Vocal Comping Tutorial

Old video, but still relevant! I think I was asleep on this one...
How to comp vocals in Cubase and Nuendo. The comp tool is powerful, and if used properly, you can edit many takes of vocals very quickly!

[@baptistedelval8846]

I just finished recording my vocals, wondered how to comp them in an efficient and professional way… 15 minutes later I've already learned a new tool and so many great tips. Thank you!

[@sagcap7927]

That’s one of the best keyboard controllers ever put out. Never sell it. Great tutorial by the way.

[@jamesrossmusic6013]

I followed along with my project... Thanks for taking it slow while giving lots of detailed step by step instructions.!

[@jefgibbons]

Great! Glad to hear it James!

[@maciejkaminski4853]

Hello. I have Cubase for longer time, but now - thanks to uyour tutorials - redecsover it again and hope to finally overcome my fear to use it :). Watched first 4 tutorials today, will continue with next tomorrow - you do really geart job explaining all in easy and clear manner and language I can understand. Thanks a lot for that.

[@jefgibbons]

Late reply, but thanks so much for the comment! Really appreciate it...

[@NickandJane]

Excellent Jeff, I've a page of dense notes from this one - thanks so much for sharing.

[@jefgibbons]

Perfect! Thats the way to do it!

[@jewelariel]

This was really helpful. Thank you!

[@jefgibbons]

Most welcome Jewel!

[@JBugz777]

Wow, thanx man. This has been my life for the past few years, cutting vocal takes... Just switched to Cubase 10.5 from 5.0, trying to learn the comp tool.

[@e51v50h]

Another great lesson. thanx a million!! :)

[@jefgibbons]

My pleasure Joe!

[@alanyost4061]

Wow - another brilliant tutorial. Man you are opening up my eyes :-). I love your practical guide on how to use these tools. no BS :-)

[@paulc3248]

I like the red Batphone Thanks for excellent tutorials

[@ikamy]

how professional you behave

[@jefgibbons]

+Cameron Bright ha! I’m way funner in real life.

[@bedlam46]

you are a great tutor, Very relaxed vocal and clear instruction. Fantastic, and So helpful, Thank you

[@axellarsen3063]

Thanks for sharing knowledge.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks for the comment Axel!

[@shilobeidany3553]

Great tutorial! Thanks

[@Vokalplus]

super helpful, thank you!

[@westonthefoster]

Nice. I've been looking for info on this a few days now. Very useful to know what to do with the unused takes. I hate having unused files on my drive. Great!!

[@jefgibbons]

I'm glad it helped out!

[@corradoaragoni1964]

very useful thanks!

[@INSTAFLIXMEDIA]

So it's quite similar to how I record my voiceover. Just record various takes, cut them between every sentences and keep the ones which has the perfect pronounciation. I had no idea this was a thing. I have been doing this type of editing for ages! I just came across a Billie Eilish shorts

[@jefgibbons]

Yes! I do it for spoken word all the time! What was the Billie Eilish thing you were mentioning?

[@INSTAFLIXMEDIA]

@@jefgibbons I saw a shorts video where David Letterman visited Billie's studio and she was teaching him about vocal comping.

[@imremozsik1012]

Thanks ever so much!

[@Murgy91]

Great Video.. :)

[@MacaoPark]

Great vid. Thanks.

[@easybullet3]

Red Phone: "Shall we play a game" ? (Mathew Broderick)

[@BigPete222]

Awesome!

[@MrMikomi]

She has a lovely voice. Would be nice to hear the finished song. Please don't tell me she wrote it and recorded it in a day. Thanks for the video.

[@robbiedownmusic]

cool

[@SarperSonbay]

thanks for these excellent videos Jeff, can you also share the plugins you used for vocal channel?

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

I don't understand the need to use the scissor tool. Shouldn't you just be able to select the bit of each take you want with the comp tool, and then render that into a new audio file? Logic has been able to do this since 2007!

[@AkeOhrlund]

Your tutorials are so good! One thing I got stuck on: how can you do crossfades over a big part between two events - after you applied “delete overlapping audio”? It appeared to me you still had overlapping audio there. Am I missing something?

[@dwwilliams05]

Hey Jeff, your videos are incredible. Thank you for taking the time to do this for everyone. It's very selfless of you. In the beginning of this video you were talking about stacking the takes. How do you do that? Are you recording on the same track everytime? I thought that would record over the previous take. Wondering how you do this. Thank you sir.

[@MrMikomi]

He's using lanes.

[@sundey8324]

why cant i see the lane view button on my cubase?

[@delsurmusic]

Hello Jeff, great tutorial !. I have a quiestion. How did you stock all the different takes on top of each other?. I have all my takes in different tracks and I can not get them to become lanes .... I will appreciate any help. Thanks, Luis.

[@kevinshettle8965]

I see you are using mac...why not Logic...would be good vid to explain why.

[@Bad_Phil]

Comping is only available with Cubase 10 Artist or Pro, correct?

[@Bad_Phil]

Sticky Notes but you need Artist or Pro level, yes?

[@Bad_Phil]

Sticky Notes I looked at their site and comping is available only on Artist edition and up. I’m saving up for the upgrade ✔️

[@brandon2521]

1:57 turns snap off

[@luische6607]

Hello I have a question, I did not know about the comping tool and I recorded 4 vocals in different tracks, how can I move all these takes to the same track so I can use the comping tool. I tried dragging them but does not work. Any suggestion?

[@jefgibbons]

Hi Luis, just stack them on top of each other on one track, then press the lanes button as I do in the video. If they are still stacked and don't go to their own lane, just drag them down one at a time and you'll see new lanes appear.

[@luische6607]

@@jefgibbons Thank you!

[@goldiemusic8394]

when this guy turned 18, his parents moved out, because he needed the extra room for recording.