How to EQ Vocals -

How to EQ Vocals - #AscensionTechTuesday - EP041
This week, Chad shows the basics of vocal EQ with basic starting points and concepts.
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[@freemandiaz5123]

Best explanation of low cut, especially when you only left the lows and cut the highs. This best!

[@Alejandro60835]

Reakly good explanation.. Prolly one of the best eq tutoriala I've watched tbh

[@joshfootieloud]

Great stuff Chad! Very informative! Thank You :)

[@aldenleonardo]

Great vids!!! Have been looking for this type of tutorials for years! Thanks for taking the time to go over all of this. Like the way you go over everything. Keep it up!

[@AWTechTuesday]

Alden Leonardo Thanks Alden! -Chad

[@CloD44]

SE v7 is a great dynamic super cardioid mic for live. I also have a mix bus sent to the house ( parallel bus )to make more clarity on some lead vocals and a different eq on that bus to remove some bad frequencies and some gate like 1:1 ratio to help clean some incoming frequencies with a fast release and some hold. …. Great video 🔥🔥

[@DropAnchor1978]

Excellent video! I have bookmarked this as a reference. Thank you.

[@6144reed]

Oh man this is one of the best explanations I’ve ever encountered. I’ve been doing Sound for 20 years and just like to hear and learn more. This was great. I will definitely be following this channel. Thank you and Be Blessd

[@AWTechTuesday]

Marcus Reed Thanks Marcus! Have a great day.

[@isaiayala2465]

You are a very talented human being. Appreciate you brother.

[@johnnysilva2994]

I´m from Brazil, and i just loved that, make a video on how to eq a female voice, please. belssings!

[@jthunderbass1]

Thank you for showing what the low end sounds like.

[@kienle51]

Very useful thank you!

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@darrellcarey4160]

Hey Chad, I've been following you and learning now for a minute. Simply awesome. How can I share with you what I've learned. I just released a tune @ Distrokid in my stage name and it is being received well. I got too excited and had to launch now. I simply know I have a hit on my hands. I know you hear that alot but I DO. Really I do. Don't believe me? Just let me know where to link it and thanks again for your coaching!.

[@philipTOMPSETT]

Excellent. Thanks

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@BOTTLEDCHEESE]

Love your stuff bro

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks man! -Chad

[@christinebacon9606]

I wish there was a 💕💕💕button, 👏🏼👏🏼thank you!!!

[@OffGridandOutdoors]

Well Done. Very informative.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@worm75]

Thanks for this vid! Our church is getting an x32 soon. Question after eqing a mic, do you have that person grab the same mic every week? Or copy the settings to Wich ever mic they grab?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Jeremy! Great question. I will typically set mics for positions rather than specific people but sometimes that ends up being the same thing. For example, I will designate 1-2 mics for the worship leader(s) and label the rest of the mics by number that corresponds with where people are physically located on the stage. If you can get the same people on the same mic and in the same position each week then that's great. If not, a lot of churches save presets for each vocalist that can be loaded when needed. In a brand new setup, I'll typically get a basic EQ from one person (or myself if no one else is available) to copy to all the channels until I can dial in personalized settings for each vocal. Check out this video for more on how and why I label channels the way I do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i17YeoaMhNGXiqc Finally, if you need help with purchasing and installing your X32 when you get one, please feel free to email me. If you're based in the US, I may be able to help you to save some money :) [e-mail] Thanks for watching and commenting! - Chad

[@s.rprosounds5016]

Very nice teaching dear sir ❤️

[@MrStegon78]

Did you have a video that show how to use dynamics on vocal channels? Thanks

[@AWTechTuesday]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIG3gqN5qNGkmtU - This is one of our very first videos. I talk about a bit about starting points for compression for vocals and speaking. Hope this helps :) -Chad

[@hilliardjones8081]

thanks helpful

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@l34music]

off topic, but do you have a tut for recording on a usb drive? I'm having some problem recording without eq and effects, a raw recording. Even though I have selected PreEQ, when recording it records everything: fx, eq, low cut... everything. Am I doing something wrong?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Daniel! I don't have a video specific to the USB recorder but I do have a video talking about using a post-fade mix for broadcast. This will allow you to adjust the effects but won't change your EQ - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5XWfI2Ah82MZ6s You have to understand that when you change a tap point, it isn't a global setting, it's only for that one channel. So, when you click Pre-EQ on your recording, that means you are clicking Pre-EQ for whatever channels or mixes are going to your recording. As a default, Main L and Main R mix are going to the recording, so selecting Pre-EQ means that the EQ on your LR fader will not effect the recording but this does not mean the individual EQs of the channels going to that mix will not have an affect. I hope that all makes sense :) -Chad

[@l34music]

Makes perfect sense! Thanks a lot for all the help!

[@silan2335]

What DAW do you use? And how could you switch the HPF to the LPF so quickly? That was really the best way to show, what you were doing there

[@AWTechTuesday]

In this video, I’m using the basic channel EQ in Logic Pro X.

