Mixing Dua Lipa's vocals with Josh Gudwin

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Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/jg-electricity
A sneak peek of Josh Gudwin's 'Inside The Track' series in which he reveals the lead vocal chain used on Dua Lipa's Grammy-winning single, 'Electricity'.
Join pop anthem producer and mixer Josh Gudwin for a detailed session walkthrough of the Grammy award-winning smash hit 'Electricity' by Silk City featuring Dua Lipa! Following an overview of his simple setup, Gudwin demonstrates his innovative and clever ITB mixing template, revealing the plug-ins, parameters, signal chains and routing used to achieve remarkable sonic results.

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@mixwiththemasters 2 жыл бұрын

Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/jg-electricity

@OdeMalikIdrus 3 жыл бұрын

His Pro Tools session look like a war zone.

@idontknowwhatmyusernamesho5540 3 жыл бұрын

Fr, shit gives me anxiety just looking at it

@yvesjean4472 3 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭😭

@luiscoast23 3 жыл бұрын

Agree 🙈

@n.q.o 2 жыл бұрын

Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣

@chip715715 2 жыл бұрын

@Zaesar Music I like more track vs automation lol

@Lemaylo 3 жыл бұрын

"i like to separate them out, eq them differently, effect them differently" my dual core cpu: ok

@moiliosis5423 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao man

@lughar 3 жыл бұрын

1,6 ghz take it or leave it

@tshepomoanakwena5453 3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@ectyka 3 жыл бұрын

😆

@badszn2012 3 жыл бұрын

SAMEEE BROO SAMEEE

@jrapp654 3 жыл бұрын

Step 1: Have a perfectly recorded vocal session

@niamousai 3 жыл бұрын

Haha....well said

@YellowDogAnimations 3 жыл бұрын

Lol yep

@cassetteo 3 жыл бұрын

@SSG Playboy also remember you won’t make any money doing it

@seanjones9389 3 жыл бұрын

@SSG Playboy best advice I’ve ever seen for a newbie

@petewl2532 2 жыл бұрын

@i am from India orrrrrrrr just do it for the enjoyment of it - beats putting the TV on.

@matiasrengel3143 2 жыл бұрын

It is very important to understand that Dua Lipa's vocals are recorded in a good room, with a good mic and preamp. It goes to show how little you have to do in the mix if these things are taken care of.

@InfamousAWJ Жыл бұрын

The better the recording, the better the mix.

@Flairis Жыл бұрын

@@InfamousAWJ so hard to get this across to people fr

@InfamousAWJ Жыл бұрын

@@Flairis Which is a SIMPLE concept. My dad has a label and I’m the COO. We never push production problems on the engineer. His only focus should be mixing and mastering the damn song and nothing else.

@Flairis Жыл бұрын

@@InfamousAWJ yeah sometimes people be sending audio recordings that came from the amazon jungle w all that background noise 💀💀

@InfamousAWJ Жыл бұрын

@@Flairis 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@LeifCoffield 3 жыл бұрын

what a chill guy, these free insights into tracks of this calibre are absolutely priceless

@popuchinha 3 жыл бұрын

true finally a good and detailed video

@neils9420 3 жыл бұрын

priceless, and excellent elaboration got inspired so much!

@Leotique 3 жыл бұрын

it's cool he shows us all this, but you can't do much with it, except you've got a great studio mic setup and a skilled singer like Dua.

@wmpx34 3 жыл бұрын

@@Leotique I agree, to a point. All the plugins in the world won't save you from a shit recording. But it's still useful to see the approaches and thought processes of other people, because it causes me to reexamine what I'm doing and notice if I want to make some changes to my own workflow that I hadn't thought of before.

@Leotique 3 жыл бұрын

@@wmpx34 yes, it's always great to have extern inputs, or else we won't evolve music skills-wise.

@jay2dee.809 3 жыл бұрын

6:38 when the artist wants reverb on his subbass

@WillyJunior 3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@wmsproductions 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing how similar the EQ is like color grading but for audio.

