I had an amazing time working with Michael on this song and I can't wait for everyone to hear it. I wanted to share some thoughts relating to this video with other producers, singer/songwriters/vocalists. I've been writing and recording songs for 10 years and I used to be incredibly insecure about my ability to sing. I love songwriting but I hated singing. I'd watch producers chop up my vocals and tune them and I'd have to listen to a loop of my pitchy voice repeating over and over until it was made "right". Tracking vocals gave me anxiety. My ear knew what the performance needed to be and my voice could never get there. 3 things helped me overcome this: 1. A producer that finally said to me "pitch is not king, performance is". I always prioritized pitch above all else. And because we hear music all day long on radio that is corrected or witness singers whose pitch is really strong, it's easy to lose confidence in yourself. It wasn't until a producer made me feel comfortable in that space and said, "Don't worry about getting it perfectly right, just go back to how you felt when you wrote the song" that I started to sing with confidence. Then he would compliment certain parts of the performance. "I love that breath right there!" I love how you said this phrase". Highlight what the singer is doing well. As an artist, I can't tell those of you who produce how important it is to communicate with your artist in whatever stage of recording they feel overwhelmed by. 2. Don't be afraid to go for the long takes. Michael mentions in this video that we do full song takes. He was surprised by this approach when we were working together. It is so easy as a singer to obsess with getting things just right when going phrase by phrase. It's why I've stopped doing this. I sing the whole song from start to finish. It helps me step into the emotion of the song. Every line builds upon the next. Rather than singing 5 words over and over and over and trying to get it "right'. 3. This is for those of you who struggle with pitch and want to improve. You can take voice lessons, yes. However, what helped me more was setting up a camera and audio recorder and recording live videos of my songs. That's why you'll find so many of these videos on my channel. It's not just about content. It's about growing myself as a performer. When you listen and watch yourself sing and pay attention to the parts that make you cringe, your brain actually starts working on those aspects of your technique. For 4 years now I've been making one take, live videos and if you go back and watch the first and then the most recent, I guarantee you'll see a difference in my performance. Not only that, the videos from years ago were 1 of 15 takes. Now I do 1 take. I take pride in this. It's important to remember this is all a process. We're all working hard to get better. That should be the goal! Embrace the process and make getting better the priority. You'll be surprised by your progress. Hope some of that insight helps! We should all work to encourage each other in what we love doing. If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them! Thanks for what you do Michael! I'm having a blast working with you.

Me: After hours of editing, nah, the original sounds better

Michael Is an actual school within himself, probably saving people thousands of dollars through free tutorials. Mad respect

Him: *talking about how the two voices sounded different* Me: *Convinced they do, but I can't seem to find it*

Please do ask any questions about singing, recording and vocal tuning, David and I will be happy to help you out :)

Dude, your tutorials are genuinely perfect in every way. Concise and informative. Keep it up!

Can't stress enough how valuable the information you hand out for free is. Thank you dude, you're a hero.

I like how your voice is calm and not screaming like all the other youtubers

The FL Studio Community is so lucky to have you Michael. Your videos are comprehensive yet easy to digest. The more I watch your tutorials, the more I'm learning about FL and music production in general. I'm really loving this DAW more and more. FL pride!!

this was clearly one of the best video about Music production I have seen in my entire career.

5:14 I want that printed on the wall in my studio :D

Want a full tutorial on vocal mixing like compression, eq, reverb, delay, volume level, and mixing with music

Just a tip to make keeping the natural breath sounds little easier, is when you use the cutting tool, and right click on the vocal to fix the sound, simply don't do that to the breath parts. They will sound the same and you can leave them in without having to chop and cut them out from the original track.

You have some of the greatest tutorials for FL Studio out there! Thank you so much for making it possible for so many people to learn from you! Also, you just seem like the nicest guy, it's very enjoyable to watch your videos!

Just wanted to say that your channel is wonderful. I've looked through many FL Studio tutorials and nobody else makes videos that are so easy to understand while also getting right to the point on all the important things like you do. Thank you so much :)

I love how helpful your tutorials are! You don't waste time, you get right to it.

Busy works beat and you are really the greatest channel for making music. It took me a long time to release my own work because I wanted to be as good as possible. But now, I’m feeling confident enough to release my own stuff thanks to you!

Dude this changed the game completely for me. I'm a terrible singer but I love poetry so I make music just for my self and this really helped me improve the sound a tenfold. Much love man!

Just WOW! I love your tutorials! They are so informative and I can see that you are doing this with passion. This tutorial became especially in depth. Keep up the good work! Thank you!

I've been looking forward to this one, this was definitely the most important part of the FL package that you had yet to cover, and it's definitely been worth the wait :)

Amazingly thorough and well-explained video. Truly showcases the variation of uses of newtone and is extremely helpful for me and many others I am sure. Thanks for the great video! I subscribed!

