How To EQ A Vocal | Make Pop Music

[@MakePopMusic]

Do y'all like this style of video talking about the "basics"? Let us know because these are super easy for us to make if you enjoy them!

[@ThomasPenninger]

Please something like this for compression 😍

[@_ConnorEdwardsMusic]

This is clutch! EQ'ing is so important but also different every time, so it's important to see it like this. Compression next!

[@punkemogeekrock]

Would love to see one like this about electric bass if you have any tips! :)

[@yangjiyangji]

Yeah i love it. Waiting for bass

[@gabriellagenz]

Yes, this is exactly what I need. The song style tutorials are good but I need more background on getting the recording/mixing phase right first so then I can do different styles

[@LandonAustin]

Yeah! Thats me. Enjoyed workin on this one with ya man!

[@MakePopMusic]

Yes sirrrr! You crushed it man. I loved working on this one! Hit me up and let's make some more smackeroonis soon!

[@tecnica-de-voz]

great vocals!

[@MattShockley]

Sounds great dude!

[@drinkinslim]

I couldn't understand what you were singing half the time due to strange pronunciations, but it sounded good! Great track.

[@jazzybeeff]

This is the best channel on own category on KZbin. There are many channels on here but Austin makes it very pro way in contently and visualy. I enjoy while watching him like i am watching for a tv show :D I have a big problem on my vocal. not other vocals. just with my vocal takes. when i works with my friends vocal i can make it sitting on mixing. but i can't make my own voice sitting on the rest of the mix. i can't determine what is the problem. :/

[@SarahSpencerMusic]

Jesus good gawd this tutorial is rad. My vague understanding of all these details is now specific and solidified. THANK YOU.

[@vineetsharma3975]

best channel for daw based mixing thanks you help a lot

[@mikewilkerson5295]

Really enjoyed this in depth EQ video. Would love to see one with compression!

[@delantesanders1708]

Congratulations on 100k subscribers, keep up the good work.

[@MarttiFranca]

CONGRATS ON 100k! Such a great topic, thank you so much!

[@bandninkasimusic6484]

Congrats for hitting 100k subscribers - great landmark to pass.

[@SarahSpencerMusic]

This ebook is absolutely perfect. Thank you guy!!

[@faltonito]

These videos SLAP, MY BOI. The basics would be great. Like some others mentioned, a nice analysis of what you look for with compression would be the icing on my production cake🍰 Thanks for such valuable stuff!!

[@aleksamrkela831]

Good call using a dynamic EQ instead of a regular one to tame the midrange! Using a deep bell cut on the midrange (especially the low-mids), like most tutorials will have you believe, leaves your vocals sounding really thin and weak. Colt Capperune said it well: magic is in the midrange!

[@MakePopMusic]

Definitely definitely definitely! I used to absolutely GUT midrange if I wasn't careful. Don't get me wrong, that 200-500 region can RUIN a good vocal if it gets boomy or boxy, but being able to tame those words (especially in a dynamic performance and a dynamic melody) does a massive difference than just doing a static cut.

[@JohnMcGFrance]

Thanks for another very helpful video. I always learn something new from each one. Any advice on making a male vocal less nasal sounding please? Thanks again.

[@matthewfranklin8285]

Really helpful - love the clear explanations for why you do each step (and in the particular order).

[@theogiannmusic]

Congrats on 100k !! love the content

[@benjaminsweetmilk5013]

I'm at this point where I just hit like and then watch.

[@tecnica-de-voz]

thank u so much bro

[@JackDenning]

Thank you, Austin! Can't wait to try your workflow. Hoping to see you record and mix one of your vocals!

[@marclewism]

You deserve 1M❤️

[@bandninkasimusic6484]

Great video Austin. Really useful tips. Just downloaded the cheat sheet. Keep up the great work. Next milestone...110k 👍

[@cabuffal0]

learnt a lot mixing tactics from you in the past couple of weeks, thanks for your great work and sharing.

[@KBSMusic]

Subtle differences, but they sure matter! Well done on choosing an interesting topic, man!

[@MakePopMusic]

Subtle differences are the best when it comes to EQ. Luckily, Landon sent a pretty fire vocal so I really just needed to put it in the right space with the rest of the music bed. Sometimes it takes WAY more than this, but the same principles and mindset are used to get a different end result :D

[@Fyuesiy]

Always great for a refresher. Great point to cut lows again after eqing gotta look back at my mixes at that

[@kelvinfunkner]

gr8 vid as usual. Congrats on 100K!

[@elcuarto_estudiodegrabacion]

Thank you very much for all your videos🙏. I highly value your teachings; you have a great method to explain the whole process of creating and mixing a song. Greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴

[@shivandthecarvers148]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! Really excited to put these to use. :)

[@gutshisalamanca1191]

13:32 by layering phaseproblems (3rd lowcut in the same area) you do exactly that - loosing headroom :D Apart from that a really good video!

