How to make Tame Impala Vocals!

This is a little quick video on how to recreate the sounds of Kevin Parker (tame impala).
any questions or requests for new material or instructional videos just email me at [e-mail]

[@r0bophonic]

Step 1: Sing flawlessly into the mic exactly like Kevin Parker Step 2: Apply effects Step 3: Profit

[@AustinMarshmallows]

r0bophonic bro trust me no one sounds like him. There’s just no way to get those nuances!

[@farkquad]

keep working at it, youll have it in your grasp before you know it

[@bloodromance4776]

@@AustinMarshmallows actually I thought this Kevin isolated vocals

[@nickpaige8178]

lmao, so right

[@r0bophonic]

@@AustinMarshmallows haha I just discovered my comment got a bunch of likes. All meant in the spirit of praise my friend. Thanks for this fantastic tutorial. Loving your originals too and looking forward to more!

[@jacobcervantes2552]

Bruh your dry vocals are amazing. Usually people on KZbin have trash dry vocals.

[@AustinMarshmallows]

UrLeftNipple I try. But his voice is so unique I’m surprised I got away with it sounding this alright

[@BronBronWorld]

Austin Cargill alright?? Bro, your vocals sound almost identical to Kevin’s. You got a gift. Keep doing stuff like this!

[@shoghiboodhoo6497]

Holy shit I thought he was just using Kevin's vocals to show us.

[@suicideposter]

This should be re-titled "How to become Tame Impala"

[@ransomzac]

100th like

[@krossaronson]

200th like

[@ahhhh5733]

Damn the guy can actually sing, I was thinking he was playing the stems 😂

[@AustinMarshmallows]

Giovanni Nodari damn thanks dude

[@ahhhh5733]

Austin Cargill do you make music and have an Instagram?

[@AustinMarshmallows]

Giovanni Nodari my sound cloud is Austincargill and my instagram is Austinmarshmallows

[@shoghiboodhoo6497]

Same xD

[@TinyDolphinMusic]

Dude your voice has so much upper range shine even before applying the EQ that’s such a nice quality to have in your voice haha

[@samuelhernandez8433]

Man this is totally mind blowing, this is the closets I’ve heard to tame impala recording sound

[@boucicautbeats7453]

best vocal tutorial i've seen in a while! Straight simple and to the point

[@BIGBILLIOCEAN]

The only video that showed me exactly everything I need to see , thank you 🙏🏾

[@jamesdoctor8079]

Bro, you’ve got an incredible voice! Your double tracked vocals sounded exactly the same

[@AustinMarshmallows]

*UPDATE* This tutorial is very old! A brand new updated version with more correct processes is coming very soon, and will fix all the shortcomings that this one had. thank you for watching!

[@liammurphymusic9962]

I can’t wait for that!! When do you think it’ll be up?

[@paigebyrdmusic]

Did you ever post it?

[@satellitesoundministry]

Maybe dumb question but are all your vocals going to the same bus? Or do you differ any of the effects/EQs for the doubles or harmonies?

[@curtis.myles1]

Step 1: Write a tame impala melody Step 2: write tame impala lyrics Step 3: record tame impala stuff step 4: watch this video step 5: apply tame impala effects chain step 6: be tame impala ;) also, very well done re-creation!

[@prodJune-yi3ec]

i did this step by step without realizing it lmao

[@dhiqn]

why hasn’t this blown up yet

[@matt1524]

because he's literally just applying compression, eq, and delay which is the most common vocal chain ever. Great video, but it's nothing viral worthy.

[@musky5972]

This man sounds like kermit the frog when he talks but sings like an angel haha... great video man!

[@PlaylistGeneral]

Honestly that's huge compliment to their singing, shows really really good range haha

[@Kadenxe]

pretty rare to see a vocal mixing video that is straight to the point and makes sense these days. Your vocals sounded exactly like kevin's, I couldn't tell the difference, very good work!

