My Number One Vocal Reverb Tip.

Try this for a 3D reverb affect that will give your song the space and dimension you've been missing.
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[@nolanneal]

I remember the day you taught me this. It changed my mixes for the better and I’ve never turned back! You are a wealth of knowledge, my friend!

[@BobbyHuff]

Nolan!!! You're a wealth of talent!

[@kellywendlandt3940]

As always on your channel, world class production information, that used to be reserved for a lucky select few, now available to the masses- thanks to Dr. Bob. Fantastic!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thank you Kelly!

[@vhmendonca]

Amazing... Thanks, doc!

[@scottdion3186]

This is gold! Thank you Dr.!

[@mickioannis8373]

awesome lesson

[@scottrennie6896]

Awesome vocals

[@JimhawthorneNet]

Great trick! Also try putting a compressor on the master reverb-buss with a very slow release, and find the balance between ducking at the beginning & blooming at the end.

[@IainThacker]

I do this a lot with vox on the side-chain input to the compressor with verb and delay. Really helps to keep things from getting muddy, particularly on faster tempo tracks.

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes! That’s another video for sure!

[@JimhawthorneNet]

@@BobbyHuff I recently did something similar to that with my Lead-Guitar track on my Christmas video, here it is if you are interested... kzbin.info/www/bejne/naaueZ94f8qGqNE

[@JaviBello]

Your videos are getting even better Bobby!!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Jav!

[@michaelholland1189]

That was awesome :-) great video, great tip

[@billribas]

Once again, the doc with solid advice. Your vids are so much fun

[@BobbyHuff]

Thank u Bill!!

[@AUTOSAD777]

Thanks for all you do, Dr. Bob! Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks! Same to u my friend.

[@NuStreamzMedia]

Love me a good ol' Prom Song. Well done and thank you.

[@doraysmith]

This was a KILLER concept!!! brilliant!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Raymond!

[@officialWWM]

How cool is that reverb! That’s awesome.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks!

[@closetobreakdown]

your info is gold my friend....most charge a premium for what your offering for nothing...I respect you a s!@t ton Bobby! Love to work or write with you one day!!!

[@thorbjrnreppe7343]

Fantastic advice as always Doc!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks man!

[@marklarm]

Nice one Bobby! Thx man! Keep em coming!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Funk!

[@robbyalexander3998]

Brilliant as ever, Dr. Bob - thanks for sharing all your wisdom! This is very similar to the reverb and delay presets for CLA Vocals (spreading different reverbs in the left and right here at a different time and a slap delay) and was curious the thought process under it.

[@elzambra3510]

Great as usual! thanks, doc

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Zamora!

[@promisengo3657]

Wow I speechless...😱💪

[@BobbyHuff]

DO IT!

[@acefury6294]

Amazing! Thank so much.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Ace

[@aleksamrkela831]

Great reverb trick, but I can't get enough of how badass this snare drum sounds, too! :D

[@BobbyHuff]

Haha! Thanks Aleksa!

[@ryanweber1367]

Thanks for sharing your insights

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Ryan!

[@toddscot4988]

Awesome. Very timely as well:)

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Todd

[@bksweet6331]

Another Great tutorial Uncle Bob 👍 But I must say, The Vocals . . . Great character 👏 👌 👍. . . . Love his tone!

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes! Amazing singer!!

[@GoodKev]

Thanks bro. Really enjoyed this one. 😃

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Kev!

[@THEESHITSHOW]

great as usual. your numbers will grow in '22.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks for watching!

[@GaveMeGrace1]

Thank you

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks!

[@leoeriksson1859]

Awesome song too !!!!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Leo

[@Lamiere]

Fire found the Chanel i needed

[@BobbyHuff]

Welcome Lamiere!

[@shawnrenaud2252]

Cool tip, thanks!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Shawn.

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

Your vocal tricks are massive. I was happy with my mixed except my vocals always sounded dead evem with good performances. Cheers for all the great info. Also cool find with the reverb, looks like one of the WW2 fuel storage tanks up north.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Andy!

