How To Use Multiband Compression on Vocals

[@5piece]

What other vocal mixing tutorials do you want to see from me? Let me know in the comments below 👇

[@freemixmaster262]

full mixing and mastering of rap vocals in a 2 track beat

[@Stickwitit]

Fabfilter Volcano on vocals

[@Drewdiesel508]

Making a vocal smooth and sit in the mix. But when doing the video everytime a plug-in is contributing to sitting the vocal back in the mix, really empathize that part of the video. Keep bypassing and un bypassing the plug-in so people understand exactly how the sound was before, and why/how you got the sound after.

[@radioprobromania]

Settup for radio station mic

[@TaticalRemedy]

Smoothing and fixing deep, muddy, boxy vocals :) Awesome videos man!

[@Raphael-fi8hd]

This is the ultimate secret for great vocals, and nobody talks about it lol

[@5piece]

Nobody except me 😅 but you’re right. Took me a bit to learn this one, I actually had to attend an official FabFilter workshop to get exposed to this but the moment I figured it out, it changed EVERYTHING. Glad it helped 👊🏼

[@CJMattias]

@@5piece Ye i also came up with it myself lol. However using a regular CL compressor as well on the bus.

[@MichaelHaze]

The key to great vocals is always starting at the source with good vocals that can be molded to more if your source is bad. No mixing can fix it

[@alexandertran9464]

I like the way this guy teaches the material. Feels like I stumbled upon a treasure chest of gems here!

[@5piece]

You have good taste my friend. Thanks for watching 😉

[@RidgeBaker2615]

Just recently started wanting to learn everything I possibly can on ways to use multiband on vocals! Thank you so much for this video. Just adding more to my knowledge

[@5piece]

Awesome! It’s a super useful tool once you understand it. Best of luck!!!

[@RidgeBaker2615]

@@5piece thank you! Engineering your own stuff is so much fun. It’s just cool learning new techniques and different peoples opinions and workflow

[@5piece]

Definitely!

[@MEM04]

Very good and DEATAILED description of the plugin and its many practical uses. Great quality content, just gained a new subscriber🔥💫

[@thankyouluc]

great vid showed me exactly how to get the most out of my ProMB

[@1AugustBlack]

This convinced me to buy the Pro MB ! Thanks for the all the helpful content!

[@Drewdiesel508]

Great informational video. Beginner friendly and intermediate guidance 💯

[@5piece]

I appreciate you Andrew! Thanks for the kind words and for watching 👊🏼

[@sreonly]

this is truly fascinating to watch 👏🏾👏🏾

[@5piece]

Appreciate you bro!!!

[@lrryjns]

I think you highlighted a lot of my mistakes with this tool: bands too narrow, not adjusting gain for what is lost, and applying too much. I noticed the vocals sounded pretty good by the time you got to applying multiband compression. Is this always how you use it, or are there applications for it earlier in a vocal chain?

[@5piece]

I discuss this at greater length around the 17:46 and beyond. This is primarily how I use it - to correct frequency problems that occur after another plugin like an EQ or compressor. Occasionally I will use it as a replacement for my standard compressor since it does offer more control over individual frequency bands, BUT the way I describe at the end is the main way I use it. Hope this helps!!

[@ziggy___moon]

good stuff man thank you!

[@xaynonthemelody3457]

Love your stuff Five keep the grind flowin' ! I think you should do a Pro Tools beginners, intermediate and advanced series of videos to really grasp and navigate through Pro Tools with ease.

[@5piece]

It’s been on my mind! thank you for reaffirming this idea ! 🙌🏼

[@GrantFoxOfficial]

Very useful stuff. Im new to this so this is great

[@5piece]

Awesome. Glad to be of service Grant !! 🙏🏼

[@GrantFoxOfficial]

@@5piece is there something you would recommend that would level out quiet parts and lessen louder parts? I usually throw it into the compressor but I'd like to have it "leveled" on the file itself instead of through the plugin because I can't see how the end result

[@anthonysanity]

can you do all 5 of those tips in the 1 MB compressor without having to use 3 of them in the 1 chain

[@alameenbalogun7113]

This is very helpful. ❤️

[@5piece]

Glad you think so!

[@SteelRecordsProducer]

Excellent content

[@5piece]

I appreciate you Roop Records!! 👊🏼

[@gabrielthesingingpilot]

Great tutorial! I have the Pro Q3,Is the Pro Q3 essentially a mulitband compressor with its dynamic control function? To me ,MB and Q3 seem the same.

[@cloudycampaign]

Good information and well explained subscribed

[@5piece]

Thank you Cloudy Campaign!!

[@freemixmaster262]

my vocal quality will increase by 100 pc now

[@CheapDrugs]

That last song was hella deep goddamn 😭 But thanks for the vid Man I understand Pro Mb way more now

[@5piece]

Shoutout my guy SRE for that! Links to all songs are in the description 🤙🏼

[@iosonoio2493]

Dont forget to adjust attack and release in your bands.

