TMT | Mixing Vocals Tutorial in 2 Minutes with TrackSpacer

[@prod.byfluegod]

What are those sounds from is it a complete track???

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

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[@prod.byfluegod]

Plugin Boutique thnx

[@kingstonks]

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[@jasonbakes9496]

The awesome​ plugin I use for my drum+bass production when I need the clarity between my tracks.Especially bass.

[@leeg7106]

Facilitated well, great demonstration, thanks for the share!

[@realfishmusic2032]

Nice video! I love your super fast approach! Thanks for respecting my time :-)

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

Thank you for thanking!! - JC

[@jatari18]

@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial Thank you for thanking his thanking of your thanking. ...thanking.

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

@@jatari18 Thanks ;)

[@pianolover5417]

Omg this plugin saved my life! I always do this by manual but this can save huge time for me!

[@No-Pressure-Only-Results]

why?andhow did this plugin save u?from suiciding?

[@seph6777]

What you use to do it? I love diy.

[@Sacredriver1008]

is there a difference when using the sidechain routing you use or the option from the pre vst window ?

[@dcodex2376]

I've been dreaming of something like this to get made.

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

Me too. I was late to the game 3 years ago. It's been around longer than that too :) I'm glad you've found it though - JC

[@djmanuelhernandez5360]

Thanks Brother, this video just saved my day

[@Studio-Xhoni]

i like the vocal how sounding. can you tell me the chain (what mic and preamp)

[@godric1010]

very nice track is it finished , would love to here it

[@guntherrobles9188]

Thanks for this great tutorial.

[@matthart7275]

Why is my second drop down on the return track greyed out?

[@EricPeelMusic]

The attack of the EQ sounds either too slow or too fast. You can hear a popping sound from the piano once the vocals duck it. The pop either should be softened with a slower attack, or eliminated with a very fast attack.

[@robertsinnerman7804]

I agree. Would be nice to have an attack and release on there.

[@EricPeelMusic]

@@robertsinnerman7804 I think there is? I might be confusing another plugin, but I thought you can change the attack and release on this one if you click the icon on the bottom right of the spectrum analyzer. Too lazy to go try now.

[@robertsinnerman7804]

@@EricPeelMusic You're right. I took the plunge and bought the plugin anyway, and exactly what you said is true. There is an advanced panel with attack, release, side chain, and stereo & panning options. Thanks!

[@NickStaples93]

@@robertsinnerman7804 two weeks later would you recommend it? Would this benefit more than just vocals?

[@robertsinnerman7804]

@@NickStaples93 I would definitely recommend it. I asked my mix engineer his thoughts prior to me purchasing it, and he highly recommended it too. I've only used it to get sound out the way of my vocals, but I am sure there are other examples you would use it on. Hope this helps!

[@ddkim21]

wait why would you put on the low pass filter when those are the frequencies you're trying to duck? you're essentially unaffecting the things you're trying to affect arent you?

[@jwfoel]

is this magic?? nice video

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

Trackspacer is indeed magic!! - JC

[@jwfoel]

Got it a few days ago! It’s amazing

[@yamansitar6153]

I like this idear ,iv got the demo to try , but can't get it to work in mainstage , can it be used for live ? thanks

[@dudleydooright]

I liked the tut.. but was wondering if you realized you can click the little dot in the bottom right of the window and adjust the release/attack (which was certainly needed here) along with other variables?

[@gonzacaldeera]

Perfect

[@Fox_is_Fox]

Thank you!

[@gonzacaldeera]

Love it

[@Noisa]

Why not just sidechain directly from the vocal track to trackspacer on the piano track through ableton without a send? Or is this video just outdated now?

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

This is from before Ableton 10. - JC

[@Drgmusic_]

Is it a multi user plugin? Can we use it on more than one PC simantaneously?

[@Childhoof]

2 questions: 1) doesn't side-chaining do the same thing (for free, in any DAW)? 2) what is a 'return' track?

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

1. No. This is sidechain EQing 32 individual frequency bands independently of the target audio depending on the frequency composition of incoming source audio. This is surgical and precise. 2. You can watch this tutorial to learn about Return Tracks kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGHSY6lnpt2Sb7s -JC

[@hightopscsides]

@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial why did you send the vocal to a return to sidechain it? could you have just side chained it using the built in part on trackspacer?

[@XristosGiotis]

which reverb/delay plugins do u use? perfect sound!!

