How to Mix Vocals [Ableton Stock Audio Effects]

check out my updated vocal tutorial! 🎙
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☆ timestamps ☆
00:00 ~ intro
02:13 ~ setting up your track
04:59 ~ how to mix your main vocals
06:00 ~ autotune
06:38 ~ low cut eq
07:39 ~ using a gate
10:05 ~ peak compressor
11:24 ~ using an eq to scan frequencies
13:49 ~ glue compressor
15:53 ~ using a de-esser
18:11 ~ adding reverb and delay
26:12 ~ how to mix background vocals
27:50 ~ vocal doubling
29:10 ~ recording vocal sweeps
31:47 ~ outro
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mixing and recording vocals is one of the hardest things to do in music production. how can you mix well with a bad recording mic? how can you mix well with a bad singer or rapper? mixing and recording vocals comes down to a lot of things. i'm obviously still learning but this is how i mix and record vocals for my music! it comes ultimately down to compression, eq, and reverb! i show you how i set up to record vocals. i also show vocal mixing techniques like vocals doubling and vocal sweeps. this is with strictly ableton stock effects. you can mix your vocals exactly like this if you have ableton! let me know if this video helped out! ✧ ☆
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[@KidCrab]

Finally, a video that "TEACHES" instead of just clicking buttons and talking fast without explaining with CLARITY the FUNCTIONALITY of it all. I have gotten LOST watching other videos on this EXACT topic simply trying to figure out how and why to use a vocal effects rack and chains, etc., This was truly helpful. I learned something and could follow along very easily despite the length of the video. Awesome job man. I'm subscribing.!

[@xole]

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[@samwade4380]

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[@SoundMixification]

Not only do you just add these Effects (like Compressor) but you also explain what they do. Appreciate this a lot. Your Videos really help me a lot, thanks.

[@xole]

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[@ikeralday8897]

this guy is a teaching genius. literally made everything so much clearer

[@xole]

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[@Euentreoutrascoisas]

Dude, I released my first single on Spotify (and soon I'm gonna release the second one) THANKS TO YOU and this amazing tutorial. You are awesome!! ❤️

[@xole]

this makes me so happy! i really appreciate you letting me know, it just made my day. keep making music! and send me one of those songs in my livestreams! i would love to hear it :)

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[@xole]

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[@PeterSven10]

22:28 "And the reason that we have it on 100% is because we... can." 😂

[@xole]

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[@nothrid]

Xole bro, I find it really easy to follow along and understand your tutorials . Keep making more vids bro. You're literally my Go-To guy for understanding and learning Mixing and Production 🧡🔥

[@xole]

so glad to hear! happy the videos help!

[@calebpendleton3205]

This is by far the best Ableton tutorial that I have seen! What a great song to use as an example too!

[@xole]

thank you so much!!

[@user-lf4vc3dy1m]

I love the way how you explain the whole process step by step!! It was good to follow as a beginner Thank you so much for this golden tutorial!

[@girlfromthecenteroftheuniv6045]

Hands down the greatest mixing video I’ve ever watched! ❤️This helped me so much and I couldn’t be happier because my vocals sound fantastic! I didn’t even know they could sound like that, everything was so low and muddy, but this tutorial completely changed that. I’ve been so demotivated because I just couldn’t make it work, but I spent the whole day watching and analyzing this video and it worked so well! Thank you so much, seriously this is amazing ❤️❤️

[@xole]

so glad to hear! you just made my day :) go make some music! 💫

[@JXQU3]

The best vocals tutorial I've seen. Thank you so much! You got a sub, dude!

[@benjaminsoto8453]

oh my god this has literally been so helpful thank u so much, SUBSCRIBED

[@Kieyukuyurei]

I've been using fl studio for 8 years. After watching this video I feel like I've finally found my DAW soulmate. Thank you for existing

[@xole]

ABLETON IS THE BEST keep making music 🌱

[@rhyumrose4571]

This video taught me so much and was very well explained unlike the majority of other mixing and mastering videos, thank you so much!

[@xole]

so glad to hear!! ✨

[@mickfretty8038]

Fantastic tutorial, exactly what I hoped for and much more. Very well explained and easy to absorb. Thank you so much for this! 🙏🙏🙏

[@xole]

i'm glad the video was helpful mick! i appreciate the comment 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@30EWELINA]

Awesome groove and lyrics! Simple, clean and catchy!

[@xole]

thank you ewelina! ✨

[@anitalouise4199]

this is amazing, i always struggled with doing vocals. thank you for showing and explaining everything you did!!!!

[@xole]

i'm so glad the video helped!!

[@2nabin]

the only staff i think the most effective in comparison to many other posts on mix and mastering available in tube. good work.

