Recording VOCALS from start to finish

[@thomasvopstal]

If you’re interested in vocal recording and want to see more of this, YOU CAN! This video is a compilation of a 3 piece, 1 hour vocal recording series which you can watch on THE VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP! How do you get there? Easy! Just hit that JOIN button for more info! (You won’t be disappointed with all the other content you’ll find there!)

[@lightbeatz3709]

Let’s go

[@aviatedviewssound4798]

I use a Shelford preamp instead of a 1073; what do you think about it? Also, are you using a vintage 1073?

[@SoJesusChristMusic]

Love the analog process.

[@YoKKJoni]

awesome video bro!

[@wwoo4809]

Excellent video! Thanks. Who is the vocalist? Is this track, or other work from her, available yet?

[@jackisrael.I.B.E.X]

Daamn...! No one realized she sings like beyonce,,,the producer is giving her the best🎉🎉🎉i love it❤❤❤❤

[@jan_07]

Holy smokes that vocal performance sounded like it’s off the radio right from the get-go, and live. The singer’s skill and tone makes life easier in the studio for sure, doing most of the heavy lifting for you 👏

[@mani-ud8cu]

this is the part of recording that they don’t show you before these pro tutorials ! it’s not rocket science it is achievable with the right treatment procedure and practice

[@thomasvopstal]

🦾🦾

[@djjohnny5166]

Well said!

[@woolfsworld]

And performance

[@bboymac84]

Excellent tutorial. This helps people feel less nervous and more confident. Experience is everything though…

[@unclecrassius2318]

but "tutorial" implies possibility to repeat...

[@bboymac84]

@@unclecrassius2318 I learned🤷🏾‍♂️😁

[@kromanoidx]

There's not much content like this out there, thank you! Great quality :)

[@alite502]

As someone who’s a professional engineer I can say you did such a wonderful job with this video. I can now send this to all my clients who ask “can you teach me how to record”. 🔥🔥

[@thomasvopstal]

🙏🙏🙏thankyou!

[@el-cliquerecords8311]

i love this. i was literally talking to the screen like i was in the stu w/ u as an assistant. dope

[@thomasvopstal]

This is a massive compliment! Thanks🙏

[@jayvibes4547]

One of the most beautiful tutorials I've watched on youtube

[@mauricioapoteom2604]

Exactly bro!!!

[@MicahCory]

Wow, that was awesome. The vocalist was incredible, and it was awesome to see her dreams turn into reality. Amazing video:)

[@Baker-ulendo]

Wow this is exalent and professional. Luking forward for the mixing and mastering process 💪💪💪💪

[@Iamjohnnythethird]

This was lowkey a gem man. I looked a month ago for a vocal tutorial start to finish and this got uploaded its like you heard me lol! Thanks to the artist for this too. Sharing her amazing gift. One of the best recordings I've heard and I need to hear this song when its done. Thank you guys!

[@thomasvopstal]

So dope to hear! Thanks for leaving this comment. And go check out her artist page on apple music! MAGNE is her name

[@MaraldBes]

nice one.. amazing voice great song, dog cam is a nice addition

[@COrozco-n7s]

This is awesome. I have been researching how to get my hands on experience in a Recording Studio and This seems close enough to actually having that connection in the Industry and knocking out those studio hours if you don't have the actual equipment to do so. Everything done digitally in DAW compliments the workflow. Still trying to figure out that board back there.

[@thomasvopstal]

Thank you for that compliment! If you want to take an even deeper dive, check out the Virtual Internship if you hit the JOIN button under my videos. There’s an hour long version of this vocal recording, as well as drum recording and many mix breakdowns! A lot of stuff to learn!

[@ummamomedia]

THE SONG SOUNDS SO OPEN & GOOD ALREADY, IS IT THE ANALOG? I DONT THINK YOU CAN GET THIS SOUND FROM THE BOX ONLY....THE SSL BOARD, THE ANALOG GEAR, MIC AND PREAMP HAS AS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THIS SOUNDING SO GOOD OFF THE BET.

[@roderickmims4802]

The room is the most important

[@dronbana]

Please keep making these videos, i live vicariously through you. 🙏

[@1eidji652]

Can you show us the full mixing process of this recording sessions(if you mix it) without any cut, or others.. your videos are so helping man thanks you

[@terryricks7098]

In all seriousness, great work and thank you for sharing your process 🎙️🔥♥️ and your dog 🐕. I love animals

[@jadedsean]

This was quality, i am currently recording a female vocal and pretty much doing the same thing, its good to know i am on the right track when it comes to recording as i think when done right at the begining stages the mixing will be so much easier. Please make more of these videos. 😊

[@JulianFernandez]

great voice!

[@PrinceVinceJohn]

What an amazing singer!!

[@mikeesco6905]

Bro, Those Neve preamps are 🔥 🔥🔥🔥💯💯

[@kellyblain714]

The beauty of a console is just amazing, the depth and separation are just unmatched by an in-the-box mix in my opinion. She is a great singer and a great vocal chain for her voice.