[@AndySalinger33]

I took copious notes and am currently applying your exact parameters to a vocal track I'm working on. Really sweet sound. Your dry vocals are really impressive. With a voice like that, I hope you're singing your own songs too. Subbed my dude.

[@AustinMarshmallows]

its original! thank you for the view my man. I'm glad im finally able to do something that truly makes me happy. tutorials and helping people make the music THEY want to hear. peace and love

[@AndySalinger33]

@@AustinMarshmallows Yeah, I feel you man. Congrats on finding your passion and putting so much work into this. I'm getting basically every question answered just watching your videos. really do appreciate you!!!!

[@paigebyrdmusic]

Hey Austin, just wanted you to know - everytime i need to set up the compression for my vocals in Logic I come back to this video. Really boostin the algi for ya haha... Thanks man. Means alot, and alot of other people are impressed by the vocal sound

[@kevddiaz]

6:20 who’s playing black ops

[@7acos]

lool i swore i heard the mystery box

[@AustinMarshmallows]

My friend Katie!

[@snitzelll3710]

6:20 who's playing zombies?

[@RawPowerComics]

Another good trick I saw is a method to ensure that your reverb doesn't wash out the vocals. You sidechain the wet vocal signal with the dry vocal signal. What this does is when the dry vocal is playing it compresses the reverb, but as the dry vocal fades out, the reverb volume increases. This makes your vocals both present and clear, yet still retaining all that lush reverb. Just something to try.

[@thezound7823]

That was one of the most engaging videos on a subject so tedious. Awesome vocals went from dry which were very good to practically impossible to tell apart. The only thing I could hear was the tail on the stereo delay was a bit longer and decay lower it seemed than the original but whatever simply amazing!

[@kebab_boi]

HOLY SHIT YOUR DEMO IS SO FUCKING AMAZING You nailed 99.9% of the tone

[@EricRennerYT]

lol I love that I can hear somebody playing cod zombies in the background

[@FidelPonce]

This is unreaaal!! 🤯🖤 somebody else heard that in the room nextdoor someone was playing COD zombies?😨🤗 mystery box included!!!

[@keepingeverythingrealsimple]

really good job! you sound a lot like him haha

[@Audiomishran]

Dude you nailed it and explained it to a 5 years old. Now everyone will be tame impala.

[@momsspaghetti7165]

Damn I never knew about the vocals flex pitch and I’ve been working with logic for years...

[@gdTp1223]

very well done dude. this is just what I was looking for.

[@mrSam3ooo]

would loooove this on Ableton

[@lateblume4208]

Genuinely the most music production video. Or maybe youre just talented!

[@alias3359]

Only half way trough it, and I love this. It's just so amazing to discover what you can do with voice effect, and especially don't feel like trash if your raw vocals sounds like trash

[@own_Aeko]

I'd advice you to sidechain the delay to the vocals. So they do not overtake the vocals.

[@Matheus-ly6eu]

@Logan Bolton It's very common practice with EDM stuff to do that with delays and longer reverbs, yeah... It can be used more subtly as a mixing thing or more directly as a substitute for automation.

[@zerolelouch22]

god finally not shit how-to-copy production style video, i appreciate infinitely

[@brianbarker9976]

I thought it was Kevin's real voice! hahaha! I always had an idea of ​​the effects he used on his voice, but I really liked the result so similar that you get with the process you do

[@sambarlow2856]

this is so awesome! i have been looking for kevin vocal guides and this is by far the one that everyone needs

[@karelianstuffs1872]

when i heard that demo i thought I was listening to the original

[@joshuatolle876]

Subbed!!! More tame Impala please!!!!!! Your doing God's work my friend. Been searching for this vocal technique forever

[@AustinMarshmallows]

joshua tolle I’m thinking about breaking down every song and instrument from every album. What do you think?

[@coachellymusic]

hell yes, you killed that! I've been looking for a tutorial like this for awhile, major props dude.

[@thakillerb]

@6:20 Bro someone’s in the back opening the mystery box on cod zombies Great video btw!!

