Vocal Mixing Trick EVERY Producer Should Use

[@FD-lo8xr]

there is no better producer that does brilliant tutorials on YT- then you, my man - thank you EDM TIPS

[@EDMTips]

Glad you think so! Thank you 🤩

[@larswillsen]

Always a pleasure .. certainly learned a few new things to be tried when I get back after midnite :)

[@gregorigreg]

After years watching tutorials, buying online courses, you are the best of the best for me! thank you!

[@EDMTips]

Wow, thanks!

[@rokko_fable]

so many great tips! always love your channel mate. thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@EDMTips]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@krulke]

Hell Yeah!! Amazing video, as always! Your channel is the reason I open KZbin in the evening. Thank you so much for making these video's and sharing your knowledge!!

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome! 🙂 Glad they help!

[@rhymax7294]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for making a video on this, I definitely needed this. ♥

[@EDMTips]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MarkWu_vvip24]

Thank you for providing such great information. I hope your channel will reach one million subscribers soon !

[@EDMTips]

Thank you!

[@TheReflection_PJ]

This looks IDENTICAL to BIG Z's tutorial on this same thing a year ago. The highlighted circle around your head, the puzzle piece analogy and pictures (instruments and vocals on each piece), the 2-3 db finishing touch and a LOT of the vocabulary you use as well.

[@Andrea.Zechmeister]

"Thank you so much for this amazing tip! Your explanations are really helping me get my vocals to sit better in the mix. The combination of EQ, compression, and reverb you described brings the vocals out perfectly without overpowering the track. Exactly what I was looking for! Great video, keep it up!"

[@SilentEarthMusic]

Hi Will, i just wanted to say thank you! Your Channel is amazing and really helpful. I´ve been producing and releasing electronic music(mainly trance&ambient) in the 90ies and stopped 2002 (the industry was collapsing at that time and i went for other ways to make a living). Last year i found my passion again to produce music and take it again to a professional level. Things have changed quite a bit in the last 22 years 🙂. I´ve learned so many great tipps and modern production tricks from you, so.that I got my sound back to a good level within 6 months and i´ve started to sign tracks with smaller/medium labels. Still improving with each track, so please keep up the great work! Hope to meet you at an industry event and just thank you in person. Thinking about taking one of your masterclasses...

[@EDMTips]

Thank you, and you’re very welcome!

[@TNS98]

Just what I needed! Thank you :D

[@Clupea101]

Great stuff as always

[@EDMTips]

Thanks again!

[@krzysztofjezyna1869]

you should finish and release this track , vocal and vibe is pure fire

[@EDMTips]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind words of support 🙂🙏

[@MikyILdecre]

I think i love you... i do... 2 months that i was try to understand why... now i know it but i also know the name of that technique. Im deeply grateful!

[@Electroaurora]

Give this man an award :)

[@jacobj2990]

People that don't want to buy soothe can do the same thing with Abletons stock envelope follower, and an eq 8. Just find the frequencies on the eq 8. Flatten the volume to 0. Attach the gain of those frequencies to the envelope follower(In + mode) and subtract the amount to taste.

[@EDMTips]

Thanks for the tip, great share!

[@jacobj2990]

@@EDMTips Thank you as well! You definitely help me push my track to the next level with these bussing tips 🙏

[@WezTuppeny]

Amazing video as always Will!

[@EDMTips]

Thank you very much!

[@gocofficial6170]

great tutorial mate.. very important..

[@EDMTips]

Cheers! Glad you liked it :)

[@therealajnelson]

This is perfect timing Will! Working on a vocal track right now lol Edit: i don't have soothe 2 and I'm also using ableton 11 lite (budget) but I've found that if I use the stock Mix-Gel compressor and play with the settings it will blend together nice. Would sidechaining the vocal reverb help it "sit" in the mix better?