[@tgonnabfamous13]

The vocals sound AMAZING!!!

[@sergio_grez]

New sub. Awesome content! Hope you do a full band recording session in the near future. It's always inspiring watching a pro working in real time and facing issues and making decision as you go.

[@josuastangl7140]

I love these kind of workflow videos, I feel like an intern here. Subscribed!

[@elpecemusiq6955]

Bro, you must be the😂 happiest producer /engineer working in that studio.

[@ajaratijani6655]

😂

[@isootu9033]

Love this. How come no other tutorial shows this part of the process? Looking forward to the mixing and mastering part.

[@benhaim2098]

Great content PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING!!!!

[@MyJamesthomas]

why not use the ssl for monitoring for headphones, instead of having the buffer in Protools ruin the timing? That's how I have it set up... the vocalist has no need to hear any delay whatsoever.

[@hauntedbytheliving1175]

Exactly my thoughts as a console guy… it’s likely he understands that most people don’t have a console and will need to know how to fix the latency… or perhaps he has no hardware reverb for the singer’s performance

[@FlyingHeartsMusic]

​@@hauntedbytheliving1175 you can see a Lexicon Reverb fixed in the console, so he could use that one for sure

[@jfrancis2649]

in the playback engine setting it looked like it said UAD Apollo… you should have zero latency

[@martinelimusic]

Este video es Oro Puro! Educa y motiva. GRACIAS!

[@MrKombuisOfficial]

Listening on Audio Technica ATH-M40x and I LOVE how clean this sounds! 🔥

[@thomasvopstal]

😁😁😁🙏

[@lawanedavis7818]

Beautiful, thank you for this video, please do more recording videos.

[@ronforeman8394]

what a beautiful voice

[@franknguitars7671]

fantastic singer - great talent. Also, thanks for walking us through this start to finish.

[@tioto4l]

Nice video, thank you for let us dive into your process. Could be great to see more about drum recording !

[@thomasvopstal]

I have a video on drum recording! But yes, will def do more of these!

[@ProAudioIQ]

Very cool. Thanks! She has amazing vocals!

[@njogupaul1685]

I also totally agree!😊

[@sectionbeats]

Preprocessing is always a great place to start, and I always prefer the outboard gear. Neve pre Amp is the best 👌🏻

[@michaelgrant5312]

The sound quality is so clean, greetings from jamaica

[@nigell.8705]

This was unique and very dope.

[@auggiebendoggy]

Very helpful, thank you for the instruction and examples. And yea, it sounded great!

[@thomasvopstal]

🙏🙏

[@prodmonja]

This sound clean as hell

[@unclecrassius2318]

we have completed "music production video bingo" * top singer performance * bank-breaking gear * professional music track * often can't hear what changed * "rough mix" sounds ready to get the prize

[@jeremybiggs8413]

Right, so all we need is a $3000 Neumann U47, Neve1073 EQ and Tube tech compressor going into Pro Tools through a SSL 64 channel desk, PMC monitors and a professional track…

[@bgmfktv1238]

Great content. Very informative. Great singer. Thank you for taking us through it from the top.

[@thomasvopstal]

Anytime! Any suggestions for other instruments are always welcome!

[@qualaup]

My go to vocal mic is my Neumann U-87 Ai and my recording software is UAD Luna. I used Pro Tools before i start to use Luna.

[@aaronwright2650]

Came for some knowledge, stayed for the artist just jaming 😁

[@DavidMohMusic]

We need mix breakdowns bro. Great tutorial, youve gained a subscriber.

[@thomasvopstal]

Have you watched all mix breakdowns in The Virtual Internship yet? There’s about 10 hours worth and more coming up!

[@thomasvopstal]

Also, check out the one i did with Boombox on their channel

[@waisearaiboso]

What a great art bro.

[@thomasvopstal]

I found a cool FREE tool to remove vocals, make sure to check out EASEUS Vocal Remover here: bit.ly/4aCrQKR

[@asavagehandproductions186]

I see you big fella sounds amazing dope bro ❤❤

[@aleksandaratanasovski8710]

I saw a dogs distance from a mixing console, but i did not see a singer's distances from a mic in different sections of a song. Is setting a compressor on a soft parts on purpose ? I would also like to see a nice reverb that was present all the time during the recording. Otherwise, the result is wonderful. Great work !

[@MLBPOficial]

Best video guy! Thanks!

[@Crae2Shifty]

Who is the singer tho?

[@yoDQ]

Thought I heard him refer to her as Main/Maine/Mane🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Paulgaastra]

You can find her artist profile here music.apple.com/nl/artist/magne/1730008760?l=en-GB

[@hayzenbeys5670]

What a great recording!

[@domonickwilliams33]

Great video I would love it if you would show how to set up hardware inserts in Protools Thanks.

[@NeedoxRecordings]

tbh i learn a lot from those type of videos! keep it up!

[@minhwinh]

This was so informational, dope stuff!

[@Kehisthe1]

I loved this video! Great insight into the process!