@TheBlashMusic 3 жыл бұрын

100%

@VICKERY- 3 жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely

@spiritparty 3 жыл бұрын

I always think about those comparisons, and saturation is like that as well even has the same name in both

@Leotique 3 жыл бұрын

same design...it's like chopping vocals = chopping a carrot

@PetrisonRocha 3 жыл бұрын

I always see highs as blue and lows as red in my mind

@nate_creates 3 жыл бұрын

One of the key takeaways here is to do your processing in very small steps. Each plugin only makes slight changes, but they add up to a polished sound. Useful and informative video!

@MirandaMulkey 3 жыл бұрын

You're so right!

@heythere6983 2 жыл бұрын

I feel these are mostly advertising for plugins and they act like they don’t use real gear. These albums cost millions for a reason, not bc of plugins

@prodrosish87 2 жыл бұрын

@@heythere6983 the plugins they use are digital emulators of real, physical effects... it's not advertising, it's literally professional mixing

@WillyJunior 2 жыл бұрын

@@heythere6983 Huge misconception. Serban Ghenea mixes fully in the box and his mixes are the best in pop music.

@hithere4289 Жыл бұрын

@@heythere6983 Hi Hey There. Fortunately we are in a stage in history when digital plugins are fully able to do what analog gear can :) there are great mix engineers out there that mix fully in the box

@johnsaras1 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best mixed albums I’ve heard in 10 years. You can hear every detail of everything. Perfect balance of bass and mids.. should be a reference track for mixing pop going forward. I thought it was mixed by Andy Wallace. Great work!

@svengali5862 3 жыл бұрын

Agree , although this song has the lows a bit too compressed (because of the production) , you can't go wrong referencing dua lipa. "New Rules" is one of the best pop mixes of all time

@johnsaras1 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Future Nostalgia album. Probably same difference

@svengali5862 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnsaras1 Yeah probably is , my bad , not that important tho :)

@JanooProductions 3 жыл бұрын

The other day we were talking with other producers about good mixings albums or artists in general, and we all agreed on Jamiroquai music is also very very well mixed (and we talking like 15 years ago ?)

@svengali5862 2 жыл бұрын

@@Journeymanlive Pretty much everything you just said is false except for Josh being great lol

@ChrisCarmona 3 жыл бұрын

0:21 Him: "Or you can go into.... Dua- *right* ?" Me: "Riiiiiiiiight....." 🤨

@GDMartin 3 жыл бұрын

ok so what the fuck... this is the most sauce mwm and behind scenes engineer shit ever.... dude is so humble, yet so sauce

@suitcasethestudio7071 Жыл бұрын

never seen someone sidechain a vocal using the signal of the kick! Thats a great way to emphasize the groove over the vocal

@briandavidofficial 3 жыл бұрын

The tenacity to splice out tiny parts of the vocal to treat with a different EQ is remarkable.

@MattShockley 3 жыл бұрын

Wow what a timely video! Thank you so much. Incredible song and production and absolute dedication to making killer music

@theskycouldfly 3 жыл бұрын

I assisted Goody back in 2009, dude is still on fire

@DANY-vv3pl 3 жыл бұрын

He worked a lot in high frecuency control just with a good deeser and lil bit of multibandcompresión its nice

@0oTHEJACKo0 3 жыл бұрын

That's what not many people get: What makes a good mixer? -> Someone who makes the recording better. When a song sounds shit or it sounds dope, that's not solely the mixers responsibility. His/hers is it to make it better. Many people don't get it. This guy makes a great recording even greater!

@TMFxROCK 3 жыл бұрын

that’s kinda obvious mate

@0oTHEJACKo0 3 жыл бұрын

@@TMFxROCK you would be impressed how many people think that. Many customers ;) To assess a mix you always need to listen to the dry recording first to compare it

@ashkanaref4056 3 жыл бұрын

He looks like a cool guy, Wish i had friends like him

@ethan1937 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome to see a professional doing the separate track mixing for minor tweaks. I've always done it that way and felt like a noob because Idk how to use busses

@ericktellez7632 Жыл бұрын

you should learn to how to set up proper busses and send tracks for effects though.

@domanca-dk3mx Жыл бұрын

buses are lame

@milim3135 3 жыл бұрын

So much just on the vocals.