[@xole]

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[@vivianyaur]

*me excited when xole says its a very long video*

[@xole]

:))

[@danielsailors7782]

Best video ever on this topic!!!! Thank you so much. You’re my new favorite production tutorial channel.

[@xole]

this made my day! thank you 💫

[@aksproduction]

Wow...it’s just sounds amazing....Keep it up the good work. Hoping for more Vocal mixing technics videos from you..

[@xole]

so glad you like it! and yes i have a lot more vocal tutorials 💫

[@samlovelymusic1]

MORE VOCAL ENGINEERING CONTENT PLZ ty man

[@jozard]

thank you for this amazing tutorial. it was concise and I learnt so much. my favorite tips were: "big problems" - pressing the headphones button and scanning for bad frequencies; the first compressor - moving the yellow line; the multiple de-essers; 2 reverbs panned opposite; and the riser. thanks!

[@xole]

so glad to hear this video has helped you out jozard !! made my day 🙃

[@DeejayTv__]

bro dude just got me hip on so many different levels it’s insane

[@xole]

happy to hear that fam 🫡 keep making music! ✌️🤍

[@WakingsCall]

Thank you Xole! I am learning how to mix vocals and this was a great introduction to it, I appreciate your perspective, and definitely learned a lot! keep it up :)

[@xole]

so happy to hear the video helped 🙏🏻 excited for you! recording vocals is the besttt

[@nopelessmusic2896]

This video is amazing! Your communication is so clean 👍

[@xole]

so happy to hear :)

[@darkthunderlight]

big bigg thanks to u dude ! I started doing my friend's vocal track and you helped me bring her vocals to life . I'm still inexperienced but you help me start this journey. I did follow your template and made a minimal adjustments that will fit to her voice. I believe that listening is a vital skill here besides knowing how to use the stock audio effects. Thanks man !

[@xole]

I’m so happy the video helped you out fam! 🙏🏻

[@HarukiReima]

You know i glad i came here, you are my savior. I love your content so much!

[@xole]

so happy to hear :) go make some music!

[@evaplavalaguna]

Like others have said, your knowledge and your ability to teach it so so much appreciated man ! Really saves me a lot of time to have someone explaining things clearly, and to the point! subscribed

[@xole]

thanks so much for these kind words ✌️ 🤍 and i really appreciate the subscribe!

[@xole]

let me know if you have any video suggestions !!

[@drummerhombre2405]

Whats the range of CPU usage that you would keep yourself in considering all these effects you're using?

[@JoeDickinsonSiangshai]

Hey I am a music producer too but I want to learn vocal mixing 😭😭Plz help me bro.. There are many youtubers but..they never replied... whenever I asked them... I am from INDIA ... MEGHALAYA.... PLZ TELL ME IF YOU CAN HELP ME🙏

[@luanatakahashi5833]

do you have any video showing your master process? it will be sooo cool to see it! your songs are beautiful! :* thansk for sharing

[@xole]

@@luanatakahashi5833 no but this is a great suggestion! and thanks :))

[@ShamelessMani]

Bruh, can we have one where you explain how to make your leads pop out? Just like yo did for the vocals. Thanks mate

[@dylanshane5559]

Whats good man, so far you seem really cool and super helpful. thanks frfr

[@xole]

preciate you saying that! means a lot 🙏🏻

[@kadenphillipsmusic]

This is an amazing tutorial, I've been using a free mixing software, Reaper, for a while now and I'm thinking about getting Ableton but the thought of having to learn a whole new DAW is extremely overwhelming, this video makes it seem so much easier than I thought because I pretty much use the exact same effects now but just cheaper versions on Reaper lol

[@darz_k.]

This is reeally good - highly recommended. A couple of things clicked with me while watching this - the multi-band dynamics for one. Great stuff my friend - I'll be one closer to your 50,000 subscribers goal - I've no doubt you'll get there, as this is great information, and very well communicated. It's laid back, though 100% top quality - the editing of the video and sound is spot on too. Well impressed.

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[@xole]

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[@pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

this video helped me so much, my vocals have never sounded so clear before. plus it was just really fun to follow along with. i really learned a lot!! thankyou so much!

[@xole]

this makes me so happy!! keep making music 🌱

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My dude you’re killing it, thank you for the video 🥳🥳

[@xole]

you're welcome :))

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jeez.. ive seen a few tutorials about mixing and stuff on yt but yours are just a different level bro. the way u are naturally cool and not acting to be funny (cuz u are by yourself) gives me the feeling as if u were sitting next to me and casually teaching me as a friend. great vid, hope u get much more recognision cuz u deserve it, also u really handsome dude.. no homo

[@xole]

aye much appreciated~! so glad to hear this video is helpful :)

[@KUM0]

This video helped a lot in my ableton learning process with native plugins (came from pro tools and fl) thanks for the info dude, super underrated channel

[@xole]

so glad I could help!! and great decision switching to Ableton ;)

[@adantzlerdantzler]

Great video young man, Old man learned a lot gonna practice .Using Ableton live 11 on my church live stream template cant do some of this live but its good to know ....Thanks again

[@JosephVinze]

Thank you so much!!! It's 2022, but Im glad and grateful for this vid of yours! Im starting to produce my own music and this helped me a lot!

