How to Record Vocals FAST in Pro Tools! | The Best Guide for Recording Engineers

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How to Record Vocals FAST in Pro Tools! | The Best Guide for Recording Engineers

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2 жыл бұрын

This video is meant to be the end-all be-all tutorial on how to set up Pro Tools and record vocals FAST! Taking inspiration from the way audio engineers record artists in LA (eg; Teezio recording Chris Brown), this guide will surely help you record clients faster and up your value in the studio.
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@ChaceBonanno Жыл бұрын

- Boost gain on recording track to monitor louder - Cmd + Space to start/stop recording - Place marker down while recording - Record in quick punch mode - Ctrl + \ to playlist a take - Start recording before playlist previous takes or moving takes down to vocal track - Shift + Up/Down to toggle through takes that are playlisted - Option + Click to add pre/post-roll - Record with pre-roll and really long post-roll - Setup different recording tracks for each vocal layer - Cmd + K to toggle pre/post-roll on/off

@DeeKeiMixes Жыл бұрын

great notes!

@ChaceBonanno Жыл бұрын

It’s been a month since switching from FL Studio to Pro Tools for recording. This is it right here for sure.

@JayTheYTGuy Жыл бұрын

Man this is EXACTLY wanted I wanted to know. I saw Chris Brown's engineer drop down the track while another one automatically record and I was blown away. I've been mixing for years too.

@fantaztikbeatz Жыл бұрын

Ikr I'm like wtf 😆 🤣 after all these years I never knew that you could do it

@prodbythabinsummerlin Жыл бұрын

I have no idea how to do it. 😂 I’ve been trying.

@ProdByAdamSki 7 ай бұрын

He’s got a new interview on a podcast by helpmedevvon it’s dope

@dariusmines Жыл бұрын

Could you do a short 2 min video of recording an artist with this style? Would love to see the workflow in real time 🔥

@rendellst.pierre4711 5 ай бұрын

By far one of the most summed up explanation on industry recording techniques I’ve been looking for. Although it was ran through pretty quick, super helpful! Thanks

@izzyvickers6258 28 күн бұрын

I bought Protools right before they switched to subscription only. Before then I was Fl Studio entirely with some ableton and studio one. As much as I don’t like avid these days, Protools just does it right when it comes to audio. Even recording and mixing my own vocals, I can just get songs done faster. Thanks for the video! Very informative!!

@LouisTorres-ut4ks 18 күн бұрын

I'm getting pro tools, what do you think is the best way to learn how to use it

@Brandono5Weekly 8 ай бұрын

On an unpaid internship rn hoping to get a job n this helps a LOT :D

@JDAZ 27 күн бұрын

update

@morbidanimal333 3 ай бұрын

Great content. Extremely helpful and your explanation of industry standard recording process is spot on

@spratta 2 жыл бұрын

best mixing channel by far

@ChaceBonanno Жыл бұрын

I try to use my mouse as little as possible. Instead of dragging the clip down, I Cmd + X, then ; to move down a track, then Cmd + V to paste it, then ‘ to move to first transient, then , to nudge back, then A to trim start, then ‘ to move back to the first transient, then D to fade in. It’s all extremely quick. I have the clip moved down to the track below, trimmed, and faded, all before the next punch in is done recording. Same goes for the playlists takes. I just quickly trim and fade them before playlisting them, so that if we end up using that take, I can just cut and paste it down to the track below because it’s already trimmed and faded. Also, use N when punching in. If they wanna redo the take, you don’t want the insertion to follow playback. That way the punch starts at the same time as the last take. If they wanna move onto the next punch in, you press N so that the insertion follows playback. Then the punch will start from where you paused. You have to hit N before pausing the playback. So when the artist queues that they wanna proceed to the next bar, you hit N then space.

@akakayda 3 ай бұрын

This video is AMAZING. THANK YOU!

@zumabeatz 2 жыл бұрын

This video had hella dope gems🔥🔥

@jimc1499 Жыл бұрын

Re-watching thank you previously liked and subscribed and I feel I keep getting more and more out of this video.

@MoneyGotDifferent 11 ай бұрын

so much sauce for free its insane. thanks man !

@precisionsoundworksstudio 4 ай бұрын

That post roll tip is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Vambibuda Жыл бұрын

I thought we all did this lol but definitely learnt a few shortcuts that I wasn't using. Thank you my brother. Keep it up, your content is fresh and different.

@SteveVicious1 Жыл бұрын

This vid lets me know I'm doing it right. I like to record on a red track and drop it to another track just like this. I never learned from a video. It just worked for me best this way!

@roby5838 6 ай бұрын

learned more from this than any schooling! damn, so good my dude

@dane_zone Жыл бұрын

post roll tip is next level

@promiselandrecords9400 6 ай бұрын

Dope video bro

@EDawg_32 11 ай бұрын

Thanks DeeKei!!

@DeeKeiMixes 11 ай бұрын

You bet!

@TheBigViktor Жыл бұрын

preferences - editing - then checkbox "Suppress name dialog when creating new playlist" and you will tell me thanks

@levicashmusic7 Жыл бұрын

Not gon lie, you were going hella fast but I feel like imma re watch it till I get it lol

@narekmanoukian9452 2 жыл бұрын

How to 🐐 101

@bitsandbins3023 7 ай бұрын

Is this template available for purchase

@vega9109 5 ай бұрын

insane!! 🐡

@Ishymuzik 2 жыл бұрын

Great content!!! By any chance Dee,.. you have one for Logic?

@DeeKeiMixes 2 жыл бұрын

I may make one soon!

@elijahnunez4780 Жыл бұрын

@@DeeKeiMixes please do!!

@elijahnunez4780 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone have an idea of how to do this workflow for Logic?

