How To Tune Pop Vocals | Make Pop Music

In today's video, Austin shows how he tunes vocals using VariAudio and Auto-Tune Pro.
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[@PhillipBerryOfficial]

Love the content! Thanks for doing these ✅ @4:11 dry vox @2:38 wet tuned Vox

[@boilerroomstudio]

Dope video. Just an FYI, if you add a chord track to your project and put it in the key of the song, You can change the color code in Variaudio to “chord” instead of “Pitch” then the notes that are not in key will be red. Makes it much easier to quickly see what notes are off

[@MakePopMusic]

Ooooh. I gotta try that! Thanks for the tip.

[@derrickbrown7955]

Your 808s are magic.

[@anastasiosmanios8463]

content idea. use a subscriber's bad vocals and tune them into a perfect pop song!

[@stevenswisher4339]

This would be really awesome

[@birk550]

WORDS!!!

[@808mike]

Yes

[@nathanstatham]

Dude. You're videos are seriously the most helpful videos I've watched since I've began my journey of music production 3 years ago. I've learned only from KZbin. I'm so glad I stumbled upon your videos a month ago.

[@kevineiserman4746]

2:38 soooo good! Sounds like the Weeknd.

[@MakePopMusic]

who dat? (;

[@riripeaches]

@@MakePopMusic funny to see three years later

[@prodjxnas]

I can really feel that songs vibe! I love your vids!!!

[@cjaythepsalmist305]

the drive into your body lyric is pure art

[@derrickbrown7955]

I've never heard anything this amazing from any producer on KZbin.

[@ameenkk7579]

I found its difficult to master vocals myself... Even I'm a vst mastering expert. And 2 days ago I put my Mic in the packed box and put in my showcase. Today after watching this I have taken it back and fit it in my mic stand Wonderful tutorial.. u r a real motivator.. hero

[@thiagoramalho7851]

Hello, thank you very much for your videos! It was very difficult to find good videos like yours. I'm from Brazil and I learn a lot from all your videos.

[@adamivy]

Love the content. Would love to collab on a video if you'd ever be interested. Keep up the good work!

[@MakePopMusic]

Hey man! Big fan of your channel. We are down! Shoot us a message at [e-mail] and let's chat!

[@cjsgraphics8027]

Ahaa so this is where the collab started

[@anastasiosmanios8463]

OMG this guy is my hero. wish he could edit my vocals like that

[@dukiism]

How does this channel get so little views i love this guy

[@kingrocks5564]

Brother u made my day .

[@stoneroofstudios4700]

great video thanks man! I use waves tune and UAD Antares auto tune realtime, but I definitely picked up a few tips with this video!

[@AnotherProducer]

Again a great video Austin! I also find VariAudio super helpful. Especially now that you have the Smart Controls and you can set the range you want to edit. But Antares Auto-Tune definitely does a lot to the sound! :D Unfortunately, I don't have Auto-Tune but I will try your technique with another program. Cheers, Phil

[@sanjinkubrick7897]

this is amazing, every time you say this is just my demo take I wanna cry cause it sounds way better than my best take. Respect man

[@hipethenomad]

This sounds amazing! Do you have a video on how you processed these vocals? I’d LOVE to learn

[@kingswagproduction5656]

dope content! must subscribe. Keep up the good work!

[@fangmusicofficial]

Have never touched vocals but these tips will come in handy soon. Thanks! Could you do a tutorial on how to make dark melodies I hear in your tracks next? Thank you for reading!

[@lielfr]

Melodyne is also an option for the first step. Didn't compare it to VariAudio or the graph mode though

Again with a gold nugget! Could you make a video on the vocal chain you're working with?

[@rishxbeatz5761]

Thanks man🔥🔥🔥

[@lorddjeezy4285]

Bro I need your songs on Spotify 😭🔥

[@MakePopMusic]

They are fam! :D And I have a lot more coming!

[@jxrdvn7191]

Thank you bro! Never thought about the graph editing before throwing on autotune. Just thought everyone else can sing flawlessly but me lol

[@YongCyrus]

I actually love your music man haha great video

[@thedrivereraworld6033]

Can u teach us how to make vocal chops like The Chainsmokers?

[@pawewawrzenczyk1762]

You have to chop vocals like in one of Austin's tutorial, and next crush it with camel crusher etc.

[@CutieZalbu]

Can you please do a video on how BTS does their vocals...they’re Kpop boy band that’s blowing up and their style is quite unique and I sorta wanna hear your take on it :) you seem to know a lot about music

[@alphabeats7480]

This is amazing I wish I could make cool music like you!!!

[@gilmeir278]

Great video, thanks!

[@ProdbyDisko]

I love your music!

