Warren, in my opinion, you are the best recording/producing teacher on the web. Thanks so much.

Warren you are the coolest man on planet earth for taking the time to individually reply to our comments. Thank you for being such a grounded and intelligent artist. It means a lot to all of us!

Not quite ready to put your lessons to work yet, but your videos and interviews are leaving a mark that are so inspiring that they will be so useful when I get my project studio up and running...Thank you Warren!

Warren, I've been watching mixing tutorials for ages for I'm always wanting to learn more, and have to say, I'm addicted to your videos, they are hands-down some of the best out there. The way you explain things, always outlining the reasons why you would do (or not do) certain things when mixing, it's infectious, so thank you and keep it up, it's very generous of you to share your knowledge in the way you do. That said, I would love to see you do a video about mix templates, ie: how you go about routing your signals when in-the-box, from single tracks to groups to parallel for that extra push, how and when to use VCA channels, at which point do you process for certain things (the source track, the group/buss, etc). I know different engineers have their 'way' of working, but a good general starting point which could be helpful to many. Thanks!

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I am still amazed by the fact that you share all of this stuff freely and, most important, by the light that comes out from your soul. It's inspiring and reminds me to stay humble. It's probably the most important trick here :) Have a marvelous time living your life !

This Tutorial has totally changed my life. Thanx a lot.

Had lots of fun trying new things mixing this song. I almost never work with vocals, so automating reverb and delays is really enjoyable.

Great video as usual, thanks for giving excellent stuff for free. I ALWAYS use the low octave trick in one way or another, I'm happy you do it as well. It gives the voice some fatness and warmth that you can't get with eq or compression, and it's the silliest of tricks ever. Love it!

Man I'm using your mixing techniques on the current track I'm working on and boy I forgot how powerful RVOX and RComp can be just on its own! It was the key to way I wasn't getting the warmness out of my female vocalist I was looking for! I just want to say thank you so much! You sir are freaking awesome!

Hi Friends, today we're getting into the fourth chapter of our free Mixing Pop/Rock series: Mixing Modern Pop Vocals In this video, I'm going to show you how to achieve a modern lead vocal sound that stays present throughout the song and cuts through a dense mix. We discuss Compression, EQ, parallel processing and automating multi-effects throughout the song to keep the listeners interest and help the song to build and progress. Please download the files and have fun mixing the track! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren

Such an awesome video and great approach on mixing pop vocals Warren. I'm actually about to download the session and play around with the vocals. I can't wait to try out these vocals on my Apollo 8 and NS10s.. Thank you so much for posting this.

I'm having quite a bit of fun with these tracks (or should I say a marvellous time playing with them), thanks Warren!

Thank you Warren for this series. It was very educational and fun to watch. I just downloaded the tracks and I look forward to mixing the song.

This video deserves more views. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

Thank you so much, I feel so grateful for having the chance to see how professionals work, especially when you're a beginner (and it's free !).

Warren I must say that this is my favorite channel on KZfaq, I've seen almost every single vid now, keep making great content, btw (we need more studio tours 😁)

Fantastic video as usual! Learned a ton and now it's off to implement this new knowledge. Thank you as always for the splendid content!

Great video! Love the sidechain trick on the delay cannot wait to try that when I get home

Maravilhoso mestre de mixagem! Parabéns!!!

Warren, this is great! I'm going to have my entire recording class at the University of Memphis watch your tutorial videos and do their own mix of this tune. This will be a "marvelous" project for them. It's a great song, too. Cheers from Tennessee!

Awesome approach! Very Helpful video series! Greetings from Mexico!

My favorite vocal compression chain: 1) Waves Q2 to high-pass and remove thumps/pops. I don't tone-sculpt much here, just enough to remove the energy that I'm not using anyway, so the compressor isn't triggering on stuff you don't hear. 2) CLA-2A on compress mode as a leveler, which usually swings between -1 to -10dB. 3) CLA-3A on limit mode to catch anything that slips through the 2A, normally -2 to -5dB at most. I audition each of the compressors in bypass mode, and then in active mode, to try and get the average level the same going out as it was coming in, just tamed afterward. This is helpful for troubleshooting over-compression, or swapping in other compressors for color. 4) Finally, I add F6. Pull some low mids (200-400Hz, depending) by a few dB. Push 7.5 to 9k (usually centered at 8kHz) by as much as necessary -- 4.5 to 9dB, depending on the vocals and mic. Grab a little at 4.5 to 6k and back it off a bit, if the vocals are too sharp. I'll also use the dynamic EQ feature to control the mid-lows, upper-mid, or highs. Rarely need a de-esser anymore after this. If I'm mixing BG vocals, where there are multiple takes, 1) and 2) are replicated on each individual track. 3) and 4) go on the subgroup.

Some stuff I do normally in here but there are a few gems in here that really inspired me to implement! And yes I am doing marvelously well! Thanks Warren! \m/

Thanks Warren! Some great tips once again, especially on your use of reverb! Dig it.

