How to get Upfront Vocals in a Mix Every Time
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Күн бұрынMixing vocals can be tricky when a mix gets busy and there are tons of tracks. Learn how to get killer sounding upfront vocal mixes fast! - www.waves.com/vocals
Using some simple yet effective mixing techniques with Waves Tune Real-Time, CLA-2A, Doubler, S1 Imager, CLA-76 and a couple more classics from the vault, every vocal you mix from now on will easily sit on top of every mix every time.
0:00 Intro
1:23 Setting Waves Tune Real-time on lead vocals
2:36 Compressing vocals with CLA-2A
3:50 Vocal parallel processing
7:48 Vocal parallel compression with CLA-76
9:26 Using RVerb for vocal dimension and EQ
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@Shiye 2 ай бұрын
Bradley literally saved my song, it was done as best as I could have, but the man has insane objectivity and experience, and noone else would have done it better. More of Bradley please! Love
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
YO!! ❤❤ That’s super nice man, I appreciate you.
@Shiye 2 ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood my brother!
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
@@Shiyegood to see you here my guy!
@whosrichpurnell3328 2 ай бұрын
This song actually doesn’t get old during the playback. Well done sir. Catchy
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
That’s what’s up 🫡
@Quant-Beat 2 ай бұрын
I am sure far most agree with me here. When width is created via sends, it tolerates mono greatly - no phasing issues what so ever. It does in worst case just disappear in mono, or attenuated. If one creates width let's say from the whole bus/channel itself, it can often sound terrible in mono. Sends for width is pretty much the best and only way to go.
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Love doing it this way and have for over 10 years now… No complaints!
@djucef-raideluxe9879 Ай бұрын
Could you please, explain to me what do you mean by "created via sends" ?
@Quant-Beat Ай бұрын
@@djucef-raideluxe9879 Instead of insert/s on the channel or bus, he sends the vocal for making width like one would send to reverb or delay. A "width-send". These widening-processes will NEVER degrade the mid when mono'ing.
@gabrieltoscano4440 Ай бұрын
Thanks for the pointers my dude! Very interesting to see the techniques and the before and after! EPIC!
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Cheers! Hope it was helpful!
@ConquerMedia 2 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this, took away some new tips/game and confirmations, thanks!
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Cheers fam!
@bf4lvr Ай бұрын
Amazing from Bradley as usual
@MelissaLyric Ай бұрын
Incredible! And his energy is A1👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Cheers fam! Appreciate you
@vadimmartynyuk 2 ай бұрын
Waves plugins remind me of 90s and 2000s
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Love it. Waves been around longer than any of these other companies
@Sputz3 Ай бұрын
When the Diamond bundle was 5,000 😂☠️
@MaPa60 2 ай бұрын
Great way to smooth out the vocal without losing clarity and cut!
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Hope it helps!
@fp1183 Ай бұрын
thanks for sharing your experience, top !
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Hey! With pleasure.
@Pjaysusity Ай бұрын
Great contribution. 💯🇹🇹
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
hey!! Cheers!
@dolpheffect 2 ай бұрын
looove this one
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
BAM! ❤️
@diptabagchi Ай бұрын
Thank you Sir for some valuable tips!❤
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Really hope they help!
@soundproductionandadvice 2 ай бұрын
Every day is a school day. Thanks. ;)
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Let’s go!! 📚
@arinin77 Ай бұрын
Great Tutorials.
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Hope it’s helpful!
@Cnc1073 Ай бұрын
This guy looks 30 and 70 at the same time
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
LMAO!
@Otis_Isaacs Ай бұрын
😂😂 Haha
@tkwakwari Ай бұрын
😂 this guy is a genius
@StavrosMusic 2 ай бұрын
good vid - very helpful
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Cheers! Happy to help!
@Astro33000 Ай бұрын
Great video. I noticed there wasn’t any mid/side processing and it still sounds great. Iv always felt like it’s a necessity to get the vocals sit in.
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Using the widening really helps with that, as it is really a M/S process...
@VersatileLifestyle1 2 ай бұрын
I love it
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@LeAnhDungOfficial Ай бұрын
thank you so much
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Hey! Hope it helps!
@noamberger651 Ай бұрын
This is greattttttt
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Hope it was helpful!
@noamberger651 Ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood It is super helpful man, I subbed
@juanlugo9240 2 ай бұрын
As soon as he said eating those cheeseburgers I took a bite out of a cheeseburger lol
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Yo! Timing on point. 🍔
@juanlugo9240 2 ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood fr lol
@BUBrilyant Ай бұрын
You know your stuff man appreciate the tips do you have any hip hop tutorials?
