How To Mix Screaming Vocals

Joey shows you his best tips for improving the mix on your screaming vocals. How do you approach screams? Let us know in the comments!
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0:00 Introduction
0:50 Recording Prep
3:39 Editing
4:20 Individual Tracks
5:29 EQ
7:11 Saturation
8:21 Multiband Compression
9:12 Reverb
10:32 Closing thoughts
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[@DommoDommo]

Throwing a deesser on reverb. Ugh that is genius. Never thought to do that. Used to just carve it with EQ for hours.

[@jerryfick8547]

Omg I know it!!! Lol. Gold.

[@psylence1689]

I sidechain my reverb cause for some reason it works better with my vocals 😁

[@Kyledchristensen]

Agreed. This is definitely something I will start to utilize 🔥

Sorry if I’m missing it but I really wan Joey to make a clean vocal (for metalcore) mixing tutorial on this channel too because I absolutely love his clean vocal mixing.

[@ryansloesarwij3772]

agreed did they do it already?

[@Nahelus]

i laughed at the beginning when you said you want to sound like this? it sound just like i want, and then you said: but you sound like this? and it sound just like my shit loool

[@phadrus]

This was about the right amount of detail for a mixing topic. Thanks for a great video!

[@XRaym]

The chicken on the thumbnail is priceless 🐥

[@mattxoverbey]

Excellent examples here.

[@Aeronaut1975]

An excellent video! thank you!

[@danthemanmillan]

This is such a life saver!

[@WestonWrathSimmons]

The best video on this on all of KZbin

[@elijahwinter7365]

So helpful. Thanks a lot man! 🙏

[@Steve-jy5xi]

pure gold!

[@Franq85]

Thanks for that video.

[@sdbyrim]

love ur work from conquer divide

[@Holaaparty]

That second example scream track hit me back when I started learning to mix, I was always ended up with result as the same as in the video everytime I tried to mix scream vocal 🤣🤣🤣

[@twomartoes]

Nice mate surprised automation wasn't mentioned but awesome tips as usual!

[@joeymusic]

Video was getting long haha - thank you!!!

[@theriffdjenerator2213]

Read my mind today JST!

[@Adamncy1452]

learned a lot! I was doing all the compression on one bus than individual tracks, this seems a lot better

[@NonnyStrikes]

lmaoooooooooooooooo ... "STUCK WITH SCREAMS THAT SOUND LIKE THIS" I laughed sooooooo damn hard man. 100% me 12 years ago haha. Unreal what happens the more time you put in on research. Great vid. Gonna save people a lot of time. I used an old closet for booth. Found GREAT foam at my local Lowes. It is CRAZY how much of a difference it made. The plexi i used for the door is amazing too. Computer mods are in the room with me too, so I can edit on the fly while getting crisp playback. When a musician gets into this world of guitar, vocal, drums, it's like finding the land of milk and honey.

[@StygianSound]

Killer!

[@iPolyamorous]

Thanks a bunch for the insights! Also what was the track in the outro?

[@tobiasantolini1052]

Im using devil lock to saturate the hell out of my screams. And you have that darkness knob where you can take care of that high harsh scream sound

[@AshishPrinz]

The word 'FINAL' at the end of the name of the e-book was sarcastic I must say 😂

[@kshitijk14]

I just throw a tube screamer with generally for saturation easy!!

[@thesonicsolution1976]

Just curious, I noticed that you had the singer up against the wall at around the 3:03 mark. In a smaller room is it better to keep them closer to one wall? You guys are known for excellent mixes and tracking so was just wondering what your theory was on being that close to a wall vs getting them closer to off center of the room. Thanks.

[@joeymusic]

If you're close to a wall, make sure that the back of the mic is pointing at the wall. The back of the mic is the point of rejection. The wall creates reflections. So you want to REJECT REFLECTIONS.

[@joshgsanvo]

Never got the free ebook... Just got subscribed... Where and how do I get the ebook???