[@SuperLevelone]

Thats cool.... never knew that... thanks

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Kyle!

[@Groteskfull]

A bit of a "Love Hurts" vibe on this tune 🎼🎵😎

[@BobbyHuff]

I’ll take that!

[@mozizo11]

nice tips DR- i also like your track naming, Audio 03 (D) very informative, i will adapt this too to my workflow :-)))

[@BobbyHuff]

Haha! I get in a hurry!

[@eggonlinellc]

Awesome trick, love all your stuff (and Blackhawk!)!!! What band is this, or at least, what singer? I love it and love what you've done with it! Thanks for all the help

[@freda.dubeau8855]

nice one, i have to try that

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Fred!

[@RockVoice4Real]

Right on I dig it

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Scott

[@gmichaelhall]

This has been an effort of mine for a couple of years now. Advances in EQ technology have aided my attempts, in particular Eventide Split EQ. By separating transient and automating the tonality, creating 3 d features has got me rethinking everything, particularly predelay balances between two or more verbs. It's a really exciting process to be able to sign a mix with. Ymmv ✌️

[@BobbyHuff]

Excellent comment…Split EQ is really amazing. I’m learning it and how to implement it into my world.

[@john.galbraith]

Another great video. Every time I watch one of these videos I'm struck by the level of detail placed on every track in every mix. At least the great and well-mixed tracks have that detail. The cumulative effect is a great song, but under the hood there's a lot of thought and effort put in. Thanks!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks John! It seems like a lot but the more you do it, and the more bits you acquire, it just becomes flow and process...

[@NikolajChristensen]

Amen on the hdelay noise. What were they thinking. It's so obvious on even the stereo bus meters when you forget.

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes!!!! The first time it happened to me I had no idea why there was so much noise on my master bus. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@NikolajChristensen]

@@BobbyHuff Right on. I just remembered that you can store a default preset in Cubase easily. I forgot to do that for H-Delay. Simply open the plugin, turn off analog, and then go into "default preset>Save default". Gone forever :)

[@Spannchez]

GREAT video Doc. I love this channel and have watched since day 1. But…Somehow i missed this one. Ooof…wish i hadn’t. I missed out on having this in my skill box for 2 damn years. Oy Vey 🤦🏼‍♂️. Who is the artist/ song? Would love to know. I am digging it big time! Keep up the surgery Doc. We appreciate it.

[@TimMilliken]

Nice! I’ve always done similar. I use Ocean Way Room Convo first. Then Delay. I like EP34 tape because it’s actually a bit inaccurate. Then I’ll add a bigger digital reverb like Lexicon or a Plate to get a big 3d space. Love your videos and appreciate the great advice. Thanks.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Looney! That’s a cool verb set up!

[@image30p]

I hope I can remember and use this properly. Sounds great! I wish I could make out the lyrics. They seem like they're very good. I love that performance

[@PetePidgeon]

Yeah, no clue what he's singing...

[@officialWWM]

Yeah. I would have had him sing it again, lol.

[@michaelraimondi4448]

Sounds like “Life’s an ass kicker. Kills the best in ya.” 🤣😂

[@regardinghenry2145]

Wow! I will def. try/use this on my next production! And, btw, you finally discovered color coding tracks ;-)

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Henry! Colors just for you!!

[@ScottMcdonaldMusic]

Great content, I dig the dudes voice on that track. You should consider putting together a course on mixing . I would buy it so fast.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Scott!

[@ritzenhauf]

his voice is badass!

[@schance1666]

Great vid, Doc. I had always thought the vocal sound (volume, echos, verb) should be symmetrical! This opens things up a lot more. Just goes to show... there are no real "rules"! Cheers.

[@BobbyHuff]

Correct no rules! Do everything I’m doing here and then mess it up to find another way!! Haha

[@schance1666]

@@BobbyHuff Shall do and looking forward to trying it out. Rock on...

