The Key to Radio-Ready Vocals? - Antares Auto-Tune Unlimited

[@Producelikeapro]

What are your favorite tricks for mixing vocals?

[@andreirlmeier]

watch Warren is my advice !

[@Czyszy]

compression and eq

[@dimoscondos]

Hey Warren greetings from Rhodes Greece, I'm always keeping the original recorded channel pure ,with just a high pass, then a second one smacked with heavy compression and then a third one with multiple compressors pilled up with 1-2 db GN each at most and mix all 3 to make ,it with automation on the smashed one, work for each part of the song, like with different flavors of reverbs and delays. It's all about flavour. Have a nice holiday season and hopefully the new year will be a much better one. Godspeed

[@pelle_johansson]

To automate and bring up the voice/mouth-sounds at the end of the frases that usually gets cut away in editing to make it clean. Bringing those up makes the vocal more interesting and personal. With the right singer you also get a lot of groove. One expert on using this for groove was Michael Jackson, but many singers does this in a subtile way.

[@billyjoebobjimjr]

Use small band limited cube speakers to EQ correctly. It is really hard to zero in on the mid bands with full range speakers. I found this to be the most effective tool, not just for vocals but bass and kick drum as well.

[@farolitohernandez4392]

My favourite trick for recording vocals is "if it ain't right, do it again until it is". The time I lose going for a great take is well worth it as it makes me better through practice, it sounds more natural, I can be confident singing it live, and some imperfections end up being magical and give the track some human personality. That's just the way I do things though.

[@giuliano8031]

Totally agree with you.

[@thomasrobinson9408]

Im with you on that, auto tune can be useful but it stops you from truly improving your voice. Get your voice perfect and you will never need auto tune haha

[@HolyPlug]

*travis scott has entered the chat

[@HolyPlug]

*playboi carti has entered the chat

[@betsegawgebreyes1255]

it's 6 at night here in ethiopia sleepless watching these cool videos

[@terrymiller111]

[ ] Night in Tunisia [x] Night in Ethiopia

[@NeXusZT]

Perfect timing as I'm about to mix our vox. Thanks Warren and crew!

[@Producelikeapro]

Wonderful Zack!

[@xcessivebeats8667]

When I was starting, I learned about harmonies on vocals with the antares harmoni plugin. It would give me something to show the artist when making harmonies.

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous idea! Thanks ever so much

[@xNARCx]

A copy of Antares would double the amount of people I’d produce for. 😂

[@Producelikeapro]

Best of luck to you and everyone else!

[@0623kaboom]

and lose you money because now you have more people who cant sing worth shit ... drop auto tune and take those that can sing and get better bang for the buck insytead of carrying liars cand cheats around ... auto tune is not about good artists it is about greedy fakers who believe their own yes mens hype ... if they cant sing they dont belong in fron they belong on the street .

[@chrismataran8302]

Thanks so much Warren, it's always a pleasure to see you having fun with new plugins! Your enjoyment is so genuine that it becomes ... I dare to say... infectious!! :-)

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Chris!!

[@Butchaboy_Philadelphia]

This is awesome!!! Your mixes are so pristine (commercial Commercial)but it’s hot!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

So glad to be able to help!

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

Cheating? A great Producer said once, there are no rules... Have a marvelous day as well Warren. Great plugins btw.

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha thanks ever so much!!

[@bboymac84]

You sold it!!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much Mac!

[@briankingart]

Sir Warren, I love it when you EXPRESS your JOY! Thank you, awesome loooong lesson. Thank you for the extra time (depth.)

[@tssitcom]

The way I use AVOX (Harmony Generator) is via MIDI control. I route a MIDI track to the plugin and play chords. That way I can play in multiple keys or in and out of key. It makes using the plugin very flexible. Been an Antares user since 2014. Nobody does vocal processing like they do. Hope I win one of these suites. I would use it to death.

[@harmonystudios1182]

Great review Warren! Entering the competition now!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@DjDubStak]

This thing just blew my mind with all the possibilities. I could definitely use this. I got inspired watching this.

