1. Get rid of the low end everything below 50hz is going awayyy....mainly rumble noise or unwanted sounds.. 2. Focus on 100 to 400hz this is where the fundamental of the vocal lives so it is a very important band of frequencies.. it is where we get: a) Intimacy b) Warmth c) proximity effect but also some mud so you need to be careful when cutting down the region.. this will surely make higher frequencies more present and you will notice sibilance problems...which is why you should look for that right after. 3. Look for sibilance problems that might be on your vocals these frequencies are mainly at 4k to 9k depending on if it is a female/male.. NB: WHEN YOU GET S's AND T's THAT ARE OVERWHELMING THAT REGION OF FREQUENCIES YOU NEED TO TAME THEM DOWN WITH A DEESER OR A DYNAMIC EQ OR DO IT MANUALLY MR CHRIS SELIM HAS A VIDEO ON HOW YOU CAN MANUALLY DO IT THE LINK OF THE VIDEO IS ON THE DESCRIPITION SO BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT..IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PROBLEMS. 4.Look for some tiny problems between 400 and 600hz This is where we get the boxy sounds if you recorded in a small room. if indeed there is clean up to do in these frequencies PLEASE BE CAREFUL because we are dealing with the fullness of the sound at this point. So if you cut too much it is not going to help your vocal in any way so BE GENTLE WITH YOUR CUTS BUDDY. A gentle cut can actually do the trick to remove the boxiness without affecting the fullness off the vocal. NB: IF YOU END UP WITH AN AGGRESSIVE VOCAL SOUND AT SOME POINT DURING THE SONG. MAYBE WHEN THE SINGER ON THE LAST CHORUS SINGS HIS/HER HEART OUT AND YOU END UP WITH MORE ENERGY IN THE UPPPER MID RANGE, THAT CAN CREATE A MORE AGGRESSIVE TYPE VOCAL A.K.A HARSHNESS. NOW WE TALKING ABOUT 2.5K TO 4K. THAT CAN BE AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN TAME THAT DOWN TO GET A MORE SMOOTH VOCAL SOUND AT THAT POINT. USING A REGULAR EQ MIGHT NOT WORK BUT WORKING A DYNAMIC EQ MIGHT HELP A LOT WHERE YOU CAN ONLY FOCUS ON COMPRESSING ALL THE UNWANTED AMOUNT OF FREQUNCIES WHEN YOU EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF THE THRESHOLD IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ON DYNAMIC EQ THE LINK OF THE VIDEO IS ON THE DESCRIPTION. THE 1K TO 2.5K is a frequency range that is most sensitive to humans because we know how a vocal should sound like because we meet up with a lot of people with different voices so trust me we know how it has to sound like. SO BE CAREFUL WTH THAT REGION MY FRIENDS..DO NOT CUT OR BOOS TO MUCH, SOMETIMES JUST LEAVE IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT DEPENDS ON THE VOCALS.. NB:IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH A NASAL SOUND THIS WHEREBY A VOCAL CAN SOUNDS AS THOUGH THE SINGER WAS SINGING THROUGH A CLOGGED-UP OR RUNNY NOSE.. IN SINGING THOUGH WE CAN SAY IT A RESULT OF A SOFT PALATE WHICH IS NOT LIFTED PROPERLY. CHECK WHAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN 800K AND 1.5K 5. WHEN DONE WITH EVERYTHING CHECK IF YOU NEED TO ENHANCE THE VOCALS SOUND WITH SOME EQ BOOSTS. if you need to add some brightness to the vocal you would do so between 5k to 6k. but be careful since it can increase some sibiliance..IT IS ALWAYS A MATTER OF BALNCE. SOMETIMES YOU CAN ADD AIR TO YOUR VOCALS BETWEEN 16K AND ABOVE AND FOR THAT A VINTAGE TYPE EQ CAN BE USED WHICH GIVES YOU MORE CHARACTER AND COLOUR AND WHICH WILL SOUND A BIT MORE MUSICAL COMPARED TO A SURGICAL TYPE EQ

THANK YOU!!! Going through the frequencies on the EQ is great, really appreciate it!!