[@sunnyboystorage]

Hey man, thanks for the video. Really informative! Just wanted to let you know that when you're talking about the USB Focusrite by Scarlett... that's an Audio Interface, not a pre-amp. It has a pre-amp build in (that's what the 48V are for) but when you talk about preamps, those are external pre-amps. To give an example: Neve 1073, that's a famous pre-amp which looks similar to an audio interface, but it's not the same. After connectic your microphone to an external pre-amp you still need it to go trough an Audio Interface like your Scarlett Focusrite to work on your computer. Much love :)

[@MacetazzOpina]

Actually the brand is focusrite, the low end consumer models are marketed under the scarlett name, theres also clarett and saphire under the focusrite brand. Great video tho

[@laussethecat]

Still sounds better than you with the "low end consumer model" Scarlett

[@MacetazzOpina]

@@laussethecat excuse me? so you took the time to listen to stuff i did like 5 years ago? yeah, i recorded that without a proper ADC and with virtually no hardware, i was 17 and in high school, didn't even have a good guitar or pedals, i used a 5 dollar dynamic mic that isn't even to pair with a 57 and didn't know anything about music production, i'm an audio engineer now. What's your point? i didn't even say the scarlett was bad, it's ok, but limited, the main reason it's low consumer end is because it only has 2 I/O and in some instances i believe 4inputs and just two main outputs, try to record a drum kit with that kind of ADC. To my knowledge you can't expand its preamp input bia dante or any digital protocol, so if you plan on expanding later you'll need to buy a bigger system anyway, that is why it's a low range consumer model. Focusrite also markets their clarett and saphyre with their preamp sound but to my own experience they are noisey and not even that good, the regular preamps on them, tho, sound almost the same as the ones in the 2/2 scarlett to me, but i digress... what's your point? have a nice one

[@tiagobambino]

i need this man's voice in my life "all right!"

[@AustinMarshmallows]

Haha thanks

[@MikeDaigle_Music]

Thank you, this was really helpful and I am using it right now. Fixed a problem I couldn't figure out for a while! Also the importance of singing your doubled vocals exactly the same, if not it really doesn't work

[@makedodarlin5509]

Dude, I loved your accapella Borderline--your voice is amazing! I'll watch this even though I've never done karaoke. Thanks for sharing!

[@terrelflowers4002]

wow you don’t know how much this about to change my life. remember and i will come back here thank u.

[@MacetazzOpina]

😂

[@merchannel7762]

Can’t believe there’s a KZbin channel on 2/3 of the songs I listen to. Thanks, Austin.

[@juvo7399]

Oh shit! An authentic tutorial that actually sounds good!

[@AustinMarshmallows]

juvo thank you!

[@eaulet2988]

8:26 "very...wet"

[@Dontlettheworldrot]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@eldridgechen3878]

You got crazy close, impressive! Thanks for sharing!

[@gilbertocapistran]

this is dope man, thanks for uploading!

[@StraightMacHelp]

bro thank you so much, you have no idea how much you just helped my track. Im going to send it to you when im finished.

[@bigben228]

This is exactly what i NEEDED!!!!! Thank you.

[@ferdifloyd4497]

Please make more videos about Tame Impala!!

[@diogocarneiro2016]

Congrats for the video. I guess there's a lot of interesting things around Kevin Parker's productions. Usualy he has a very strong bass and drums to creat the song's body. One video about that kind of effects could be interesting :)

[@AustinMarshmallows]

Diogo Carneiro for sure! I’m in the process of getting a new Mac book so I’ll be making more videos soon. About his drums

[@knavebeats8305]

Well done! You are a naturally good teacher

[@SooLeqitx3]

I refer to this video the most. thanks Austin. please keep making more videos.

[@bariss.3403]

man thanks a lot for the upload. please keep em coming!

[@gil-evens]

I wonder why doubling vocals sounds so great ? Is that due to the little delay of few ms or is it more of a microtonal effect ?

