Vocal Production Tips That Will INSTANTLY Enhance Your Songs!

In this video, Austin goes over some vocal production techniques that can take a song from good to AMAZING! Don't skip out on vocal production because it can be a game changer!
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My Gear:
DAW: Cubase 12 Pro
Desk: AZ Studio Workstations
Main Microphone: Lauten Audio LT-386 Eden, Lewitt LCT1040
Voiceover Mic: Lauten LS-208
Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6
Interface: RME UFX ii
Compressor: AudioScape 76D
MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61
Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute
Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus
Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800
Extra Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59
Camera: Sony A7iv
Lens: Sony 24-70mm f2.4
Camera Lights: Aperture Amaran 100Xs
Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
What Is Vocal Production 0:20
Verse Vocal Production 1:40
Delay Throws 2:35
Layering Vocals For Impact 3:50
Building A Vocal Stack For Width and Depth 6:15
Distorted and Sidechained Ad Lib 7:00
Stacking Vocal FX 8:20
Making A Chorus POP 9:00
Creating Special Moments With Vocal Prod 11:03
Making Verse 2 Unique 11:46
Call and Response Vocals 12:57
Bridge Vocal Layers 14:45
Going Crazy With FX On A Single Line 15:20
Big Vocal Stacks 16:30
Post Chorus Vocal FX 17:48
Outro 18:50

[@y19resonate67]

Austin is the man bro, you can see how passionate he is about teaching everyone. There are only a few people around like him. You'll go down in history my bro. Huge respect.

[@MakePopMusic]

I really appreciate you! Thank you so much!

[@skrabio]

MPM the goat.

[@mjk5254]

I can never get enough of your vocal tutorials Austin! There’s always a new takeaway

[@ralfkohler831]

Austin, you're such a big inspiration for my productions with your great tips and ideas.

[@nickmass9427]

Your channel has helped me so much. I actually downloaded your free mixing sessions from your website and got amazing results. So thank you so much for everything.

[@djontheweather]

Another week, another phenomenal and educational video ❤🔥

[@piyushkhanna9554]

This reminds me of this channel's first video I saw, I guess it was about making vocals huge, stacked lower vocals, and this video is just like other videos on this ❤

[@riharrds]

Thank you very much, Austin! Your videos are very helpful! Keep up the amazing musicmaking! :)

[@realemmanuelaaron]

Thank you Austin for this beautiful tutorial 🎉❤

[@user-qg8qc5qb9r]

Introduction to Vocal Production - 00:00:00 Overview of the Video - 00:00:22 Song Introduction: "Heartbreaker" by Nightbreakers - 00:01:05 Verse 1A: Single Vocal and Adding Delay Throws - 00:01:49 Verse 1A: Layering Harmonies and Unison Vocals - 00:04:16 Verse 1B: Stacking Vocals and Call and Response Effect - 00:06:21 Chorus: Layering and Harmonizing for a Full Sound - 00:08:51 Turnaround: Adding Delay Throws and Tape Stops - 00:10:29 Verse 2: Layering Harmonies and Vocal Shouts - 00:11:54 Bridge: Unison Vocals and Special Effects - 00:14:25 Outro: Layering Harmonies for Impact - 00:17:07 Post-Chorus: Reusing Vocal Chains and Adding Hooks - 00:17:52 Conclusion: Importance of Vocal Production - 00:18:49 Closing Remarks and Call to Action - 00:19:34

[@KordTaylor]

Such a great tutorial. ❤ You’re so great at getting those stacks together and vocal ear candy to create a cool arrangement. Nice to see how you’d do it wo singing real doubles and harmonies.

[@MakePopMusic]

Appreciate you Kord!!

[@cousinchoc]

Bro! This is a MASTERCLASS!!! 🙌🙌🙌

[@dugganater]

This is sick, dude, thanks!

[@franksilval]

This a professional teaching tutorial with a lot of value...so much to learn from!

[@joshcoxmusic]

You always have great videos. Awesome ear candy tips and tricks every time 🔥🤘

[@drokx6910]

So many good tricks thanks for sharing! 🔥

[@alfege1230]

You are a true genius! Thanks!

[@SandNigah]

Man this is a gold mine

[@dirtykeyzproductions]

Great channel and video! One of the best out here honestly. Thank you for putting the time in to make these. For your delay throws, are you (or the artist) recording a separate take for each throw or are you copy/pasting and processing that?

[@vipulvishwas4960]

As and Always ❤ 🔥🔥 content, your production is really great and super Pro max

[@josuamuller4543]

Great Video!! Thank youuuu!!! :)

[@luiginoide]

I just wanted to say thank you for all of those tips videos that you make 🙏🙏🙏

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank YOU for supporting!

[@tessa9678]

Thanks a lot for this wonderfull lesson. I'll try to use it in my production🥰😍

[@justinsmithmusic]

Friday upload to look forward to!

[@SARKAARBASH]

Amazing.. Thanks Austin :)

[@micheleclivati4653]

Great, very inspirational!

[@Estrellapr]

Please Do more of these🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tobionekenobi9101]

Great video as always. I just started producing so I don’t really do vocals yet. But still a good video. Have a suggestion for another video. You could do a synth tutorial but on your hardware synths as well as use analog lab for those that don’t have real synths. I have herd you talk about how you love the Juno.