[@xole]

so happy to hear. i'm excited for your music making journey! :))

[@andrewnaidoo3608]

Absolutely amazing video. I've learnt so much from this, and I'm just inspired to go make a track now. Appreciate your effort that went into making this, big thanks to you man!

[@xole]

so glad the video was helpful andrew~!

[@isc77777]

loved the sweep man. thanks

[@xole]

so glad to hear! ✨

[@christofferhamberg3158]

Thank you bro! I'm pretty new to working with daws in general and mixing in particular. This video was really helpful for me. I'v been looking around at different videos here on yt but haven't really got it. Your vid really hits the spot with actually explaining what everything does and why you put it in the particular order. Very educative. Thanks again! Peace.

[@xole]

this makes me so happy man! so glad the video helps you out, and i'm excited for you! recording and mixing vocals is a whole new world of production, it's so much fun 🙏🏻

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[@xole]

thanks so much!!

[@modernmusicstudio303]

Awesome video! Tutorial is incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@xole]

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Thanks for being so thorough! Great video.

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[@danielhojland]

You are a legend! Thank you mate. You got a new subscriber! I just got into making music, and want to try and add vocals in my projects. I feel like every video i have watched, havn't made sense at all.. But you! You somehow just did it. i know at least 400% more about the differet filters and compressors now. The whole "Ableton thing" just makes a little more sense now. Nah fr mate. Thank you for the Tutorial.

[@xole]

yooooo this made me so happy bro! i'm so glad to hear that the video has helped you. hit me up if you ever have questions along the way! recording and mixing vocals is a confusing journey, but it's so worth it once you start getting the hang of it! good luck bro 🙏🏻

[@samuelboone7495]

This is helping me out alot! thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work.

[@xole]

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[@xole]

so glad you liked the video :)) and wow thanks so much for watching the whole thing!!

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[@xole]

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[@xole]

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i appreciate your uploads Brodie

[@xole]

♥️♥️

[@etiennehubrig6654]

thank you so much, by far the best video about Ableton Voice recording, helped me out a lot! even as an Ableton lite user haha

[@xole]

i'm so glad to hear etienne~!

[@josanvv]

Wow mate thank you so much for the tutorial. I learned a lot and also laughed, keep it going!

[@xole]

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[@xole]

mautopitch is great!

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Thank you SO much for this. It honestly really helped me and motivated me.

[@xole]

so happy to hear that haley! thanks for letting me know :)

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next up we have a tutorial for spelling! This a fabulous tutorial, the best I have seen for general knowledge will definitely be referring back to this video!

[@xole]

thanks so much jared! ✌️ 🤍

[@JaredHathaway]

@@xole you’re very welcome!

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I loved this video, i'm so glad

[@xole]

so glad to hear dakoi!

[@MisterExcelsior]

I believe with the gate issue that you have, you want to play with the Look Ahead option on the bottom left, what that does it detects the volume by however many milliseconds you've set it, and that should allow much smoother blends into and out of the vocal.

[@aaron4583]

Ayy sick video my guy 🎉

[@xole]

thx so much!!

[@Lrumble]

Your spot on, I actually learned something wtf...I'm hype af....easy sub man

[@xole]

so happy to hear the video was helpful! 💪 keep making music 🌱

[@JonahSilbert]

Deserve way more subs and views this is crazy

[@xole]

thanks a lot fam! 🙏🏻 keep making music 🌱

[@candycnb]

Great tutorial def using this!

[@xole]

so glad it was helpful!

[@jireh5941]

good job and way to keep the whole vid interesting! that entire 30 minutes felt like 10 minutes haha :)

[@xole]

wow thank you so much for watching the whole vid 🙏🏽🙏🏽 so glad it helped!

[@theatinkevin]

I definitely learned some things, thanks for the video!