[@hotwig68]

great song.. and fun tutorial.....im just thinking , why can't we as artists just sing with our natural voice and comp it if there is a gross pitch error......it seems everyone is just processing out the heart of the human voice...artists before the 90s sang real.

[@johnnyjudis9163]

Jeff Wigton than sang real but they didn’t have the freedom we do not to be so experimental vocally because they had to worry about pitch

[@Rishu_6669]

i need this trck so badly

[@vintagebxbyy]

U sound great man ! Keep it up 👍

[@DOKOTV]

Thank you

[@CutieZalbu]

I like how you used your voice...we got to see a really bad take you did and turned it into 🔥🔥🔥 Most vocals you use are already edited so I really didn’t know what the hell was happening...This video is easy to understand too 🔥🔥🔥🤭

[@BobbyWashingtonvlog]

Do you do this same manual tuning for a stack of backgrounds? Or do you just use autotune on all backgrounds and do manual tuning on Lead Vocals?

[@ld3988]

The goat himself 🐐 🔥🔥🔥

[@Boissinova]

Comment for support!!

[@tripthelightfantastic6519]

Thanks for this video. Learned a lot. Ps. You’re a cute bear cub.

[@OSdahl]

How do you align the vocals Austin? Do you do it manually or use plugin?

[@coltonwatersmusic2319]

Dude love it. Is there something like Variaudio that's compatible for ableton?? If not, does anyone know how to use it in Ableton?

[@sakuralang7913]

dope!Keep it up!

[@dcoverzsessions]

what the microphone my friend? you sound so good!!

[@DeadEyezz]

You're the best

[@camronbridges4543]

Amazing !!!!

[@ArpitGandhiMusic]

Thank you!!

[@thedrivereraworld6033]

Can u teach us how to make pop guitar loops using plugins?

[@sophiavhoti4548]

synth guitars suck id recommend using vsts on a di track from a real guitar theres a few paid ones that are ok but i haven't seen any free ones that sounded good

[@thedrivereraworld6033]

@@sophiavhoti4548 i'm not talking about free ones, I have some pretty good vst guitars wich are paid, but I just don't know how to mix them!

[@camronbridges4543]

If you have learned how to use “Autotune Pro” - Graph mode.. please do a tutorial!! 🙏🙏🌎🎶🎶🌎

[@jemkarto3209]

Hi, Love watching all your content!! I'm very very new to this, but is there a way of doing something similar in cubase elements 10 using just the free plug ins ect??? thanks

[@IgorFisco]

Have you already used fl studio? I have trouble getting quality voices. usually get very "dry"...

[@hmubusin7977]

I actually use FL. I record in pro tools and export them into fl to mix and master actually. You ca try this also use very good mic. Some of the artists i work with use 600 -1k priced mics. Most DAWS process audio in a similar way so its not the DAW's fault. Play ard!

[@yoboi2.044]

Wanted to ask do we need to do all these steps for the backing vocals as well individually? Coz that will be pretty much time taking.. so is it mainly for the lead vocals? Can we just record the bck vocals with just autotune doing its job automatically?

[@in2music375]

Once again...Proper!

[@angelvox1603]

Austin B Dope.

[@scottfaircloff9530]

great!!

[@boizen]

my god...that song though....whats the name...i really want it

[@MakePopMusic]

Just a lil sumin sumin I'm working on :D

[@prodbytragic4236]

keep it up bro!

[@annarosencrans2986]

What plugin is this for the 808s

[@derrickbrown7955]

bro drop that song

[@JTFuller]

wow ,man

[@armanrandhawa6104]

Which mic you used to record these tutorial vocals?

[@YongCyrus]

How would you edit vocals for an acoustic song only? Without sounding robotic?

[@MakePopMusic]

Just go very light on the tuning (if tuning it at all), and make sure I don't over compress and use too much delay and reverb.

[@JTFuller]

That's freakin nasty man. This channel is the doo doo..

[@Beatsbasteln]

can i also make videos for make pop music if i say "actually" enough?

[@thakid12596]

When are you dropping this heat tho?

[@einfachbjoern]

How I can check which Key a beat has?

[@snjv_official]

WOW !!! 14th liker and 107th viewer and 5th commenter cheers mate and Love From Nepal !!!

[@exhaust4246]

Song name?

[@user-wb1ox8jm8o]

Cubase producer... PRO!

[@miralecielo6786]

What's the song

[@DanniQQQ]

Voice going actually going auto-tune at 12:10 haha

[@cokecesar]

You Sounds like The Weeknd 😊

[@jabulanimahlangu6863]

Hi Austin my first inspiration guy. Man i need help, currently i am using cubase pro 9.5.50 with usb e lisenser and now i am thinking of downloading cubase 10, but i am afraid and wondering what would happen with my current e lisenser. will it work on cubase 10 or it will require me to run some e lisenser update which might take long or hard. what advise will you give me?