[@EDMTips]

Absolutely, it would! That's tip #2 :)

[@therealajnelson]

@@EDMTips lol that's what gave me the idea, I wasn't sure if that was exclusive to the soothe2 plugin or would translate to stock compressor plugins as well. Thanks for the reply!

[@UnveiledDestinations]

sick tutorial!!! 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥

[@EDMTips]

Thanks!

[@jorgeyepes657]

Thank you very much for your contributions with those EDM tips tutorials. I would like to know an alternative to the Soothe 2 plugins since I don't have it at the moment and thus be able to apply your technique for voices. thanks for your response.

[@EDMTips]

You’re welcome! Trackspacer can work, too

[@FuChungKu]

Came for mixing tricks, and left with an uncontrollable urge for cookies! Can I have one please mate?

[@EDMTips]

🍪

[@djzebra8561]

Thx you Will for the tips

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome, glad you found this video helpful! :)

[@PatrickObiang]

BRAVO!

[@adwind3055]

Great tutorial, Will 😎 ... and yes! Tried it and ... it works! The cookies look good too 😉 Enjoy ADE

[@EDMTips]

Thanks, Ad! We just arrived - it’s such a shame you and Beata aren’t coming this year. I hope she gets well soon!

[@lisamcglynn2060]

Will would you be able to do a vocal chain tutorial - deesser, autotune, eq, compress and reverb in ableton :) many people skip vocals and it is a shame they are important- I am a singer and would love to learn this

[@dlopez61]

Hello, GREAT VIDEO! Thanks so much. Ive been seeing your videos for a few years and see you use Ableton Live! so maybe you can help me with the following. I jut got a Burl B2 and wanted to ask how I would hook up the B2 ADC into my Apollo X8P so that I can mix and listen to the out put of the B2? My normal chain and bouncing option is straight from my Apollo X8P to hard disk via off-line bounce. So now heres what Ive done to accomplish this: * Clocked the Apollo to the Burl with word clock BNC (Master) * Routed output 7/8 from Apollo to analog in on BURL * Burl TOSS out to Apollo ADAT in 1 (changed Digital input in console matrix from ADAT to SPIDF) This is where Im stuck! Id like to listen to the B2 while producing/mixing. I would also like to track thru BURL while recording vocals. Im thinking of putting the the BURL and the Apollo out 7/8 on to a patch-bay. So I can accomplish this. Thanks in advance

[@bobrv8]

Trackspacer 2 will do this if you can't afford Soothe 2. Wait for Black Friday and it will be about half price. It's a technique that works really well. A free crude way is to find the sweet spot frequency of the vocal eg 4k and then make a corresponding slight dip in the EQ on the Instrument bus. Not as good as a dynamic EQ but its better than nothing.

[@EDMTips]

Great tips!

[@tomislavbuzant8155]

This is GOLD! I love you ! :) Btw. I wonder is there a big important difference between trackspacer and soothe2 ?

[@BaronBruce]

Soothe 2 is more detailed. Trackspacer is excellent though. Sonable Pure: Unmask is another, cheaper alternative

[@EDMTips]

Cheers, Tomislav, I am glad you found it helpful! What Baron Bruce said :)

[@tomislavbuzant8155]

@@EDMTips a Multiband dynamic sidechaning compressor can actually be built out of Ableton stock plugins and it works very well. 🙂 I encourage everyone to build their own. Doing that will teach them to understand the specific details of what soothe or track spacer are doing "out of the box". I have to emphasize that your tutorials leave me in 99% without any questions. Everything is clearly and strategically explained and you don't miss anything. It is a joy to watch your videos even after 20 years of producing and using Ableton. The journey is so exciting and full of new discoveries of techniques and DAW capabilities even though I consider myself experienced. 5 star rating! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@LosslessMusicfree]

Dont forget to Add compressor on master bus To glue everything

[@EDMTips]

I'd class that more as the mastering stage, but yes, that can help :)

[@mystikrebel1089]

saved

[@OwerWild]

Thank U! I have a deep voice (starting from A) , and its always problem to mixing it with an instruments. In one hand , the instruments loss, other hand, cant understand the lyr. I think this must be a part of solution.