[@Buffalo_Studio]

great video.... it would be great to see how you record a live band, see the issue of bleeding and how you handle everything! greetings

[@thomasvopstal]

Will definitely do that later on! Right now i want to start focussing on separate instruments first. Do check out the videos in which i do a breakdown of previous live recording sessions ive done

[@Buffalo_Studio]

@@thomasvopstal great... always pay attention to what you upload

[@tablafusionist]

This video is very very helpful ❤

[@PUREBEATS]

Very professional work and workflow!

[@thutolekoko4772]

Beautiful

[@LuiTunes]

Very interesting, and wow! what an amazing voice

[@halfpricemusic]

Great video and very informative. Can you further explain why you chose the U67 for back vox? You should do this same process for a rap artist. Thanks for all your work 🤝🏽

[@nickvibesuk]

Universal Audio Sphere DLX Modeling Sony C800. Then for extra thickness, I stack vocals with an sm7b and align them to the main vocals.

[@chaitanyapatel5876]

Thankyou for showing each steps of rec session. Please answer my question I wanna know why did you use the mic up side down ?

[@thomasvopstal]

Sure thing! I like to turn the mic upside down so the artist has their hands free and there’s nothing in the way

[@JoshuaGigin]

that dog was super cute

[@vontreherumaiBH]

Sheeeesh , What converter you use ?‼️‼️🔥🔥 this was dope af 🫶🏾 thanks for this bro 😎

[@sheriken254]

I feel like i was in the session ... nice one Thom

[@Daydreamer-mt1oq]

Hi Thomas, i have a small question about your settings for monitoring. What is your round trip latency when you use 64 samples in Pro Tools. I get a roundtrip latency of 5.4 milliseconds at 64 samples and i feel this is to much for singing. thank you.

[@Gadoora]

Awesome Video , I noticed most people like to keep the threashold on 10 in the cl 1b for tracking , do you believe the same can apply if I used the plugin version in the mixing phase?

[@thomasvopstal]

Thanks! The threshold is completely dependent on input level and amount of compression you want to apply. I’d recommend not sticking to a specific value on the knob itself, but try to listen to where the amount of compression sounds best.

[@Gadoora]

@@thomasvopstal thanks for the reply , I've a long time user of fabfilter c-2 but the cl 1b is quie nice also (Industry nice lol). I've been reading and researching a lot about what people in the industry use to make myself ready, plus I want to add analog flavor to my mixing process 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@danieldakemoreira]

This is what i was looking for!! thanks for making this awesome video

[@Aymanearabi1]

My dream is to record a song in a studio like this. It's really cool🥺🥺❤‍🔥

[@terryricks7098]

The Dog 🐕 is taking it all in 😃♥️😂

[@88JERk]

great job Tom

[@kdsz944]

Wow Nice video, such a pro!!! though, with RME hdsp or Aurora16 + AES16 PCI you can get 1x32 with no problem.... I usually do live recordings and even mixing live shows with RME with 32in/16out and the RME is far the best you can get hardware vise - PCI!

[@heatsoscape_production]

First time watching your videos and it was so interesting

[@blancomixedit]

Love the entire video ! Great job

[@Mike_Benz_]

Great video.

[@1loveMusic2003]

She sounds great!

[@GregManningVideos]

Well done. 👍🏾

[@thomashumphrey7444]

like to see big band recording with single vocal. i use a akg diaphragm condenser mic for vox into my digital daw. i love akg. i used the akg 414 on the SSL for everything in school ?

[@domonickwilliams33]

Great video I would love it if you would show how to set up hardware inserts in ProTools. Thanks.

[@michaelgrant5312]

It's my ambition to get my songs recorded and mixed at this recording studio one of these days

[@thomasvopstal]

We can make that happen! Reach out on [e-mail]

[@helpmecaesar]

so nice broo

[@KissBeatzFlashy]

Make a video of how you understand the difference type of compressors 🤞🏾

[@Lion-xe4pb]

i'm using the rode ntk1 its not the best one but it get its job done, and great video btw !! greetings outa amsterdammmmmm

[@stanleypiyo6852]

best tutorial ever bro...

[@TrapBoiFuse561]

5:26 Damn what kind of Mac that is 😮 mines busy down at 32 at 96k with no problem Mac Studio ultra 🎉 sound to unreal for me tho

[@quincydavismusic]

Great video. Can you share why you chose the u47 for the lead vocals and the u67 for backing vocals? I would think it would be the other way around, with the U47 being darker… thanks!

[@Shawn_Keys]

Great video love this!!!

[@GodupInc]

Sounds good

[@atkov5053]

awesome!

[@VictoriaWhitlock]

She’s talented

[@da_kidd_austin_969]

Bro knows alot😮

[@Armenski]

Love for Juno ❤

[@njogupaul1685]

Amazing thanks a million!

[@JeremiahBrewer00]

This is cold as ice bro

[@RiccoSpxc3]

Im inlove with this song. ❤❤

[@thomasvopstal]

Me too!😱 make sure to check out the rest of het music! She goes by the name of MAGNE

[@eyegrade7013]

Thank you for your share , its very helpful