[@VulgarEraband]

How much would it be to have you mix Metal vocals? I need some mixed

[@CODENAMECRISISOFFICIAL]

Any tips for mixing backup screams to clean vocals? I literally haven't found any videos on that topic

[@chameleonedm]

I chuck the screams wide and add more verb. Then carve out a little bit of space in the clean vocals for the harsh tones of the scream

[@CODENAMECRISISOFFICIAL]

@@chameleonedm good call. Should be common sense ig but I overcomplicate this shit lmao

[@koypi5051]

Pls do how to mix vocals like turnstile

[@whome806]

How do you normalize the peaks

[@ratrophy]

Is this the same EQ you would get by Howard Benson Vocals plugin? Same question for compression etc... Thats the problem for me with these plugins. If you don't know, you'll probably ruin your mix completely, esp. if you're inexperienced. So either you rely on the plugin or you apply the instructions from tutorials such as this video. What do you think about that @Joey Sturgis Tones?

[@buttholesniffers]

What is a good delay plug-in for death metal vocals

[@joeymusic]

Check out JST SkyBox

[@dillanpope3725]

dude i’m brand new to making and mixing my own music and i’m so lost on how to do any of this. anybody got some good starter tips for recording or mixing for starters

[@metalheadblues]

Just get started and figure it out along the way

[@back2thapast]

Is it possible to record screaming vocals with a condenser mic or would you recommend buying a dynamic?

[@joeymusic]

Depends on the vocal style and desired sound. I personally prefer condensers most of the time but I’ve used dynamic too. For Oceano, it was great to use an SM7B so he could hold the mic and get close to the mic - using his various screaming techniques.

[@Man_Jr._Studios]

Would these tricks work for XXXtentacion's type of yelling rap?

[@pattysmusic524]

Is it generally better to use a dynamic or a condenser mic when tracking screams?

[@joeymusic]

Depends on the type of scream and the desired sound. But also, if the screamer performs better holding a mic, then having a dynamic mic can be all that world of difference.

[@whanowa]

@@joeymusic I hold a dummy microphone while singing into a condenser mic. Haha I just get more power like that.

[@joebrostout9897]

this band name please!! fan allready !

[@chance8138]

What recording software you using? I’m done with fl studio

[@EidasMusic]

Dude, modern FL Studio is near perfect. Pre-21 sucked but version 21 is great.

[@bigjuicychugs]

Try out Reaper!

[@davidpoi]

whats the song name??????????

[@drinkinouttacups2665]

Sounds like the second vocalist from divine heresy

[@cam9943]

As a stupid vocalist that smokes that can also lead to blowouts if your forcing you voice or breaths unnecessarily. Just something I always tell my engineer or take into mind when mixing myself

[@CowsGoHiss]

i want it to sound like stand up and scream lol

[@SinfulSoulBand]

Youre on the right track here. I also recommend to check out frightbox academy mixing sheet. It nails the mix on modern post hardcore

[@josephl6727]

Just go into the studio, scream improperly very hard, you a billion layers and autotune. Done. Lol

[@deswestens]

The “don’t track with compression” to “track with compression” pipeline killed my dad

[@JasGoodgameJamzYuh]

Preference. It's a hell of a thing.

[@JasGoodgameJamzYuh]

TLDR do what you want

[@AROAH]

Vocalist sounds startlingly like the dude from Combichrist.

[@ChrisOfEarthOfficial-]

or threat signal

[@firstname7566]

Background music behind speech is kind of distracting...just my opinion.

[@joeymusic]

Which part? The whole video or just some specific part?

[@firstname7566]

@@joeymusic yeah just the parts where your talking and the background music is playing...a good video besides..

[@TheMusicalMedic]

HA, you think my screams spund that good from the source!? What a joke!

[@trollkonto4313]

0:12 sounds better

[@joeymusic]

Nice troll

[@onelesswitness589]

😂😂😂 maybe he likes horrible vocals drowned in reverb 😷

[@wesleygeofferson5171]

"gentle saturation" really? that's "gentle?" ur washed joey