How to Mix Pop Vocals Like a Pro (FREE STEMS AND PRESETS) | Make Pop Music

In this video, Austin shows you all the steps that go into mixing a clean, bright, and full pop vocal!
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[@carlysmith2687]

not to toot your horn cuz i know everyone says this but seriously your vocals are soo cool - like better than radio stuff xx

[@redautumn5441]

i love how you explain why you’re doing what you’re doing, most people will just pull up and eq and say “yeah so just cut out the harsh frequencies cause they are harsh” 😭 like what. anyways thanks so much dude

[@MagicalWaterLight]

it's so damn creepy, you always upload the videos I'm looking for JUST NOW! dude, thanks so much for your hard work and for sharing your knowledge & experience for FREE. so happy I found this channel - keep it up!

[@aksproduction]

Awesome 👏 Please Release Vocal presets with FX that will be helpful for all. Using only waves plugins.

[@LeonHlabathi]

ouu that's a good idea

[@pranayverma3816]

I wanna get to this level someday. These vocals sit so incredibly well with the layers as well as the entire mix its like magic everytime you undo the solo button. Thanks a ton for making these videos bro!

[@OSdahl]

Thank you Austin im learning so much from you. I will send you my track when its done. God bless you. May you be blessed

[@ViktorNova]

Amazing. I was particularly surprised to see how aggressively you are bandpassing the reverb and especially delay sends 🤘 Thanks for sharing your skills!

[@danielsaintmusic]

Whats dope is I listen to this song regularly with my wife (she loves it too!) and so to see it deconstructed AND to get the stems?! You, my friend, are a legend.

[@zcb27]

you’re the best, thank you so much for this! i’d love to see a video about how to get inspired/where to start a pop song. your 10 steps to making a pop song video was great but it kind of assumes that you already knew where to start. i’ve played drums all my life so i’m a rhythmic person and kinda suck with melodies and chords. thank you!

[@MakePopMusic]

For something like that, I would just practice guitar and piano and maybe take some lessons on playing and theory so you can come up with more melodic ideas off the top of your head. For me, I just hear something in my head and I've developed the knowledge of my tools to be able to just lay that out into a DAW.

[@zcb27]

Make Pop Music yeahhh i gotta quit looking for easy solutions and just put in the work haha. thank you!

[@davidhammarsten8167]

Such a chance! I'm terrible at putting drums in my tracks, but finding a melody is super easy and done within a few minutes

[@HarshitCoolsify]

Hey man, all your videos are amazing and so helpful. Do focus on the production part of music as well. Also, your track is great!

[@believenella]

Amazing vid !

[@andreineagu.online]

You’re such an inspiration. Thanks for the knowledge that you share on this channel!

[@iamantoniofernandez]

As always, this is fantastic and your song is fantastic! Thank you so much for all of your advice and help. Super insightful and your channel is extremely unique. Much appreciated

[@sickopierce]

These were the bright airy vocals i was looking for, thanks mate, appreciate it... song is awesome too btw

[@christopherforry4192]

Great content brotha. Love the song too. I'll have to watch this a couple of times, but there seems like some great info there... and the proof is in the pudding' with that song. ;)

[@lynax2806]

Gosh this track sounds lovely!!

[@JacHarriVideo]

Started using the Slate Digital plugins after watching your videos and love them!

[@wildcardofficialke]

I'm a huge fan... I just wanted to say it😅

[@JacHarriVideo]

@@wildcardofficialke Thanks a lot that's awesome :)

[@heinrichsmit2]

I've been listening to this song, so good!

[@platonkalinin7385]

It's very creative processing chain Glad to check it out with my vocals)

[@viseanis]

Dude! My mind is blown !!🤯

[@paulhernandez7666]

Hey Austin! Great vid. Quick question, how come you don’t choose to buss your vocals to a buss and save CPU, and do additional EQ on their individual channels (considering the plugin chain is same across) ? Just wondering, incase you had a specific reason. Thanks again.