@djentlover 3 жыл бұрын

It's often hard to see just how important the vocals really are

@stinglikeabeee 3 жыл бұрын

Modern pop music

@MM-vs2et 3 жыл бұрын

@@djentlover nah, it's easy to see the significance of vocals, especially and primarily on pop music. To 95% of the listeners, it will be the only aspect of the song that they pay attention.

@backwoodmenace 3 жыл бұрын

Love Dua it’s great to see the mixing process

@NikolajChristensen 3 жыл бұрын

Great insights - and easy to follow as well. No bullshit - just meaningful stuff. Thanks!

@golfmanbil 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic information and examples!! very well done Thank you

@thomasjorennielsen 3 жыл бұрын

Really cool of him and mwm to just put this out there for free!

@rhoten8039 3 ай бұрын

Genius production. Buttery vocals. Allstar engineering.

@JanooProductions 3 жыл бұрын

man, Dua Lipa mixings are nothing but GOLD! Gudwin is so good

@notcloudology Жыл бұрын

Godwin

@iceyloui1593 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I didn't really learn much from this but it was fascinating watching him work.

@svengali5862 3 жыл бұрын

Josh Gudwin , besides Serban is probably the best engineer out there

@SebastianJeri 3 жыл бұрын

dont forget Jaycen Joshua 🔝. These guys are probably my top 3 (in any order)

@svengali5862 3 жыл бұрын

@@SebastianJeri I absolutely LOVE Jay , but if I'm being honest , Serban is a level of his own , the rest can go as they please :) That's the reason I'm watching these vids , HOPING someday Serban will find it in his heart to bless us mortals with an INTERVIEW at least :D

@SebastianJeri 3 жыл бұрын

@@svengali5862 Mmm I wouldnt be that sure, but of course Serban has a killer sound! And Im pretty sure Serban will be teaching some great stuff on this series! (or at least i hope, so..)

@nelsonrivera9635 3 жыл бұрын

@@SebastianJeri don’t forget CLA :)

@svengali5862 3 жыл бұрын

@@SebastianJeri No he won't trust me :D

@TheSideProject Жыл бұрын

4:13 "To shape my vocal" Now that's a passionate producer

@HandsUpDK 3 жыл бұрын

Crazy good mix

@d.o.b. 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks For The Info👊🏾💥💚

@sus6890 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks🙏

@stevehansen4755 3 жыл бұрын

I produce/mix for a living (20 years). What I would like to know is the total number of hours that went into recording/mixing/mastering this track. A heavily procuced track for me can run up to 20 hours. I'm guessing this track got maybe 100+ hours of attention. I would love an actual answer to my question if Mix With the Masters knows. Thanks!

@svengali5862 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Josh finished this mix in between 8 and 12 hours. When you're have 20 + people working on a project before it comes to you , and when your assistants basically mix half of the song for you , it goes pretty quickly. Phil Tan once said that he mixes a song in 4-6 hours usually. DJ Swivel said he mixed "Closer" by Chainsmokers in 4 hours

@stevehansen4755 2 жыл бұрын

@@svengali5862 Thanks, so if this track had 20+ people working on it, it could have easily taken over 100 hours of attention from start of recording to completed mix. Maybe 200 hours..

@svengali5862 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevehansen4755 It probably took 5 to 7 days to make this song , anything over that is complicating things

@stevehansen4755 2 жыл бұрын

@@svengali5862 ok thanks. So figuring 16 hour days times 6 days about 100 hours like my original estimate. 😊

@narco73 Жыл бұрын

wikipedia says they spent over 2 months writing and producing.

@dalvynoficial 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this guy is one of the engineer who use more plugins, if you see all the tracks right there. One of my favorite tho 👌

@cateador12 Ай бұрын

This is the first "Dua Lipa's mixing vocals" that is a real Dua Lipa vocal video. Thx 4 not scamming out

@jordanminter7576 3 жыл бұрын

6:34 damn why Mark have to do him like that 😂😂

@rofbeats10 2 жыл бұрын

Great content. This helps a lot in how the professionals work and what are their priorities.