[@Itseightysix]

When warren makes faces like this @21:18 I know he likes what hes hearing and i like it too ! love his passion

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow! Thanks ever so much

[@jacobcarrisalez2477]

Woah what a vocal! What a song!! I just came here to get some ideas for the Antares suite I just bought but ended finding great music. Thanks!!!! 😎🙏🏾

[@Producelikeapro]

That’s wonderful! Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@markduvall5576]

I remember a time long, long ago when the first thing you had to do if you wanted to be a "singer" and sing for a living was learn how to sing. If you were unsure of a note or a line, you did it again until you nailed it. Or you had to be one of those who were blessed with a unique vocal character, in which case an occasional errant note was tollerated as part of that character. Musicians actually had to learn to play their instrument. Engineers had to learn what all those little knobs in the control room were and when to use them. Producers were required to, believe it or not, show up at the recording session to make sure everyone did their job and performed at their maximum ability. A recording session was a serious nights/days work done by professionals. And at the end you got to listen back to a finished product that you could be proud of. Now all the new generation has to do is download an app, load it into your computer and let it spit out a record for you. The general public, your market, don't know any better and can't tell the difference, but the old schoolers can smell the use of a pitch corrector as soon as the track begins to play. Time and technology changes everything, but only for the better if you don't care about the creativity, integrity and hard work that is required to put out real music and instead are happy and proud of being a computer programmer/operator who enjoys the status you get from calling yourself a "producer" by taking credit for the work your computer did.

[@paspallum]

Warren - hi Merry Christmas I watched every video you’ve ever made Love your work This multi track you were playing of the Beatles cover was the best recording of any multi track I have heard you payback Aside from pro multi tracks you get like Soundgarden etc I have no idea whether that track was done digital or analog but it has the full analog vibe sounds like music I grew up with in music I listen to from the 1960s and 1970s 1980s and 1990s Please more thick urgent vibrant music like this!

[@Producelikeapro]

Happy Christmas to you too! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@MaxFury_Official]

Merry X-Mas Warren, and thanks for the reviews. I've found a new favourite. I really like that choir creator tool, back in the day when i was working with this girl vocalist and i asked her to overdub an extreme more attitude vocal then pitch, it just wasn't working out, she sounded way too different to the original take. It sounded horrible together. These type of choir creation plugins that we have today could have saved that situation, for sure. So simple to use! Actually i've tried the throat plugin before. Maybe the throat could be used for such occasions that you name, that makes perfect sense. It sounded a bit too artifical for me otherwise. But as a BG vocal/choir or just on a falsetto that needs thickening like you've said. Great stuff. Thanks as always for the inspiration in these dark times. I'm working hard on my VH tribute song. I think it's coming along. I'm just worried everyone will slaughter the solo playing. Really trying to up my game. Gonna punch in a bit so it's more tight. These times..........Back in the old days my solos would probably have been considered killer, but we live in the "perfect times".............. !

[@petesawchuk]

Whoo, Auto-Tune is insanely deep. Seems like every means of control & adjustment is included & when sitting properly in the track, even fairly extreme adjustments can sound “natural enough”, subjective as that is. Right now my wife primarily uses Melodyne & I run Flex Pitch on Logic Pro. So far, they’ve been enough to meet our needs but, as we know, the day may come when they no longer do; thanks for the peek into a potential future.

[@officialWWM]

I decided to jump in and get this package and I have to say, it's a pretty complete set of tools. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

[@Producelikeapro]

Great stuff! Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@timbrown7652]

Fantastic overview video! Thanks PLAP peeps!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@mobthegamer5391]

I got this bundle a while ago just for the Autotune and I've tried the Mic Mod and loved it. I've tried the all of them but never used them, but I really liked the idea of using the Harmony Engine on the backup vocals, it's a great for subtle harmonies (instead of recording up to ten tracks)

[@HitTheRoadMusicStudio]

Love it! Drum Samples & Vocal Tuner are always good to have and in general: It's great to learn about all tools that are available just to be ready when a situation calls for them. Learning & Education is something that nobody takes from us so no need to freak out haha Thank you so much for your amazing videos Warren 🤘

[@adampeters9684]

After putting it off forever I finally threw down on a year subscription. Great to get more info on all the features but gear aside this was a fantastic pop vocal mixing tutorial, cheers Warren

[@beng2984]

I have Melodyne and WavesTune, but may need to check this out too haha

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha thanks ever so much!!

[@oldman0995]

I need to make my wife singing sound awesome and make her happy - so I need Antares to produce and reproduce 🤪

[@musicfreak21]

Thought this was gonna be a one plugin showcase. Then they kept on coming... holy cow !

[@xcessivebeats8667]

thanks, i apreciate your vids. I learn alot with these.

[@Producelikeapro]

Glad to hear it! Thanks ever so much!

[@xXValomatXx]

Under my control: A fitting mic, a good performance, adequat deessing and compression.. the rest is little eq adjustments. Depends on the mix. But what I almost always use is the Eventide H910 to give it little stereo.

[@riellymorton]

geez what a hell of a singer!

[@iamsparta96]

Absolutely love the video Warren!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@RC32Smiths01]

So much to learn and understand. Thank you for these detailed showcases!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much my friend!

