How To Mix Vocals Like A PRO

[@ksmooth7667]

First time I've understood why Reverb is better on a separate bus channel rather then with the rest of the effect thanks!

[@zyink_]

this will put people 1 year ahead

[@lucasgalowicz567]

Real i feel so smart rn

[@RecKLesSxS0ULz]

This is the first time I've found a vocal mixing video that breaks down and explains everything so well! Thank you SO much for this!!!

[@CompleteProducer]

I'm so glad!

[@EntidadDesconocida]

THIS GUY LITERALLY SAVED MY WHOLE MUSICAL CAREER, THANK YOU VERY FREAKING MUCH

[@teamfury4832]

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[@otjinate423]

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[@devvamariya2643]

Your music and teaching skills are the best in the whole KZbin, seriously. Will wait from you an analysis of pop songs from the scratch, I think it would be bind blowing

[@AntonioRobinson-xx4vt]

Nah, facts! And when ya get there, give me a shout! Stay creative!

[@cremoide]

Wow, I've been struggling so long trying to make voices louder on my mix and this video was so demystifying and powerful... Thank you so much, really! ❤

[@CompleteProducer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ff_tjbandz6369]

Good looking out man. Not too many would be willing to be this transparent regarding their actual process your really helpful my guy. More blessings to you and yours!

[@CompleteProducer]

thank you!

[@FlacoLaPalm]

Bro God bless you for being so generous and transparent with your knowledge that i know you have worked hard to accumulate. You got my sub and respect.

[@CompleteProducer]

thank you!

[@jarrodsmith8260]

This really shows the importance of understanding the concepts before just assuming you have to use the paid plugins. Great video Ethan!

[@janelu1339]

Wow Ethan I've just started making music myself in the past few months. You content is so helpful while being so so so so fun. So thank you so much and thank you so much again!!!!

[@OveRotstedt]

Wow, your voice sounds great even without prosessing! Lucky you! Great video, thank you!

[@sindybatista6105]

This is the only video I’ve ever found that explains it so well. The other ones are so confusing but you broke it down perfectly. And it’s extremely difficult for me to understand intricate things like this so that says a lot. Thank you!!

[@purepump]

Great tutorial. Very simple without overprocesssing and keeping the vocal original. The key take away I noticed is that the raw vocal take sounds amazing, and that is really the most important part. Also, I prefered the sound of the stock plugins more than the third party ones.

[@s0y_aaa]

that song is literally No Surprises

[@JanekMaruda]

yup

[@wichiwachigide2451]

It sounds like a copy-paste 💀

[@ClonkBank]

I was thinking the same thing

[@Sasuil]

Maybe similar sounding, but if you listen to them both back to back. You can hear the pattern differences in the guitar strums

[@s0y_aaa]

@@Sasuil wow, so much difference

[@MetaMurse]

you can do it! i learned everything in less than 24 hours!!!!!!!!!

[@aryanchhajer8942]

God level explaination, I have been using FL Studio from the last 5 6 years on and off and i just switched to ableton yesterday. Life changing video brother keep it up !

[@DanielaBarrientos]

Thank you! Best explanation ever! I’m using another version of Ableton, so filters don’t match exactly yours but I got the gist of it and applied it to my current song and it is sounding much much better than it did before. Also, I’m launching my it tomorrow so please do feel happy to have contributed as a mentor for me 😂🎉 TY!

[@louise-ve6xz]

Thank you so much for your videos. I'm coming back to Ableton/recording music after 10 years and I so wish I had had your videos back then! It has made jumping back in so much easier and you have inspired me to get back to making music - not excuses! Seriously, thanks a million.

[@henrysalinas6751]

Thank you. I'm a teen who's expected to mix live for church and I recently got into Ableton and this video was great. My church is thinking about using a DAW and I really needed this. Thanks

[@CompleteProducer]

happy to help (:

[@abandoned-z6v]

thank you so much i’ve been mixing and producing for 3 years now but really never did vocals and always over complicated them with too much compression and really aggressive eq so this helped a lot

[@SheikRonMC]

Out of every tutorial I watched and in a full month. Yours made it extremely simple. Thank you!

[@OhitsShiftz]

I haven't even watched this yet but I wanna say THANK YOU such for these mixing types of videos, they are exactly what I'm looking for! I loved your other one you put out 🎉🎉

[@Hung_Tang]

Notes: Vocal Processing Chain: Compression > EQ > De-essing > Compression Sustained Lead Vocal > EQ Eight > De-esser > Spectrum > Vocal Control > Utility (w/ gain to emphasize/de-emphasize certain p's, ch's, s's)

[@danielson1111]

You're the reason why I am having so much fun in the studio! Loving the course and these videos. Thanks big bro

[@CompleteProducer]

wow thank you!!

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dude SUCH GOOD TIMING FOR RELEASING TYSM SO BLESSED

[@dude7109]

Depressed but trying to make music and your beautiful voice made me emotional

[@CompleteProducer]

awe, im honored. hang in there and keep making music!