@jamesrivera3426 3 жыл бұрын

“So, I’m jumping right into Dua” 🤨😳

@Blaze22F 3 жыл бұрын

I would too tbh

@warnutztheloser 3 жыл бұрын

That ssl plugin is insane!

@ToHerbiarz 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@wesleyleigh4063 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like such a nice dude. Engineers always seem so interesting, I wonder got him into it to begin with.

@Moofy1 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing!

@thomasjorennielsen 3 жыл бұрын

Holy moly we just got the sauce y’all

@tshepomoanakwena5453 3 жыл бұрын

best one yet.

@OverdriveMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Now he has his own preset on Soothe 2.

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@preedzyprod6298 3 жыл бұрын

these guys are the G's who does the thing

@theostene4444 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, how can I find the right masterclasses for myself on your website? You have so many that it gets overwhelming. I also don't know who most of them are who is teaching in the masterclasses so its hard to choose. I want to watch masterclasses that gets specific and actually teaches tricks instead of just showcasing basic stuff that I cant take anything from. (I really want to learn new advanced tricks, from pop music and deep house. Those are my genres) Could you help me?

@mehmetcemunal 3 жыл бұрын

How is soothe different than a multiband dynamics plugin? I tried and couldnt get what the difference is. -serious question-

@adilcmusic 3 жыл бұрын

That beard though, this is actually sick.

@Hershthaprophet 2 ай бұрын

Did anybody else try scrolling on the video to see what else was in the session or was that just me? 😂

@keanelimusic 4 ай бұрын

His DAW looks like engineering specs for a mission to Mars

@Psi.rodrigoalvarez Жыл бұрын

What pluggins do you consider Classics for a mix? The Ones that you have to have

@emilianorodriguez9763 3 жыл бұрын

he uses a track ball ... respect

@SebastianJeri 3 жыл бұрын

Does someone know whats the difference between the "Inside The Track" series and the "Deconstructing A Mix" series??

@ErickT_MX 3 жыл бұрын

Inside The Track: Open an already finished / released project. Deconstructing: The mix made 100% from scratch (all faders down). Longer, more time consuming for a busy engineer, but you can watch carefully the process step-by-step.

@SebastianJeri 3 жыл бұрын

@@ErickT_MX Thank you bro! 🙌

@labrostheace8329 2 жыл бұрын

wow saw this one after CLA vocal tutorial and Zdar Legend videoz.. Day and Night and I am not suggesting anytin bad for Josh but one can really tell good from master level...plugins and real machines and desks...

@kianlowe1410 3 жыл бұрын

Please do Harry styles vocals

@juanfranciscoherrera9400 3 жыл бұрын

Those tracks are literal squares, damn.

@youaintasbadasyouthink 3 жыл бұрын

Normalize zoom view, they're not actually brickwalled lmao

@noah3665 2 жыл бұрын

Josh is such a boss, I came for some mixing advice and realized we almost do the exact same plugins and order in the chain. I'm shocked and relieved

@steadygonzales3659 2 жыл бұрын

and so...?

@ricerice245 Ай бұрын

finnially met someone with a crazy session like the ones i spent 35+ hours on

@32rush79 3 жыл бұрын

why would you want to process each vocal track seperately? what benefits does this have

@DjHoysauce 3 жыл бұрын

Soothe is apparently a must have 🤔

@SebastianJeri 3 жыл бұрын

Totally worth the money!! :D

@kevinblack836 3 жыл бұрын

Or you can grab DSEQ

@embersinsnow 3 жыл бұрын

Life-changing, to be honest.

@mistermusicenterprise3148 Жыл бұрын

@@kevinblack836 Deseq is a beast. Best one

@madlopherliy 3 ай бұрын

This chain is super warm♥️♥️🫂🔥

@ivorbaric6949 2 жыл бұрын

gold

@mattje27 3 жыл бұрын

Can anyone explain to me what is soothe doing? I watched the video but can't really understand whats happening there

@horriblemind 3 жыл бұрын

It detects resonances on your recording and brings them down, kind of like a dynamic EQ but which has a thousand times more bands and which works automatically. The great thing about it is that if set properly it will only affect resonances and will not damage the rest of the recording (unlike a conventional static EQ).

