Creating Space for Vocals | Young Guru (Jay Z, Beyoncé)

Grammy-winning mix engineer Young Guru shows how subtractive EQ techniques can help you carve out space for your vocals in a busy beat. Watch the full 1-hour masterclass with Guru, available FREE to Waves Update Plan* owners: www.waves.com/...
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[@lupash]

how did u know I needed this right now

[@N9MGyoutube]

right!!! :O

[@rodrinies]

Sameeeee

[@anonanon1638]

Just had a uni lecture talking bout mid side eq, this guy cracked

[@kobraklutch7484]

Me too....

[@larry89]

What a time to be alive...

[@oeunouch]

This is something I'm starting to do for my mixes now. Something I didn't realize I need before.

[@forvibersonly]

That side mix tip in f6 is gold

[@JiiNxMusic]

This is golden advice, especially for anyone recording their vocals to two-tracks. Guru and Waves coming through with the cheat codes!!

[@Professor_Pat]

Can we see more of Guru?

[@TheREALBackPack]

Word. Can we please?

[@rc12video]

Guru a good watch

[@gbengaakinnola677]

Waves please!!!!!

[@blkbird]

Pause

[@payso1382]

Salute to WAVES and a LEGEND in tha game 💯👑

[@themexicanmankind1782]

I remember working with Guru at USC a few times. He's all about subtractive eqing. Ever since then, I've been on it

[@hummarstraful]

Guru is truly a master engineer on another level.

[@professuhx504]

We need a full Guru Series! 🔥🔥🔥

[@quotesbynanipbe]

Yesss we need more tutorials by the great Guru👏🏾👏🏾.

[@AwolBeatz]

More guru please this was amazing 💪🏾

[@mixedbymikael]

That’s some rosay type sample there, sounding 🔥. Young Guru the grand master 💪🏾

[@aproducernamed2]

Facts

[@chu.8556]

it is a ross sample - family ties

[@WhtsUpYoung]

Create space... Shout out OG Guru and the OG 9at

[@benjaminmagambo3849]

The F6 est my most used plugin! I recommend it to every mix engineer..

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Works well.

[@shainsaw3698]

thank you waves, you dont know how much you help us independant artist, more power to u!!

[@mihaibadic1504]

this man is an inspiration and i watched a lot of his lessons and tutorials elsewhere over time, thank you so much guru for giving back

[@shawnthomas6171]

Guru is such a Legend ! thank you king

[@fostermarcus86]

That Jstone! Still runnin laps🏁🏁🏁

[@ShomGOGraps]

We need to see more of guru

[@jxhnnylofi]

Iv been looking everywhere...... and then randomly got this.... Seriously, Thank Youu

[@chaosmedulla]

No 🧢

[@jghosttheconscious]

1500 sound Academy, I love that place.

[@riktascale4]

His studio is so💯💯💯💯

[@jghosttheconscious]

That’s 1500 Sound Academy in California Inglewood

[@coreybeats3335]

Dave East’s voice could cut through a brick wow , this info was on point. Thanks guru

[@eddy8notes]

Now i feel like going back to all my old mixes. 🙆🏾‍♂️

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Its always fun.

[@MaestroDotMusic]

Dope that this song was mixed by Young Guru 🙏🏾.

[@PrettyBI]

He's A Super Simple Genius: Articulates, Elaborates, Simplicity. Guru for The President of "Mixing"

[@tza2327]

The moment he says got lost in the mix. And you remember the 1000times you got lost in the mix and you made it worse - but you reallized much later because your ears were dead. :D

[@bhargavdobhal5327]

Thank You Young Guru and Waves 🙌🙌🙌🙌 Very Helpful Video🔥🔥🔥🔥.

[@prod_by_d]

Appreciate advice fireee, 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯

[@hv2623]

Gems! Mix went from amateur to pro real quick. Also F6 is amazing. I use it on every track basically.

[@dafingaz]

So many gems here!

[@cnsounds]

Thank you Guru. (F6 used daily!)

[@Manmademadman]

This is GOOD ADVICE. Sometimes to achieve similar, i duck the sample with the vocals, so that it always sits on top nicely. Cutting with EQ is equally useful.

[@itzcapondabeat]

As in a form of sidechain compression?

[@Manmademadman]

@@itzcapondabeat Yup, ducking can be sidechain compression and vice versa. Try it out!

[@marcm907]

Why is this channel so underated?

[@Legnaseyer96]

So clear and concise. I needed this

[@mickeymiguel2726]

Young G is a genius

[@PoloBoyShawtyBeats]

Wow didn’t even think to do side eq💯 that’s clean

[@YungstarProd]

LEGEND.

[@bigtime5772]

Guru of name and facts

[@ToHerbiarz]

Guru is great! Just master of his craft

[@massivebeatzz]

Great song explained by a great mind. Doing it is one thing - explaining it with focus, and hands -on approach (versus "magic") is another!

[@GV_777YT]

Whats the song?

[@curtiscole9151]

@@GV_777YT the song is - All or Nothin' by J Stone ft. Dave East

[@GV_777YT]

@@curtiscole9151 thank you!

[@daaamn001]

Just wow!

[@Afrado31]

Young guru working on j stones all or nothing from his newest project which is the definition of loyalty. Don't know the sample but I know this song #LongLiveNipHussle. #AllMoneyInNoMoneyOut. TMC

[@mrtravalor]

Uncle Guru for the win again!

[@warnutztheloser]

Guru need a whole 20 part series

[@thegroove2000]

Gurus mixes are always well balanced and not pretentious.