[@jamujesperandersen8699]

Great trick once again. I’ve been messing with something like this but you’re spot on. However you should mix that snare way darker and more powerfull as a contrast to his voice.🤔😎🥁

[@BobbyHuff]

Track isn’t mixed yet!

[@fredyrocazaurus8420]

Amazing snare. Can you please share its details ?

[@theoversouls]

This is an excellent trick! I've used multiple reverbs but not hard-panned. Was kind of chuckling though, as I can't understand the lyrics whatsoever. These modern singing styles can sure obscure the words pretty often. We slave over our lyrics and I want people to understand every syllable!

[@MikeYusi]

What’s crazy is that if you actually watch your videos all the way through, they’re interesting and educational. However, the more you said “slap”, the more I thought about slapping drummers just because they’re drummers.

[@chucknkd]

thx for the video! you'd probably really like Clearmountains Domain plug, what youre doing here is basically what it does, and prob the CLA Epic plug as well

[@BobbyHuff]

I've not tried the Clearmountain plugin yet! Have tried CLA and although I like it there wasn't enough difference in character from one side to the other and feel like I get more out of using 3 different fx. Huge fan of both Clearmountain and CLA...great mixers!!

[@tonysalpinoiii5063]

Reminds me of the vocal sound they may have been thinking of or using on Ann Wilson on the 83? Heart album, like the song What about love comes to mind. Excellent advice

[@BobbyHuff]

Love those big Heart records! I was in the studio as a runner when they recorded that album !

[@tonysalpinoiii5063]

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[@robshrock-shirakbari1862]

@@BobbyHuff Was that under Ron Nevison? I did a few sessions with him back in the early 2000s...

[@BobbyHuff]

@@robshrock-shirakbari1862 yes . Ron Nevison did some of it and I think Richie Zito may have also produced a track or two.

[@darryldouglas6004]

What I learned from this video is that life’s an ass kicau! Neat technique that I will try.

[@michaelraimondi4448]

And that it “kills the best in yau”

[@BobbyHuff]

Hahahaha!!

[@michaeltablet8577]

First to say thank you!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks for watching Michael!

[@premium670]

I need this song- great job! What’s the name, and who’s it by?

[@anthonyrexhouse5858]

This is an awesome technique and I can't wait to try it. My only question is, what language is that guy singing in? It almost sounds like English but I can't decipher the words.

[@texcokley4177]

Awesome Mr. Huff! Sounds like Anthony Green, but don’t think it’s him. Doc, you have one of my fav channels my friend! Thank you!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Tex! It’s not Anthony.

[@DAVIDJCARON]

Must try that trick. thanks Bobby.. the song sounds great too.. what/who is it?

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks David!! Check ur email.

[@tedwakefield1085]

Hey Doc. I went to a trade school to learn music production 30 years ago, on tape - but with enough digital so that if it ever became affordable... I had a prof who predicted the entire studio would be a hand-held device! Anyway.... I went on to an illustrious career in construction, but now my kids want to record music. Fortunately, I still remember signal path and noise floor and Q and 3 to 1 mic placement. Your videos are a goldmine. You bring me up to date with digital strategies and tactics that the old masters couldn't do even if they wanted to. E.g.: why use 5 mics on a live snare when you can use five samples. This is foundational to me and I appreciate it very much. Please keep it up!

[@tedwakefield1085]

That said, my man Jeff Lynne says no reverb. The Beatles didn't use reverb, allegedly.

[@BobbyHuff]

That’s great Ted! Got for it man! Thanks for watching!

[@BobbyHuff]

Well they both said that but they used reverb. Lots of times in the form of slap or tape echo. Huge huge huge fan of both!!!

[@TimMilliken]

Also worth mentioning in case anyone doesn’t know is eq your verbs hi/lo cut as you did.

[@BobbyHuff]

Absolutley!