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@Producelikeapro My pleasure!

[@Producelikeapro]

@@RC32Smiths01 You Rock!

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@Producelikeapro You rock!

[@kingech_B15]

Antares is the best in the game as far as the decade goes.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@CheloScotti]

great stuf from Antares!, but a dry/wet is missing

[@neovxr]

Warren, great episode! :) though the fake throat module is absolutely frightening hahaha... makes you a new singer... some of these effects can be created with the more generic tools at least partially, but takes a lot of knowledges plus luck, while Antares now has it on the point.

[@neovxr]

but that "mars attacks" stuff is even more frightening.. ^_^

[@brushman20]

I only just started home recording since the pandemic, and know very little about it, but found this very interesting and informative. Thanks!

[@neilsunderland218]

What a great set of tools Loved the video

[@christianstorm8854]

Hey brother! Great show as always

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@IDRIS-Music]

I love you man !!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@gettyfeet9119]

Omg I need that song in my playlist rn

[@MartinLuxen]

Nice plugins!!! I love using doublers :)

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Martin!

[@arcanics1971]

Personally, I don't care if an artist can sing. Some of my faves are definitely vocalists rather than singers. My question is "Does the finished product sound good?" If the answer is yes, who cares if it's auto-tune? I have never used it on my own vocals (I've Melodyned others though) because I would rather have a bum note on my own stuff, but if I hear something auto-tuned and it's good, well then it's good. I have spoken.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed! The final result is all that matters and every genre has it's own set of needs. I believe strongly in learning every thing you can!

[@angryshoebox]

3:23 Sounds like the vocoder in ELO records from the ‘70s.

[@Producelikeapro]

Perfect!!

[@Michael_Lak]

Steve? Who is that? Love the voice.

[@Producelikeapro]

Steve is the Background singer and Keyboard player for Toto and Robert Jon and the Wreck!

[@jeffmarc1846]

I have used, recorded and still own my Original Heil Talk Box and this sounds NOTHING like it nor nothing new. They are betting younger customers won’t know the difference. Listen up: it doesn’t emulate a real Talk Box, in the slightest way. It borders on dishonesty, for it simply sounds like a Vocoder. Big deal. Most DAWs have a Vocoder component already. When you click the foot switch on a real Talk Box, it reroutes your anpi’s head output from outputting to your speakers and, instead, outputs your amp to the horn driver in the floor section, Which is then funneled through a tube shaped by Mike to pick up this sounds emanating from your body. When the driver on the floor section receives your amplifier’s output, and all of that power is literally funneled into your mouth it gives you a way to almost fully control the the sounds; shaping them into words, I say “almost” because you can’t accurately reproduce sounds that would trigger a DeEsser, i.e. the very beginning of anything beginning with “T”, Which must be substituted with a ‘D’ sounds. S’s takes practice, as well as many delicate sounds. But most importantly, what’s blaringly missing the most and I’m very surprised that the poster did not point this out, (but then again, I believe he is 100% for making better music, and 100% sincerely wants to help people record better, but 1000% for fattening his wallet; and this is an example where he SHOULD have said, ‘it is close, possibly as close as you’re gonna get with an emulation’. I’ve never seen him give anything but stunning reviews or say anything negative about any hardware, nor software, that is paying his bills. So what is missing are the throaty sounds which happens when you say “ahhh”, as you would for the doctor while playing When doing this, it opens up your throat, as well as your lungs, to the amplifier’s output. For a great example, listen to the solo on Joe Walsh’s guitar break, in Rocky Mountain Way. Bob Heil built the first hi power talk box for Joe Walsh. Peter Frampton had greater success with it being used in the hit “ Do You Feel Like I Do” from his monstrous Frampton Cones Alive album. That Throaty sound can be heard at the very end. I doubt that you can capture that in any way. For, you can open just your mouth, for a unique in between sound or open your throat and lungs & you can feel the sound vibrating everything in your torso. Neither of these sounds are even present in the plugin and OP just lets it slide by The driver on the floor funnels up to 100W into your mouth through a tube taped near a mic going into the PA, the sound from your body must then be picked up by a mic near your mouth, where all of the sound is emanating from.

[@splashesin8]

I have a lot to learn about this. I would probably try de-essing things first just from what I've learned so far from you. It seems like I saved a thing where you used side chaining, to help.