[@mrcheckhammmer]

how can a mix be pretentious?

[@D0peSince85]

My favorite engineer

[@svmuelmusic1638]

I swear I can hear the sample wrapped around the vocals. Vocals are sitting right where they need to be.

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[@ChivasKimber]

Legend

[@cya_kingz5362]

Wow I never thought of it this way👌🙏

[@dannyvenomuk]

i need this right now

[@TonyTana9905]

First engineer I ever heard get shouted out in a song

[@djpioneer937]

bob powers

[@TonyTana9905]

@@djpioneer937 Ion know what you talking about bro

[@vicvango1]

Bob Powers. That's who ATCQ shouted out before Jay ever shouted out Guru.

[@TonyTana9905]

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[@mylesjones8745]

Kendrick Lamar be shouting out Ali

[@Pesos_Beatery]

Thanks for posting this. Great video, well done. Great insight. 💪

[@LuhCuddyProductions]

Man! Just “Aww-inspiring” ‼️🙌🏾

[@BassBox]

great tutorial, gonna try this in my mixes, thanks a lot.

[@mikeg3660]

Thanks ... well explained and very helpful.

[@ktownclantv]

Young Guru 👑👑👑

[@unbekannty]

u saved me man thanks !!!!

[@elident7828]

You’re right I heard it , good tutorial

[@samraiblade]

I'm always learning something new to apply everyday. #AlwaysAstudent

[@ToHerbiarz]

This is it dude!

Top 2 favorite mix engineer !! 💯💪🏾

[@nahhumusic]

Very cool, often heard about mid-sides EQ. But on our way to becoming better producers we also hear about a lot of other things... resulting in me still having not tried this :) This video really encourages to do so, thank you!!

[@whatwhat9004]

All of this stuff sounds like a foreign language to me lol. Guru clearly knows his stuff.

[@Hassan_Omer]

That's where one should consider getting their music mix and mastered from the professionals and the artist should focus on creating music. You don't have to know any of this stuff to be able to create great music but releasing it to the world in a standardised format is where you need a mixing and mastering engineer.

[@tza2327]

@@Hassan_Omer Perfectly said. Its to much to be PRO at both. Focus on one thing. :)

[@cr0wnnoize808]

Learn something everyday! 👍

[@vibesize2363]

Damn! that sample sound so good! 🤟🏿🤟🏿

[@WERUNSOCIETY]

he could go even way further by using multiband eq on the mid's so its only ducking when the vocal is play"d etc etc

[@Kemiskurio]

Golden

[@CrisCozy]

Gems 💎

[@kakaboom]

Excellent song choice

[@ScottFreebass]

Excellent

[@c.cosman3674]

J Stone 💙🏁 Marathon Continues

[@RealGuild]

Helpful. Thanks Guru

[@jonaswang3936]

legend

[@anthonylhoward]

You can do this and a slight vocal side-chain on the sample for that frequency range in FL-Studio as well. You'd use Frequency Spliter or EQ 2 along with Stereo splitter in Patcher. Same results as what's outlined here. Thinking about doing a tutorial or uploading a free patcher preset if there is interest.

[@anthonylhoward]

Also, if you have the ability to do so, please support Waves and purchase the EQ. I know I was strapped for cash starting out and needed to figure out the tools at my immediate disposal.

[@alwaysromer721]

J-Stone🏁🏆

[@PrymeRubix]

I like this guy

[@410nikko6]

Great Video

[@RizzlyricistGaming]

Awesome

[@lordmy175]

More GURU pls !

[@AllanGildea]

Thank you!

[@530Zeno]

Flatbush zombies sampled the same song, awesome memories, great tutorial

[@franschan]

Dope nice N' short tip thank u Young Guru

[@kobraklutch7484]

Blessings!

[@DREWKABOOM]

thank you

[@andy_guerra]

I roll this great but I need that song. Sounds great. What is it called.??

[@lilguapo899]

What’s a good plug-in for this type of side/middle eq? Are there any free ones to try?

[@aaronbalakay3242]

Try the F6 eq, the one he's using in this video, not free but very very good imo - www.waves.com/plugins/f6-floating-band-dynamic-eq

[@stoneycarter6429]

Wow shout out 1500 sound academy and young guru had no idea he mixed j stones project in the building

[@rhonga2k]

Do you actually need to have a center monitor to mix in M/S?

[@SldGldSoul]

No, left and right equally gives you a center projection.

[@tennactennacerobert7732]

So which one to use? Mid side compression in the mids or mid side eq in the mids for vocals? I’m confused. Please help!!

[@djcj]

Love it

[@immutablerecordlablellc8487]

Isn’t the vocals already processed though outboard gear

[@krish_509]

Appollo brown !!!!!

[@jhitmtheunrecognizedgreat7990]

J Stone. All $ In

[@Soundsbybrown]

mad scientist

[@JayYarbroughMusic]

Had never heard the term "masking" and it really makes sense. Great stuff.

[@massivebeatzz]

google Neutron/Nectar by Izotope- they have an automated intelligence do it it for you. It's their marketing deal. Every other word they says since 2016 is "unmask..unmask..unmask"....

[@svengali5862]

@@massivebeatzz The only good thing that came out of Neutron is the transient designer , everything else is just too sterile and robotic , and using it will guarantee you never learn how a plugin actually works if you're a beginner

[@MauryMayne]

Guru explained something to me I've been trying to figure out on my own for years Lmao

[@randomrandy3059]

I wanna learn this.

[@DJHubcap]

#Gems 🔥💎🔥

[@nutajahmad]

Is this on the beat or the vocals?