For anyone asking, the song is called Failsafes by Play Oliver

That SSL E-channel and CLA-76. Just magic.

My MIxes started getting so much better after I stopped watching Graphs and started using my EARs - started back in the day when all there was, was a board and speakers then went in the box and lost the magic - spent years fing with plugins and technology trying to find what I thought was that lost analogue sound - then HRC set me straight - that one lesson was worth the price of admission IMHO. EARS first!

This is exactly what I'm looking for right now. Thanks Jordan!

It's great how you're not afraid to use a ton of compression and still sound better.

Great video as usual. I would love to see more videos geared toward pop-rock/pop punk. I'm about halfway through the The Full Stack Producer course and it's translating very well into those genres for me.

Great video! Love what you’re doing to this. Night and day difference.

It's quite interesting that I learnt to mix my vocals on my own a few months ago (I'm really confident with them now to be honest). Now, I've watched this JV video to check if there was something I could improve and I see that me and Jordan are doing pretty much the same! Nice video anyway, Jordan! ;)

Great vocal processing, thanks Jordan! I've noticed, that these silky vocal highs make tuning artifacts more obvious (cause it touches formants mostly).

Love this vocal chain.

You take the CLA approach! WHICH is also my approach! LOVE IT

Exactly what I needed! Thank you!

Glad I found this channel. Great Vid!

Thanks.. this is a very helpful video... mixing my vocals is always a challenge... especially when adding in layers of harmonies

This song is amazing!

Thanks bro! I Needed to hear that about boosting highs 🔥

Thx for all your tutorials !

This is my favorite video ever

So awesome tip!! God bless you more! & more power! watching from the Philippines here! =D

Awesome Lessons

Awesome ! gretings from Argentina !

great video dude, so informative.

I'd love more Rock style mixing instructional videos!

Thanks for your encouragement to crank the EQ harder. Also, I never really use a limiter on my vocal group. I think instead I count on automation too much. I should do that. Thanks! 🙌💜

Great Video! Thanks! Also, pretty catchy song there! :)

You are the best mannnn

Awesome tricks, Thanks.

Awesome!!! Thank you!!

Just found a new channel to subscribe...well done sir

Amazing!

Sounds great, man! The room tone is actually kinda fucking cool! Hahahahah!

Thank You Jordan :)

Tell me the perfect way to thank you. ❤

This was super helpful. However, for pop vocals I still thought these were a couple db too quiet.

Nice, keep it up

Interesting. I do basically the same, except using a LA2A before the 1176, both in mixed mode and add tape sim as a limiter...

Great video dude!!!! It´s a pretty good song too!! Where can I listen to it?? Thanks for sharing!!! Blessings from Uruguay

GENIUS

Great video, as always!! I have a question: did you automate the volume of those vocals prior to EQing and compressing (and was it a pre-fx automation or post-fx)? Thank you for always putting out high quality content!

Jordan, I have some questions about outboard gear. Obviously the plugins sound great. But I have some gear I'm curious how you'd use it in a vocal chain. Neve portico ii master buss compressor, API 550B EQ, aphex limiter. Neve tape saturator. I have the same plug ins you've demonstrated as well. Thanks for your great work.

I usually put the 1176 first and then feed into the SSL channel EQ and then round it of with the SSL compressor, but with the "CH OUT" engaged, so I EQ into the compressor. Almost same settings as you did and I go for the same expression. But I find that I can get more control over the character of the 1176, if I'm putting it first in the chain. I actually insert the deesser as the very first, again I feel I have more control that way... People should try it as an alternative approach. The difference is not that big, I guess. But always interesting to see how others do almost the same thing with very simple tools... Thanks man. ☺️

Hello can you do a tutorial on how you mix the drums on this track pls

When putting a compressor or a limiter on the MASTER BUS, I set the threshold using the loudest parts as reference. However with this approach, I don't get as much compression as I'd like to have (or sometimes even none at all) on the quieter parts. Is automating the threshold the only way or is there a simpler method that I'm unaware of? Also, is it actually necessary to have the same amount of compression, say 2dB gain reduction, across the song on all quiet & loud parts of a song?

The take it's great anyways lol .Good job

Hey there, just watched two of your videos. Good job! Do you do the Equalizer before or after the compressor? What I meant to have heard is that you do it before the compressor? I listened several times but I couldn't just make it out of your comments. And i am not using the DAW you are using so it's hard for me to track in which order the effects are placed.... For the general audience, maybe it is better to just to present the effects in exactly that order that you put them in - even if it doesn't make sense from a mixing perspective. 🙃

I know it's a little old in terms of the video date, but still, thanks for the advice, mix sounds great.

Hi Jordan, where can we listen to this song? I really dig it!

Hi Jordan. Great video! Can you give a tips on how to find the "perfect" vocal volume balance in a mix? I always end up balancing the vocal either too loud or too quiet in my mixes. It's so hard to find the right balance

Would LOVE to see you take this approach on a soft piano ballad or something a little more intimate with less instrumentation

The song is Failsafes by Play Oliver

Wait when you say its dry no plugins theres still plenty of reverb why? Were there other effects recorded onto the signal? And when you crank the highs it just sounds better for you, even in the graphical one. when I crank the highs on basically anything not just vocals, it gets noisy and piercing. But take it away and it gets muffled...Also how hard was the singer singing in real life? I have one example of my vocals on my channel (thriller, recorded on sm7b) but I did a terrible mix and I couldn't tell it was bad at the time, I used way too much reverb for one. I'm trying to figure out when you actually have to be belting vs speech-level with plugins etc. I thought on this song he was belting in the chorus but when you soloed it at the end it was more clear he was being easy and the compressor was making it up, I have to figure out how to manage that

Linkvideo stereo vocal delay pls !

god I loved this song, what's the name of it?

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Love the videos! Is this where the lead vocal would sit level wise? I’m always paranoid about making the vocal too loud.

Funny, when I was just looking for a video such as this on your channel yesterday and then this popped up on my feed! Perfect timing haha. I do have a question though, with your SM7, do you just run it straight into your interface (or compressor) or do you use one of those Cloud-Lifter/gain boosters? I'm looking into buying one (essentially for every reason I"ve seen you mention in all your videos) and just can't decide.

What's the title of the song?

Do you know what mic was used on these vocals? Would really like to know.

Fantastic video! Ps. If I understood correctly in this case, first you compress the vocal with 1176 and then the vocal feeds into SSL channel?

Hey Jordan can you explain why you put a limiter at the end of this vocal chain? Is that something you typically always do? Thanks so much.

Confusingly phrased. When you say you put the compressor on first, it implies that it is first in the processing chain. Had me scratching my head until I realised your meant 'Set the compressor first and then eq into that'.

But it wasn't the same move, SSL was on bell, the Req on resonance shelf...

What band is this? I like it

Why did you use the Limiter? What's your intention behind it? :-)

I noticed you often have the 60hz hum option engaged on the CLA76. Is there a reason?

Awesome, as usual! Thx Jordan Question: how do you link the plugins for both vocal tracks? One tweak knob affect both tracks Newbie with Pro Tools hehe ;)

Is there any way to get my hands on this song?

Who's the Singer on this? He has a quite similar tone to Spencer from Periphery

whats the name of the song ?

Name of the song? I really like it man!

A lot of compression on that vocal .... but it sound good :-)

Was that compressor constant on -20db?

Where is the part about actually recording the vocal?

turn it till it sounds good

wow that's simple no need plugin in masterbus

But why are we talking about the importance of mixing the mid range 😅

The limiter just kills the upfrontness of the vocals

Is that a woman or man

omg don't explain stuff in the same moment when the music is playing