[@HaiDefinitions]

I need it, music makes so much more fun if it is easier to sound good!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@FatNorthernBigot]

I listened to "Electric Dreams", a classic 80's tracks with Phil Oakey on vocals. It was a great pop vocal, but slightly "off", on occasion. I found it very jarring, because the overuse of Autotune in recent years has ruined my ears. Sometimes, slight imperfections are what we need on our tracks, and this doesn't fit anymore. 😨

[@purpletapes1940]

Not relevant but, I can't wait for the mix contest! just making some notes to start it tomorrow!

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic!!

[@WizardOfArc]

that tube saturation!

[@Producelikeapro]

Pretty tasty indeed

[@globalgogetter4469]

Good stuff!

[@KordTaylor]

Please do another one on just Harmony Engine. Try some automation and use guitar to do a quickie homage to Brian May.

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous idea!

[@cheekymontana]

hi thanks for the video , wanna to ask you why i hear a crackling sound when i add aspire vst to my vocals , thanks

[@rfzw]

Love the song at 10:59! Where can I find it?

[@bobbykanemusictube]

I think. this is amazing. I just don't like the whole "Subscription" thing. They've got you. Soon everyone does this, and people like me no longer have the ability to use these things because there just isn't enough money in the coffers.

[@TonysMusicChannel]

Yeah $250 for lifetime and I was ready to get the credit card but once I heard "yearly" ... Sorry, I'm out

[@petesawchuk]

I couldn’t agree more & think they must be missing out on a huge amount of sales because of the high yearly subscription rate.

[@bobbykanemusictube]

@@TonysMusicChannel I’m glad I’m not the only one feeling this. It hurts my heart.

[@bobbykanemusictube]

@@petesawchuk unfortunately, there are people out there with the money to do this and the lack of concern about how much they spend. We get stuck.

[@stevel5650]

Hi, Warren. Great video on the Antares Auto-Tune. Something completely different - What brand/model of headphone were you using? Thx.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Steve! They are Blue Mofi headphones!

[@stevel5650]

@@Producelikeapro Hmm!? I would love to see a video on why you choose the Blue Mofi for mixing. It will be great education for me. I normally use Sony MDR 7506 or the BeyerDynamic 990. Thx. Keep up the good work.

[@franswuapollard5174]

Would love to have a copy

[@TheApeMachine]

Could you please talk and show some good examples of recording vocals without headphones? I understand the principles, but I would love to see an expert demonstrate this once. There is not a whole lot on KZbin about this, especially if I want to use a condenser mic vs a dynamic. I don't even mind bleed that much, as long as I can still process the vocals a little. I can't stand headphones, not even with one ear off, I just cannot find pitch and confidence.

[@GregVasquez777]

man i need to start using my same bundle. Forgot all the kewl things you can do with this.

[@4low395]

great tools, would be nice to add a delta option though

[@xBRoyalx]

if you have listened to the song for months, and its set in your head. how do you know that you need tune a note or 2?

[@dennisvandermeer8238]

This video is great as are all of your videos. Thank you for this. Would it be possible to maybe also do a video on Impulse Reponse files? Like what they are, how to best use them and how do they compare to the real hardware for example. Are they a replacement for plugins that emulate the same hardware or are those in a different league? I recently saw a deal from Nevo Studios and everyone has been enthusiastic about it but I haven't been doing this for very long and still learning a lot so it is hard for me to know when IR files make sense and how to apply them in my workflow.

[@adrianwagner336]

a fine buncha "wronginator"s...just what we wished for axemass!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha exactly!!

[@tobiashagel466]

Thanks !

[@joelpichette]

is it me or every time you use the filters you lose dynamic range in the voice and instruments? (what i love listening to on huge speakers)

[@yassinboykobaan417]

i hope i win the giveaway!

[@Producelikeapro]

Best of luck to you and everyone else!

[@yassinboykobaan417]

@@Producelikeapro the prize is subscription based, does that mean we have to pay for it after one year if we want to continue using it?

[@andreaseriksson2688]

Never won anything here on youtube but THIS! Is something I'd love to win!! =D=D=D

[@ivanklass1]

Hi Warren, i hope you are well, Auto-Tune it should be abolished, the true artistic talent it should be on hitting the right and higher notes naturally and not by a computer, after all a singer is employed to do the job and not a desktop microchips motherboard in the first place.

[@michaeltablet8577]

Great video! if you could hear me sing you would send me all 3 free copies of auto tune. . Thanks for all you do!

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha thanks ever so much Michael!

[@evankeal]

I would be all over a hardware box, I know they used to make them but something tells me abandoned that platform.

[@FRIDAY.2030]

💯💯

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@DraftZJ]

I could really use this, all i have are a few waves plugins and logic

[@firefrets8628]

That Steve guy kind of sounds like Stephen slate

[@regularkc]

So funny my bass player always complains about my voice getting so thin when i try hitting higher notes. Well now you have a fix you SOB with the Tthroat. LOL.

