds good to my ears but I don't have a whole lot of trustworthy ears around for me to ask for feedback on a mix without receiving feedback on the song itself. Like I'll get feedback along the lines of "yeah I think it's a good song" rather than "it's a little harsh around 4.5kHz" lol. Thanks for reading!

[@eLLBdotmusic]

Hi. Just to be clear is this process during the mastering stage? Thanks for sharing