[@PabloCaputto]

You are the one bro. Cheers from Argentina

[@itsrenov8]

fantastic work man, a true pro teaching us noobs. big fan!

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

You are very good at what you do

[@minstinct280]

BRILLIANT DUDE!

[@hevmadeit9354]

This was an amazing tutorial.

[@hannesjilmstad]

Would love a ”How to make a song like Aden Foyer”, really liking his music, especially Other Side of The Moon and his upcoming Sunshine Prescription

[@Squidaniel]

I would love to see you do a vocal production tutorial on "Surfaces"

[@yosiefdesta1127]

Can you go over time aligning harmonies/doubles? Love the work!

[@MakePopMusic]

I just hit auto align in Cubase hahaha

[@prismen5535]

would you mind diving further into the vocal chain you used whilst tracking, and then the mixing chain! that's what I struggle with the most... love your videos keep it up!

[@MakePopMusic]

Yeah! We actually have quite a few videos on that! My vocal chain is listed in every description as well.

[@LautenAudio]

Fantastic 👏👏

[@MakePopMusic]

couldn't do it without you guys!

[@LautenAudio]

@@MakePopMusic 🥰

[@minstinct280]

Please do some vids on plugin chain order for various instruments: keys, piano, gtr, vocals, drums, etc. Thx dude!

[@Y42]

suuuuper IMPORTANT!!!

[@domeee.exe.1173]

I feel guilt when I see one of your videos, because it’s so complete and clear that just feels like I should pay for it :)

[@MakePopMusic]

Noooo! We do it because we love it! We have a website where you can always check out our paid content if you ever have the ability to support 😁

[@MrJonesdj]

nice!!1

[@cekirdekci32]

New Max Martin in the game : lol thank you Austin you re killing it again

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank you so much!!

[@TridentCapital]

Great tutorial, Austin. Question: Do you think a talented producer can make a great track using stock plug-ins?

[@MakePopMusic]

Yes! I’ve done it on this channel and for the official Cubase 12 project 😁

[@jackc8120]

How do you EQ to clean the frequencies if you have main vocals on center and hard left and hard right. Is the EQ the same on all 3 tracks?

[@MakePopMusic]

Typically almost identical. Sometimes I take some low mids out of the sides. Just depends on the song!

[@adieproduction]

Great as usual. Im not a Cubase user, so i might be wrong, but i see every track has the its own vocal chain, wouldnt be easier and lighter just using vocal chains in groups, is there any reason? All i was thinking while i was watching the video, was " damn that project must be so huge in term of cpu usage"

[@MakePopMusic]

Great question! I like having individual control over every track and then having a group or bus as a big macro control. I have plenty of CPU so I love the flexibility. P

[@REPx]

what microphone and audio interface do you recommend to plug into USB port on computer?

[@MakePopMusic]

Apogee Hypemic for USB!

[@alexisflowrd6337]

how much for the preset of those voices $ template

[@arey4054]

Could you make a video about making a song like remi wolf?

[@laceyvideo]

What key command is Austin using to turn off the vocal chains across multiple channels?

[@MakePopMusic]

To mute the different vocals, I just select and cntl+m For turning off the whole chain, you can just hit the toggle on/off button at the top of the mixer slots

[@briandonkers9832]

Do you use Vocalign or anything when you're doing stacks to get them super tight?

[@MakePopMusic]

Sometimes I’ll use Cubase’s auto aligner but I didn’t need it on these vocals

[@briandonkers9832]

@@MakePopMusic Cool. Thanks for the reply and the great video!

[@oompapompaa6543]

You know wjat would be a suowr interesting video? If you remake this video but mixing it to the finished two track beat since that is very common. Then to listen and compare the outcome

[@chrisburkhart4624]

When it comes to vocal production, what does Jonas Brothers sound like?

[@user-rp9dq8se8t]

Was it mixed to a two track beat?

[@MakePopMusic]

No. I produced the whole song from the ground up and mixed in the production session.

[@user-rp9dq8se8t]

@@MakePopMusic interesting. how do we create depth and 3D image?

[@IamSOcalm888]

Ur really good, help mee

[@cundibeatz]

Next video about mastering

[@MakePopMusic]

We have that already 😁

[@arwoot452]

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[@RickyTehra]

hoenstly i wanna know your pc specs ????

[@AashishJhaMusic]

Can you also record the screen in 4k....

[@MakePopMusic]

It is. Screen recordings just never look super crispy.

[@AashishJhaMusic]

@@MakePopMusic sir how much can a freelance music producer earn total in a year.....my mom asked me this ....but i had no clue about it

[@KidAstronaut]

This song is so good.

[@piyushkhanna9554]

Yeah you make good content but you look handsome today bro ❤

[@MakePopMusic]

Hahaha thank you! I felt glowing.

[@OSdahl]

You are the best LGBT producer mate :-)

[@MakePopMusic]

I’m straight but always here to support our LGBT friends 😁

[@vadimmartynyuk]

Great tips but man Cubase desperately needs a facelift, it looks like school kids program

[@MakePopMusic]

I couldn’t disagree more. I love the aesthetic of Cubase 😂