Waves Vocal Chain

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[@GloveBunniesVideos]

I've been using the R-Channel from Waves lately on the vocal bus. It's a great little plugin that really pulls the sound together.

[@EdokLock]

You know what is missing from these videos 1 final before & after with all the chain turned off & on.. To notice the dramatic change of the sound

[@unclejohn8520]

This is the most important thing he messed up .

[@phadrus]

In general the before and afters are so brief (sometimes a split second) that I don’t have enough time to hear the difference. My ears aren’t that trained.

[@Darksagan]

That lo-air was dope. I never thought of using it on vocals.

[@sageaudio]

Great to hear you enjoyed it! SageAudio.com

[@SchibbiSchibbi]

Agree 😍

[@liampipes]

I have no idea if anyone will see this but I'd advise trying to find a different doubler plugin like the evantide h3000 or the one from soundtoys. The waves one can often create phasing issues, I've heard it myself and also have seen a couple engineers online talk about it. Love this channel tho!

[@lilkenny83]

This is facts! I don't like the doubler plugins from waves. The phasing is a definite issue

[@AB-ht6qr]

I always felt like its really robotic and just fucks up the mix so i turned it down like on 15-20% volume and it gave the voice more power without fucking it up. But i definitely try to find a better doubler. Im gonna check the evantide.

[@hthoo2008]

That's true.

[@starsandguitars2050]

Happy New year and Thanks. I use a lot of Waves Plugins and you just provided the best video I have yet watched on getting a super tone out of a vocal using Waves plugins. I love your channel!

[@amanjoshua994]

Would love to see a fabfilter vocal chain!

[@a.m.4816]

Do you really suggest to use the GW Voice Centric as a stand alone plug-in without any other on the chain? Did I really get it right? Thx a lot for your tutorials.They help so that much!👍

[@ronaldinhor1338]

Yes that's what he said

[@lokisimo544]

Estaba esperando este video hace mucho!!

[@JulesMugisha]

What I realized is that vocals when recorded in a good environment and good mic, they require less work. I always thought effects (delay, reverb,...) need to be on a different channel.

[@333zillamusic]

@@marcusx3605 no they werent hence why he used the mix knob to turn down the amount being applied. If they were on sends then the mix knobs would b at 100 percent for both the Hdelay and the Rverb and he would control the amount the the sends on each channel.

[@333zillamusic]

Generally yes, but there isn't a rule against using them as inserts. General rule of thumb is an insert will occur before the signal (vocal) and a send will occur after. reverb and delays are both time based effects and usually occur after the signal is engaged for best results but what he did can fundamentally work aswell

[@JTFuller]

YEAHHHHHHH. Perfect.. good one again my friend.. Thank you..

[@PulasthiAbhishek]

*3rd Comment* Most awaited content. Thank You Sage Audio to giving us these priceless contents to improve our skills.

[@keith_hudson]

I'm almost convinced other than maybe adding a little color to the vocal, that first compressor was inaudible in the mix.

[@DancehallWorldwxde]

Don't worry your not alone I feel the same

[@elison6188]

Bro thank you I knew I couldn’t have been bugging

[@jeremydewalt588]

This song is fire

[@earlofpants]

bro lowkey 😂

[@Jvaldes609]

Thanks

[@88KeysMan]

Are you using stereo plugins or mono? I don’t think that was mentioned in the video. Thanks for the video!

[@illiii1123]

Good question !

[@SoundScienceMediaWorks]

That depends solely on the source track. Most are mono, but you can process stereo tracks with the stereo plugins .

[@Altyros]

This may be a stupid question, but when you create a vocal chain, do you have to adjust the vocal volume in every plugin or only on the vocal chain itself?

[@bishopchuksok6183]

Great

[@camronmoz2662]

Big help oge 🙌

[@zimouspero]

When to use stereo delay or mono delay,?

[@mrmorpheus9707]

You have these effexts as an insert or an AUX? you didnt say

[@frankjerke]

nice video, what would be th eq settings for a deep male voice?

[@trextonhaldeman323]

Depends on what you want, but generally controlling the lows to low mids, mids to high mids scooped a tiny bit, and controlling highs like mentioned in this vid is good! Thats what I do!

[@LaviniaBlue]

@@trextonhaldeman323 completely agree!

[@wydprado]

🔥🔥🔥

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@hotworkmusic]

Dope song 🤘🏼

[@PharaohLawLess1]

I use Voice Centric from time to time

[@uwimanasamuel7472]

Thank you very much

[@schiribeats]

should reverb and delay be used as send efefct ?

[@sageaudio]

They can be!

[@Tewahedo]

Thank you!

[@user-di9vb3fl3e]

Always good one bro, keep it up

[@TBURNATV]

which Mic and what preamp were used?!

[@eshai5898]

Dope!

[@kannon3979]

Are you putting all these plugins on an insert or bus?

[@trextonhaldeman323]

I'm assuming an insert!

[@BellToBell]

Apparently, youre using Q10 and not 6

[@tavog]

Nice!

[@Kairavvv]

nice

[@Renaxelo]

I don't really hear the difference in MV2

[@111bpm5]

🥳🥳

[@mistafreezy]

Whats the name of the artist and the song

[@yehmerakaryahai_]

doubler should be used in send / aux / buss or , in same channel strip of vocals?

[@333zillamusic]

no such thing as SHOULD b when mixing but generally we do hear effects after the signal is engaged yes.

[@ael5150]

You always using female vocals for these type of videos. I'd love to see how you would handle the low mids of a male vocal take.

[@lokisimo544]

Trap waves vocal chain?

[@Citrusbeatz]

How do you get that Crispy song on the Vocal

[@kjgetsbetter525]

Probably a very good microphone and engineer recording the vocal

[@antisocial333]

Funny how wave centric sounds better than everything else u did before together

[@loleveline]

but now tell me whats the songs played 😭

[@chunke7170]

Lo air will mess up the subs.

[@younggorilla6311]

Fabfilter next?

[@HollerAtcherBoi]

lo air on a vocal? Nah. Maxxbass or Vitamin would be much more appropriate

[@patrickpilgrim7369]

Sadge... I can't hear shit.

[@rautshsale1948]

fuck waves tho

[@SteveF69]

waves is a love/hate