Record KILLER slow Rock vocals

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This week, Chris Liepe shows you how he recorded vocals for a cover of Shinedown’s The Crow & the Butterfly…
And if you’d like to get thick, powerful rock vocals in your mixes, this video is just for you!
#vocals #recording #mixing

[@nyocx]

Great video. That lower octave trick bring so much more depth

[@chrisliepe]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@andrewmckeown9006]

I’m just learning, it is SO helpful to show what not to do. Well done. Showing isolated tracks and why you changed timing and volume levels. Great teacher.

[@garycpriestley]

This was fun! 👍

[@Molliator1980]

You're one of my favourites out there. THANKS for everything!!!!!

[@chrisliepe]

You’re so welcome!

[@BeatsAndMeats]

My man!!! Those screams sound KILLER!!! Great video!!

[@officialWWM]

I actually really liked it with just the main vocal. It sounded much more modern when you added all the supporting sounds in but I liked the stripped back version.

[@66andrey1]

great voice!!!

[@beatweezl]

Bro! I never heard of that before, cutting the lows on the doubles. What a great idea!

[@chrisliepe]

Thanks

[@juancarlosfernandezvila]

Excelent!! Love your recording and mixing tutorials! Thanks friend

[@RaveSongRecords]

Hey! That was fun! Thanks for the tips! I use doubles often, but haven’t been as aggressive with the low end roll off! A new tool in the tool box! 👍🏻

[@nemtall]

Great job

[@Ayayi_jr]

I had to watch the screaming part over and over again lol.. it’s something I do undertone when I listen to my favorite songs

[@HEATHfromOZ]

Oh yeah love those BV screams! Even "too loud" would work with a fade from mid phrase IMHO. Loved it!

[@koihaiavailable]

Excellent vid ❤

[@Hellion6325]

Clicked for recordingrevolution, got chris liepe I was legitimately confused for a second, I was just taken rather off guard on the shitter at 4:30 am...

[@Only_One_Eye]

Great video! Very interresting! (And good song really!). About recording voice, what do you think to use one mic in front of the face and a second one in direction of the throat? Down bellow? All the Best from France!

[@sam0kc]

The "scream" trick works really well with rock songs indeed. The first time I recorded something with my very first band, I used to do that thing, the drummer around was watching me like "... what the hell is he doing??". Then yeah, when we heared what it was doing to the song, it sounded so amazing ! :p

[@hansovekannenberg]

Cool. Would you treat the verses the same way?

[@QuincyKane]

I don't want to assume what he'd do, but usually verses will be more stripped down so that the chorus sounds bigger with all the extra layers.

[@jaytom4524]

Hi Chris..how bout a straight compressor on a vox all-effects bus to make the effects tails jump out a little more (or a lot :) between phrases.

[@chrisliepe]

yeah! That's effective as well for sure!

[@vewilli]

Super example! Cool voice! Like this video, although I use Logic. But it could be similar to at least learn something from here. Thanx for these advices.

[@flo1creative854]

Keep the screams! Could be the soundtrack for the Scream movie!

[@chrisliepe]

Hehe

[@flo1creative854]

@@chrisliepe The next Scream movie opening scene would be a male being chased down and slashed and as he screams...your screams will come and your song will begin! Pitch that!

[@rawkinj6609]

I should get an outboard compressor if i'm recording vocals right? Cheers thanks for this great lesson!

[@officialWWM]

Not necessarily.

[@chrisliepe]

It's not necessary, but it sure does feel good to sing through :)

[@originalvonster]

Why the sm57, was it to show what you can do with one, because of s’ or a bit of both? I’ve been having a lot of trouble with the tones of obnoxious sibilance lately so much so that de-essers, turning them down in Melodyne or spot eq and volume automation hasn’t been enough. I did have a ladder in my pop shield which has been replaced now, but I dunno if that makes a difference to s’ or just plosives. My tutor suggested trying off-axis or even a cheap dynamic mic. I’m scared I’ll prefer recording with a dynamic mic and I’ll regret getting the tube mic. Also I tried singing with the monitors out of phase at uni like you’ve mentioned in other videos and it was such an instant improvement to my singing/pitch (thank you). I’ve invested in some monitors, but it means I need to make some rock wool room treatment frames and sort the room out now.

[@Campusanis]

Sibilance is the bane of my existence, but I've sort of got it under control these days by making sure my de-esser is the very first thing in the vocal chain. Recording off-axis also does help quite a bit.

[@chrisliepe]

Just to show you don’t need an expensive mic to make good sounds:)

[@mikehibbertmusic]

I think if you had changed the vowel sound for your screams to something 'ah' and more 'or' sounding I think it would have fit nicely! 12:08

[@rager-69]

OK, I can hear a bit of Chris Cornell is your voice on this song, and maybe some Alice in Chains on the low vocals (not sure if that would be Layne or the other guy).

[@jerryweber1768]

How do you transfer the CC Karaoke tracks. I can't seem to find where you download them.

[@chrisliepe]

I just record them into the daw

[@napesdrk1174]

"As high as outerspace" and a "crow chasing butterfly" who has ever said these word in that order before.

[@tymikeson]

Love your vocals and vocal tutorials. Question when doubling would you do that through the entire song or just certain sections such as the chorus for example. Or not at all in certain songs. All the best Chris!

[@punjob207]

Hi , i am currently working on my project , There is a bridge section,in which i want the final chorus (with all elements excluding vox) with a drum spill kind of thing .Everything of chorus should sounds like i have recorded them like a overhead track. I dont know how to do that can you explain me how can i achieve that

[@chrisliepe]

I'd need to hear and see what's going on in the session to help you with this. Have you joined my free recording course linked in the video info yet?

[@berto606]

Can you use karaoke music from another channel and then post covers with it on your own channel without getting in terrible with either the karaoke channel or the original artist? I know people used to post covers all the time but now I'm worried about getting shut down.

[@franklancaster7033]

Just curious, when doubling, did you record completely new tracks or did you duplicate the 1st track and add some small time offset to the dup'ed track?

[@chrisliepe]

Unique performances. :)

[@CitizenChaz]

You don't HAVE to pay for the WUP - that's bad info. The only time you need the WUP is for re-sale or if your OS is that old/new it's not supported. If you're on a Mac this may very well be more of an issue than on PC but I've been using Waves for over 10 years and have renewed my WUP only once - and then it was only because of the plugins they added to my Mercury bundle. There is so much wrong info out there on WUP & I'm surprised RecordingRevolution is adding to the mis-info as you're normally on the ball with some great tips.

[@CrankCase08]

Alternatively, if you're not into being puritanical about mixing, just use the 'CLA Vocals' plugin.

[@cayxine]

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