Get GREAT Raw Vocal Recordings - Best Way Without Spending Money

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►► Discover how to create a vocal chain that makes recording and mixing vocals quicker, faster, and easier at → recordingrevolution.com/vocal...
Check out Chris Liepe's KZfaq Channel for more vocal coaching content at: / chrisliepe
Ever struggle to get raw vocal recordings that sound great?
In today’s video, Chris Liepe shows you how to get recording levels in your vocal tracks that sound as good as a professional hardware chain in your mixes.
You see, by taking a “hardware” approach with your DAW, you can get vocal recordings just like the pros…
And you’ll discover how to do that in this tutorial!
►► Be sure to check out Chris Liepe's KZfaq channel here!: / chrisliepe
#vocals #recording #producing

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@recordingrevolution 2 жыл бұрын

►► Discover how to create a vocal chain that makes recording and mixing vocals quicker, faster, and easier at → recordingrevolution.com/vocalchain

@RichardShekariNigeria 2 жыл бұрын

My wife was asking who's that madman, don't even know what to tell her 😂 and I have to watch it to the end

@Hermiel 2 жыл бұрын

REAPER has "Track Input FX" insert slots. These come after the input and before the recorder, and let you print processed audio. REAPER also makes it easy to simultaneously record processed and unprocessed versions of a given input signal if you so desire.

@rawkinj6609 2 жыл бұрын

Making me laugh this morning!!! Cheers! i'm recording vocals in my favorite closet for a singer songwriter today. I'M ALL EARS!! Thanks so much!!!

@ActiveO8 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you this is so useful , I’ll been struggling with bad recording for a while

@CosmicRideMusic Жыл бұрын

You had me at the 4:28 mark, holy cow I can't stop laughing. Love your videos, the info is priceless. Subscribed!

@oridoron7 2 жыл бұрын

Remember: if your mic's pre amp set to high so you are clipping, No chain afterwards (even if before the recorder) gonna save it. You actually DO want to monitor EXACTLY what levels you are getting from your input level.

@thelightmonkey1970 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video :D I was cracking up as Chris was shouting what he was doing while he was adjusting the plug ins. brilliant :D

@iamtonisilvers 2 жыл бұрын

as always chris very helpful, im so thankful that i found your channel along with recording revolution !!

@Schtoopot 2 жыл бұрын

This made me laugh and it's the exact problem I have in my studio/kitchen

@OthaBrotha1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining this process!!

@skyboxstudios777 2 жыл бұрын

Okay this was totally hilarious!! The frustrating vocal chain 😂😂

@dashradio1 Жыл бұрын

Great information will try this. Like the outcome....

@englishgroupint 2 жыл бұрын

great video man! Entertaining and informative. - thanks!

@azizalami835 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this video it helps a lot!

@robgracia509 2 жыл бұрын

this is awesome didn't know this thank you beside your vocals sounding awesome

@mikhaelRSK 2 жыл бұрын

that is a life saver. thank you so much

@gabrieljuarez2471 2 жыл бұрын

I've been recording since 2014 and I have different opinions from other people that record when I do voice overs and especially when I sing into my microphone this was a great video and brother you have an amazing voice great vocals and great video lots of help! 👌🏼

@valentinneufeld6182 2 жыл бұрын

Man, this is awesome.

@PatrickObiang 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME! BRAVO!

@CoryHawthorneCharmGames 2 жыл бұрын

At 4:25 I almost choked on my coffee. Oh my goodness thank you for that!

@stephenfell4338 2 жыл бұрын

Well it's better than choking your chicken lol

@neildspeers 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Chris. As another alternative, Apollo and (newer) Antelope interfaces both have DSPs and can run really good mic pre emulators, compressors and EQs direct into your track. More expensive than a Presonus 2i2 interface but can be less expensive than good hardware mic pres, compressors and EQs.

@valentinzwick5408 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, what mic pre & compressor emulators do you recommend for this purpose? I think my audient ID14 does support dsp

@HardwiredMusicMaker 2 жыл бұрын

@@valentinzwick5408 I don’t think the ID14 does have DSP capability but it does have - by all reports - an excellent mic pre of its own. If you’re looking for an affordable upgrade the ART MPA II (outboard) mic pre is very affordable and beat out many more expensive mic pre’s in a blind shootout done by Sound On Sound Magazine. You can find a gently used one usually for a couple of hundred.

