Very glad to hear a new vocal recording in your demos, she sounds great,wonderful job!

Dear Dom Sigalas, I would like to leave a KZfaq comment to praise your work as a sound designer. I have learned more from you in a few days than in over 20 years of using recording software, starting with Cool Edit and then Cubase. I sincerely want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and let you know that I will continue to follow you and eagerly learn from you as long as I live! Since the first time I stumbled upon your videos, I have felt that you are a true expert in the field of sound design. Your clear and detailed explanations have allowed me to deepen my knowledge and improve my skills in recording and music production. Not only do you have vast technical knowledge, but you also possess a great ability to convey information in a clear and understandable manner, even for someone like me who doesn't have a professional background in the field. Thanks to your tutorials, I have learned numerous tricks and techniques that have helped me achieve incredible results in my recordings. I have learned how to make the most of the features of my recording software and how to use effects to manipulate and enhance sound. Additionally, you have generously shared your "secret sauces" to add a unique touch to tracks and create that beloved 80s atmosphere. I also want to thank you for your commitment to sharing your knowledge and your dedication to responding to your fans' questions. I truly appreciate that you are willing to give your time and expertise to help others improve their skills in sound design. I will continue to be a loyal viewer of your videos and learn from you. You are a true source of inspiration, and I look forward to seeing what you have in store for us in the future. Thank you again for everything you do and for helping me pursue my dream of becoming a better music producer. Warm thanks and a big hug, Thomas Grotto,

J’aime ta façon d’expliquer super je suis fan

Great Work Dom! I really appreciate your energy and passion in delivering top quality information to make us all get better with our music. Thank you!

I compared it to my best preset and this setting of yours is drastically better! I got a pro vocal! Thanks a lot!

This has to be the best vocal track masterclass on KZfaq. Thanks for sharing your techniques Dom!

Nice! As you showed, level-matching is a great way to make sure one's on the right track when doing serial compression and saturation. :D It's easy to be tricked into thinking something is better just because it's louder.

Oh my !!! You just blew my mind up !!! Great work and so inspiring the automation bit. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 👍🏻

Wow, I did not realize quite how much compression that professionals use! Really awesome video. Thanks for all your wisdom Dom.

Would be really really grateful if you would make this kind of videos for guitars, drums, bas and so on. Great work man!

WOW! A true masterclass! I'm a complete noob, fearful of how to process vocals for a professional sound. Seriously, I teared up at the end from sheer delight of haven been given access to the knowledge and skill of an audio mixing/mastering master. Fascinating how each processing step adds its own nuance(s). Thanks so much, Dom. And, thank you as well to all the commenters sharing their take and experience. I suggest watching this multiple times to ensure it soaks in. Also, compare and contrast with other techniques, and BE SURE to watch Dom's "Gain State Like a Pro" video.

Whoa! Thank you! This is very cool :) I recorded for myself the order of effects from this video: Insert: 1. Channel strip or Analog Eq 2.Multiband Compressor 3.Compressor 4.LA-2A 5.Saturator 6.Pultec Eq 7.Multiband liner phase 8.Maximiser Send: 1. Compressor 76 2.Tape compressor 3.Tape doubler or wider 4.Delay 5.Reverb

Thank you so much , Dom !

I do lay on the beach in Scheveningen (The Netherlands) but I am looking forward to it Wishing you a beautiful Weekend Dom and all your followers. Thanks in advance for your tutorial

Super helpful, Dom. The stages give me so much more structure. Thank you! The only thing I’m doing different ist to set the parallel compression as a pre and set the routing of both the vocals and the parallel compression FX channel to a new bus. On this bus I’m automating the volume so the compression is stable. Also I’m sending reverbs from this bus. Beside that this is my new standard chain for vocals!

Wonderful tutorial Dom

It is truly one of the best vocal masterclass on KZfaq! You just earned a sub!! Great job!!

Blown away on this one.

Wow, this is a great breakdown, can't wait to apply some of these tips to my vocals! Thanks a lot!

Brilliant tutorial as expected by Dom !

You are the Real Truth!!! This video was so helpful and your Passion for music is so inspiring!!!

I got a MIDI Chord Pack Ad while watching this. Lovely! haha

This video was helpful but it was more of an advertisement for Waves than an overview of PSP. Love your positive energy!

i watch tons of youtube videos. you take the cake in my book, dom. muchas gracias amigo.