[@kaivrzy4261]

If you want to create your own vocal mixing rack WITH effects on the track itself without having to set up returns, create a group within the rack and have multiple channels(I.e. Dry Mix, reverb, delay, parallel compression, etc). That way you have full control of the vocal mix parameters all in one area.

[@withnme]

Love the Radiohead inspired song. “No Surprises” great video!

[@rahulganti7053]

God bless you ❤ i never head such an explanation before

[@Hasan_Alli]

special respect for the visual effects!

[@SufiOfficialMusic]

Dude i feel like the stockplugins sounded better than the expensive plugs thats insane! thank you!

[@CompleteProducer]

they definitely can! you've got a great voice so it should be easy for you to process :D

[@patricereneerichmond]

This is great! Glad I found it. My vocals need WORK!! I know just this little bit will push them the next 10-20% thank you. ❤

[@kirvesjorma]

This is the best vocal mixing video on youtube I have seen. You helped me tremendously and made my tracks sound so much better I do not even know how to thank you enough. I will stay tuned for more content you upload. Thank you! Subscribed, liked and commented hopefully others will come across this video too.

[@thechunkytrucker5111]

Liked and subscribed. After hours of hair pulling out and stress, i actually figured out how to get good vocals using stock plugins on my own, and I used the almost the same exact plugins you used in this video. so its good to know i was on the right track, but i was only 90% there. watching your video was the last 10% i needed to get there. thank you. the problem when i followed your advice word for word however was that my vocals had too much low end in them, so i had to make a few tweaks. instead of dragging EQ Eight, click the drop arrow next to EQ Eight and youll see a bunch of EQ options like "Vocal", "Instrumental", etc. click the drop arrow next to vocal and drag the one called vocal presence instead, and then follow the same instructions in your video. i find myself needing to drag the low end controls (the little bubble with the number 1 in it) all the way up to 125-150 htz rather than just 100. when you drag the vocal control compressor plugin, turn down the mid a little bit. or, in the vocal presence plugin, take your low mid controls (the bubble with number 2 in it) and turn it down. whichever way you choose to go, just make sure you arent turning it down too much, -1 to -5 db should do the trick. everybody talks about how when mixing vocals the general rule of thumb is to cut out the low frequencies and boost the highs a little bit, but not enough about how turning down the mids ever so slightly removes a bit of mud that allows your vocals to blend in with everything else smoothly. lastly, when you drag utility make sure you turn the width to 400% and do that for everything, vocals, instruments, just not the master though. this helps your tracks sound stereo instead of mono, the only exceptions being the master and electric guitars recorded through audio interface, for some reason it makes them sound quieter and makes them get lost in the mix, so you wanna go the opposite way and turn the width down to 0% and make them mono, that will actually help them stand out more. these are just little tips that work for me personally i felt like sharing in case someone else had the same issues i did, but thank you for teaching me so much from your video, i did learn a handful of things i needed to know.

[@CompleteProducer]

Thanks for those suggestions! It's important to figure out what sounds good to you. I think generally, a lead vocal is mono, and then backing vocals are panned left and right and those create the stereo effect for vocals. I can't vouch for the 400% on utility on a lead vocal because almost all my listening and learning experience in the world of vocal production has said to put the lead vocal right in the middle, and let the backing vocals create the stereo stuff. But I'm sure it sounds cool on certain sounds, and there are no 100% rules. There are also so many variations in mics and interfaces I'm not surprised you had to make some EQ tweaks. Good job digging deep and finding what sounds best to you!

[@tomasvircik3742]

Pretty great explanation. So, my laziness to go over the ssss and tttts and such one by one is something that I should actually do. On a hip-hop song it's like week of work 😂 but I gotta say it works. There are certain compressions that compress treble, middles and bass separately. But then, it's not as great thought. Thank you for this video. It's simply to follow with others softwares in mind 😎

[@MetaMurse]

I just made my first song in less than 3 days !!! This is the best content for professional sounding music. You really helped me take my creativity to an entire different level. Thank you so much! definitely worth the sub!!!! : ) youll be hearing my song soon

[@CompleteProducer]

wow i love to hear that, keep up the good work!!

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🤘 So happy to see the account grow. I‘ve been around since the 2k‘s and have to say the way how you’re transmitting information is gold! One thing I‘ve been struggling with is song arrangement and how to pick the right sounds/instruments. Would love to see your thoughts on that in a structured video. Thanks for what you’re doing and keep up the good work!! 🫶

[@CompleteProducer]

that's a great idea and I'll keep it in mind. thanks for the prolonged support!

[@MontageHDr]

Very good!

[@InoverMusic]

Clear and comprehensive tutorial ! This is really helpful thank you so much !

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Yo. I was checking out your KZbin seeing you haven't uploaded a song in 2 years. You gave up on Music or you just working on new music?

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@@OVOXBEATS secret man, not yet given up f4 sure.

