How To Record Vocal Harmonies

How To Record Vocal Harmonies | TUTORIAL

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How To Record Vocal Harmonies (RIGHT) | TUTORIAL
An in-studio tutorial in Logic Pro X by IAMLXGEND using techniques that you can apply to any DAW that offers vocal production. In this video I'll be talking about different steps to go through in any workstation when recording vocals & harmonies. These tips you can apply to mostly any DAW out there, it's moreso the techniques I'm focusing on here rather than the actual working of Logic itself in this case. For those who discovered me through such content many years ago, here is your newly updated "iamlxgend vocals" search result. Lol. Enjoy!
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0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Decide Where To Harmonize
1:43 - When To Record Dubs
3:13 - Processing Harmonic Dubs
6:16 - When To Record Stacks
7:33 - Setting Up Your Stacks
9:01 - Recording Stacks
10:03 - Why Duplicating Vocals DOESN'T WORK
10:53 - How To Pan Your Stacks
12:05 - Recording More Stacks
13:35 - Using Busses To Process Stacks
15:42 - Recording Single-Track Harmony
17:30 - Outro
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@klaytonvonkluge4905 2 жыл бұрын

This YT channel has major lext level info, but this gentleman has the best quality music of all the musically oriented channels I've subbed to, BAR NONE , hands down. Well written, excellent radio ready production, All the bells & whistles , but just THE SONGS are such good , inviting, hook filled gems, it's insane, I'm sure there's all kinds of comments that say as much , I'm just expressing my opinion

@monae_ 2 жыл бұрын

Harmonies and placement are definitely next level stuff!!!! A huge expression in creativity!! I LOVE recording harmonies lol GREAT VIDEO!

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Huuuuuge one. Recording harmonies is literally my favorite thing ever to do 🤣

@monae_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND definitely my favorite as well! 🤣🤷🏾‍♀️ this video made me wanna hit my studio though!

@HFaour 2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of Brandy’s harmonies! Amazing video

@mein_tgl Жыл бұрын

love the tutorials, getting into making covers so very helpful. will watch the rest of your content!!

@labete19 2 жыл бұрын

Such dope content !!! Love this. As a vocal arranger myself, I've never thought about how/why exactly I do what I do until recently when I started collabing with folks and realizing I needed a template for my "go-to" channel settings. Thanks for all the tips LXGEND

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

The template is a GAME CHANGER. Trust me. It’s so good to have your own default presets to just click and go. So fast.

@harlemespanol Жыл бұрын

Amazing tutorial! Keep the great content coming.

@bigfreak58 2 жыл бұрын

Great video I'm am just incorporating vocals in my tracks this a great learning tool love the way you teach.

@asaelliott5851 2 жыл бұрын

Yo you lessons are so helpful. Much appreciation 💪

@sgmooijRN 2 жыл бұрын

Great content! Thanks a lot.

@Ranaso 2 жыл бұрын

Wow... Just needed this 🔥🔥🔥💯👍💪🏼

@capperplays9803 2 жыл бұрын

Hey bro, just wanna thank you for this video. The speed at which you talk is perfect for me! So many people on here talk way too slowly and it makes me lose focus lol. Great job!!

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

I usually think in my head I speak too fast for most people but surprisingly that hasn’t been the case and you’re the first to actually confirm it. Lol thank you and glad it was helpful

@wallace_nelson 2 жыл бұрын

Really good video. Thanks for sharing

@louwaso4385 Жыл бұрын

Excellent info, thanks a lot 👍😊

@virtuousthing9070 2 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE A MAN😂 your songs just keep growing on me

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha I knew someone would talk about it. And thank you!

@ishbeats9775 2 жыл бұрын

I just stumbled across ur channel. I watched the first and second video pertaining to recording vocals and harmonizing. I like the way you explained it and went into detail. I been making beats for almost three years. So I’m just soaking up all the gems and jewels I can. Combine that with countless hours. And I’m making progress. I say that because, I want to support those who have contributed to my progress. Thanks. I’m tuned in…..

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Super happy to help 🙏🏾🤙🏻🕊

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

And also glad you’re along for the ride!

@vardon718 Жыл бұрын

You sir are a God send thank you

@KingKumiMD 2 жыл бұрын

This is great, I’m definitely using this advice. Thanks bro

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@kehindeomoiyamummykenny 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@prestonbutton6493 2 жыл бұрын

Great song my G. Good video.