[@gabrielluvan336]

Great review!

[@5piece]

Thank you!

[@nikov4543]

This is great thank you!

[@tgotthaheatbeats7902]

Been sleeping on multiband compression

[@5piece]

Glad I could help wake you up ;) thanks for watching

[@fiveslashfortyeight]

Mate I'm 4 years in and only now I realised 🧑🏻‍🦯

[@flamersss]

hey so, if im stacking a 1176 and a LA2A for rap vocals, this is good to use after both of them?

[@anthonybrooks3039]

Yes... You'll get a clear and consistent hear of the mud and harsh sounds more.

[@jermainewells764]

You can do the same with pro q 3 correct ? Dynamic eq

[@themixkings7795]

Ur Fire With ur tips TY

[@5piece]

Thank you Kings!!!!!

[@MidasNova]

🔥🔥🔥

[@justicechiemerieezeh5277]

Nice something 🔥🔥

[@5piece]

Thanks 🔥

[@1AugustBlack]

Do you tend to put this before your first compressor or after?

[@KiLLerMan-KD]

Nice ❤️

[@M189-i3b]

Cool thx

[@5piece]

You’re welcome!

[@daiplomamchodo6274]

I wanna know the best procedure of to use multband complesor in mastering

[@5piece]

Noted for tidier content. Thanks for the suggestion 🙌🏼

[@thomasshakelton]

Not an expert but it seems like when you eq your music to your liking the regular compressor does almost the same as an multiband without proper eq. Please tell me if I'm mistaken

[@5piece]

Can’t fully say you’re mistaken as every track is different and what you propose may genuinely work in some scenarios. I personally don’t find them to sound the same; compressors have their own frequency response and way of manipulating the frequency spectrum of a sound even if it’s not the intentional. This is usually because some frequencies are louder than others, yet the compressor reacts the same to all frequencies unless using a built in HPF filter or other EQ manipulation beforehand. I would say the MB sounds different from normal compression (though very similar) and offers significantly more control. The beauty is, you can also use an MB as a compressor by simply selecting the entire frequency range when dialing settings. Hope this helps 👊🏼

[@keeondre2x451]

U really help me with this shit and seem chill as fuck bro! imma sub💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@5piece]

Appreciate you Bleu!! Glad I could help 🙏🏼

[@DjNicoForlanDe]

obviously there is something happening...but even if I'm listening to it carefully I can't tell the difference...:D who else?

[@marcovernice]

hey hope you good , lets work im a rapper songwriter

[@mtl18]

Interestingly, this tutorial video regarding comprression has a large volume difference between the narrator's (tutor) microphone level and the music, including the intro music. I had to turn up the volume in order to hear and understand what he wa saying, But, when the music played, it was ridiculoudly loud! Perhaps one should learn how to merely adjust the volumes of individual tracks, here the narrator and music tracks, before offering tutorials on multiband compression. Just a thought.

[@5piece]

Thanks for the note. Will be mindful of volume balancing music and vocal audio more in the future, although this video is over a year old now and it may not be indicative of recent content. I disagree on the sentiment of not teaching others though until I master that skill as you propose. As a solo content creator doing everything myself, mixing video audio and mixing music audio is VERY different, and while I excel with mixing music, I’m still learning the video side of things. Most people teaching on KZbin do not always have the best mixed audio but their lessons still apply. If I waited til I was an expert at mixing video audio, then there would probably be no videos or lessons. I’d rather put content out and learn as I go, rather than be like 90% of people who never try in the first place and just leave internet comments from their bedroom. Thanks for watching.

[@mtl18]

@@5piece I apologize for my insensitive comment. I was in the middle of a mixing project that could use some multiband comp on a poorly recorded vocal late at night.Wifey was sleeping. I came across your video and watched it. When the "music" came on, it startled me and woke my wife up because I had to turn up the video to hear what you were saying. Obviously, she was not too happy. And neither was I. But, my comment could had been more constructive rather than inpolite. Thanks for posting!

[@lasgidikingin]

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[@PaperBoat.]

Caution* You will loose some "air" if your mix contains excessive amount of F* words... 😌 😂

[@galaballi]

seems like you really understand sound so why are you using these monitors?! LOL

[@5piece]

What’s the problem with them?

[@galaballi]

@@5piece krk? Just Awful

[@JohnnyPbitch]

KRK are great, just not the rokit series @@galaballi

[@garbygarb31]

Why is the rapper trying o so hard to sound like Drake

[@5piece]

Why are you trying so hard to hate on someone expressing themselves? How do you know he was even trying to do that? So much judgement in this comment without knowing a damn thing about a person or their art, just seeing a moment of it in this video....what happened to you to make you like this?

[@K-Stac]

@@5piece damn you just stripped this man down to his last core😭