[@MakePopMusic]

It's super simple! It just swaps the license on your licenser and all sessions transfer to Cubase 10. It took like an hour to update and it's been fine!

[@jabulanimahlangu6863]

@@MakePopMusic So by saying it will just swaps license do you mean if it happen that i don't like cubase 10 i can still roll back to cubase 9.5 without any issues?

[@gary-healy-songwriter]

@@jabulanimahlangu6863 The eLicenser will register both 9.5 and 10 separately. Cubase 10 will install alongside 9.5. You can run both. If you don't like 10, just uninstall it. 10 is pretty stable now - I don't think you'll go back to 9.5.

[@jabulanimahlangu6863]

@@gary-healy-songwriter thank you very much for the feedback. let me try it.

[@gary-healy-songwriter]

@@jabulanimahlangu6863 You're welcome, Jabulani. Incidentally, Steinberg offer a 30 trial of their software - fully featured - so maybe download the trial and try that? It costs €99 to upgrade from 9.5.

[@geburahsworld2050]

🤟🏻

[@nickhsu2812]

Hello Austin, Really love all videos you put on your channel. Really Appreciate it. I am an A&R for Linfair Publishing in Taiwan. If you would like to do any kind of collaboration, please PM me, see if there is any opportunity that we can work together. Thanks!

[@pawewawrzenczyk1762]

[@CamEzra]

I hear bazzi

[@Dirty_Squirrell]

Or find someone who can sing?

[@espedale]

Could not hear the difference pre and post Autotune Pro because you drowned the nuances by playing it in the context of the full mix. Other than that, good video.

[@jiggisabores]

Change "F%^%ing Soul" to a "Single Soul" not sure the swearing fits.

[@MakePopMusic]

Definitely wanted to keeping fucking. I mean, the entire song is about sex. Haha single soul doesn't roll off the tounge as well. The alitteration of single soul breaks up the natural flow a bit.

[@guitargod666able]

How about u just sing it in tune ?

[@ziggyeberts]

guitargod666able damn

[@johnnyjudis9163]

Actually with pop music its using synths etc its impossible to not sound awkward without auto tune on it look up equal temperament tuning

[@plencc]

Stop being Rude when people write you in your mail just reply that's being a good person and business will go well not just being good on your videos but in person you portray another character.

[@MakePopMusic]

I'm not quite sure what you are talking about. We respond to all Make Pop Music email. If you are referring to a message about me producing or mixing something for you, I may not have gotten back. I get a lot of requests and I'm pretty booked up right now so I am only taking on projects that seem like a perfect fit at the moment. Also, you don't even know me.

[@MakePopMusic]

Just looked at my email. You sent something 2 days ago, and didn't fill the form out on my site. I haven't even seen your email yet because I go to the site entries first because that's how I sort incoming projects. All your email said is "Hey man help me master this track and mixing it i just did record this by myself though" and then had 3 attachments. I haven't even had time to respond to get more information and you're coming onto my channel trying to tell everyone that I'm a bad person. Lol

[@plencc]

@@MakePopMusic Don't take it personal Hey just wanted to let you know man always no one has to know one for them to communicate or share ideas.You know you could at least try to listen to the song and tell me what to add or change that will really help

[@MakePopMusic]

@@plencc Like I said, you sent it 2 days ago, out of nowhere. I hadn't even gotten to your message yet. You can't just send unsolicited emails to people and demand that you get a response.

[@plencc]

@@MakePopMusic Ok let me wait then i respect your time though

[@Brian-Cherry]

I usually enjoy your videos but have you ever thought that just maybe adding explicit lyrics to songs isn’t cool? I don’t think I’ve ever heard a song that explicit lyrics has made better.

[@MakePopMusic]

I enjoy explicit lyrics.

[@Brian-Cherry]

I’m sorry you seem to be taking some offence to my comment. It was actually a serious question. I went to a Demi Lovato gig a few years ago where she sung a song called Lonely. I had heard the song a few times, which was a non explicit version. When I heard the original version I was quite frankly shocked. Believe me I am no prude but this language was not suitable to the majority of the audience. I now go back to my original comment. The original version was not as good as the non explicit version so why add words that can’t be played to your full fan base? I really do wish to find out the thought process that the composer goes through when they add such lyrics.

[@MakePopMusic]

@@Brian-Cherry I'm not offended. I just answered the question. I swear in songs because I like it. I like saying what's on my mind and writing like I speak, rather than censoring myself because I think people don't want to hear cursing. I think it sounds really corny when there is a clear edit in the lyrics where something explicit would've had an impact, made more sense, or just fit better, and they change it to something clean and wash the line out. Some artists don't swear and it wouldn't even fit in their sound, image, or writing style if they did. Some swear a ton and if they cut it out, it would be weird, corny, and forced.