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Cheers! Check out the page, plenty of mixing/ mastering stuff...
@officialcisko 2 ай бұрын
For vocal parallel compression, are you using a Mono Bus or a Stereo Bus? Assuming the Vocal Thickener would be on a stereo bus?
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
I usually use stereo busses… mono->stereo on the return
@ArielChobaz Ай бұрын
there are times where I will even put reverb as an insert before compression, it almost gives the same effect as using a reverb as a send with compression side chained off the vocal. Makes the reverb bloom a bit when the singing cuts out, and pulls it back when the singing comes in again
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
YES! 💯, I sometimes add the reverb as an insert on the vocal mix buss and just blend in ever so slightly as well, then you can do some cool fx parts with all vocals
@ArielChobaz Ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood absolutely! love your energy, keep up the great work
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
@@ArielChobaz A lot more coming... Stay tuned.
@stringsmandela5219 Ай бұрын
Salute
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Cheers! Thanks for stopping by
@juanlugo9240 2 ай бұрын
Sounds similar to take on me by a ha
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
That’s dope.
@TavienSG Ай бұрын
Wow I’ve been interning with a dude that’s in the industry and the way you just broke this song down makes me look at my current template and sigh 😭I use the exact same plugins but just in a different way that’s more complicated than what u just did
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Hope it's helpful!
@Tea-ml8bx Ай бұрын
This was so useful! Maybe a dumb question but I´m new to this, this is for the vocals for the whole song or just the chorus?
@waves Ай бұрын
Can work for either of them. Depends on each vocal, of course!
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
cheers! Wherever you're having issues with your vocals "getting lost" in the mix, this will help them stay on top.
@TavienSG Ай бұрын
Hey I’m having an issue so I got the parralel compression going and idk why but my vocals seem super loud still clear tho should I lower them on the mix bus ? Put a limiter on the vocals themselves , or just lower the parralel compression
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Just lower the parallel comp to taste... Balance between the direct signal and parallel
@Sajtlik Ай бұрын
Inspired by Dave Pensado 👏
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Pensado is a true legend!
@leroifox 2 ай бұрын
Wow, I'm just getting Dana Carvey Wayne's World vibes here. Just me? Huh.
@universalearthling3227 2 ай бұрын
Asphincter says what?
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
😂😂 thanks!! #legend
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
@@universalearthling3227😂 classic
@leroifox 2 ай бұрын
@@universalearthling3227 What? 😏
@leroifox 2 ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood If you do a Garth impersonation in a video I will subscribe to your channel. Heck you'd probably get a lot of viewers that way.
@gillihansmobilewelding Ай бұрын
This is Dana Carvey being Butch Vig
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
LMAO! So good...
@spiceproductionsmusic 2 ай бұрын
💪✔️💯
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Let’s go!!!
@sskmusicofficial Ай бұрын
Amazing❤
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Thanks for stopping by!
@Samehde Ай бұрын
hearing this in my 2$ ear buds :D
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Sweet! Where can I get eat buds for $2?
@alinoor8829 24 күн бұрын
Hey peeps, was the reverb placed directly on the track or via bus? Just wanted to make sure
@waves 24 күн бұрын
Directly on the vocal track!
@ritla4169 2 ай бұрын
What kind of microphone is that you using
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Neumann TLM 103
@ritla4169 2 ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood great video that mic sound amazing
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
@@ritla4169Thanks fam! Hope it’s helpful
@ritla4169 2 ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood do you have any videos on how to get that type of sound with any kind of mic
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
@@ritla4169 I've published over 1,300 videos on my youtube alone, I'm sure there's some stuff in there to help!
@trulytambino7068 Ай бұрын
My mix had phasing issues, please help 😢 idk what i did wrong
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Check all your parallel returns, solo them out against your direct signal..
@siko8958 Ай бұрын
What is the engineer's name ? Seems like Waves didn't credited him
@waves Ай бұрын
Bradley Denniston! You can find his instagram here: instagram.com/bradleyhd/
@siko8958 Ай бұрын
@@waves thx u !!
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Hey! Cheers! 🫡
@raykash1673 Ай бұрын
Why didnt you put the reverb 100 percent wet since it was a send?
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
The RVerb is inserted, just as I explained in the video.
@Thermolizer 16 күн бұрын
I preferred the before it felt more vibey
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 15 күн бұрын
cool
@TheJodyBlow 2 ай бұрын
Bradley as James Brown used to say “you are super bad”.
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
😂 Damn, I love JB
@slynfit 2 ай бұрын
Wats the name of this song is it out yet??
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
“Haunted By You” - Bradley Denniston… Tap in and enjoy!