@BurninSven1 2 жыл бұрын

I started to do this about a year ago in Logic 9 but I also got a pretty ok Behringer mixer with a pretty nice compressor and I am not sure the plugins sound any better. I also got a RNC that I can hook up to either the mixer or my soundcard so I belive I am good to go for a nice amateur homerecording. The mixer is sweet for livestreaming also cause you can go live right away and there is no need to fiddle with my daw and plugins.

@kidkub-so8mv 2 жыл бұрын

love u man

@AmazePaulz 2 жыл бұрын

has anyone told you you have a totally Freddie Mercury sound in your voice dude!? love the vid too.

@theturtleproject 2 жыл бұрын

this is good , gonna try this in cubase , thanks amn

@juancarlosfernandezvila 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Chris! Thank you for your always great videos. In relation to this, I'm into buying an ART VOICE CHANNEL, which I understand has the same preamp than the ART PRO MPA II, but with all the channel strip process. I have read very good reviews about both of them. Have you ever had the chance to listen to them? Do you think the purchase is worth it? Do you have another preference with a budget below $750? I want it for my home studio and to improve my vocal sound. I work with a Scarlett interface and its preamps are to "dry" in my opinion. See ya at our "Discover Your Voice" course!

@_ShalomTV 2 жыл бұрын

Lol you sound incredible bro!

@CaseyWindom 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this and 5:31 LOL ! You are funny!!

@jamesregan718 2 жыл бұрын

I'm usually not the type to comment on youtube videos, but....while the processing being applied is quite good, I would rather record to the track RAW then add the processing during the mix. If you need to go back and re-record anything, it will be much easier to match the recording without having to fine tune all that processing. I used to subscribe to this method back in the days of recording to TAPE and trying to get as close to the sound you wanted when you printed to tape, because adding EQ and compression after the fact would increase tape hiss and noise. Obviously that is no longer the case. I know you can save the settings of the plugin into the session, but things get screwy.

@neildspeers 2 жыл бұрын

I would think it might also depend on whether your studio is for just you or if you record others. If you are doing only your own vocals then having everything set and never touching it would be fine for external gear. Obviously, if you're always changing it for different vocalists that's different.

@creeksiderockmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Man, Chris this one you hit the nail on the head with my vocal recording issue. I have a Tascam 24sd mixer. I don't do software. Do you have any input how I can control my level better with any external device, not pricey? Thanks!!

@kbrinson85 2 жыл бұрын

if you don’t do software, there are plenty of hardware compressors and EQs out there for not too much $. Check out ART, FMR, maybe some 500 stuff 👍🏼

@jebb. 2 жыл бұрын

Won't it be better to use waves vocal rider to ride the vocals on its way in? You might want to change the compressor settings later

@jayakamakshianandamayi7461 Жыл бұрын

You did not mention anything on the prep of the room which is why all this works - e.g. why is there a sound absorber fixed at that wall in that position at that height etc.? How did you measure that?

@davearooney 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know what your hardware chain is

@elcagondevoxer7473 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to get raw vocal takes in my home studio like the ones from sample packs

@erkamau9629 2 жыл бұрын

and another good point not mentioned is a lower latency in tracking choosing send instead of insert .. ;-)

@kingech_B15 2 жыл бұрын

energy for years

@itsreallypro 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips on hardware settings ?

@bobbyparrs1066 2 жыл бұрын

Killer tutorial Chris..... I would like to hire you for a Skype session if you do that sort of thing to address the input stage on my DAW.... I am running a Apogee Ensemble FireWire and want to address the latency issue and a nice clean front end.

@liberallarry847 2 жыл бұрын

I do like a nice clean front end

@cheddarmontano7013 2 жыл бұрын

had me cracking up 🤣

@LA-mi5up 2 жыл бұрын

What level is your input at ?

