How to Sound Like Don Toliver - "Love Sick" Vocal Tutorial [Pro Tools]

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In this Video you will learn how to achieve Don Toliver Style Vocals in Pro Tools!
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I do that too all the time, you can even see in the video that there was a part where the Decay time didn't go exactly off the calculation so I do agree with people going off the feeling for sure! The calculation is more of a starting point 💯 Thank you for tapping in tho!!

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This video has so much knowledge packed in a small amount of time. Can you do a vocal tutorial for Juice WRLD or Brakence? And keep up the good work 🔥

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When he started calculating the delay I knew that this man studied mixing so well 🔥keep it up man 🙌🏻

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I really like this tutorial! Nice! It's help me a lot. When you use the equation to reverb was a boost in my knowledgement. Thx!

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Bro these are pure gems thanks a lot g....❤️💯 I just have one question : Is 7500 is a random number or something else in your equation for calculating pre delay?

[@goobstersroom]

In general my calculation goes like this a minute has 60 seconds, that means 60,000 milliseconds, as we are defining or tempo in beats per minute (and that means 4th notes) we can divide the 60,000 by our bmp to get the length of a quarter note. 60,000/ x bmp= 4th 30,000/ x bmp= 8th 15,000/ x BPM= 16th 7,500 / x BPM = 32th 3,750 /x BPM = 64th 1,875 / x BPM= 128th You can use any of these values really but 7,500 is the fastest for me it’s all just taking that 60,000 number and dividing by 2 to get a different note value to start

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The way you explain this helped me fill in some gaps in my recoding an mix

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What’s the song called tho 🔥

[@cybeatzproductions]

My previous understanding of the calculations for reverb and delay settings was 60,000 ÷ bpm. Is your formula specific to Don Toliver vocals🤔

[@goobstersroom]

I have another video on my channel where I explain this exact question in detail. This is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJvOZHqphq9kj7s&lc=UgzDHx-Wq76GCyUDxP14AaABAg&ab_channel=Goobster%27sRoom And you could see the explanation at 17:37 into the video linked above

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why do people want to sound like other artist? I don't get it 🤷‍♂

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I agree its important to develop your own sound which is why I emphasize in this video multiple times to still build and develop their sound with an actual mixing engineer if they want to stand out from the rest that's absolutely essential! But I think the interest comes from people just admiring how certain sounds make them feel. So if they wish to achieve a similar effect to make their music feel the same then why not! But again the best option for music is doing a blend of both with an actual engineer!

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sounds more like travis scott in the beginning lol

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[@LaghimaMusic]

btw quick correction for reverb the pre delay gives the perception of distance between the sound source and the reflection source inside a space so a smaller predelay would make something sound further away vice versa for something you want sound closer away not the decay. you can for instance be in a very reverberant bathroom for example aka bathroom with a long decay due to the material the bathroom is made of(say for example a bathroom made of tile thats 12ftx12ft vs the same bathroom but acoustically treated). the predelay indicates how close the sound source(the vocal for instance) is close to the reflective source(the wall in the recording space) hopefully thats helpful dope vid

[@goobstersroom]

I agree, but I just didn't elaborate this much on the reverb settings for the time sake of the video to keep everything concise. Shorter pre delay time does mean its sounding further out but decay time does add to this equation still as well. It just depends on where you want to make the effected sound, sound like its sitting. Longer decay times are like bigger rooms and if you use the short pre-delay time they both play on each other. Much like if you use a short pre-delay with a short decay it'll sound like its in a smaller room and not as much further back because small rooms only go so deep and far. One minor detail I left out but I think people still get the memo...

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Divide by 7500? i thought it was 60000

[@goobstersroom]

Divide 60,000 by 2, 3 times and what do you get? 7500. All the values you get in between you could also use, simple math

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great video! quick question: you showing the valhallah with the plate preset but the mode is always on concert hall. im not at home rn so can anyone please confirm wether its normal or did he changed the mode??

