The Ultimate Guide To Mixing Vocals. Before we get started, I have to make it clear that this tutorial will work with whatever DAW you’re using. You could be mixing vocals in Pro Tools, FL Studio, Garageband, Cubase 5, Studio One or using any plugins whether Waves, UAD or stock plugins. This is a concise guide so it doesn’t matter what you’re using and if you have problems applying the knowledge then spend some time learning your software or plugins. As you may know I did a short post about mixing vocals in 4 easy steps and this time I want to give you something that is more detailed and help you learn how to make vocals stand out in a mix. That means this post is going to be very long so grab a cup of coffee, tea, wine or whatever you prefer and be comfortable. I’m not going to cover anything related to recording as I’m going to make a post about that in the next coming days. The key to getting the right vocal mix is to make sure you get it right from the source.
Gate Processing Tips Equalizing The Vocal Vocal Eq Settings. Synth Secrets: Links to All Parts. The Art Of Mixing (A Arte da Mixagem) - David Gibson. Ear Training Software. So… what is it? TrainYourEars EQ Edition is an ear training software designed to help you understand equalizers and frequencies like never before. And how does it work? It speeds up your learning process exposing you to hundreds of random equalizations you have to guess. If you are wrong, it will let you know “how wrong”, and it will let you hear both your guess and the correct answer. In no time you will develop a frequency memory which will allow you to connect the sound you imagine in your head with the needed parameters you have to dial to get it, more quickly and easily than ever.
Interesting… can I see it? Sure! I like the idea but… why should I train? The tools of the audio professional are hard to master. Listen to the actual source.Imagine in your mind the sound you want.Translation: think what tools and parameters you need to get what you have imagined.Go to your equipment and dial those parameters.
Where does this training method come from? No, we didn’t! And what about people? Www.pdf-archive.com/2011/02/23/guidetomixing/guidetomixing.pdf. Digital Reverb Explained. Digital reverb simulates a natural or unnatural ambient space using a mathematical model aka algorithm. When an impulse signal (IE music) produces sound pressure in an ambient space surrounded by reflective surfaces, the sound propogates in all directions around the space then bounces off each of the surfaces to be returned to a position of listening reference. These multiple returns are called early reflections. They continue to bounce all over the room in an accumulative manner while decaying over time, forming diffuse or late reflections.
These reflections mixed with the direct impulse signal defines reverb. There are many variables that shape the sound of the reverb. Composition (wood, tile, metal) and flatness of the reflective surfaces affect how impulses are reflected or absorbed. Whether the ambient space has parallel or non-parallel walls and/or ceilings impacts the behavior of the reflections. Reverb Classes Reverb Parameters. The Ultimate Guide to Hardware and Software Reverb. Although most people have a pretty good idea what reverb is, some of you may still stick to pre-sets and shy away from programming your own virtual spaces. Only a small amount of work is needed to learn the basics and achieve a truly bespoke sound through controlling and tweaking your reverb. Republished Tutorial Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site.
This tutorial was first published in August of 2008. Software and equipment used Various reverb plug-ins, including IK multimedia CSR, UAD Dreamverb, Logic Pro 8's Space Designer and UAD’s Plate 140. 1. Before we look at the different ways in which Reverbs can be used, it’s important to understand how our various processors are working. There are essentially two main flavours of Reverb plug-in that are popular amongst manufacturers right now; the first being Convolution based processors. 2. 3. Dry snare.mp3 snare cathedral.mp3 4. Loop dry.mp3 loop plate.mp3 5. Real drums.mp3 6. 7. Producing Hip Hop Vocals | Mixing Hip Hop Vocals | Ken Lewis | Disc Makers. 2013 Juan Patino Photography, courtesy Universal Audio.
Whether your tastes favor Jay-Z or Kendrick Lamar, Drake or Eminem, there’s no doubt about the power that well-performed and well-produced hip hop vocals can communicate. But for independent artists recording and mixing hip hop vocals and tracks of their own, capturing that same vocal fire can be an intimidating challenge.
Regardless of whether you’re the one rhyming behind the mic, hitting “record” on the laptop, or both, where do you begin? Multi-Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter, and mixer Ken Lewis has crafted hits with all four of the artists mentioned above, not to mention Kanye West, Fabolous, The Game, 50 Cent, and tons more. He is also the creator of Audio School Online, where he gives detailed video lessons on topics ranging from mixing lead vocals to adding professional polish to EDM tracks. “Hang blankets, throw down carpets, hang tapestries across the ceiling,” he advises.