@mrvron 2 жыл бұрын

Quick question does this add latency to the recording, and how do we avoid this with plugins….. I have acoustica audio plugins that causes latency when you try to record with it

@floriansimon2578 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it will add the latency. The amount of latency depends on your set ASIO Buffer Size (128 or lower starts to feel like realtime when playing VSTi's). The question is, if your computer can handle your project at that low buffer size. If not, you need DSP for monitoring on your interface or hardware. I personally won't have any singer monitor through the DAW because even at 7-10ms round-trip latency the combfiltering on the InEars will be distracting for most vocalists.

@gift33 2 жыл бұрын

Do you still post process the vocals with things like eq comp or u leave em like taht???

@sijel 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t get it…all you did was put the Schoeps channel strip on the Aux instead of directly on the track insert. So all you’re fixing is that the waveform LOOKS puny (while the sound is just fine)? This means you are printing the processed signal (including any mistakes you may have in the Aux channel settings). Why wouldn’t I want to keep the flexibility to process the raw print track while I’m mixing and THEN bounce the vocal to a “Pretty Looking track” later??

@DaveYanofsky 2 жыл бұрын

I thought exactly the same thing... Record raw, tweak the plugin, bounce to make the waveform look more uniform. Same result, no? Ideally, all vocalists would work the mic as best they can to tame dynamics. And I thought the whole bandwagon now was NOT to use our eyes but instead our ears lol. So how the waveform looks really should be less important with that train of thought. My preferred method is to have the vocal chain that will eventually be used on the mix in place when the vocalist tracks. That way, they hear in real time as they are tracking vox kind of how it will sound on the finished track. But it's not being done destructively like in this video. Hopefully encourages a better performance out of the vocalist, but can be tweaked afterwards. Pro Tools can handle the plugin latency and can nudge to taste if necessary.

@bptone4667 2 жыл бұрын

Right. But sometimes seeing immediately how the result of the FX will come out, fixing dynamic issues, can help - just like recording with hardware. And printing can help not to screw around for days on a sound… but it depends on what you want to achieve and how much time you want to spend with….

@flossieferguson6367 2 жыл бұрын

@@bptone4667 I agree. Its about recording with intention and moving on and building from there. You can always leave every decision in the recording process open , that in theory sounds like the best approach but in practice your better off burning your decisions into the track and moving forward rather than always delaying a decision till the end.

@TacomaEscape 2 жыл бұрын

This workflow also forces you to get great recording and spend less time editing and mixing. I use to do the same thing for many years but this workflow helps you get pro recordings and massively speeds up your mixing workflow. I went from taking 2 months to mix a song to literally 4-8hrs. I didn’t get it at first either until last year. Kicking myself now for all the time I spent on mixes. Forward motion.

@sijel 2 жыл бұрын

@@TacomaEscape There is no workflow improvement at all. All he is doing is printing the input with Insert effects to the track. If you don't get the input settings exactly right, you've got potentially unsalvageable audio on that "printed" track. This is a key issue if you are self-engineering. You can't usually get those input parms totally correct and so it's better and FASTER to use rough settings on input, don't print the effects and then fine tune the Schoeps settings after the recording takes are done and you've comped as necessary. If you want "pretty" waveforms after that, you just Bounce to a separate track and archive the original takes/comps.

@a-fox 2 жыл бұрын

The Title says RAW vocals .... I have a question.. I want to record vocals 'RAW' so that I can reamp them through a preamp later. If I use the mic pre on my input device (PreSonus Studio 192) will that not color the vocal and how will that effect reamping that vocal track through an external preamp?

@teribei6993 2 жыл бұрын

Yes so true

@Hermiel 2 жыл бұрын

8:30 Hold up there, Chris; there's no 'rather than'. You still need to keep your analog input levels in check to avoid clipping the ADC.

@Mastenbro 2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking as well… I like Chris’s approach as it emulates an analog chain, but you really need to keep an eye out for clipping your converters.

@Hermiel 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mastenbro Obviously Chris knows proper recording basics and didn't mean to suggest that we ignore our input levels. He was probably speaking extemporaneously and missed the ambiguity in the moment.

@Bpaynes 2 ай бұрын

My dog just started barking frantically at my phone and trying to knock it out of My hand with his paw during this lol

@zeroaxiz9754 2 жыл бұрын

Lmfaoo love u bro

@PhilMao 2 жыл бұрын

i'm getting steve carrell yelling vibes at times lol

@dallaslarue5051 2 жыл бұрын

Can't you do the same thing with clip gain?