@bestbelieversrecords5302 Жыл бұрын

I like it good work

@misterdagga Жыл бұрын

Thx for your support and tips!

@IAMLXGEND Жыл бұрын

Always welcome 🙏🏾

@roniwellnielarevalo2874 2 жыл бұрын

liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! lovin' the vibe

@rayday_music 2 жыл бұрын

king of harmonies 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

🔥🙏🏾 I be working man

@simonlawrence1234 11 ай бұрын

Great tutorial

@FL-cc3sz 2 жыл бұрын

I been strugglin with harmonies for so long, its like the last thing i need to get for really gettin vocal production down

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Watch my next video. Posting today at 6am.

@dreaux2427 2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥 Bro!!!

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏾

@KellyDante 2 жыл бұрын

Amazingly useful video from the king of harmonies 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

King of Harmonies with the Queen of lyrics? Pffff. Match made in the highest of heavens.

@KellyDante 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND musically AND romantically 🥰

@bbqueen1632 2 жыл бұрын

Can I do this on GarageBand iOS? Amazing video btw.

@thatwholemess7805 11 ай бұрын

I just saw this video and noticed that it was put out a year ago, which goes to show you that even something done a year ago is so, so relevant still today. Keep up the good work.

@alfrancowillmaradams 2 жыл бұрын

Those stacks that are to be hardly noticeable create consistency

@crescenthyrule4098 Ай бұрын

I AM A VIBE

@ohmykiddell Жыл бұрын

you lowkey sound like mario lol, great video!

@houseofgraceworship 8 ай бұрын

Do u have a video where u show how to find and decide on harmonies?

@Chikaprior 2 жыл бұрын

I NEEDD THISB

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Next ones coming are mixing / plugins and then actually how to come up with the harmonies themselves!

@Chikaprior 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND legend 🙏😭

@NickLAnderson Жыл бұрын

🙏🏼

@crescenthyrule4098 Ай бұрын

I AM A STAR

@novaaanuggets 2 жыл бұрын

OK LXGXND WITH THE RUNS

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

🥰🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🕊🕊🕊 I be tryin

@ByYshana Жыл бұрын

I wanna listen to this song is it in Spotify 🧍🏾‍♀️

@tsmith1855 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so helpful. Im alittle confused about harmonies though. What’s the difference between octave stacking and harmonies?

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

An octave is the same as a single note only in the higher or lower register. Think a low bass singer vs a high soprano. They can both sing the same note but the bass player will sing it in the lower octave (same note, lower register) and the soprano sings it in the higher one (same note, higher register). It’s just a way of saying that. If you have think about a scale, there are 8 notes within a scale. An example of an octave would be the first and last notes within that scale. Recording octave stacks means recording both the higher and lower registers of the note in whatever you’re recording. And Harmonies are harmonies.

@tsmith1855 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND Thanks so much! It turns out octaves are what I thought harmonies were this whole time. just so I’m clear, could you define a harmony like you did the octave?

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

It’s just any other note in a chord that goes together. Octave being a same note just in another register, a harmony is simply: another note added to an existing one.

@Boissinova 2 жыл бұрын

CLA VOOOOOCALLLLLLLS

@divanshbansal1969 2 жыл бұрын

Were vocals in stereo or mono??

@Oseremen2 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome song. When is it coming out?

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe this year

@Oseremen2 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND alright. We wait.

@BobbyWashingtonvlog 3 ай бұрын

Why do you use Garage band as opposed to the big brother Logic? Just curious

@IAMLXGEND 3 ай бұрын

This tutorial was in Logic. Lol.

@aaronogweleajena7543 Жыл бұрын

Are you going to release LIKE U ( a video). PLEASE.

@IAMLXGEND Жыл бұрын

Yup!

@patrickniedermeyer2112 Жыл бұрын

Brand new to this. What's a daaa?

@IAMLXGEND Жыл бұрын

Not a “daaa” it’s “DAW”. D - digital A - audio W - workstation Aka the program you use to make and record music.

@crescenthyrule4098 Ай бұрын

I AM A LIGHT

@sherinstanley8976 Жыл бұрын

I do have a doubt. Do I record my vocals and then applying my plug-ins? or Do I need to have my vocal template ready and then record my vocals?

@IAMLXGEND Жыл бұрын

The reason You are applying plugins in the first place is to fix what the vocals Sound like. You don’t know what the vocals sound like until You record them. So while you can add plugins before you record… you’re gonna have to readjust them anyway after recording. So just add them after recording.