[@sewnixltdofficial7687]

Amazing result. also the best camera angle

[@JasonSwann]

Your channel is the best one on YT, so inspiring 😍

[@sanacha9455]

Congratulations ❤️🔥🎉❤️🙏 Keep coming more ❤️🙏👍

[@DominikDale]

This is an excellent explanation, thank you!

[@SoulfulGuitarLessons]

awesome video thanks

[@skylermichael641]

Please do a video on microphone gain staging, placement etc. Your dry vocal take sounds leagues better than mine. I get lots of room noise, line noise, and always feel like that hurts my mix. Love your videos dude!!!

[@MakePopMusic]

The artist actually tracked this! We have a video on how to engineer vocals that you should check!

[@MariooDisco]

The thing is that whenever I watch a vocal mixing video the "before" vocals are still sounding better than mine after 2 hours of mixing ... what the heck am I missing? ;)

[@MakePopMusic]

Could be the source recording isn't great, or you're just doing way too much to the vocal mix! Normally, a solid recording and less-is-more processing gets the job done!

[@MariooDisco]

@@MakePopMusic Thanks for the advice :) Generally, levels look good, solid mic and preamp (neve) , but i also got warm audio WA76 + WA2A in the chain before the signal hits the audio interface and maybe I might have messed up something there, though i only do 2-3db just to get the signal less spiky ... anyway, You do a great job!, haven't seen so informative content on youtube in a while :) ...

[@MariooDisco]

Just an update to my original comment, after a looong time messing up with the audio, (with your advices in mind) it look like the most neuralgic point of my messed up vocal mixing was volume staging .... with every single added plugin I didn't really took enough care to keep the input/output levels right, so despite the output of my vocal bus was ok, the vocals were already over/threated as every single plugin in the chain outputted distorted signal at some point, not very noticeable but with let's say 7-8 plugins in the vocal bus chain, the signal was finally drained from its dynamics enough so it sounded like a crap ... Now it is hell better ... So what has helped me and may help others was: Keeping the levels right at every stage, not adding many (if at all) plugins on every vocal track, but instead doing the main work on the bus channel instead .... and of course more work with the EQ :)

[@prodjxnas]

@@MariooDisco thx for the update ;)

[@joejorgensen_]

Could you do a video breaking down this song? It's PHENOMENAL!! Also, great video as always 😉 Thank you for being so willing to share your incredible talents and knowledge with smalltime producers like me!

[@MakePopMusic]

Maybe I can do that!

[@lekeoluyomi9551]

@@MakePopMusic PLEASE DO! THE PRODUCTION IS IMMACULATE

[@Life-gn6vz]

It helped a lot. thanks

[@LA610]

wow... a lot of work for such a good vocal!

[@MakePopMusic]

Not really. Just a few EQ moves to get the vocal sitting right in the mix.

[@BANJOTHEKID]

Great as always

[@RaylixH]

Thanks

[@kingpincompton]

hi thanks for posting

[@marcsigner7360]

Love this! Simple but effective, definitely gonna try to implement those principles in our demos. I'd love to see a video where you breakdown a song in the style of Chase Atlantic. I love the new style they're aiming for with the new album. Like this spheric and super polished sound paired with their production really does it for me lol

[@dvlted4405]

The raw vocals sounded amazing also. May I ask the setup?

[@adrvnick]

That's cool! I saw AGM in your project, could you show how to make this realy cool pop guitar sound with AGM?

[@Andrew05689]

Sounds awesome! What was the tracking vocal chain

[@heartland3887]

very cool plz do more vocal and acustic guitar

[@bstarr188]

You're a legend

[@SHIFTnopistons]

Thank You.

[@Beveryexcited]

100k >>>> go bro!!

[@WesleyWestMusic]

How did you get your ears so good?

[@gabriellagenz]

Great video. What does your signal chain look like for vocals when you set up to record? Do you record with compression going in? Also, are there any free autotune plugins you would recommend? Thanks

[@MakePopMusic]

I didn’t record Landon. But if I’m recording vocals, I don’t record with compression. Normally the Slate ML-1 into the Slate VMS preamp. Or a JZ Bh2 into an Audient asp 800. Got a completely new vocal chain on the way through!

[@Ivan23indagame]

thanks, man. 🤜🤛

[@angelodelonnie5036]

THANK YOU !!!!

[@musicproductionvideos5019]

400 & 800 are right about the root/key of your song (Ab). So do you mostly take away "too much" of the key... from all the instruments building up... or take away other type of resonances? Thanks

[@PlaylistProductions]

I like the before sound better.. But maybe because I was just listening to some 60's music.. Awesome tutorial to get that sound though!

[@matthewchevaliermusic1119]

New to the Channel. Love it, Any chance there's a how to produce a MGK, particularly a song with a featured artist, with some trap elements to it? Thanks!

[@thanhat4561]

good, thanks you bro, you can upload video how to compressor a vocal

[@bsteve3981]

It would be dope if you could do the same for compression. Telling what your listening for why your doing it etc... dope video tho bro

[@Linay]

do you have a course on eq and compression?