@AriJordan 2 жыл бұрын

yes, but if the signal is too low you'll have to worry about the noise floor.

@npinero1 2 жыл бұрын

What about latency?

@robgracia509 2 жыл бұрын

did you take over recording revolution chris and hope graham is ok god bless

@user-nq6gx6lj3f 2 жыл бұрын

4:06 hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

@kippb 2 жыл бұрын

How can I do this with Studio One 5??? I NEED THIS!

@qwgar 2 жыл бұрын

Same for me. Any luck on figuring it out for studio one?

@supersonicsroots 5 ай бұрын

The same, basically. I do exact this with Studio One 5 (Omni Channel strip plugin on a send) and then track vocals.

@ISLANDVISUALS309 2 жыл бұрын

my vocals still suck

@ITZSONICWAVE 5 ай бұрын

@4:29 💀😂

@JohannesLabusch 2 жыл бұрын

Your thumbnail for this video shows somebody shouting into the top of a side address mic.

@RobNG26 2 жыл бұрын

Eugh. So simple, so obvious. I feel daft now lol

@FlyingFishMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Why do you want your track recorded so hot - this is digital recording, not going to multi-track tape! This seems to go against the generally accepted wisdom about the levels to aim for when tracking into a digital system. Also, sure, use a tad of compression on your way in if required or desired, but why on earth would you want to fix in so much compression, limiting, EQ whatever to the recorded track before you start mixing? With most people recording using at least 24 bit, the dynamic range gives a far better noise floor and loads more headroom for processing and editing. Perhaps the actual issue is to do with the monitoring level and mix in the headphones - not too hard to solve; but to process the recorded signal so much, not just the monitored signal, seems to be leading folks up a dead end ally rather than down the road to enlightenment.

@BreauxBobby 2 жыл бұрын

Real world scenarios. Vocalist will get hot. How do you tame that? The reason you have outboard compression is to prevent clipping. Same concept in the DAW without the cost. When I record vocals, I'm always on hovering above or below the threshold of clipping, no matter how careful I am to set the levels.

@stephenfell4338 2 жыл бұрын

I think Chris you should respond to this as it is very valid. Recording revolution has a reputation of not replying you will gain more respect.

@LowKeyProductionz 2 жыл бұрын

Seems like those vocals are recorded 🔥 asf to me too

@stephenfell4338 2 жыл бұрын

You are so right why make digital recording more complicated these tutorials are now being aimed at the extreme there is 4 ways to do every thing why with over a 1000 plugins wow

@jhumabanik5267 2 жыл бұрын

First like

@jhumabanik5267 2 жыл бұрын

Ur shouting like bro..... 😂

@teoweiyong1875 2 жыл бұрын

Iron anyone?

@freewings84 2 жыл бұрын

: ))

@ML-jk3sz 2 жыл бұрын

IMO, your vocal wave is way too compressed, it sounds dead and flat. Dynamics are what we WANT not a boring overly compressed and lifeless recording level. Relying on hardware/software to do ALL the work is not a good thing, the singer needs to learn mic control. Want to yell, then move back from the mic, want to be more dynamic and quite, move closer to the mic without creating the proximity effect. Takes practice but it gives life to vocals.

@CherieO 2 жыл бұрын

I don't like too much compression either. I do the mic thing or use the volume automation lane in my DAW. Sometimes I miss the mark. You can call me Ms. Clip a Lot. :)

@warrenwilsondubya 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@supersonicsroots 5 ай бұрын

Helpful...thanks. but you vocal screaming might just be the most annoying ear bleeding thing I have ever heard .... damn, that was a video hard to finish.

@RJrules64 2 жыл бұрын

This seems like faux advice to make people who don't really know what's going on happy. The ONLY things youre doing here are A) Making the waveform look prettier (who cares?). In fact it's actually less helpful because you can't easily identify the soft and loud parts of the song. B) Reducing the amount of real time plug ins you need (Who cares? Whose computer can't handle thousands at this point?) C) Making irreversible changes to your audio chain that would sound exactly the same with a real time plugin. (HUGE DRAWBACK). So 2 things no one cares about and a glaring drawback. This channel taught me many things back in the day, thank you for that. But this video is garbage and should be deleted.