@sherinstanley8976 Жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND Thank you🙂

@drunkendracula8412 5 ай бұрын

do you purposely have your mic pushed to the left?

@IAMLXGEND 5 ай бұрын

Not sure what you mean by pushed to the left. If you mean my talking vocals in this video panned then no. That’s a software issue with the stream recorder I was using at the time. If you mean my actual microphone being off screen and to the left then yes.

@bbqueen1632 2 жыл бұрын

How many of layers of each Harmony should someone add?

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

If you mean how many stacks per note in the harmony: multiples of 2. (2, 4, 6, 8, 16 etc). How many depends on you and what sound you personally want to achieve. But you have to pan them evenly & accordingly to still achieve “surround sound”.

@gamingwithdream2005 2 жыл бұрын

Question, how do you figure out what octaves do you use for each stack? And for the dubs, do you usually sing and octave higher

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Figuring out what octaves depends entirely on both your vocal range, which type of singing voice you want to do it in (full voice, head voice, chest voice) and how well you’re able to sing it in your range. If you want it to sound powerful, loud, and strong, sing in whatever octave is your range. If you want it to sound quieter or more gentle, sing in your head voice. If you want a mix of both, sing in your chest voices whatever octaves come from that, your choice. If you’re referring to knowing what NOTES to sing (octaves are just higher and lower ranges and aren’t necessarily notes), I’m going to make a video that explains how to find harmonies.

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

I sing whatever I want. I don’t have a “usual”.

@gamingwithdream2005 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND Alright, thank you. I've been having a hard time trying to make harmonies that sound decent at least.

@weaboob420 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND yes yesss i can’t wait for that video as i have no idea how to “find” harmonies as well

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

It’ll be the first time I’ve ever attempted to teach people how I find mine so… should be interesting for us all 😂

@justchris8394 2 жыл бұрын

Man I sing with a recording choir we do like 3 takes with the whole choir then about 2 people per section Alto/Tenors/Sopranos comeback and do dubs but you gotta be about that life Try singing the same thing 14 times and recording 5 songs at a time I got to the point me and my peeps hit it the first time so we can hurry and be done sometimes we was recording till like 3 in the morning

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve done 16 stacks on a single harmony before (not counting all the other harmonies which were 4 a piece) so yea, I know how it is lol.

@HOMAGE- 9 ай бұрын

You look like babyface ray😂😂 I appreciate the music tips though

@crescenthyrule4098 Ай бұрын

I AM A TREE

@nullnull8837 2 жыл бұрын

Guys my recording lags, I can't monitor myself when recording. I add autotune and revert and wwoooww.. it's a mess. How can I fix this?

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

This is precisely why I do not monitor. I just take an ear off.

@nullnull8837 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND which works, but what is the ideal setup?

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t help. It’s the idea that your voice is being played to you through a source that isn’t yourself. This is why it still throws at least me off. And why you see a lot of singers on tour or performing take out their earpiece because they’d rather hear the sound live in person. Same situation here.

@nullnull8837 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND True, I also have tried to lower latency and still have delayed.

@magnuseriksson8081 2 жыл бұрын

Volcalign??

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

Nope, manual.

@sjoneproductionmusic8584 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏽👍🏽

@mwangiwaruguru 24 күн бұрын

You may have had a mono plugin on your vocal bus but point home!

@IAMLXGEND 16 күн бұрын

I probably did, this was when I was still getting familiar with Logic as I came from Garageband and haven't worked with Bus channels since Pro-Tools way back in 2010.

@bbqueen1632 2 жыл бұрын

So when you say don’t just record the same vocal 4 times how do you make it different?

@guitar_genius 2 жыл бұрын

The character of the voice....

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

You’re overthinking it. Just record the same exact thing four times, and sing every single part exactly the same, as similar as you can. That’s the entire goal. Record it 4 times the exact same way. There’s nothing you have to do to make it different. Your imperfections as a human automatically do that.

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

also I did not say “dont just record the same vocal 4 times”. I said don’t *duplicate* the vocal 4 times.

@bbqueen1632 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAMLXGEND oh ok I see. Thankyou. I’m just trying to make sure I get it right. I’m struggling with making background vocals.

@IAMLXGEND 2 жыл бұрын

I know, don’t worry. But yea, everything in the vids is as explained. Trust, if there’s ever detailed info like that that would be necessary, I’d always explain. I talk way too much in my vids. So rest assured, everything gets explained. 😂