[@thestephenhillmusic]

How do you balance EQing vocals and feed back? iE. The vocal needs more sibilance, but you're fighting feedback.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Excellent question. You'll need to look at the big picture for that: How's your source? Is your vocalist able to get the mic closer and/or project better so you have more gain before feedback? Does the vocalist feel comfortable enough to sing out? Is there mix set properly for their needs? How are your mains positioned? Are they pointing at your mics at all? How are your monitors positioned? Do they need to be EQ'd ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ7EdoyBqql_itU )? What kind of mic are you using? What's it's pickup pattern? Are you using your null points properly with your monitors ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5a9qWCKeK2HsKs )? Are you over-compressing the vocal? Are there other instruments like guitars that are covering up the highs of your vocals? There's a lot of info in this one comment. Haha. Work your way through these and you'll probably find 1 or 2 issues that could clean everything up for you. Please let me know if you have any more questions. -Chad

[@andym7333]

if i want clear cristal comp with no coloring or saturation and its accompanying harmonic distortion only clean unoticible compression i should use plug ins better right ??? i mean what can i get a more transparent compresion so it doesent hurt my tone when i sing but stil compress alot with the RNC fmr comp or the midas and beriger plug ins like stereo lesiure comp that come with the xr 12 and mr 12.........compreser hard and cleannnn cause i have to listen to foh always BIG HUGSSSS

[@AWTechTuesday]

andy M If you don’t want a lot of color from compression, then you probably want to use the good ole channel compressor. This is regarding drums and not vocals, but there are some audio examples with some extreme compression that you can hear in this video. I have some examples that use the channel compressor and some that use the 1176 modeler. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnLSmnqbiMl7aNU - Chad

[@andym7333]

@@AWTechTuesday ok boss so chanel comp is clearer and better than lesiure or the other plugs ? and 4 clear cristal comp with no coloring or saturation better plug ins or rack gear comps like rnc fmr?

[@andym7333]

@@AWTechTuesday cool man ur a killllaa..... so even beter cause as u said in video it doesent have latencyy like the other right boss ?????thanks for the time will go to sleep with ur vids on repeat to boost good hehehe

[@AWTechTuesday]

andy M I’m not saying better or worse. That’s subjective. Colored sound is not necessarily bad sound. I’ll say this though, when it comes to live sound, almost every channel has a channel compressor that does a good job but there is a limit to the number of rack FX available and I generally have more need for something super practical like a de-esser than a compressor emulation. In the studio, however, I’m the opposite, since I have more resources to work with.

[@andym7333]

@@AWTechTuesday ok so for clearer and les latency use channel comprresor beter than lesure or 1176 ?????right boss diging hard heheheh stay safe

[@DIDCHOI]

Do you normally set the HPF that high or was that for the sake of the demo? Plenty of worship songs go as low as 100Hz for male vocals. Just curious

[@AWTechTuesday]

REALLY good question! Honestly, I was surprised too. I have found that, depending upon the equalizer I'm using, the HPF frequency differs due to the slope of the filter. For example, on an LS9, there have been times when looking at the EQ I would think there is no way that could be right. Haha. As a general rule, lately I've had my filter set around 120hz (on an X32) but I try to be really open and to always use my ears. On this particular recording, the subs were directly underneath the vocal mics and I think that may be why I pushed the filter a bit higher than I normally would. That and the fact that there is plenty of low-end provided by the drums, bass, and keys on this recording (though I didn't demonstrate that on the video). Thanks for watching and commenting. I really appreciate that you asked an excellent question without arguing with the video :) Have an amazing day! -Chad

[@jouebien]

Just to add to that: the idea is to bring the HPF up to a point were the low end rumble is gone and lows sounds of the voice you don't want to hear are removed or subdued. The point where the HPF starts clean up the sound is dependant on the vocalist, the vocalist gender, the attack slope of the HPF, how your FOH is set up (speaker placement, types of speakers being used and how the sub-woofers are being feed - from a cross over or AUX send). Generally female vocals will have a higher HPF and male vocals will have a lower but its not always the case. Most analogous boards have the HPF locked at 80 or 100 as that is the generalised place for it to sit for the average vocals + it requires less parts = cheaper construction = cheaper product/more profit/a produce that isn't as completed :. requires less R&D. You can use the HPF on a variety of instruments as well - try it on a acoustic or even a base guitar - although with those interments you don't need to bring the HPF up as far as you would with vocals. If I remember correctly Drew Brashler or GLB Productions have a video on using the HPF on things other than vocals.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Absolutely. For sure it gets used on any instrument that doesn't need to be in the subs (acoustic, overheads, etc, but especially vocals). Depending on the system, it will often get used somewhat conservatively on bass and kick to tighten up the sub bass frequencies (usually no higher than 60ish hz). Thanks for commenting. Have a great day! -Chad

[@kb4fun]

What is yr Sennheiser mic model? Thanks

[@AWTechTuesday]

This week, I'm speaking through a Sennheiser e835. The guy singing is using a wireless Shure. I think it was a 58, but honestly cannot fully remember.

[@redeejay6599]

whts the software bro?

[@AWTechTuesday]

In this video, I'm using Logic Pro X. -Chad

[@jthunderbass1]

Ironically it seems that the 835 that you are using sounds more defined and natural then the 58 you are fixing. What does the EQ on the 835 look like? I honestly think the 835 sounds better then the 58 does even after you do the needed EQ moves.

[@AWTechTuesday]

David Jaycox Haha. I probably have an SSL channel strip on in this video.

[@costelsolomon6655]

Ok