[@ryKirwan1]

Nice ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Ryan

[@guitarlizard7306]

Dr. Bob: "Let me show you this lead vocal." Me: "WTF is that guy singing?" "Loves an eyes cagor! Kilzz da bess danyo! A big no show-o bag a koze-maker!" Sounds great though and great lesson. 👍

[@BobbyHuff]

Loves an Asskicker. Kills the best in ya.

[@guitarlizard7306]

@@BobbyHuff 😄👍

[@mainsailsound983]

Good tips! Who's that singer? He's great. I miss those kind of rock vocals.

[@FredDeMassiveAlambic]

very very genre-specific ! but works well here

[@Mattyzen101]

Great! Thanks! Great singer...who is that?

[@swettyspaghtti]

Good stuff. wondering where you got this idea from? Also i see you did a slight "abbey road" eq on the reverb effect...cutting lows and highs. I am usually a little more aggressive cutting the highs on reverb itself but it works great on this track. Very 80's stadium chant .

[@BobbyHuff]

I’ve been doing this for a long time and I don’t remember who I stole it from although it could have been David Leonard..?? Great mixer…Also I do apply this eq to every reverb and most delays I use.

[@gtrfan35]

@@BobbyHuff what is the EQ cuts that you use on both? How do you get the smooth top end sizzle like on female ballad vocals? Whitney, Celine, etc? thanks!

[@borndrumming1972]

If you wanted to save some CPU space and still accomplish this trick, you could use the new CLA ecosphere for the first Reverb and mono delay. Then you would only need one more FX send for the second Reverb. Sounds great I'm going to go try this now.

[@BobbyHuff]

True!! I don’t feel enough difference in the character of the left side and right side verbs in that plugin but that’s just me personally. It’s a great plugin!

[@ghostnotecity4463]

What’s the track??? I keep coming back to listen to it

[@BobbyLouxMusic]

Great stuff Bob! Man I’d love to hear how you track a male tenor vocalist like this guy, to keep that powerful dynamic voice so tamed, even and up front! Do you have a video on that process? It’s all rap vocal tutorials or breathy females these days.

[@BobbyHuff]

Hey Bobalouie! Look up my videos How the Pros compress a vocal and How the pros eq a Vocal. As far as tracking any vocalist I usually use an SM7 microphone and a Neve Mic Pre. Sometimes I’ll use a 47 or a 251 on vocals instead depending on the singer. The Universal Audio Unison plugins are VERY good to cut through as well if you don’t have a great mic pre. I also never use compression when cutting vocals as you can’t undo the compression once it’s cut that way. Thanks for watching the channel!

[@BobbyLouxMusic]

@@BobbyHuff thank you Bob! You are the real deal man, every demo example in all your tutorials is stellar sounding! So much quality content, I stopped watching all other insignificant channels! It’s all here!

[@feldsparsongs2331]

Great sounds ! Is there a reason why the project tempo is 150bpm but track is half time at 75bpm ?

[@BobbyHuff]

I always go with 8th note clicks...

[@peterdelano8782]

Hey Doc - would you also use this technique on the master buss or best to use sparingly only on certain tracks?

[@BobbyHuff]

Only on FX sends.

[@officialWWM]

“Life’s an ass kick goal, kills the best in you…?? 🤔

[@BobbyHuff]

Loves an Asskicker.

[@officialWWM]

@@BobbyHuff aaaahhhhh….thanks!

[@javierherredia]

(8:17) Same GOES FOR THE "ANALOG BUTTON" ON WAVES' VEQ-3!!

[@javierherredia]

aMAZING PLUGINS BUT DO NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THOSE ANALOG BUTTONS

[@BobbyHuff]

AGREEEED!

[@DavidDiMuzio]

“Life’s an a** kicker, kills the best of you” …is this just what I’m hearing in my head? 🤣 Cool reverb tip, never come across this ☝️

[@BobbyHuff]

Loves and Asskicker...

[@stanc2288]

Is this song released yet?

[@sylentstorm8422]

Melodies are great. Reverb trick is awesome… weird vocal effect… compression? Melodyne? “Kick” in “asskicker” being on beat two makes it tough to understand the lyrics too. Who wrote this?