[@duykhangnguyentran8581]

I was quick this time

[@ashrahul6970]

Can you make a detailed video on how to produce music in the style of Gravagerz?

[@EDMTips]

Thanks for the suggestion, I will add this to my list and let's see how many people will vote for it!

[@troywakeman]

Hey Will, for reverb and delay, any difference between using return tracks vs. audio effect racks with dry and wet chains?

[@EDMTips]

Minimal! :) I like to be able to control things directly from the mixer

[@trancextend]

That was awesome. Hey I want an oatmeal cookie.

[@EDMTips]

🍪

[@KristofferAlvarado]

Can you please do a How to Berry cant swim with the track Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore

[@EDMTips]

Thanks for the suggestion, I will add this to my to do list! 🙂🙌🏻

[@duncanmaclennan9624]

Why didn’t you set the monitoring to IN? Why set auto then record Arm? 1:50

[@ethanlsmsc]

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[@xaronwhite5376]

Would sidechaining the vocal to the kick work in Hip Hop as well im very curious?

[@EDMTips]

Yep 👍

[@ElevateandBlend]

Did you click CRT T to create new audio bus?

[@ElevateandBlend]

How did you get the vOX and instrumental bus to say. main/? It only says master and won't let me switch it

[@DJStatusss]

Try mspectraldynamics

[@ziiiiie]

Спасибо, друг))))

[@EDMTips]

You’re welcome!

[@benjaminbrown3939]

0:27 that made me hungry.

[@ma3x747]

🙌

[@sandrvoxon]

If you create 2 groups, the effect is the same. I don't understand why it was necessary to do all this.

[@BaronBruce]

I just group the instruments (no drums) and side chain them. Sounds great and less fuss.

[@EDMTips]

How do you route the reverb to the group?

[@BaronBruce]

@EDMTips I usually use a return for vocal reverb but I see why it's done now with the effect you created...Touché my man.👏😂

[@dumdumreviews7436]

Waves Curves Equator does the same as Soothe2 and cost 5 times less.

[@kenturnbull5450]

the before and and after ? the after is much louder . how does ducking the instrumental make it much loader.

[@benjaminbrown3939]

You made a dead link.

[@kenturnbull5450]

@@benjaminbrown3939 don't know how that happened

[@akaSVAT]

These are well-known techniques. Is there anyone else who didn't know about them. But thank you anyway.

[@EDMTips]

To you, maybe. I guarantee most people don’t know them

[@akaSVAT]

@@EDMTips Well, thank you again. Knowledge is the weapon. Always like to watch your videos.

[@EDMTips]

@@akaSVAT Thanks for the support! I appreciate it :)

[@rahimfraboni452]

make the next video about 'kehlani'

[@EDMTips]

When you ask so nicely, how can I refuse? 😂

[@Monty.Tommy.P]

Yoo

[@JosephineOfficial]

before and after are totally different mixes. even the drums are mixed differently. it sounds louder overall - the off beat open hat is way more present for example. even though i think the discussed techniques are great if applied correctly (imo too extreme in this example but this may be for the purpose of the video) I think the before and after are useless if done like that.. the techniques are well explained so it's a bit sad to see it all ruined by the "louder sounds better" comparison show off.

[@EDMTips]

Ah, it’s just the track progressing so there’s a new high hat that comes in. That’s still a good point, though

[@AndyBeez]

A very Smarty video 🤣

[@EDMTips]

🍬

[@FredBloggs919]

Here’s the thing - it isn’t Taylor Swift etc that do any of it - it’s producers.

[@Codeandventure]

🔥

[@rayderrich]

How on Earth do you get away with using Taylor's portrait on your video?! I love her, don't get me wrong, but it is too much clickbait to me. Still like your informational videos for sure, Will!

[@EDMTips]

I'm sure she has bigger fish to fry!