[@Producelikeapro]

Exactly! Thanks ever so much Chris!

[@agentcalm]

Throat sounds great but it's €88 .... ouch. I'll have to live without it. Unless there is a cheaper alternative.

[@huberttorzewski]

The key to radio-ready vocals? Auto-Tune. The key to great sounding vocals? A great singer and no autotune (maybe only slight manual pitch correction here and there to polish the performance). Just sayin' haha

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes, so exactly what I said on the video! Haha watch it and you’ll see I show using very light graphical only tuning on just notes that need it!

[@CSSLN]

me got 20 dollars... immediately looking if I should buy auto tune unlimited subscription

[@SteveSchuffert]

My Talk Box is a 1975 Heil. I’m getting really old now I guess. lol

[@mackenziebrewing8706]

This sounds like "do i teach you how to sing or get paid to make you sound like you can". Producers dillema. Thats why you're paid to do what you do.

[@sixstring3639]

Great review. And what singers! Just Macca does it better then this guy. I'll put the new Antares on my wishlist.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@najinelson6742]

The first video of Warren that disappoints me. Why might you think that most songs of the last 5 years were sung by the same singer? Why today's music very often has no soul and sounds artificial, voice is the main instrument, isn't it? Why do you get a headache when you turn on the radio? Plugins by Antares & co. are too blame. Autotune is the plugin that has affected the quality of music of the last decade in a very bad way to a great extent

[@Andisegel]

Sorry, but it all sounds synthetic and unnatural. Got it for the Harmony Engine to do B-vox via the Keyboard but it all sounds unreal and technical unless you mix it really quiet with tons of rev. Pitchmonster does a better job. I watched this review to see if the pro gets more out of it but it sounds as terrible as it sounds in my studio. Autotune ist still autotune and still ok but all the other Plug ins in this bundle are not sounding very musical. Unlimited? Unlimited frustration.

[@OwensDrumming]

Harmony Engine + Mutator = Cashmere Cat vocals

[@TheWaspist]

This is crazy cause everything you put on the vocals literally sounded terrible. It it my ears or is it because avox plugins actually suck except throat and harmonizer? Rest of them sounded really bad.

[@erickpalmer5051]

Why does it sound like ur in a cardboard box?

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

Checked the price and found a subscibtion model at Annual $249.90/yr. 10 years is of course $2499.00 unless I don't want to go along and the plugins stop working ... it's just dumb! :( Also with a little bit of work I think I can do most of that with stock tools in Cubase 11. Yep! I also happen to have Melodyne and SpectralLayers so ... sorry! The only cool tool Antares has ever made is Kantos but it never came to a v2 so it died because it was too hard to use. A subscription would be a no go anyeays. And ... I also enjoy practicing and nailing good takes. You can only edit stuff on the "wrongright" axis, and I care more for the "bad good" axis where you also find "fantastic" if that make sense! :D

[@josephfish6593]

I hope we don't see an auto tuned metal movement any time soon with MGK leading the way.

[@autoazure]

Love the channel and video however, now I know why modern music sounds so shite lol!

[@chocomalk]

Pretty sure the key is to sing "in key", it worked for almost 100 years of recording and radio.

[@meriwoo7382]

is it just me or does all the sound coming from the Antares plugins in this video sound distorted and crappy?

[@trevortjes]

The plugin is full on clipping, even indicates it is. No clue why the output voltage wasn't turned down the moment the demo started.

[@darlenesheffield9835]

Interesting dont hear clipping here. Probably YT for you.

[@darlenesheffield9835]

@@trevortjes 'full on clipping' LOL, you mean the peak indicator that comes on before audible distortion?

[@trevortjes]

@@darlenesheffield9835 Yeah probs because its also being squashed to death by some limiter or comp. Cause that's very audible.

[@iwantappledumplings6187]

@@trevortjes not hearing it here either. Make sure you watch at at 4k, any less than that the audible sounds dreadful.

[@mrnomore]

sounds like sht. thanx for the video, tho

[@drummaboi5879]

she doesnt suck but not very good either...completely average. does nothin 4me. course just got done rockn baby huey "hard timez" & that cat can sing 4real, no effects needed 4goosebump effect. motown needa comeback, our version of it anyway

[@jesseowenastin]

yo that "talkbox" sounds awful

[@protein9157]

Some much delay lmao

[@timbrown7652]

It sounds great to me!

[@Beexzz]

Antares is pretty "dirty" as in way too much artefacts injecting in. It is simple but not best tool in this fileld imho.