[@goobstersroom]

So that’s just the way I have it routed. On Valhalla you could have it on plate and have it a plate but I just have it set up on my template that way because, all the different modes on Valhalla sound different but I personally like the concert hall version as a plate better than the actual different plate settings on the Valhalla. But play with the modes with your vocals and test each different one out because each does sound 100% with their own unique tones and textures. But that’s what I just used for this video that was a quick rough mix

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I got a few videos stacked up but I’ll see if I can knock these out as soon as possible! But in the meantime if you want to see other short fort tutorials you could checkout my Instagram! @goobstersroom But regardless I will try to get to as many requests as I can possible asap!! Thank you for the kind words and more importantly tuning in!

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are you putting the doubler straight on the track/on an aux track that your vocals are routed too? Im so used to putting a doubler on a send and fading it in, i didnt even think of popping it straight on there.

[@goobstersroom]

You can do both. In this case I plopped it straight on there and it works 🔥 when you be mixing for so long a lot of people get intimidated to make bold moves and commit to a sound but if you listen to a lot of mike deans mixes he goes heavy with the effects and pushes limits which creates interesting sounds. It’s always switching on a case by case basis but for this example and a lot of don tolivers stuff the stereo vocal information is spread pretty heavy on certain sections which is what I did here 🔥

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He's 100% making that voice himself when he's recording, there's no specific plugins that are making his voice "deeper" that's all him which is why it sounds lit and unique lol But! I could still make a video around his mixing style I'm just waiting for the album to drop to get more of an idea to where he takes the sound hopefully soon tho!

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Why people can't have their own styles

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They can... This is just to spark ideas, I don't condone flat out copying cuz that's weak

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I notice you put your delay throws before the bus ? why ?

[@goobstersroom]

The way I'm routing all my vocals and background layers are all getting routed to the same bus. So if I were to do the delay throws from the lead bus this would include all the background harmony/adlib/dub layers that overlap the leads which is something I wouldn't want being sent to those throw sends because it would throw off the rhythm and what you hear etc... If I routed all the lead tracks to their own individual bus and all the background layers to their own individual bus then I could've put the throws directly on the lead bus which could also be a favorable way to achieve your sound but just for simplicity sake I did it on the direct tracks to streamline things a little bit quicker. Great question though! I hope that answered your question (: 👍

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what is the 7500 value?

[@goobstersroom]

Go to the calculating reverb section at 15:06 on this video and you'll see exactly what it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJvOZHqphq9kj7s&ab_channel=Goobster%27sRoom

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Appreciate you for those kind words on the mixing! And foreal I think he should be dropping soon!

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You didn’t learn anything new?

[@safethreat]

Could you explain the "7500"in 7500/BPM? What does it mean? Also, why wouldn't you use 60000/BPM?

[@goobstersroom]

They're essentially the same thing. The 7500 is just a shortcut to the 60,000 because the math will still check out, I forgot the exact explanation to how they are essentially the same thing but you could try it for yourself. If you choose to do 60,000 divided by the bpm you'll get the value for a longer decay time and if you want a shorter decay or to get your pre delay you would have to divide by 2, 2-4 times. (Maybe even more depending on BPM) If you 7500 it shortcuts the amount of times you have to divide by 2 its just quicker. It all depends on your bpm of course but usually ill only divide by 2 once or twice to get my pre delay and then multiply by 2 once or twice to get my decay. Does that make sense? They're basically the same thing. 7500 to me is just a faster way to get to my solution. Let's me set and forget quicker than the 60,000 although the 60,000 still works too. Hope that helps! 👍

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@@goobstersroom Alright so it is more of a matter of preference and is a speedy calculation. Perfect man, it all made sense. Thanks for explaining. Also, great tutorial brother. Kudos!

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60000/BPM gives you length of a bar in ms, 7500 is and eight of it, so like a half step

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Any song in specific?

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I appreciate you man thank you! I do all this work all myself so it does take me a little bit of time to crank out each video but rest assured I do give it my all with each one to provide you guys with the BEST information at the highest quality possible and make it all entertaining too! There’s for sure going to be more where this came from Fosho! But in the meantime you could connect w me and tap into all the other tutorial and short form videos I got on my Instagram! @goobstersroom Shoutout to you tho for tuning in thank you again 🙏🙏🙏

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