[@MakePopMusic]

I’d rather have control over compression and dynamics of individual tracks. And normally I’ll keep the same chain, but I’ll still tweak parameters on the lead vs stacks and background vox. I’ll do a bus process if I’m doing something like a choir vocal or something though

[@kiliankraus]

yo paul, just wanna say love what you've got on your channel, your comment made me check u out

[@prettycinders3000]

Thanks Austin! Great work.

[@ToniArcelinni]

Great job as always! And your hair is looking sooo good!

[@sonship]

Love this man! Well done. Super helpful.

[@michaelvaughan2888]

hey MPM! I love your content, you are literally the most talented music teacher I've seen. Just wondering, do you know how to increase the speed of an audio file the more it goes along. So lets say you want it to start off normal speed, but the more along that file it gets faster and faster. apart from a manual method, where you use flex and put points and then drag the file and keep doing that the whole way. thanks

[@kiliankraus]

I know this comment is a year old now but... in cubase (and I assume other daws) you'll have a musical mode you can turn on. Then you can write in tempo changes into the tempo track, and your audio file and any midi should match the tempo changes

[@dream.cast.studios]

Thanks a bunch...... The search for the best pop tutorial channel is over. It is home here

[@mirafeder5409]

AUSTIN YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! Thank you

[@MikeArchangelo]

you're the best man! love your stuff, keep it up!

[@JamesStMichael]

You the best Austin!!!! Can you do something similar for Rememdy and include the stems for that too???? I would love to dissect that production!!! I've had that track on replay ! It's FIRE!!!! Better than the shit on the radio!

[@heinrichsmit2]

That's next level subtle! Nice one brother!

[@douglasmoyano3765]

Gold! thanks bro!!

[@riharrds]

Thank you for sharing! You're awesome!!!!

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

Bro I can't wait to get the fabfilter pro bundle!! Seems like everyone I watch for tips an tricks uses one or more of there plugins.. do slate plugins work with mobile daws??

[@limitlessstudiosprod.9710]

This is my favorite song .... N Thank you for sharing

[@riggsssss]

Great tutorials, I watch them all! Where do you find those sick vocalists? :o

[@MakePopMusic]

These are my vocals 😁 and the other videos are just artists I’m working with normally.

[@stevenswisher4339]

Thanks for the content homie! Helps us alot! I'd love to see a tutorial on a Prince style production, specifically "if I was your girlfriend"

[@caevizcarra]

Sick! Next lvl work! I was wondering if you record the vocal harmonies too or are the pitched from the lead vocal? Thanks

[@ongBakvue]

I did NOT expect this shit to hit so hard dawg! Sick as fccckkkkkk

[@aaron4583]

Ay another great tutorial! 🔥

[@liveattheinternational]

Watching the channel. Enjoying.

[@keithbergstedt5205]

quick question ? would it be too much to ask, if you could make a free presets pack for mixing like with plug-ins like fabfliter, VMR, waves etc ?

[@thebasspapa]

Very usefull, thank you very much

[@kwameeyiah]

You will be world famous soon. Great vibes

[@CarnivoreIntelligence]

I agree 😊👍

[@ikent7609]

great video bro！

[@perivarnerseth]

I just found this channel and I'm very impressed. Incredibly helpful Austin. I might be daft but I have tried all the urls above and none of them include any stems? Where do I find the stems?

[@laceyvideo]

Did you find them?

[@GeorgePMusic]

great tutorial...loved it

[@aquoixmusic]

Hey Austin! Man you give the best tutorials. Thanks for making my sound more pro :) I have a question, when listening to your Left Harm and Right Harm I can clearly hear them on the left and the right speaker, I see you have them fully panned to L and to R in Cubase. When I try to do the same, my vocals still kind of end up in the middle. How do you separate them so clearly?

[@MakePopMusic]

Are you doing different takes for each side or just duplicating them and panning them?

[@aquoixmusic]

@@MakePopMusic in this case I'm duplicating higher vocal harmonies, so the same take

[@MakePopMusic]

@@aquoixmusic You can't just duplicate. You need to track is again for both sides. Duplicating just phases everything back to the middle.