@GamingWithCeleb Жыл бұрын

My recording doesn’t come out using this

@TheRealCalijokes01 Ай бұрын

Are you hitting the stop button or no it never stops ?

@ericb-amuur9897 Жыл бұрын

This is critical especially if like me you have to be the recording/mixing/mastering engineer AND the artist😅

@marcocepek Жыл бұрын

my guy talks fast and his fingers are even faster than his words, damn

@shaunblack3142 Жыл бұрын

Thumbs up to you! Please correct me if IM wrong. You're saying .. in quick punch mode .. Pro Tools will record from the pre roll flag to the post roll flag? So its a good idea to set my pre roll to 2 bar for quick playback so the artist can hear the previous vocal take and the last vocal take .. and set my post roll to the end of my beat? Thank you.

@DeeKeiMixes Жыл бұрын

Thats right!

@shaunblack3142 Жыл бұрын

@@DeeKeiMixes Thanks again

@mjrausch Жыл бұрын

By keeping the record track (essentially) always on input, while using the previous take as preroll, it seems you are manually doing what the UAD Apollo Console software does automatically. If you monitor through console, the track is always on and the output of pro tools (read: the last record pass) is in the mix/cue simultaneously. (Not saying this isn’t valid, but it was just interesting to me that your workflow mimics the UAD Console default behavior)

@DeeKeiMixes Жыл бұрын

Almost, except that this workflow is not just for monitoring, its for editing within PT.

@precisionsoundworksstudio 4 ай бұрын

Great vid! Right around 7:45 you say that the music will never stop, but it is stopping and starting. When you say never, ever stop: do you mean that figuratively? It does "technically" stop, but only briefly, resetting quickly for the next punch, and for you to be able to move the previously recorded clip down to another track?

@DeeKeiMixes 4 ай бұрын

You want to minimize stopping the music as much as possible 🤘

@precisionsoundworksstudio 4 ай бұрын

@@DeeKeiMixes Thanks for the reply! I’ve been using PT for a long time, done a lot of various sessions, and I still got some nice gems from your vid! 🙌🏻

@paulkaveli Жыл бұрын

Amen of the people

@JayTheYTGuy Жыл бұрын

Also on Windows I can't get the cutting, fade in and out, access playlist, and send to playlist to work. And for some reason finding these controls leads to controls I don't want.

@prodbydramatic Жыл бұрын

make sure the lil yellow box is on for your quick keys to work

@andyanderson398 Жыл бұрын

Using a UAD apollo 8 interface, in pro tools, when I engage Input monitoring I get latency- UAD's console automatically monitors the singer live at all times anyway, so would it be necessary to leave it on using those "Console equipped" interfaces?

@DeeKeiMixes Жыл бұрын

In this case, feel free to use the console monitoring.

@mayonaze2g Жыл бұрын

So when you say the music never stops do you mean literally? I'm not understanding how you can move clips from the record enabled channel while still tracking.

@mjrausch Жыл бұрын

It stops very very briefly. He does come OUT of record, and then grabs that audio clip, while nearly simultaneously hitting record again to continue.

@benperry490 Жыл бұрын

Most of my singers do a whole song at once not stopping and starting but it acoustic rock music so maybe rap is a different recording process

@thesoundmajors9858 Жыл бұрын

it's really not. nobody is really tracking as fast as he's showing in this video. Most artists mess up say lemme do it again and then need a 2-4 bar window to prep. You're right.

@prodbydramatic Жыл бұрын

@@thesoundmajors9858 I thought the same way but as you get better the clients get better. This Teezio workflow boosted my skills 1000% its worth watching. thanks again to dee and Lou

@joeyf808 10 ай бұрын

Are you guys using HDX?

@DeeKeiMixes 10 ай бұрын

We are currently only using Native!

@shawn1595 Жыл бұрын

hey where can I find this template?

@DeeKeiMixes Жыл бұрын

Find @masteredbylu on instagram and click on his link in bio

@shawn1595 Жыл бұрын

@@DeeKeiMixes thank you!

@thekellynovashow4230 Жыл бұрын

template is gone SMH

@prodbydramatic Жыл бұрын

Lou page has it

@pbm863 Жыл бұрын

if he let the beat play you would be able to see that he is indeed stopping. Cant tell if hes trying to mislead the viewer or if he is confused as to what "never let the music stop" means. Its stopping.

@DeeKeiMixes Жыл бұрын

It means to keep the playback moving as much as possible in order it to feel as if the music never stops. There should be very little to no pauses between takes.

@pbm863 Жыл бұрын

@@DeeKeiMixes yes, understood, But your explanation is making people think you are NOT ever stopping. The beat needs to be audible for people to realize this. Ive talked to 2 different people who swear you can edit without stopping because of this video. Just saying.

@prodbydramatic Жыл бұрын

@@pbm863 I was like that too but if you listen he says make it feel like it never stops and it does have that. When you and the vocalist have that connection there's no need to talk and just start and keep the vibe alive

@leftofcenter4 Жыл бұрын

Wow, bro I am not sure what the hell I just watched, you were moving so fast… you were dropping down the recorded clips into Playlist tracks or different voc tracks? This is confusing… I don’t think I am ready just yet to understand…I will watch the teezio 4 hour session you mention he did to get a heads up.

@ChaceBonanno Жыл бұрын

He was dropping them into vocal tracks that were routed into the same vocal bus as the armed recording track. They weren’t playlists. He was playlisting takes in the background on the recording track using Ctrl + \ + Enter. The recording track remained in waveform mode so you couldn’t see the playlisted takes. Instead, you can toggle through them by using Shift + Up/Down.

@thesoundmajors9858 Жыл бұрын

yeah didn't really explain lol just showed how fast he is