Great video, Chris - some very important points in there. And I love your descriptions of those key frequency areas. Thanks!!

These insights and strategies are immensely helpful, thank you very much!

Great info!! Thank you for sharing your expertise. The free guide is gold!!

Thanks Chris.. It's helpful to see where your going by making reference to the highlighting parts..in the video. Also it's a great reminder to sing with a certain level of emotion that suits the song..

Superb info thanks keep making great content

Huge help, thank you

Fantastic explanation !! Thank you Chris also for the EQ frequency pdf guide. Cheers

Ok I subscribed 🙌🏾 Your good bro 😎 I’ll definitely watch you more often

Thank you very much Chris! Ce document est un «keeper» :)

Thanks Chris, really helpful starting points!

new to the channel. super helpful stuff, man. thanks!!!

I saw coutless "vocal eq trick" videos but this one is so well explained. thank you!!

Thanks Chris, great video, learned a lot!

Muchas gracias muy bueno, very good.Thanks

Very useful video, very useful, thank u so much!!

Thank you sir, another lesson learned today.

It was extremely helpful. I learned a lot. Thanks.

Thank you so much sir. 🙏🙏 Always love to watch your most of the videos . Thank you so much for vocal guide. Keep guiding us by your tutorials. Regard from India 🇮🇳 🙏🙏

Great for sharing

More great ideas! Thanks for sharing your strategies! -chaz

Awesome video. Very informative!

Thanks!!!!!

Sweet! Thanks Chris.

Bravo!

Thanks…..amazing insight! You explained it super well! Took me 51 years of life to know this…..I shoulda listened to this 50 years ago. Lol. This is why I hate isotope because there are no such thing as rules or presets. But yeah wow you know your stuff and explain it quick and well. This is awesome ! Boxeness vs fullness is great info. Mic choice and distance is key from my perspective. I have many mics and many singers and never could I make an eq suggestion or a vocal chain suggestion because every mic and every singer and every genre or song key or whatever changes everything. This guy is good. Nasal sound is what I am cursed with when people critique my crappy talent. Lol. Good tips. Enjoyed it!

Very useful!

I really like this

Nicely done, Chris. Depending on the type of EQ(s) used, I like boosts at 200Hz, 800, 1.2/1.5, 5k, 8k and 10-12k (generally a shelf).

Very helpful, thanks.

Great advice Chris.

Hi, Chris! Excellent summary of things to consider when equalizing vocals. Loved the screen captures of the EQ with the red frame when you were referring to a particular frequency range. Very didactic.

Absolute master!!!

amazing tutorial bro!!!!

Love the is video

Awesome thanks

great!

Thanks Chris

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I appreciate the strategy. I’d love to have had audio examples of each tactic at the various places to hear what you mean.

I have the molding method 0. cutting = eq cut, wave splitting(silent, breath, sentence, syllables, esses, harshness) 1. 3 band eq = low/mid/high = balancing 2. 4 band eq = low/low mid/high mid/high = more detail 3. 3 parts of each band -low = sub/boom/bass -low mid = body/boxy/muddy -high mid = as/you/wish -high = as/you/air 4. resonance 5. repeat until it works perfect don't do everything at once then everything will be easier.

Actually a few days back i was looking for videos from Chris on vocal production as im about to do a few songs so this video is extremely helpful. Thanks Chris for this

so true. thank you

Thanks for share mastah🙏🙏🙏

Usefull guidens

Great sir

Dynamic eq has taken my vocal mixing from meh to amazing. Especially containing low end build up and build up in the 3k region which can start to get harsh.

Спасибо за то, что делитесь вашим опытом!

Awesome refresher! Thank you! Btw, does Frequency from Cubase Pro 9 have dynamic eq?

How's it going.. I've watched a handful of your video tutorials on Cubas 12!! Good content.. I am a rap artist and I chose to go with Cubas 12 this go round.. I have everything running good! Only problem I keep coming across is when I record a little I get a Box that pops up saying "Record error To many tracks".. I can't find out how to fix this issue. any idea on what's causing thess recording errors?? Help with this problem would be great! Thanks!!