[@aquoixmusic]

@@MakePopMusic yeah I just realized that.. I feel stupid lol. Thanks for the tip though! Gonna fix that right away :)

[@lifeiscostly]

@@MakePopMusic was wondering the same thing, thank you for clearing that up!

[@19Stride]

great video and I find it super interesting that you feel like a 3db cut is aggressive..... To me that's just a notch :D

[@Healer-sounds]

u're a legend bro

[@alecpercy91]

thank you so much for sharing

[@VanVan-op3xv]

Thanks for the free stems

[@deswestens]

Beautiful tutorial, thank you for keeping it detailed yet simple!

[@Flyingraijin2013]

How do you the the harmonies and octaves ? I love how they sound , are they all really just sung because it sounds like they have been tuned somehow but it sounds quite natural? also how do you the the vocals really tight - do you use any software e.g. vocallign, It sound so on point , I cant believe its not a duplicate - but ive tried duplicating and tuning and it doesnt sound the same. Any ideas would be gratefully accepted!

[@zazyczech]

Cool! Thank you!

[@muzproducer]

gr8 job as always. ty man and hello from Russia )

[@ILoveTelecasters]

Sounds nice! You should try de-essing (a little too hard) before compressing

[@kushalmehta2309]

Hi Austin. It would be great if you make a video on mid side EQ

[@dafingaz]

Dope as always!

[@seventhreefiv]

Really dope!

[@apopheos]

Great tips! Are you using parallel compression? Thanks

[@omarig2298]

I love your videos you’ve taught me so much Can you do a video on how to get rid of popping sounds cause when I mix through the speakers it sounds great but then when I play it in the car it sounds like garbage and a lot of static

[@jon0830]

beautiful, THANK YOU

[@chinxrootsmusic]

Thanks for this tutorial

[@antoniocampos3740]

hi, your chain works really good! thanks for the video. I cant find the stems and presets in the description :( want to mix it too please

[@marclewism]

my favorite song of yours

[@workmusic865]

Hi Austin, thanks for the tutorial, i have a question: for the Low Octave voice, you cut the breaths before, right? Thanks!

[@cmb8240]

Great video

[@christianpedigo5213]

dude, if you could please cover some techniques on getting sounds like "The Japanese House." Literally unreal.

[@lordior_]

Which software are you using

[@zonedoutempire9477]

Not gonna lie, I'm great at making beats, not so much at mixing but what I wanna say is, my God, the sounds I got for free from MPM are so high quality, you hardly need to know how to mix. The sounds are legit. I got the freebs, now I gotta buy some kits. Do yourself a favour, pls.

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank you so much! All about getting the source tones right!!

[@elijahpahls1077]

Hey Austin! Quick question if you’re using garageband do you just need an interface and microphone to record into it!? Just curious

[@SoundPeaks]

Funny how many years of Cubase evolution took it to the place where nobody uses its stock plugins. Fun stuff

[@MakePopMusic]

I actually love Cubase stock plugins! I actually made one of the official project demos for Cubase 12 using only stock instruments and fx! 😁

[@SoundPeaks]

@@MakePopMusic heeey ) That's cool ) I also use mostly stock plugins ) I don't get this hype around 3rd party stuff. BTW, great tut, thanks!

[@SoundPeaks]

@@MakePopMusic today my friend was convincing me to try out Slate Digital and showed your video as an example of how cool it can be 😅 I got to check your other videos.

[@thebeardedsneakerguy4427]

fire song

[@KBSMusic]

Thanks man!

[@puente2078]

awesome!

[@ismaelcostaoficial]

THANKS FROM BRAZIL

[@kiraiige9034]

coolest video ever.

[@aksproduction]

Free Stems and Presets: He Austin there are many presets in your site which to download cant understand..this link takes me to a place where lots of freebies available,..cant identify

[@kenojaye]

look for the one with this song title "even if it kills me" if i were i'd download all that has vocals to practice

[@jinxypoes1]

no slate movie convinced me to buy the mic untill now, fat vocals nice 🦾🦾👌👌🎶🎶

[@Tshivers]

So this is recorded on the slate vms ml-1

[@joesilvo3167]

Sounds awesome , ML1 or TLM 103 for pop vocals ?