You did this really well. I have added a few of your videos to my how-to playlist

I like that all his videos seem to get right to the point. He moves quickly and doesn't drag on and on. I love it. Thank you for getting right to the point.

you have my utmost respect sir! not many youtubers did exactly what most of us here are currently looking for, all they did just tweaked their vocal stupidly. Got yourself a new subscriber man, have a good day to you!

Love this guy and his videos. The way he explains and the simplicity with which he does it..... Its just what I need. Thanks a ton pal..

This is literally what I needed to know at this exact moment! You kill it with these tutorials everytime!

Thank you for this tutorial. I'm a writer and recording artist. Have been for years. I've never recorded vocals before. I watched this vid and it helped me create a much more professional sound for my upcoming debut single. Without this video the vocals wouldn't have sounded anywhere close to as good. :)

Awesome, awesome, awesome tutorial. You genuinely do a great job at explaining different concepts, and you're very thorough. Your definitely one of the best.

Thank you for your service David.

3:59 me when I'm drunk af

So like this vid for many reasons. Mainly because It's extremely down to Earth simple. I've been trying for years to get my head around Melodyne & just give up on every occasion. Watching this has been a breath of fresh air to know that the competition is listening to us ( musicians) & coming up with a product that we can actually work with. Also love the black screen, I mean who wants to look into a light / white screen....

Amazing stuff, like usual. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us, brother! Great work!👍🏻

""Technically perfect, but really it's garbage" I literally laughed my ass off when you said this. Love your videos though. Very impressed by your knowledge and teaching skills.

Not gonna lie bro your videos are really informative, good, on point and just overall literally music to my ears. Keep up the good work.

man, I just wanna thank you. in my choruses I always have a little bit of instability, but as you said, with newtone I can see what my problems are. thank you so much! liked the video, and definitely subscribed:)

Useful in more ways than you can imagine. Thanks for all the work you put into these tutorials.

Thank You

Sounded perfect to me in the beginning, I thought you already applied all the corrections 😂

There are so many things to learn from you - be it about music or about the approach towards work. I've applied so many techniques that I've learnt from you and it's certainly been very fruitful. Thank you for your good work. Keep growing!

Wow, i‘ve been using FL for 15 years now, but never figured out how to work with newtone. Watching your video opened up so many new possibilities, thanks!!

12:44 "In The Mix"

"Technically perfect. But really, it's garbage." Ahahah savage

The experiencie you give away is Just invaluable i've been watching a lot of tutorials around KZfaq but not much ppl decide to give away what they already know and that's also a time saver for the New users!

What a superb tutorial. Bravo 😀🎵 I'm executive producer on a new single, and wanted to give input to my engineer-producer on our vocalist's lead track, where I think edits are needed. After watching your video a few times, I upgraded my FL Studio Producer to Signature and followed your steps to make edits to parts of her vocals. Then I passed that to our engineer-producer. What an excellent workflow. He knew exactly what I wanted from that. As a singer-songwriter, I sing all of our demos. Honestly I'm often going into off-pitch-land in my performances. Now, thanks to you, I have an awesome tool to fix my demos before I hand them off to the musicians to get them to record the final takes. Brilliant! I also love your suggestion about using NewTone as a tool to arrange vocal harmonies - and even migrate some parts to instrument-melodies. I see huge possibilities with that. Thank you for your incredible training videos for us FL Studio guys and gals 😀🎵

Usually when I mess with the autotune newtone I always get the thing you were talking about in 16:17 with the raspyness in the breath/inhumane voice quality, but it's not only to the breaths, the annoying sound also spawns when saying the letters " S " and " F " Can you do a video tutorial on that or at least help out by replying? I'm sure there are many others who wonder about this and how you can fix this. In another pitch correcter there is a fix I think if you cut the tuning/autotuning entirely from the part when the ess'es or f's are heard in the vocal, but in FL Studio/Newtone I don't see any option to control the tuning of a letter in a word.

If mike thinks this needs autotune wait until he hears my singing😂

Dude your content is 10/10, really careful and supportive teaching, thanks a lot

Incredible tutorial, this plug-in can save the day in so many instances, (provided you know how to use it). I had 'no idea' where to start and you have totally saved the day again. Thank you for caring enough to provide this help, it's fantastic. cheers!

I can't even put into the track, idk why but when i do it just makes a thing called audio clip and nothing happens

nice audio

DUDE THIS INFORMATION IS WHAT I NEEDED FOR SUCH A LONG TIME NOW THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

I've watched a lot of your videos and I can't help but notice that you provide a bonus tip in each of the videos. This video may very well be titled Learn how to create harmonies. You are really great, I am learning so much and that makes me so happy that I have someone to look upto when it comes to learning about mixing and mastering vocals and hell of a lot more. Thank you for all of it.