Thank you My for all this except the nation it’s really wonderful, could you please make a video how to use Universal Audio on vocal like manly channel strip thank you so much

The problem with the dynamic eq is that the singer doesn't always puts out the same amount of energy (and its not problematic at the same frequency at differet times in a song in the same level...) at the same frequencies so when you want to "leave" that range intact you can't because dynamic eq works automatically putting down or up (in specific frequency range no matter the lyrics, vocal changes - wanted or not wanted) no matter what part of the song it is; so it's better to do it manually ... It will take more time and skill, but you won't end up in potentially sterile, boring mix or on the flip side of the coin in total jumping mess. This dynamic EQ is having too much "hype", if you don't know how to make your music "live" or better said "come alive" with all the instruments, compresion, atack, release times, fader movements, eq movements first (automation), the last thing you want to do is to "let" the dynamic eq in the game to do it for you resoulting having your final mix jump around all over the place at times you don't want to. :)

Great! Thanks Chris. I have a question. What is your take on iZotope Nectar Pro?

awesome vid! do you use just 1 eq for all of these?

You think exactly like me ! For instance lack of power on fundamentals means no rec experience or poor studio qualitied print or some sort of !when required to cut mean bad distance (proximity (d)effect. well those mean no comp have been used ! to bad since that is the most imp part on a vocal ! Honestly i found such called sound engineer that did not know how to read the sound energy of a clip! Yes because is kind off not mark by any particularly vu only by radiography of a clip ! And of course other do not understand the inter conexion vs energy and processing !Well i would like having for mix less to do !

audio examples?

should i be 3-5 inches away from the mic? and if im really getting loud, obviously get farther right?

How do you use puigtech eq settings for air then?

How can you add these vocal EQs on a live stream?

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Is it for only condenser microphone or dynamic as well?

I have a RME babyfacepro fs and a neumann tlm 102 mic and now I am stacked with sibilance in vocal recording and sounds really harsh. What should I do?

Hey Chris quick question, I'm starting out with rapping over my instrumentals, would it be best to add the vocals to the actual project or over mix down as a wav? Any help would be amazing thanks 😊

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Hey Chris,why dont you create cubase fx chains and sell them?just a thought..

Good info. Is that how sibilance is pronounced in Canada? I had to mute the vid while on a call and looked up at the Close Captions and youtube has you talking about how it is important to take care of those "civilians" because they can be very annoying to listen to. :)

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Hello Chris! I have a rather specific question. I've been trying to mix this one vocal line for about a month now but it never sounds right. When i listen to it with my Adam T5V monitors the vocal doesn't quite push through the mix, it's very dull and quiet. When i turn the monitors off and use my sony headphones, tho, the SAME mix sounds harsh on the ears, almost too loud and snappy. I already triend different EQing options, watched different videos... Do you have any specific advice for that kind of problem? Thank you!

this is a iuge video! ;) ;) ;)

Seriously, please show the changes to the vocal when you do these strategies!

Also, Overloud Voice.

Great video #mrhnp

Est-ce que je reconnais un accent québécois ou je me trompe?

So, in summary, check out what's happening between 100hz and 9000khz and maybe boost, or maybe cut little.

Sibilance is not "iants" (ee-ants) - it's ance (anns). Sibilance = Sib-ill-anns

Howdy

Ty but super vague unfortunately. You were energetic telling me fq's that are problematic but I'm scratching my head trying to understand ehat your are saying when it comes to addressing the issues.

why is iy just talk instead of demonstation on vocals?

He reminds me of Kristian Kohle

Why explain the strategy, if you could show it ?

Those civilians have really been a problem ;)

Tu es quebecois toi non?

if you reduce below 50hz, between 100 and 400, 600-900, 1500-2500, 4000-7000 you`ll be deteriorating almost the whole spectrum .... if you need to do that, it means that the recording was crappy and you need to re-record ... you don`t sound like a pro mixer but a hobbyist explaining something to a total beginner

BTW...it's pronounced "Sibilance"... Si...Bil..Ance.

Привет Брат! Я из России, мне не надо понимать твой язык, я понимаю всю технику о чем ты говоришь.Мы в России научились делать лучше из меньше

I am not impressed 😂😂

Not helpful .....