Into The Lair #35 - Vocal Delay Techniques

Mixing Engineer Dave Pensado of Pensado's Place teaches you how to do some unique delay techniques on lead vocals in the 35th edition of "Into The Lair".

[@BREEBREE758]

If you want to get a quarter note delay time just divide 60,000 by the bpm. Divide that number by 2 to get the 8th note and again for 16th and again for 32nd

[@LetMeDieLord]

+Crunchy! McCrunchy ..very cool - thank you!

[@KyleHorrellmusic]

Awesome Video Dave! The easiest way I find to find the delay and reverb times is to switch session to grid mode, select which grid you want, (1/2 1/4 etc.). then make a selection on the grid of that value. Change selection to show time in minutes and seconds. Hope this helps someone and keep blessing the next generation with your knowledge.

[@GavinSteiner]

You just gave us a whole new pallette of color ideas!! What a beautiful song as well. I'm off to purchase.

[@AndrewHubbardBadger]

+Pensado's Place you are so illuminating :) What a great enabler/teacher/mixer/artist :)

[@millionmike6476]

All your videos are so helpful! I've learned a lot!

[@KennethAlanJames]

Thank you. I appreciate all the great KZbin teachers sharing their knowledge and wisdom. God Bless KJ

[@Timefullful]

Thanks for being so open and sharing these great tips!

[@xicoamc]

Dave, your hair is amazing! Love Pensado's Place, great great work!

[@wardenist]

Am I glad I found this page Dave, thank you. Information here is priceless.

[@juliandelacalzada3031]

Awesome techniques! I'm definitely gonna try these out. Great vocals and drums on that track btw

[@kingdroopie4118]

Thanks Dave!! Great tips and concepts to try out

[@Hellosange]

she has a beautiful voice !

[@bhargavdobhal5327]

Thank You Mr .Dave Pensado🙌🙌Very Helpful Video🔥🔥.

[@sciaudio8657]

10 years later. This had such an impact for me a beginner back then. Thank you so much

[@Elnufo]

Finally someone who talks about stuff that cannot be found in books n such. Very informative and inspiring, thank you so much mr. Pensado!

[@Cosme422]

Dave, I totally needed this video. Thank you!

[@doogerbeeunit]

I am really enjoying your video tutorials! Thank you for sharing!

[@daxweb]

I love all the itl series but this episode...man...si unbelivable. Thanks a lot Dave

[@jally706]

Mr. Pensado, although I am not the biggest ProTools fan (non-HD that is), I have gained immense knowledge and some good understanding of your lessons. It has made me a much, much better engineer and mixer. Thank you considerably!!

[@DaleNorth]

Dave, as always, thanks for the tips. Greatly appreciated

[@CHANNELDEREK]

The best piece of advice I've heard in a long time.... Just experiment.... Thanks Dave

[@bboymac84]

love this show!

[@AndrewVonGregor]

Thank you, Dave! 🙂

[@Shoestringstudios]

Great Vid thanks Dave! Greetings from Barbados!

[@Thajet2]

THank you Mr. Pensado!

[@dillonfosa]

man i feel like no matter where i am or will be in my career i will watch your videos aha very helpful always!!

[@JakeBorg]

This is great!

[@rajkamaljangir3618]

Legend on Delays, ♥️

[@AmexEU]

Thanks Dave

[@stsyganov]

Loquat - Monsters. Great work!

[@joelonsdale]

I rarely use stereo ping-pong, but I think I'm gonna use it more now! The reverb on your delay sounded great...

[@kaidenmajarali7665]

Make more of these types of videos!

[@BrianBuckalew]

Thanks again Dave - I always learn something interesting from your videos. I think I could actually learn something from just sitting and watching you breathe - haha

[@GSunNo]

Thanks a lot!

[@rakeeeeeb]

Dave, thanks for the wonderful video. If someone could help me with this, is the slap delay effect running on mono or stereo? TIA!

[@MausLab]

Big up for MusicMath sw... most helpful tool...

[@brentinjapan]

Said this elsewhere too, but the EASIEST way to find ms is to ask Siri! "How many milliseconds is 81 beats per minute?"

[@CHAUNNDON1]

This is what music is about!!!!

[@mcschabe]

Wich way and wich values you would prefer you for rap... infact of reverb and delay. ? You have chosen the reverb on the channel for delay ? Or both seperated ? Thx for your Video and hope for an answer... ;)

[@michaelkhan]

I just finished watching all of your ITL's (that I didn't watch before). it took a me few weeks but it was very rewarding nonetheless. Though I was wondering if you were planning to talk more about sends. I use Aux tracks mostly but as for sends I don't really know how to use it besides bussing a kick for sidechaining purposes... I notice you use it for delays and reverbs but I don't really get the concept...

[@PRSOne]

@Marcus Henderson - because Dave sends nearly everything to a corresponding Aux, then submix, then print, etc. Watch ITL #15 and you'll get it.