@mattje27 3 жыл бұрын

@@horriblemind great explanation, thanks

@horriblemind 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattje27 cheers!

@wadewilliams1892 3 жыл бұрын

As Jon said here in the comments, having amazingly recorded vox via a world class mic and chain means less processing. Plugins try to make it sound as good as analog equipment ⬆️⬆️

@nahhumusic 3 жыл бұрын

Hey can someone explain to me how these vocal tracks (as well as Justin's in another video) look so "square"? I mean it looks like a distorted guitar, which is very interesting! Should my vocal stems look like that before I start to mix the song? I'm trying really hard to understand the sauce behind pro standards...and a big part of the magic looks to be done before mixing! Huge thanks to the person who will stop by to answer :)

@wmpx34 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he just has the waveform display jacked up to the maximum. It's not affecting the audio, just the display of the peaks.

@nahhumusic 3 жыл бұрын

@@wmpx34 oh really? what's the reason to do that? isn't useful to see peaks? Thank you for your answer

@wmpx34 3 жыл бұрын

@@nahhumusic I honestly don't know why he has it like that.

@nicholasmarch3286 2 жыл бұрын

thats just how it looks zoomed out all the way.. if he was to zoom in on the specific tracks they would look more like normal dynamic waveforms

@ctrlaltcreate3827 2 жыл бұрын

All the above answers are true but not the main reason. Really it’s because the vocals are incredibly compressed.

@karebeats 3 жыл бұрын

Epic

@prodbydmaterialz 3 жыл бұрын

Best Producer, Engineer In Industry Rn 💯

@casinomann 4 ай бұрын

How about reverbs and returns?

@hassanpushe5819 2 жыл бұрын

The vocals sound perfect before adding any plugin to them.

@dehoutbaas7488 3 жыл бұрын

who is tapping the "T" key voor zooming in on the waveform?

@Andrew-vr9hr 3 жыл бұрын

1:53 Dude I do the same thing!!

@K3dzz 2 жыл бұрын

I'm confused, by the waveform these vocals look they've been heavily limited before even the main mixing stage? It also seems odd they didn't record/print the vocals on separate tracks?

@bf4lvr 7 ай бұрын

He has have the waveform view maxed out so they appear bigger

@AfricanGirl 2 жыл бұрын

I like these videos

@tmayk_ 2 жыл бұрын

No hate, guys. 7:43 - the release is on Auto mode, so it doesn't matter how many ms u put

@SHMUPS 3 жыл бұрын

Put on so many fx that it comes out a little better than it went in

@antoniotabacu5911 3 жыл бұрын

what daw is this? saw a lot of pros using it

@bien.mp4 3 жыл бұрын

ProTools

@sick3drako 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@QuincasMoreira 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm jumping right into Dua" :D

@Dbwj-so6mu 3 жыл бұрын

0:22 is better lol

@mixwithmanni799 3 жыл бұрын

I usually use at least 3 different compressors on the vocal lead track. Good to know that I’m not crazy 😜

@femiftw Жыл бұрын

what application is this?

@gurav100 2 жыл бұрын

I am feeling good at least I am able to understand what josh sir is doing

@SayedHasanat 2 жыл бұрын

what a powerful PC

@stolenkey 3 жыл бұрын

Engineers don't get enough recognition

@neo_jezic 3 ай бұрын

what program is that?

@PeterFortuna 3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@francomatiasmarron1274 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff, but once again, they never tell you how they recorded the vocals in the first place.

@kucklaman 3 жыл бұрын

with a microphone

@cipa857 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure they plugged a mic and started getting some takes?

@Ray-lx8le 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he means what type of mic, what pre amp was used, was it compressed before going in etc

@nambams 3 жыл бұрын

Most often a 47 or 251 or C800G or equivalent, into a 1073 or 1084, with a CL1B after it. Sometimes he uses a GML eq for some light tweaking too.

@felipepestana 3 жыл бұрын

Because he is the mixing engineer, on huge projects those professionals are different people so he won't have much input on that regard. And this KZfaq channel is Mix With The Masters, so it's focused on mixing. That being said, a good insight on recording a track with this level of quality is surely appreciated