[@sandrocavali9810]

Great video. I was always amazed by the Ableton plugins especially the opto compression.

[@DivineAura1]

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[@mirrowlex]

Bro thanks for this video. It's amazing, I'm just getting back into music so this means a lot. Thank you.

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Your what i like to call a ployglot. You're good at multiple things

[@inndrive]

I love your channel, the educational content is great! Keep on going, please don't stop!

[@dunkelselbst]

Usability-hint when using gain-automation of utility: Group the utility-effect, assign a macro to gain, and then you can adjust that, say, the range is between -6db and +6db only. This eases matters when drawing automations.

[@CompleteProducer]

that's a cool idea!

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[@CompleteProducer]

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[@mrdmcarter]

This is a🔥 song. Thanks for sharing the track and tutorial.

[@haus_cat]

I have never really used vocals very much but I do want to more often. this was a great resource thank you , +1000 points for ableton.

[@madlucas.wav.melbourne]

brooo next level - thank you. - i just did this to my track and the vocals now are so clear. definitely a great formula🔥

[@HollowInn]

I do a lot of work with gain to cut channels dry and found, at least in logic, gain on a channel does not cut the bus channel whereas gain would chop the effect if the effect was on the channel instead of the bus.

[@carlaa.springs1107]

Thank you so much! Now, to try it.

[@desixbellesmusic]

Your song has a huge Damien Rice vibe! Cheers.

[@elizabethsaundersmusik]

I love your tutorials! Very helpful. thank you

[@theDUCER.]

12:16 beautiful voice man!

[@revelationbeats_]

Great bro! Respect and thanks from down in South Africa!

[@amilcaralzamora8174]

Thanks broo complete and simple way to explain triste valeu info

[@Thunda1234]

Great vid! I like using clip gain to lower sibilances/plosives

[@BertoMelodies]

Wow!!! This is mind-blowing ❤❤❤

[@djkon10th26]

thanks for this tutorial Ethan, learnt a lot from it, can you do a tutorial on how to record vocals over a beat and process it?

[@petrieberries]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@Guanako562]

thanks so much for explaining to us so simple!! I have been looking for a video like this...This helped me a lot!!

[@CompleteProducer]

I'm so glad!

[@FunQi-rs6ri]

Great video thanks! Learned a lot, gonna try and do it on my vocals now!!

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[@CompleteProducer]

that's so cool! i hope i can make the switch smoother for you and good luck with the album!

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woah that's awesome congrats!@@koukalcola

[@DigitalMuse1]

Thanks Ethan! Great job!

[@charleselijahmusic]

You didn't mention gain-staging, is this basically falling into that compression sandwich? Man really helpful, practical and easy to follow tutorial - thank you! Amazing vocal you got! Vocal chain for those crisp backing vocals too please!

[@mushywoozy]

im very thankfulfor your service, i hope get fairly rewarded for it.

[@Extanza1]

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[@p.a.t.musichouse6055]

Great, amazing tutorial, thank you so much!❤❤❤

[@CompleteProducer]

You are so welcome!

[@poseidonsyout]

The ableton mix does sound a lil fuzzy and doesn’t cut through the mix as well but you definitely showed that you can get the job done

[@grimioficial]

Thank u again, for these incredible tutorials! I watched one about writing lyrics! 😉😉🔥🔥

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Damn came to your channel after 2 years damn you've gained a lot of subscribers.🔥🔥❤️

[@CompleteProducer]

yeah i started taking things more seriously about a year ago and it has grown a lot!

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The goat

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Great video, thanks Ethan!

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Top notch videos- thank you!!

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Great video, very helpful! I really appreciate the tips.

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[@CompleteProducer]

awe that's so sweet! so glad God's been speaking to you through it. Thanks so much for sharing this with me!

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Thank you, you are amazing!

[@unkown6747]

Top g love this explanation brother

[@nitinmistry6280]

Love your videos. Huge fan. Curious if you ever side chain your reverb BUS?

[@CompleteProducer]

i actually do occasionally ! to make room for the kicks sometimes

[@someone5050]

Thank you, it sound very nice!

[@rele2207]

This is such a great tutorial. You have a new suscriber! I still have a question: If I want to add further effects such as delay, distortion, alienation, do they come to your chain at the very end after the gentle squeeze or somwhere in between? Thanks a lot for a reply! All the best, ReLe

[@MissKamilaSM]

So good! 👏🏻

[@mnmdaproducer]

love the song !

[@Amantiu5]

This is crazy. Awesome

[@DiegoAmbrósio-o6m]

I lack the patience to do it. Hehehehe. Something to work on for sure. Is there a plugin for that? : D Good video!

[@danielwall5914]

Thank you for this. Top quality content

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[@Stephen.Redding]

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[@music.tenpad]

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[@samukehl]

Ethan, thank you so much for these instructional videos! It's excactly what I struggled with recently. And I won't forget the sandwich anytime soon :D ...and btw., you have a beautiful voice man!

[@langa1818]

thank you so much for the info! much love