[@No-Pressure-Only-Results]

Stock reverb i seein the auxs

[@babysunn2]

TRACKSPACER is a Great Sidechain Plugin... I Can Use It in FL Studio Without A Problem, But I Can't Figure out for The Life of Me On How to use it inside The Akai MPC Software... Mother Ducker Is Kool, But Trackspacer is SOOoooo Much More Versatile. Help Me If You Can. Thanks.

[@Jsmash_424]

do you have to create a return track to use this plugin or can you do it just with the vocal or just the beat?

[@paufabregaroda]

it isnt necessary. you can apply it just to the vocal and sidechain it to the track you want

[@hightopscsides]

@@paufabregaroda any idea why he did it that way?

[@paufabregaroda]

​@@hightopscsides no idea mate, i guess he is lost like all of us

[@hightopscsides]

@@paufabregaroda Just realised, at this point in time ableton didn't have the sidechain options it has now so that's why he did it this way

[@VikHorlova]

Thanks :)

[@PolymerJones]

I'm using TrackSpacer 2.5 in 2020, I noticed the plugin has an input dropdown, is the return track process no longer necessary? thanks

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

If you are using Ableton Live, yes, since v.10 you no longer need to do complicated sidechain routing. - JC

[@PolymerJones]

Plugin Boutique I bought the plugin yesterday (using Ableton 10 Suite) and used it to uncrowd a bounced instrumental from a bounced acapella and it worked pretty well I think. The subtle % helps. Do you have any tutorials on how to not have vocals get drowned out / a way to carve out a frequency just for vocals?

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

@@PolymerJones That is what Track Spacer does.. or I don't understand your question. - JC

[@PolymerJones]

Plugin Boutique Yes, so there is the option to turn down the gain of the competing frequency or compress / flatten the frequency ?

[@niceverkaufer4184]

@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial i use ableton 10 too and i dont have that dropdown menu :( dont know why

[@solismuzik]

Nice - Huge Tears for Fears influence

[@isaacshainblum1030]

wow! amazing!

[@Gamer6427]

​ Plugin Boutique If I mixing on two chanells, one is beat and other one is vocal, which I choose in Trackspacker, vocal or beat?

[@urigeheadmot1196]

JA put trackspacer on the channel you want to put stuff away for the other channel :)

[@michaelknight141]

What's the difference to conventional side-chaining?

[@sixwaveholddown]

I’m trying to figure this out too

[@gtabro1337]

That video nearly made me give up on the plug-in - having to put 2 instances, add a return channel and then route 1 of them... Too much hastle. Just put it on the channel that needs to be compressed, and from Ableton's plugin settings on the instance there use the drop-down to show what is the signal that will be 'dominating' and that's it.

[@aichi337]

Wonderful!

[@cekirdekci32]

why a return track? can he not do it on the original track?

[@shestudiossheila7423]

Very cool!

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

agreed - JC

[@ScissorsToMyThroat]

Wow that's amazingly intuitive

[@davidvalens3337]

can you do a tutorial using reason?

[@TheRobinCox]

Check this out, Trackspacer using Reason 10 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYDConhrfM6GY9k

[@SpliffBangla]

Question: Why use this plug in when you can just simply sidechain the piano to the vocals?

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

This is that but over 32-bands instead of just one. This is far more surgical than a standard sidechain. For example, there is no reason to remove/duck the low-end of the piano when the vocal doesn't have frequencies there. - JC

[@youngpatrick29]

is is achieving the same result as parallel compression but with a different method. you should of made the example with kicks on bass/ leads, to have a better comparison for most people that use parallel compression

[@therealrussellsmyth]

Fab thank you

[@albundy4322]

There are important features missing in TrackSpacer: To squish the '32 analyzing eq's' in to a predefinable frequency range From Hz - To Hz. So analyzing a tonal Bass can reduce the wide beef of a Kick Drum. The reason is simple, if you side chain a Bass by Kick-frequencies, then you simply duck the complete Bass because of the wide beef of the Kick.

[@Musictron]

TrackSpacer or Surfer EQ?

[@overbe]

Apples and oranges

[@jahre9904]

For this specific purpose, I would use Surfer EQ. You have more control over what frequencies are ducking, the attack and release. You could surgically duck frequencies if need be with Surfer, this will allow the majority of the piano to come through but not drown out either vocal or piano.

[@therealrussellsmyth]

Whats the track?

[@SharpStomp]

Can i use this in Maschine?

[@frangellico]

hmm.. nice. Can´t be done with a simple gate ?? probaly with some eq also.