Eres un crack Warren ,por favor sigue traduciendo tus vídeos 👍

I generally like using RVox with a CLA 76 on the Blue Stripe mode, especially for male vocals when you need that brightness but don' want to add too much colour with an LA 2a emulation. RVox's gate is also really forgiving and doesn't really take too long to find a decent setting. Cheers Warren, loving these multis and the mix walkthrough!

Thanks for the helpful tutorial Warren.

New fan here, love yours videos, thank you for sharing 💪💪💪

it's amazing! Thanks, Warren.

All good things bear repeating. ::::: compressing the delay like that is a sweet trick. I've given up on a delays because they were all over the instrument or vocal like you said. I'll have to refer back to this someday.

Dude those burn made you look like count Dracula! Especially with the all black here, dark bro! Love it!

Hey Warren, just have a mix the song now. Man it's great. I actually think your bass performance and recording is spot on for this song! Very similar to the Two Door Cinema Club and Modern Dinousaurs. Bratty but I think it has to be!

Keep going I love this!! -from the Red Carpet Studio

Some nice tips, thanks. many of them I use myself.

Sorry I missed this live. Absolutely amazing.

Warren, you are brilliant.

Yis. Great point saving/rescuing good performances.

Great Morning video!!!! i use the vocal thickening trick in live situations and works really well!! All the best

Very great work!!

Thank you so much! The video is very helpful!

marvellous tutorial..

A great singer ..I must say she has a good tone to her voice Thank you for the tutorial..:)

marvelous

Hi Warren, Are you changing the output of the vocal to a group or sending the signal of the vocal to different sends to fx or groups? I didn't understand it. Thank you very much for your time.

Great ideas!

Hello Warren. Can you please elaborate on what you meant when u said about your vocal fatteing trick, 'I pan them left right, -3,+3 on the pitch, -6 +6, -9 +9'. I didnt understand this at all. Thanks for all the wealth of knowledge you are sharing here. Love your work

Ty!

Amazing!

Hello! Thank you for sharing this tutorial. Can you give me any advice about my setup? I have: rode nt2a, yamaha msp10 monitors, rme 800 soundcard, presonus rc500 preamp. maybe i have to change any of the devices to achieve a better sound? Thanks!

Great video as always the vocal sounds nice and I love the way the reverb sounds inside the mix. What compressor do you use or suggest when compressing into your daw?

Gday marvellous Warren hope you're doing well, great video as always. I was wondering whether the harmonies were sung or created with melodyne? I do this a lot, usually a third higher, is that what this particular one is? Sounds great btw it really adds to the chorus.

Happy B-Day Warren🍾🎶💥✨🎼

Very nice and useful, actually I’ve seen these techniques being done in Pensado’s tuts on vocal. I saw another video on vocal thickening you did, very nice, cool tip.

Marvellous!

Good morning from Spain Warren!!! at first thanks for share your knowledge and makes me grow as producer. My question is why do you make the sends of vocal harmonics pre fader? Thanks Warren!!

I love love love LOVE your videos! Things I find in other videos that I don't like. 1.) the person shooting the video pats themself on the back a little too much. They spend sooo much time talking about themselves and their thoughts and feelings. The video becomes less of a tutorial and more of a dear diary vlog. 2.) Over kill! Giving 1 or 2 examples to help the listener better understand is great! Repeating yourself 100 times or rewording what you just said 50 different ways is super annoying! Out of all the channels I'm subscribed to. I find this channel to be the most helpful.

If you're importing into Ableton, which I doubt many of you are, * Remember to turn off "Auto-warp long samples" setting in Preferences before importing. I forgot to do this and all the files were warped all out of time with each other. All good now :D

Hi Warren, that vocal-delay-comp s.chaining is a fantastic idea. Save you a lot of hardwork on automatization :) Could you please explain it in a couple of sentences if you have a little time? Thanks a lot for you amazing videos! Cheers

Nice videos! For some reason, if i set up my lead voc the way you appear to, i get crazy delay compensation problems. By that i mean, if i send the OUT of the main comped voc to a voc sub bus and a dirty bus, and send both of those to another aux that goes out to my dangerous 2 bus, i'm in flam city. But if i just send the voc sub and dirty bus directly out, there's no issue. Protools is really annoying sometimes.

Tnx 4 tips sir

Hey Warren, great videos. When the video just started I couldn't help hearing the octave effect. I found it distracting. Then you explained what it was and that was all I could hear after that. Lol. Does this not suck a lot of the low end energy from the mix? Thanks.

Great video!

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap... GREAT TUTORIAL.

Nice Tips! Thanks.

Very nice!

Get in! Loving it!

Nice! Similar to what I do with the octave below. Cool trick. 👍

there's some open source desktop recording program called OBS that lets you record and resize specific windows on your desktop that would be good for making video like this. I think.

3:55 I can tell you're digging it a lot :D

Hi Warren - enjoying this series. QUICK QUESTION: You use the Waves MV2 extensively in your Mixing (especially when Mixing your Bass - to get a consistent Low-End). As each application of the Waves MV2 applies dither - Are you not concerned with the multiple applications of DITHER this then applies within your Mix?

