How to Process Vocals for an Amazing Professional Sound

Persuading a problematic vocal recording to play nicely with the rest of your mix can seem like a futile task. Well-recorded vocals and poorly-recorded vocals both need to be correctly prepared, and the processes we're going through today will help you turn your untreated vocal take into a polished and commercial sound. Note: this tutorial contains embedded audio that will not display in a feed reader. Click back to the site to read the tutorial with audio or download the Play Pack at the end of the tut. Before we get started, have a listen to our untreated vocal. Unprocessed Vocal The first thing you’ll probably notice about any vocal recording (good or bad) is the presence of background noise, ranging from subtle to annoying. Before the core of the vocal signal can be tackled and processed efficiently, as much of this background noise as possible must be removed. Noise gates are supplied in one form or another with pretty much every DAW (digital audio workstation). Gated vocal EQed vocal

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. 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. Now the 1st thing I do is listen to the vocals and try to get a rough picture of the final results in my mind. Gate Processing Tips Equalizing The Vocal Vocal Eq Settings Compression Tips

How to Process and Improve Home Recorded Vocals Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Audiotuts+. This tutorial was first published in July 2008. So, you’ve recorded a vocal, and now you want to mix it and process it so it sounds great in your mix. We’re not going to look at tracking vocals in this tutorial. Instead, we're going to focus on how to process vocals once you've recorded them. Vocal processing can seem like a bit of a dark art when you’re just trying to get by recording your material at home with budget equipment. Note: this tutorial contains embedded audio that will not display in a feed reader. In this tutorial, we’re going to look at some areas that can get pretty complicated, and bring them back down to earth so we can begin to understand what makes them tick and how to apply them to your vocals. If you’re recording at home, you should have a set of monitoring headphones. Import the Original Vocal 1 Raw Vocal.mp3 Apply Vocal Compression Apply a compressor insert.

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