The next step? Advanced EQ Techniques. EQ is pretty simple, right? Crank a knob, hear the sound’s tone change? Not quite. Just when you think you know everything there is to know about EQ, something new comes up. Here are a few advanced EQ techniques that you might not be using to full potential: 1. Any true stereo sound might be able to be enhanced with mid/side EQ. Mid/side EQ basically turns your stereo EQ into a frequency-specific stereo width adjustment tool. 2.
This one’s usually a multi-step process. First get the EQ to ‘listen’ to some reference audio (such as another track or commercial mixdown), then get the EQ to ‘listen’ to the audio you want to process. Matching EQ can be useful whenever you want one track to sound like another. Compliment EQ can be useful if you want to make sure two tracks do not interfere with each other. 3.
This is an interesting one. The most common use of dynamic EQ is de-essing vocals, where the high frequencies are turned down when there’s too much sibilance. 4. 5. This is a good one. Spectromorphology [Sound Wiki] Spectromorphology. Spectromorphology is the perceived sonic footprint of a sound spectrum as it manifests in time. A descriptive spectromorphological analysis of sound is sometimes used in the analysis of electroacoustic music, especially acousmatic music. The term was coined by Denis Smalley in 1986 and is considered the most adequate English term to designate the field of sound research associated with the French writer, composer, and academic, Pierre Schaeffer. Schaeffer's work at INA/GRM in Paris, beginning in the late 1940s, culminated in the publication of the book Traité des objets musicaux in 1966. Smalley's notion of spectromorphology builds upon Schaeffer's theories relating to the use of a classification system for various categories of sound.[1] Theoretical framework[edit] The theoretical framework of spectro-morphology is articulated mainly in four parts: the typology[disambiguation needed] of the spectramorphologymotionstructuring processes.
Spectral typologies[edit] attack-impulse. Notes[edit] Practical Synthetic Sound Design. SoundMagic FX - Dissertation. Modelling of natural sounds by time–frequency and wavelet representations. How to make a 12-tone matrix. In the Studio with Billain [Bad Taste Recordings] Mastering EQ - Make music sound louder - with LESS compression and limiting.
Ambient sound design : edmproduction. View topic - (Dark/Dissonant Ambient Tutorial) Cloud Synthesis - Part 1. This tutorial is built to teach the art of the cloud synthesizer Particularly the 32 path cloud synthesizer. ObjectivesIn this tutorial I'm going to be covering some of the major theory behind how to build, modify, mix and fade a proper cloud synthesizer. This particular type will be the simplest (2^5) 32 path cloud synthesizer that is so commonly used in the ambient genres. Things you will need to know. -English (let's just set the standards, here) -Basic Diatonic Music Theory -Harmonics -dB enhancements and dBU deviation -The standard variations of Saw, Sine, Square and Triangle waves including their harmonics Things you will need.
-Pen + Paper -an open mind -a willingness to try something new and weird. Let's begin, shall we? Part 1: What the hell is a cloud synth? "The term ‘Cloud Oscillator’ was first used by ambient musician Robert Rich when he was recording his ‘Bestiary’ CD. Part 2: So.... what's it for? Part 3: How do I do this? Step one: Know your waves Strength of harmonics. 4. View topic - Guides to Ambiance: Kyoga's guide to writing Soundscapes. Hi guys, I figured since a tutorial doesn't exist I might as well give my insight into the study and practice of Ambient music and how one would go about writing it.This is a conceptual tutorial, not a technical one.
(You will not learn how to make cloud synths here) If It's requested to me in the future, I will likely edit it as an addendum to this tutorial. Please don't take this as a cocky attempt to say I'm the best at it ;_; because i'm reeeeally not. Okay, firstly it's important to realize that in the process of writing ambient music you will encounter many different problems and many different areas of your ideology that can change in the blink of an eye.
This is especially true when writing ambient music because of the fact that (if you are writing your song with your own presets/oscillators/synth builds, you are likely to spend a butt-load of time working on it. Major Ambient - Ambiance used to project a carefree and peaceful scenario. How To: Theory of Genre.