You know when you spend a while mixing a vocal, and you are almost happy with it, then Dom drops a video like this and it is back to the drawing board!!! Now to duplicate my vocal, try these steps and compare (and possibly blend???)

wah .... your every lesson is amazing and i get so much to learn about......❤

What a fantastic video. One of the best tutorials I’ve seen in a while. Always a good sign when it wants to make you get up and try what you’ve just watched immediately. So, thanks, gotta go, things to try!

Great vocal for demonstration purposes, and a great voice in itself….

Thank you so much Dom! This tutorial is excellent, and it comes at exactly the right time. What a great sounding voice and song, absolutely gorgeous. :)

Thanks so much for all the tips, really clearly explained. Love your studio btw, looks amazing!

🔥Dom's on fire!! I've tried using the WAVES C6 X 2 on the lead vocal. The first C6 removes the frequencies below 100 Hz and above 4000hz, then compresses the low and high mids at the 'boxy' and 'nasal' areas. Then gently into a compressor (WAVES DBX60 is good), then into another C6 to get some air in 10000hz+ and remove harshness around 2500hz. Then saturation into the WAVES MV2 Limiter. I'll be trying the RVox in the chain next time and the sends Dom's using in this top video😁🖖

Excellent Explanatory Video👍👍👍👍😀😀😀

Dom thanks for another great video🤝

Thank you so much for your work. The information is very useful

Hello, I have been following you for a long time. You are wonderful. I am an Arab, may God bless you, but we want an episode about the sound level in vocal recording.

Thanks Mr Dom sigalas for replying for our request....I really enjoy and learned alot

Man, I love your presentation. Another great tutorial. I don’t deal with vocals much, but I can use these techniques on other things as well

Perfect explanation Dom! I found out I do almost the same things with vocals using my mixing template 😎

Thank you so much for this amazing tips, i had been looking all over but finally found it.

Your mixing skills are incredible. I learned so much from this and your other videos. Thank you !

Thanks Dom🙏

Thank you Dom for your valuable insight.!

You da man Dom!

It's always impressive to see a great chef in his kitchen. Here in Hungary we don't hesitate on the paprika... in any case this video is very appetizing.

thank you so much for making me understand the powerful of a compressor you have changed my game with your techniques im highly appreciated

You're a genius 👏 🙌 ✨️ ❤️

Best one on the internet giving it for free ! U are mad man !! Thanks !

Have to say thanks for your videos, they really are transforming how i work/use cubase. I've used your vocal techniques from a few videos on my latest track and it's getting great feedback, the manual de essing tutorial was great, same as the vari audio tutorial. Great stuff. Just wanted to say thanks!

WOAH! Probably the best tips ever on vocal processing. Thank you so much Dom!

I enjoyed this video and was waiting for the right moment to buy what is listed here and black Friday deals made it possible, I am a proud owner of these plugins and I am ready to move up some levels with editing vocals. Thanks so much for this informative video.

This is the best vocal mix tutorial i have come across, thankyou

Dom, you made my day! Got perfect vocals now! THX a lot!

+++ TIP: you can do all this with very VERY close results with the use of Cubase´s onstock plugins: (no kiddin´, please try) +++ ♥ RVox = Standard Compressor (Ratio 4:1, Attack 0.1, Release 1000, Analysis 0) LA2A = Tube Compressor (Attack 6-13 ms, Release 90-99 e.g.) Abbey Saturator = Magneto II or Channel Strip Tape/Tube Saturation! L2 = Cubase Maximizer with "Modern Mode" !! MV2 = Cubase Squasher! ADT1 Reel Doubler = Cubase Cloner! H-Delay = Multi Tab Delay or Stereo Delays e.g. Multiband Compressor = Cubase MBC... 👍 I have compared Waves intensive with Cubase plugins, check with HP one track: pan left Waves, pan right Cubase onstock. try with adjusting to get panning in the middle. works.

i have used most of these on my vocals but the combination is great. I usually start with the CLA2A the tip with multiband taming before is great. the abbey Road saturator is also one of my favourites never disappoints on vox. the parallel cla76 and kramer on the 2 sends was new really nice for chorus vs verse. i usually only throw extra takes on it - you do it all from the one track! tx Dom for sharing

You're the man Dom! Keep crushing it

Another fantastic video Dom! Thank you very much. Your knowledge and skill base never ceases to blow my mind! Thank you in advance for the plugin links too! 👍😊

I really needed such information and thank you very much,dom broooooo

Dom you're really really awesome 👌 I truly appreciate you guy for educating me and hundreds of others that follow you ...thank you bro.