[@MakePopMusic]

I go ML1 for versatility!

[@Bukratusi]

Hi Austin . Please do a session on your REDRUM song also . Please and please share the kist of mixing plugins you use and which one i should buy? Waves gold bundle and izotope music production suit i am thinking to buy. Is that enough or ahould i buy other plugins

[@MakePopMusic]

I did a whole huge series with Sonic Academy on a REDRUM! Check it out on their site!

[@Bukratusi]

Make Pop Music already got it bro. Thnaks. And can i remake your track?

[@lildog5360]

this look really suits you tbh

[@larrycho6716]

so so so talanted

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank you!

[@omarsanchezsandoval6941]

Thanks crack 💖

[@andreanobili4749]

What about a tutorial on how to make a song like the ones of folklore by taylor?

[@slgaming6644]

do you have any plugins on the input on your uad console app?

[@eviloutionise]

How do you record your videos without getting any feedback? My speakers and condenser mic are running through my interface and I get feedback. Any help would be much appreciated. P.S. Love your videos btw. They've taken my snobby attitude away from pop music. I've come to appreciate it way more thanks to you.

[@NoteBand]

Mute your input monitor...

[@MakePopMusic]

I have my DAW running through an external driver called Voice Meeter and that feeds into OBS which captures my screen video and computer audio. Then my voice is coming through a lav mic going into my camera. My wife overlays the videos in post and mutes my mic when I'm playing the track through my monitors so my lav mic doesn't pick it up!

[@lynax2806]

straight up... at this point it just depends on actually sounding good on recordings and having money for plug ins

[@shubhamlad2102]

Nice

[@Itsacog]

Subbbbbbed

[@wilbursound]

you just saved my mix

[@wilbursound]

subscribed AF

[@miladnikbakht9888]

awesome

[@dunal74]

Awesome

[@dazedblue4407]

Hey quick question, if I have triple track vocals, 2 panned L and R and one centre and I have harmonies also L R and Centre is that okay? Or should I pan the harmonies maybe mid way L and R? Also is it okay to have a main vocal and a harmony track both panned centre?

[@MakePopMusic]

Yeah! I depends on the arrangement. I typically like to pan my harmonies different so they can sit in their own space, but do whatever sounds best for your song and your taste.

[@ilyjesusable]

Yo Austin, how do you feel about filtering your doubles/harmonies?

[@MakePopMusic]

Def try it! I've done it in songs before!

[@nilssamuelsson467]

Hey Austin, would you say there's an equivalent to what the FG-800 does from another manufacturer? I really like the subtle change it brings but its quite pricy.

[@MakePopMusic]

The FG 800 is the budget c800 model. The next cheapest is the Warm Audio 800 at $1000 USD, then the Golden Age 800 at $5000, then a real Song C800 at $10,000

[@nilssamuelsson467]

@@MakePopMusic Thanks for the answer! But i meant the actual plugin you use from slate, not the mic. Maybe some lightweight saturator?

[@MakePopMusic]

@@nilssamuelsson467 Ohhh gotcha! 800 mics are known for their tight low mids, super bright top end, and having some saturation. I would say getting a nice, full but kind of scooped vocal with some top end saturation would get you close. Nothing will really come close to what the module does though in my opinion.

[@Son0fEL]

I need a list of all the main plugins used and where to get them haha. My brain is imploding with amount of stuff you use lol

[@monsterproducer]

impresionanteee

[@Aviorrok]

How did you make the harmony vocals? you recored the harmony or just pitch up the main vocal? thanks!

[@MakePopMusic]

Record them 😁

[@hey_maurice]

Do you use VocALign to get different takes lined up? Or are you more of a hand-edit type of person?

[@MakePopMusic]

Using Cubase’s built in vocal alignment software.