[@BobbyHuff]

Not mixed yet. I wrote it with the band. Thanks for watching!

[@stanleyc6225]

@@BobbyHuff when is it going to be released? I really want to listen to it. It evokes a nostalgic 80s rock stadium feel for me. I've been loving the 80s style reverb on drums.

[@BobbyHuff]

@@stanleyc6225 Hey Stanley. I’m not sure of the release date. You never know with labels!! Haha. Glad u dig the vibe and thanks for watching!

[@SHILOHSTEEL]

Sounds like Goodbye June

[@IamMugs]

2:12 I would say more White Lionish

[@lmrecorders]

I'm gonns guess that you are the vocalist on this track. Am I right? I can hear the extremely stylized singing technique you've demonstrated in previous videos. I'm a big fan of vocal "characters" for songs. Am I right? If I'm not, good on you for getting your point across to the singer. He sounds exactly like your demonstrations.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks for the vote of confidence in my voice and all of its characters!! Haha. Unfortunately this isn’t me but I wish I could sing like this! Ha. I think I may be singing some of the harmony vocals..

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks for the vote of confidence in my voice and all of its characters!! Haha. Unfortunately this isn’t me but I wish I could sing like this! Ha. I think I may be singing some of the harmony vocals..

[@raphaelszok8561]

Who is singing that song? Im deaf in one ear and cant hear out the other.

[@ulfsvensson9710]

So nice. Put a little more interrest in the vocals.

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Ulf

[@masterbluesrockguitar4966]

Really cool song, what is it?

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks. Loves an Asskicker. Not released yet.

[@masterbluesrockguitar4966]

@@BobbyHuff May it become a hit when you release it!! Thank you very much for the great content!!

[@bobhoran9778]

That guys voice sounds like my old friend Brian S. Is it Bobby?

[@BobbyHuff]

No its not..

[@gouhdokhart168]

Great sounding verb there, now the hard part, finding a modern producer that doesn't think 80s and by extension, reverb, is the devil. I swear producers i know would've put the vocals in bonedry upfront in this track. In these vids would love to hear what the vocal sounds like completely dry, straight from the mic though.

[@BobbyHuff]

I hear ya! 3 years ago I wouldn’t have made this video but reverb has made a big comeback in pop and rock!

[@ricktarbox7928]

Vocal sounds distorted is he too close to the mic ? Cool trick

[@BobbyHuff]

Distortion is from decapitater.

[@dbmdrums1105]

Rocksfield echo chambers are great too you know....

[@BobbyHuff]

Don’t know those…??

[@Wayne_Robinson]

If you liked the tank reverb, you'll probably find this tunnel video interesting too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/paK2e5uoh75ghsU

[@sm5574]

Sounds more like Nazareth to me, very "Love Hurts" -ish, especially in the lyrics.

[@BobbyHuff]

Yea! I get that.

[@raf5.132]

I can barely understand the lyrics but GREAT vocals.

[@fiddlefolk]

My opinion... The vocals are very unintelligible ....the reverb helps to make it to be even more obscured. I get that some of my favorite songs I missed the lyrics such as ...Big ol' jet had a light on was actually Big jet airliner... I see a bathroom on the right is I see a bad moon arise.......but I can't even make out what this singer is saying! My opinion of course! Thank you as always!

[@southdank3190]

Good Shit man!!!...sorry wrong script...no no serious Good Shit...OHHH not again!😂

[@BobbyHuff]

Hahaha

[@woz3018]

love the trick but I hate to have to say that left and right are within the same dimension^^

[@heartshinemusic]

I was distracted the whole video trying to figure out what the hell the singer was singing... Love's an Escargot? Love's an escort girl? Love's an exit road?

[@BobbyHuff]

Loves an Asskicker

[@michaelraimondi4448]

LMAO!!!

[@slugtoenail]

Is anyone else wondering what the lyrics are? They're unfortunately, pretty unintelligible. Cool voice, though.