Bery very beautiful my sir ❤❤❤❤

LOVED when you sang "I have to go" 🙂 I said it and will always say it: BEST MAN ON KZfaq FOR MIXING. I`ve learned sooooooo much from you. Thanks from a german guy 💙

This is just a WOW!

11:53 scary impact 😀😀 nice job dom 👑

Love you sir you are my teacher🙏

Yup. So awesome. Dom that was a superb tutorial. Thankyou I saved the video 🥳

Excellent... Dont worry about the next Videos subjects as long as you keep on pushing them in... 🙂

Wow this all makes so much sense ... another amazing lesson

Awesome tutorial! Thanks Dom!

golden channel, nice guy! :D much love for you, dom!

I am really enjoying these videos, I learn so much from this channel, thanks Dom it's amazing. I will purchase some plugins mentioned here, greetings from Poland. thanks for sharing the knowledge.

man this is fireeee especially the sends. THANK YOU !

I really enjoyed this video and learned a lot from it . Thank you so much , Dom !

Excellent tutorial. Just what I was hoping to find to understand how to fatten and enhance my vocals.

Thank you for all your videos, it helps me so much in so many ways of creating music. I love your videos !!

GAME CHANGER!!!

Excellent video. Really like the way you stressed a little of this and that but not too much. Small moves.

Love these videos! So informative and educational…keep them coming Dom, great work as usual 👌

It sounds great.....waves plugins are just great as this vocal

Great techniques 😊😊😊

Thank you for this incredible video, I've been struggling with pop vocals a bit and this helped me a lot though I used different plugins and made some changes in the chain you presented, it still sound great!

U Da Best Simply!!.... #BIG UP

Great video Dom! Learn something from your work every time! Thank you for your videos!

Thank you Master, Thank you Sir, Thank you...my friend...!!!!

Hello Dom. Thanks for sharing. Useful tips indeed. Cheers!

Excelente tutorial y muy bella la cancion!

Phantastic, thank you very much!

Top notch tutorial! Would be great to see a simliar video using only Cubase stock plugins!

BRAVO!

Wow, doing stuff like compression and saturation in tiny steps, it really makes a huge difference! I find your videos very helpful, thank you 😊 👍🏻 Btw, it would be interesting to see how you treat layers of transient rich, percussive elements. Say, if you have alot of tight midi drums and percussion with overlaying transients that build up.

GOD BLESS U ,,DUDE👍

Love your content so much❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hi Dom - I have a video request. I love 'acoustic' music - mostly acoustic things like folk, bluegrass, celtic, etc. Would you please do a video on how to record and produce this type of music, especially in Cubase - how to track unruly acoustic instruments, and how to apply some of Cubase's features when you aren't doing everything with MIDI, all neatly mapped to a grid, etc. If you record someone doing this, do you just let them wing it, and then adapt to that, or do you set up a click or percussion guide track... I think it's a rich area for a video, mainly because I struggle with all of the above :) Hope you think so too!

Thanks Dom

I find if you don't high pass the vocals past 60hz, you don't get thin vocals in the first place. If they are too boomy or muddy, add a low shelf at around 800hz and reduce by 1-2db will do the trick without getting a thin vocals. That way you don't have to chase your tail as much.

As always very informative. Big fan! Peace!

Hey Dom thanks for everything you do. Could you please do a video on exponential rhythms like Odeza in cubase. All tutorials on this are for ableton. Appreciate it!

Very usefull video. Thanks Guy.

wow!! this is dope man really helpfull

Oh man that was killer!! Have you got any vids going in depth into multi band compression? This is something I really struggle with. I use a similar method, some of the same plugs... But I get a butt load of sibilance. You're right man, this just doesn't do that. But does a similar thing... Just better lol. I'm all over this! Awesome stuff man!!

Fantastic as Always! Thank you for your tips! Wonder if you can do some example on some cinematic tribal viking epic voices! That would be swesome! Cheers!

dom you are the best