[@anthonyrios2300]

Acid God in a way it’s both

[@lostecho4394]

Its a mix of those things. I think that is probably why you generally dont hear it on tracks that have a lot of vocal tuning, or if they do use it with a lot of tuning i think they would probably not tune one of the tracks. I think the very slight difference in timbre between the two recordings also makes it sound good. Also the fact that if you have imperfections in one recording but not the other, then they will kind of be covered up by the other track.

[@i.112]

you are incredibly talented please keep uploading!!!

[@Arayax]

this deserves a sub

[@MrBagel97]

Great vid man! You kind of sound like Eric Foreman when you speak.

[@austinavila4728]

Yo Austin, we have the same name! Thank you for puttin' me on game with that mic and these tutorials! Keep going g!

[@lifeofcuzzi]

Was someone playing black ops zombies in the background ?

[@jicvalparaiso]

I think he has a strong influence form John Lennon style in songs such as Lucy in the sky... etc. although mister Parker doesnot recognize it...

[@lostecho4394]

Yes he does. He has said many times the the beatles were one of his big influences

[@asabrown1430]

You're vocals are killin' and this tutorial deserves more views! Subbed and hit the bell 🤘🏾✌🏾

[@world_of_manny_malibu]

dude these tutorials are super helpful your the man

[@YTNlDL2f94]

incredibly helpful, great explanation, keep up the awesome work

[@portallz]

Super cool, also is that the CoD Mystery Box I hear?

[@oscarrivas5610]

Those dry vocals are lit

[@KawaiiSteez]

Damn for a second i thought you got the stems hahahah this is impressive

[@jacksheamusic]

Great video! A note on your preamp: Focusrite is the brand, "Scarlet" is the model. Great sound

[@Melancholy216]

when he said, "if you guys don't like a part/ fell its not up to par" i was expecting him to say to keep doing it until its good. Then he hit us with the autotuning lmao.

[@AustinMarshmallows]

David De La luna haha you gotta do what you gotta do.

[@maniac26able]

You’re amazing bro

[@andrewking563]

Amazing. Thanks so much

[@AustinMarshmallows]

This video is very outdated compared to how it’s done now. I would definitely tell you to stay tuned because it gotten light years better with my effects and approach

[@FlaviyakeOfficial]

Thank you for recording this amazing helpful video!

[@peplo13]

This is awesome

[@AustinMarshmallows]

thank you!

[@alexcominsky]

Wow dude! U are very professional

[@lukemccann099]

Great video man keep them coming ✌️

[@liamjobey5192]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing brethren!

[@f0kxi]

Holy shit man, you are amazing at singing

[@thepetevonde]

You're doing God's work by making these tutorials.

[@chaylon.j]

bro you craazy. well done.

[@Mr_two]

Dude this is amazing! Keep singing man! You ste goodA

[@fenderrhodes9647]

YOUR VOICE IS AMAZING

[@wyredmusic]

Great job!

[@JoshxIZ]

Great work!!

[@happyhollie]

oh my god you're so talented

[@to1to312345]

your vocals are insane

[@noire8890]

damn so close ,nice job bro

[@miguelelias7637]

This is sick bro

[@mentalduplex6033]

Good tutorial. Some useful info in here.

[@ZIMANSKYTV]

That is pretty damn close !!!! Congrats man!!

[@armsandarrows3043]

linndrum has the closest sound for this song in terms of drum sound. But the vocals is quite exact match. Great job!

[@BGBGBGBGBGBGhawt]

Bro thank you so much! BTW, what are the settings for the drum track? Sounds just like his!

[@mickyhdez.921]

really enjoyed this video man

[@Billionairebabi]

Pls never delete this

[@MrJaapdeboer]

Super inspiring stuff, thanks!

[@gerardmasmitjavalle5864]

this is amazing!! good job

[@ryanwelch4843]

BASS MY DUDE!!!

[@WALKENband]

was looking for this comment hahahahaha

[@vraisairs9201]

you did a really good job

[@wayfaringstranger2798]

awesome work, bud!