[@xole]

of course! keep making music 🌱

[@Swanna-ep7vd]

thank you for the time you put into your videos. I find most tutorials boring or hard to keep up with, but can easily sit down and learn from you in a 30 minute video. I only have a tiny suggestion, one in fact that experienced Ableton users may not like due to the extra time it would add to the video, but maybe if you could sometimes repeat things a few times so that they really stick, or show us how/where to add certain tools. It's easy to get lost when things are explained or shown fairly quickly, and we are still trying to process the new information given, so an example could be: for efficiency purposes, you dragged certain plugins from your prior work without showing us where we can get them in Ableton, but then you showed where to get "forest floor" and "oil barrel," which clarified where to get them/how to do that for those of us that were unaware. Example: if you mention using plugins, a brief demonstration on where you can install plugins onto Ableton, and then where you can pull them up for use, (a start to finish kind of thing), OR if you mention autotune for vocals, naming some of the best ones to use and where you can pull THOSE up. Little details like that expand our knowledge/memory even more (: Once again thank you! & nice music

[@xole]

this is a great suggestion! thank you for taking the time to let me know, i totally understand that! 🙏🏻

[@ThePyramit]

Haha damn dude! Your too funny! I watched through the whole video and thanks for all the knowledge! Great song BTW!

[@xole]

i appreciate you saying that! really means a lot 🙏🏻

[@kinggin2404]

You’re a fucken god bro. This just elevated the juice to my vocals like crazy. I’ve been trying a lot of youtubers vocal templates and I promise you none of them can compare to the one you just produced us. Thanks so much. Forsure going to subscribe and like this video! 💯

[@xole]

so glad to hear! and i seriously the sub and like ✨ go make some music!

[@nickpaige8178]

you're the goat dude. thank you for this.

[@xole]

so glad i could help!

[@Jfr0mthebay]

Thank you for this video! I learned a whole lot from this.

[@xole]

so glad to hear justin! thanks for saying that 🙏🏻

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nice tutorial with high quality product!!!! lot of people make tutorial but their final sound like ****. Finally found you!!!

[@xole]

dude i seriously appreciate you saying this wow! thanks mate 🙏🏻

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love from India... you are the next big thing keep hustling keep shining

[@xole]

wow that means a lot 🙏🏻 thank you shaket 🤍

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great video! thanks man, has helped me a lot! Love from Germany

[@xole]

so glad to hear daydreem! ✨

[@mynameisZack]

Suggestion: video that explains how to write lyrics for a song!

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[@jcthavibe]

Lyrics are hard to teach the best way to do your lyrics is to write about what is most real to you or things that heavily relate or resonate with you

[@GeegsRose]

Love it, definitely learned

[@xole]

so glad it helped!!

[@lauramcneill7401]

soooo helpful & clear thank you thank you thank you

[@xole]

so glad it helped!

[@marleymordea]

Great video bro

[@xole]

glad you like it 🙏🏻

[@mave_____2845]

UNDERRATED Video. Really helpful. Thanks man

[@xole]

glad it helped you out! and thanks!

[@xole]

glad it helped you out! and thanks!

[@ibbeymoe1985]

Wow nice job and really great tutorial, I just purchased Ableton 11 yesterday, wondering if there’s a chance to give us a tutorial how to use pitch correction manually, coz I’ve been trying to find out any channel explaining it but couldn’t find any. Keep it up bro you doing a great job 👏

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GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT SONGGGGGGGGGG

[@xole]

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH 🙏🏻

[@TheSacredgemz]

Tight , very informative! Thx

[@xole]

so glad to hear! 🙏🏻

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this is the only video that ive ever seen that actually made this shit make sense to me

[@xole]

you just made my day bro! really appreciate you taking the time to let me know that. means a lot! hmu if you ever have any questions! 🙏🏻

[@gaislin185]

Thanks a lot!! loads of usefull tips keep going

[@xole]

will do :)

[@emmettkelley1515]

super helpful man!

[@xole]

so glad :))

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Thank you for the info this really helps out

[@xole]

glad to hear that mate! keep making music! 🌱

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[@xole]

so happy to hear the video helped 🙏🏻 reverse vocal sweeps will level up your songs!

[@omarghrawi8928]

Thank you brother I learned a lot, and the song is amazing

[@xole]

thanks so much for the kind words! ✌️😊

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great vid pal

[@xole]

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Excellent commentary ❤️

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Simply great

[@xole]

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[@xole]

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This is amazing, thank you so much!

[@xole]

so glad you like it :))

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I would love to see you make a lauv style track with all the guitars and vocal chops and stuff like that....been watching for 6 months now...love your videos xole...hope you'll make your big break someday...we love you

[@xole]

a lauv tutorial would be dope! thanks for the long support man! all love

[@mrcobisnoob5148]

dude ur music is awesome fr wish that I was that good 🔥

[@xole]

this means a lot 🙏 appreciate it

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This helped A TON

[@xole]

happy to hear that! 🙏🏻

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Thanks for this!

[@xole]

no problem! hope it helped 🙏🏻

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[@xole]

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[@xole]

i really appreciate it! glad the video was helpful 🙏🏻