Thanks

Also are these pre fader or post fader?

Thank you for all the wonderful information...can i do an afrobeats remix of this song?

Hi! Do you have the video about the multiple compressor that make attack effect for vocal which you like in this video?

Hello loved this video! I have a question ....if you are a singer and you not trained conventionally but you have written a song and recorded it into to your DAW and now want to make a song arrangement around it but are not really sure what key you are singing in how would I know what key to make the track in around it and what key to put for the auto-tune in? Any tips for that because for some reason when I write a song and try to make an arrangement around it it just seems so difficult and daunting vs just making a song over a beat I already made. Any tips for knowing what key ?!!

What would you do with vocals on a soul / blues track?

What a song and what a vocal. Has the song been released?

Ooh, learnt some nice stuff there! Ta!

5:15 mark If you find yourself liking the balance a compressor (or compressor plugin) but don't like the click/spank it adds, how do you getting rid of it or adjust settings so it doesn't stick out too much on the vocal attacks. Thanks!!!

Hey Warren, Great video! Few questions for you, hopefully this helps anyone else who might be wondering: 1) What do you think about using Maag EQ for the extra air instead of MCDsp? Since you're bumping 2dB around the 7K - Have you done a comparison? I don't own MCDsp so I wouldn't know but I have the Maag EQ and love it but I could only use the air band around 5k or 10k (Which I'd probably use 10K thinking it would avoid the more annoying freq range to the human ear might be around 2k to 5k range. 2) Why use Waves R-DeEsser vs Waves DeEsser. Is the non "R" one more aggressive? I noticed you went aggressive on the VOC DIST SUB on the 1st DeEsser then on the last one on the chain you only went around 3dB vs the 6-8dB gain reduction. Any reason why you didn't place R-DeEsser at the end of that chain? 3) Since you're using your verbs (MV2) etc in STEREO vs Mono, do you ever shoot a Mid Side HPF to cut out lows out of the MID and leave the side alone so it can do its "stereo spread"? 4) Is there a reason why your DynDly tracks have H-Delay in Mono and not Stereo when your overall track output seems to be showing stereo in Pro Tools? Thank you for this video again, the mix and song sounds great to my ears and that girl has a lovely voice (Some parts she kind of reminded me of Gwen S). Thank you Mr Marvelous, you have officially replaced some of my other subscriptions. Chris

Just wondering how would you implement the same things in logic

what was the mic / pre combo used for this?

i have a small studio but am having truble getting the word out about it. we do weekly videos and updated our Facebook page regularly. how do we go about spreading the word about the studio and our youtube page?

This is gonna be the most obvious question ever but: Those bright green tracks are AUX tracks right?

Hi warren, lot of thanks to create a great videos ! i follow allmost all your videos ! Question from here, im not a Pro Tools user, im using Studio One, i didn't understanding your routing for a vocal.. Is it like this ? Lead Vocal send to -> sub vocal send to -> sub vocal dist send to -> verb send to -> tiled room send to -> 1/8 delay send to -> 1/16 delay and all the bus ( sub vocal, etc.) are send out to the 1 bus ? How about the lead vocal ? set the output to the same bus in effect or separate it ? I can't see clearer here :( I'm just trying to understand the routing in Pro Tools :D Sorry for comenting ur old videos, cheers !

I love you

Hey warren, is there anyway i can send my mixed version of this song to you?

Am downloading the files now. Will show u guys my final mix when am done . Am just starting so please take it easy if u notice a few mistakes tho I'll do my best

you mentioned that you record with more compression than most....about how much gain reduction did you shoot for when recording her? fast attack for her dynamics?

What did you use to record this vocal? tHE VOCAL it´s already beatiful, what micforone did you use?

I only use freeware or native plugins but i really want something from either. fab filter, waves or Ozone! I make psytrance and if anyone knows what i would like the most please share

Hi Warren, whats is a great replacement for the Renaissance compressor?

Hello Warren love the vids! how would you mic an acoustic guitar with a cut out? would you go top horn or 12 fret?

Hi Warren, Great video as always. Thank you! Happy belated birthday. Just wanted to know if you would treat your vocals the same way (thickening,delays,verbs etc.) for a ballad? Many thanks!

Hey Warren -- just curious why you're not using (e.g.) Waves Doubler to pitch-shift the vocal choruses as opposed to using separate tracks? Seems like that would do exactly the same thing -- pan and alter pitch by a few cents -- without cluttering your track list.

The vocal sounds fantastic! Was it tracked via a Lewitt mic? What model?

Hey! I'm using Ableton Live so I'm not so familiar with the Pro Tools interface, but are you sending your main vocal track to those "green" tracks as return tracks? Thanks!

Hello Warren, was curious if this vocal was recorded with an outboard compressor?

Hi Warren, what are the benefits when you have seperate tracks (sidechain) for reverb, delay etc? do you highly recommend it?