[@michaelhausted]

How did you turn off the inserts so fast ?? Like just scrolled hovered to cursor over them ? :D

[@MakePopMusic]

Just edited the clicking out. Hahaha

[@dafingaz]

Nice!

[@shubhamlad2102]

Nice

[@shaunblack3142]

Great Job! Do you mix songs for a fee?

[@MakePopMusic]

I do! There is a link to my site in the description! Feel free to fill out the contact form at www.austinhull.com/contact

[@Kellcole32]

Good video

[@mr.dragon3799]

Inspired to make literary anything now! 😂

[@MakePopMusic]

Go make a funk pop meets new age meets black metal folk track. And complete it in under 8 minutes only using 2 VSTs 😏

[@notoriousmole]

​@@MakePopMusic This is tough. I normally need about 11 minutes and 3 VSTs for this genre.

[@MakePopMusic]

@@notoriousmole guess ur not a pro then.... sry

[@entreluz4449]

Great..!!

[@deathorcolorado9518]

good stuff mate! if you wanna easy way to mix vocals, use voxdoctor. really helped my mixes with vocals

[@lukescapee1234]

Does this process change much if you were mixing a darker mic like an SM7b?

[@MakePopMusic]

Same processes but definitely drastically different eq moves!

[@forgetmyhead2115]

this song is so good lol

[@prblm1784]

Can we go over subtractive eqing on UAD

[@DorinelMusic]

Big Like!

[@delantesanders1708]

Hi, my name is Delante, and I was wondering do you have a vocal compression tutorial. If not, can you creat one.

[@MakePopMusic]

We cover it in our Vocal Engineering course but we don't have one on KZbin just for compression. We can add it to the list!

[@everythingmusic8459]

nice 1

[@davejohnsonmusic]

You should always level-match your plugin moves, so you can properly tell if your moves are actually making a difference. Also, you'll save precious headroom in your session.

[@MakePopMusic]

I’ve never really found level matching to be necessary in my personal workflow but it definitely works for some.

[@MakePopMusic]

I only go out of my way to level match if I’m specifically A/Bing something honestly

[@davejohnsonmusic]

@@MakePopMusic That's fair. I wasn't directing that at you per se, but in general to the audience.

[@AlexHeart01]

Awesome video as always! I contacted you on Instagram for some info. Hope to talk with you soon.

[@Quant-Beat]

If this was “Make Rock Music”, would you say “…just rock your email there…?” Or would you still say “Pop your email…”. I’m going to pop into Cubase now… :)

[@akshaychavan8391]

Bro plz make video related to gain staging..

[@MakePopMusic]

If you're all in the box, just make sure you're not clipping on your way out. Other than that, just adjust your gain to hit your plugins where you want. For example, if you want something to hit a compressor harder, send it in at a higher gain. Other than that, just get everything level and make sure you're master out isn't peaking.

[@akshaychavan8391]

@@MakePopMusic okay bro

[@lenardkentvillanueva8744]

I have a question. What's the point of using the vmr eq if you already have a parametric eq, which is more versatile

[@MakePopMusic]

Using something like the analog modeled EQs can add a nice bit of character that you won’t get from something like Pro Q or Infinity EQ or stock parametric EQ. I like blending some analog or analog modeled gear in my chains just to make sure everything isn’t too flat and lifeless.

[@pokimonchan]

so am confused which eq or vts is the best??

[@lynax2806]

How do you mix your vocals to sound smoother, like Charlie Puth, they don't sound so overcompressed.. if u could show us that then that'd be much appreciated

[@MakePopMusic]

Use a couple different compressors that are each doing like 3-5 db of gain reduction. It’s called stacked compression. So you still get the benefits of compressing decently hard, but you’re not taking like 15 db out with one single compressor making it kinda wonky.

[@lynax2806]

@@MakePopMusic AH!! That explains it so well! Thanks!!

[@dlmc2451]

Please make a Lana Del Rey production tutorial🙏

[@welingtonparode9805]

new video setup 2021??

[@cayxine]

128

[@ritabelwal684]

🙏Love INDIA.. ya r making Vocals sit on a Mix....if i'm not wrong 🤔. What about Making a Music to a Vocal....still sounding POP...We can talk & gel well !! What say ya 🤔🙏

[@danielwyrwo6199]

This movie absorbed me more than the greatest cinema productions. :)

[@drinkinslim]

:) You keep referring to "we". Who is we? Is there someone besides you on your channel? PS Your tutorials are amazing but one tip of feedback: your face and glasses are always a bit shiny or reflective. Could you use a softer light or light box or try a subtle amount of neutral face makeup - akin to TV & film makeup. There are some tricks to getting rid of reflections in glasses but I didn't watch the video, but you could do a quick search on KZbin and I'm sure you'll find them. Would/could make your videos look even more professional. I hope you find this feedback useful. Nothing sinister intended. :)

[@theostene4444]

Is the make pop music facebook group 18+?

[@AVDRE]

dam bro your hair got long!

[@MakePopMusic]

Yep! Longest it’s ever been!