[@ivanvera4766]

hi Dave. the easiest way to find the delay time is dividing 7500/bpm = 1/32 . for example: you said 81 was the bpm. so 7500/81=92.592,thats 1/32, multiply by 2 to get 1/16(185), multiply by 2 to get 1/8(370),etc... thats why 370 = 1/8. then if you need the triplets multiply by 0.667 or the dotted multiply by 1.5 so 1/8 triplet is: 370 x 0.667 = 246 1/8 dotted is: 370 x 1.5 = 555

[@Mxdnight]

Ivan Vera yes very easy mental math

[@soundsurvivor]

That would be cool in the future if you put the link to the track you are using. Excellent though subscribed.

[@ShirshakRajKunwar]

great

[@RickyAtoms]

What delay is this? sounds awesome.

[@grabisestudios]

Genial ¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@vhollund]

Very cool ! I really like the vibe of the song. How do you spell the band ? Thx

[@jjjuhg]

Hi ! I need some help here, guyz, cause I don't use the same DAW. Did he put reverb only to the ping pong delay - it sounded sweet. In cubase I would putthe reverb on the track of echo boy ping pong . Thanks in advance for your help.

[@zachary963]

Try it both ways!

[@BurntMcgurnt]

One very important question is there a list? and does it get shorter?

[@BrentLabasan]

"Hey guys, I was cruisin around Gearslutz..." .......BEST. INTRODUCTION. EVER.

[@Dylanklinemusic]

Yeah haha

[@denmark477]

what did dave say the band's name was i heard it as lowkwatt? am trying to find it online???

[@kenny878mad]

love you ;)

[@SinAsTheTic]

from the previous episode, i thought this one would continue mid-side techniques (?)

[@marcushenderson8068]

what is the purpose of a limiter on a Aux bus? And when you say "roll off" are you "rolling off" the top end or low end frequencies?

[@ryand4533]

Dave uses Auxiliary tracks in place of inserts and because it’s easy to set up a template and just import the audio and route it to aux tracks.

[@the_jawker]

Hahaha! My cat got all turned on by the vocal :D Good job Dave ;)

[@ChaceBonanno]

So put a delay on the delay?

[@antoniogoicochea2077]

What screen recording software do you use?

[@mahersalah4703]

thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx i liked

[@jimkovac915]

who is the artist singing?

[@LetMeDieLord]

can anybody tell me, what the name of the Lo-Fi plugin is and where to find it? Thx

[@byronmarais]

+LetMeDieLord Lo-fi comes in a pack called D-Fi by Avid and comes standard with Pro Tools and Pro Tools HD. Dave is using an older version if I'm not mistaken but I think the newer version just looks nicer. IF you don't own Pro Tools then try a plugin by Plug & Mix called Lo Fi. It does the same thing and has a lovely sound.

[@LetMeDieLord]

+Byron Marais ..thanks! i really didn't know about the plug & mix one!

[@cMaXeJIJIo]

Dude, what's the name of the song? That vocal melody is killer!

[@caspermaster-com]

Why did you nugde the delay 1 ms ?

[@JulianFernandez]

ITL rocks!

[@HERBiOLIKESOREOz]

How can you just focus on the delay and not the lead vocal?

[@MrGus937]

who's that artist?? I really like the song

[@tinktwiceman]

What does this kind of delay do for leads? I don't hear much repeating(feedback) is it just adding color? Thank you

[@zachary963]

Yep. Just a bit of color. He’s using it all really subtle, just enough to blend it into the song

[@ryand4533]

It’s helps separate the vocal from the track. Layered reverb and delay helps subconsciously push the vocal in front of the music. Almost All vocals have reverb and delay on them if they were mixed by a professional.

[@britsluver]

Yay

[@humphreyamie1038]

what's the name of the song?

[@vhollund]

Loquat Found it

[@AndrewRahman]

eeeeeeeeee there's, a list. It doesn't get shorter. It's stays, afiiixed

[@marq_8976]

I noticed the channels are not clipping. Was this intentional? Did you consider this particular song or section would not benefit from the coloring?

[@tombaleone9585]

Stop building music Dave ! You own the domain allready. Start building a time machine....you probable succeed.....

[@LetMeDieLord]

+Tomba Leone ..yeah, get back in time to where the loudness war hadn't started yet - and prevent it from ever happening! (That wouldn't include destroying Cyberdyne though..) But wait.. that might cause Steven Slate to never come up with the FG-X!! Uurgh.. I reckon he better keep on mixing than building the time machine ;)

[@DeepSociety]

One of those songs u actually havent heard before but feels like u heard it already 1000 times. Annoying, generic music

[@CaptainVelveeta]

+Deep Society ...it's called a hook my friend...that may not mean much to you but to a genuine musician, its the foundation of commercial songwriting, particularly "hit-single writing"...nothing major though, just the most important part of the song

[@mcschabe]

Wich way and wich values you would prefer you for rap... infact of reverb and delay. ? You have chosen the reverb on the channel for delay ? Or both seperated ? Thx for your Video and hope for an answer... ;)