When i go to drag audio out of newtone it drops the smallest pattern possible and no audio is in there. Not sure if i habe something selected that I shouldn’t but can anyone help?

it wont let me send the tuned vocals to the playlist it only has the non tuned vocals plz help!!

i was searching so long for autotune plugins, but it seems its ALWAYS the best idea to search for your vids. Because i had that plugin in my bundle for years already. xD Thank you so much for making these vids my man!!

Wow, Thank you man. This is the best tutorial I have found for Newtone. Thank you for this, you got a new subscriber.

After I'm done adjusting my track in newtone, I go to drag the edited track, but I end up just dropping the original track. How do I fix this?

Can you do a video, on what to look for in studio monitors, as a beginner it's kinda confusing, and it's a large investment to make.

Thank you sooo much Michael❤. I've always wanted to get more comfortable with using newtone and now I finally have, this video has been so much help! I guess even after all the trouble u went through making this vid, it hella was worth it!🙏😂

bro im good using fl studio but you are on another level you are a true perfectionist when you learn a program you try to learn every single detail about it nice appreciate your tutorials keep up the good work

When I drag the voacals when everything is finsished it won’t show up for me

U r bestest teacher.. Pls tell me the multiple way of eq vocals coz its really hard for me.. Plssss love from paksitan And i em a rj on radio pakistan and it will be thanks full to u if u make a video about vocal EQ

Amazing, quality videos over and over again keep up the work bro ‼️

Love ur videos man! I've been using FL since forever, but every time I watch one of ur videos, I realize I'm missing out on so many cool features. Thanks so much! :) P. S: David's voice is amazing.

2:32 my right click only has 3 options that are neither of those things. How do I fix it?

Why quality is ruined when exported from Newton to playlist Can you suggest a way to maintain quality after processing

There's no better FL Studio channel on KZfaq. Not even close. Thank you!

Such a good tutorial. This has been extremely helpful. Thanks!!!

technically perfect but really its garbage lmao! good video learned somthn new thanks man !

haloo, i have newtone. but, there's no "edit in pitch corrector" options. help :(

This is by far the most professional and informative audio editing video online

Very helpful video! Keep up the good work man.

I wish I knew this plug-in costs $100 before trying to figure all of this out :(

Technically perfect but is garbage

BEST TUTORIALS in youtube, really focused in MUSIC as ART. congratz man and THANKS

Subbed!! Seriously appreciate your help, it has helped me tremendously in this recording journey. Damn near walked into the desert blind folded with an empty canteen when I had started using FL

you win. great videos man, nice job making the information crystal clear for everyone!

Such a great video! Didn't feel like 20 minutes, it feels very concise.

This plugin is a masterpiece, thank you so much for this great tutorial!

this is amazing ! very detailed and perfect !!

You are a musical genius. Everything you said in this video made sense 100%. Thanks for your wisdom.

It’s such a blessing that information like this is free!! Thank you

I love watching your videos, they’re very explanatory and descriptive

"i hope that this tutorial has been useful for you" YESSIR !! i loved it !

Great tutorial, thanks for your work. I found it very helpful 🙏

you are doing a very amazing work man. like seriously i cant thank you enough . i was just starting fl studio and i found your videos in here with clearity of understanding.keep up the good work .i think this channel is going to be my guide for a long time.god bless you man

My brother! You have CHANGED THE GAME FOR ME!! Thank you! I love you!

Man... can I say that you just become my god of mixing and mastering? Not even in my music production academy I've learnd to realy listen like i do in your videos... Compliments!!!

I love your tutorials, helped me sooo much already❤

You are the best at what you do and on my said you are number one on KZfaq. Thank you so much for your work

Really well explained. This is a great tutorial.

Everything was on point. Perfect tutorial. Learnt a lot. 🔥🔥

He really put golden tutorial out there 4 free, what a chad ! Everybit of knowledge is understandable and we can feel his thoughful attitude in his speaking 🥰

This man is awsome ! So detailed video with right amount of extra infromation needed. Thnaks man !

You are the best. Happy to know you can do stuff like this on stock plugins from FL. Thank you very much!!

I love love love your videos, also with the digressions you sometimes make. Thank you so much

Your videos are the best vids I've found on the entire KZfaq mate, so detailed and easy to understand once you teach it! Proper English gentleman 😂 for us commoners lol

Yo sólo hablo español, sin embargo este es el primer tutorial que realmente explica a detalle cómo usar este gran plugin. Saludos desde Argentina. Thank you!

Best tutorial about NewTone on youtube, thank you!

A magician of FL Studio. Actually I’m working on a quite similar track, and the vocals are not really perfect, and I’ve started get worried about. But then I saw this (matter of fact I saw it few years ago 😂) and now I get a more precise idea about how to work on my track. Thank you for your tutorials! It really helps me a lot with the mix stuff 🔥 Greetings: Washo.