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

you would need 32 eq bands... all dynamic... with some really nice "brickwall" slopes... as a starting point - JC

[@frangellico]

@@PluginBoutiqueOfficial good point Joshua, i see clearly the difference, thanks

[@Afritunez]

Can't u just use ableton stock compressor to do the same? what's the point of this vst? plus the stock plugin in ableton lets u adjust the ratio / attack and release as well

[@hammerpocket]

A compressor would lower the track volume, whereas TrackSpacer reduces frequencies in the specific range of the side chain signal. It is sort of like using a multi band compressor, if that compressor had 32 bands and could automatically change the frequency range of those bands in real time.

[@Atem_S.]

nice!!!

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

BOOM! - JC

[@thiagopinheiromusic]

Does anyoneknow if it will work withLIve10 sidechaiin?

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

It should. - JC

[@oliverkim3745]

This is awesome but this can be achieved with a stock plugin in fl studio

[@zenjimusic]

What plugin is that?

[@oliverkim3745]

@@zenjimusic patcher

[@TRUEINF1NITY]

How’d you get the vocal so crisp

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

That is what this tutorial is about. Other than that, using a great mic, pre-amp and proper studio are all important elements. - JC

[@davidbig7940]

How to do this in fl studio ?

[@MartianMoon]

So it’s like neutron eq for noobs

[@TerenceKearns]

Check out MSpectralDynamics for even more control.

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

Will do that later today. I'm a big fan of all their plugins. - JC

[@ivanmontelongo8662]

Multiband compressor sounds more natural and musical i feel like. This is a little too '"clean" i feel like. Same can be achieved with eq if you just duck a couple dbs of competing frequencies on tracks that have a heavy presence in that freq range. And good ol' riding the fader. Nice plugin though! Could save some time!

[@branchyapple]

But then you lose energy when it isn't needed

[@TheSerii9]

спасибо помог Thanks Brother LIKE !

[@isaacshainblum1030]

Could you please do a tutorial using Pro Tools?

[@willch19]

no

[@boscomediagroup9208]

Born by Djungelmeister.

[@Ultra7165]

Sounded better before the low cut.

[@mickeydavenport6245]

Side chain send return is a snap in logic use abelton to send in mini mix demos it's kind of like a one day side chick 😂

[@The_Master_Brain]

I not really hear any differences.

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

What are you listening with? - JC

[@MaxCarola]

Just a side chain compression. And I don't think it sounds better, frankly. A nice eq around 400 to 600 Hz on the piano track works way better. Or to make things complicated, a nice dynamic eq on the vocal with the voice in the side chain will do.

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

It's a 32 band dynamic eq, not a compressor. It is doing that EQ cut automatically and dynamically. - JC

[@alex_c_d]

this video is actually 3 minutes and 37 seconds long.

[@RainGodRecordsInc]

Creating problems where none exist in order to sell a product. Track sounded fine to me without this plug. I can't imagine anyone who liked the track anyways would notice any difference. Some frequencies clash a little, so what?

[@realcarlspartacus]

too fast ... i need more explaining.

[@markdavenport2613]

Clearly my ears are too dull. I hear no difference at all, but then again, I'm not an audio engineer. I only looked at this because as a writer, I need to learn mixing, but I can't hear the difference he says is so huge.

[@PluginBoutiqueOfficial]

What are you listening on? - JC

[@markdavenport2613]

Plugin Boutique I listened on Alesis Monitor One reference monitors as well as Audio Technica ATH-M40x studio headphones. I can hear it on the extreme settings. That’s obvious. But at the subtle settings, I can’t tell.

[@markdavenport2613]

Plugin Boutique is it possible to monitor the track being attenuated so you can hear more clearly how TrackSpacer’s filter is affecting the track? I’ve seen some de-esser plugins that allow you to listen to the frequencies you wish to cut. Wonder if this has a similar feature.

[@bouguification]

​@@markdavenport2613 I think you weren't focusing on the right thing because I can hear it clearly on my macbook speakers !

[@overbe]

Cool example, but title is 100% clickbait

[@wisevirginsmedia]

How not to show someone how to use a product. This sounds like; Think of number, double it now add 300, half it, take away the number you first thought of and the answer is 150.

[@dylanjohnson2087]

do you have to create a return track to use this plugin or can you do it just with the vocal & piano tracks?

[@Jsmash_424]

good question

[@dylanjohnson2087]

@@Jsmash_424 with ableton 10, you can sidechain from the plugin itself. without the need for a return.