@kenleyjohnson7322 Ай бұрын
What website did you use for this?
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Sorry, I don't understand this question...
@kenleyjohnson7322 Ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood what did you use for your vocals what website is that?
@SDOTPOPPA Ай бұрын
@@kenleyjohnson7322i think you mean what DAW bro. This is Logic Pro X. Apples workstation. Not a websitebut an application
@jacksanders601 Ай бұрын
Good tutorial but I think we would really benefit from some gain-matching since the 'After' result is louder. The before is just too quiet in comparison to make any real assumptions about what this chain is doing right. Obviously adding compression and doubling and reverb is going to help a vocal stand out from the mix and its clear that that's being achieved, but then again so would raising it's gain, so subjectively I think it can get hairy without giving us a loudness-matched reference.
@SDOTPOPPA Ай бұрын
The after affect is a tighter more upfront vocal which gain staging wouldnt do bro. He level matched as he mixed as you see from the start as he adjusted the input he adjusted the output as well. Seems to be louder but thats what a compressor does to a vocal. It tightens the signal coming into it and gives it the effect that its more present . The volume increased maybe 2 DB from its peak. Turn a non treated signal up 2 DB and see how much better it sounds in the mix.
@justcallmeroze Ай бұрын
S1 always makes me feel like the proximity and closeness of the vocal is instantly GONE
@justcallmeroze Ай бұрын
like the adlibs sound more coherent with an s1 on a main tbh
@SDOTPOPPA Ай бұрын
Because its a stereo imager. Tighten it up towards mono nd it will bring it back closer.
@justcallmeroze Ай бұрын
@@SDOTPOPPA Dude do you think im an idiot thats exactly what im talking about not widening it, bringing it mono, it sounds like absolute shit
@Jimthehumanoid Ай бұрын
We're not mixing for mono anymore. Sonos enters the chat.
@AbrahamCloud 2 ай бұрын
I noticed you were leaving in the vocal breaths..... reason ?
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
Performance… I don’t like overly processed stuff, this song needed that “desperation” in the voice
@TenMinusNine 2 ай бұрын
So it sounds like a human did it and not a robot lol
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
@@TenMinusNineYES! That’s one reason… 😢
@bradashlock 2 ай бұрын
John Lennon LOVED breaths, gum chewing smacks, weird nasal exhales - gives a vocal character and life! Keep it in! 👍
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
@@bradashlockGotta keep that human element poppin
@ThisIsVersatile 2 ай бұрын
💪🏽🫡
@user-bo8ex4ji7n Ай бұрын
I don't get how his parallel compression is level matched - when I do this in ableton the whole vocal gets significantly louder and then it beomes a game of blending it
@SDOTPOPPA Ай бұрын
If you look at the send he has the parallel compressor on he has the volume of that send turned all the way down. When you send the track 100% to the aux send you adjust the volume on the aux send to balance the level of the output of that signal and retain the amount of signal being processed. He basically had it playing with no affect at first and dailed in the volume of the effect on the signal after setting the levels on the compressor to where he wanted them
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Send 100% to your parallel, then blend in the return.
@SDOTPOPPA Ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood i couldn’t remember the word return to save my life nd had to stretch my explanation 😂😂 you came in clutch! Keep up the good work man i really appreciated this video. Ive been learning to simplify my mixes. Will be looking out for more of your content🫡
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
@@SDOTPOPPA Cheers fam!
@vendettabout2runup347 Ай бұрын
Beach music I swear
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
I feel it
@Kelvinapplegate 2 ай бұрын
This popped up in my notifications as 4 minutes ago, I see comets from 7 days ago. Can someone please explain to me what's going on?!?! 🤔🤯🤷🤔
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
I think it was live on Waves website before it went live here on KZfaq…
@waves 2 ай бұрын
Video was embedded on our website ;)
@stingylizard 2 ай бұрын
@@wavesBTW,a master-class video,right here👍
@livingthedream137 Ай бұрын
As soon as he said get some tuning going I wanted to click away.
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Yea, we don't all love things being "in tune", but I find that most listeners do.
@messifcb101 2 ай бұрын
Huh? He doesn’t even EQ his vocals? Hard to believe this.
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
You heard it… It’s all in the video!
@tunetitan4717 Ай бұрын
A good mic and a well treated recording room, need no much eq
@messifcb101 Ай бұрын
@@tunetitan4717 I NEVER thought about that....omg thank you o much
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
@@tunetitan4717 I record with just a touch of compression and some de-essing on the way in… There might be a little EQ, but it’s probably just a high pass filter at 100 or so and maybe some cut at 200-400
@rwascher Ай бұрын
You don't always have to EQ things just to EQ things. Some tracks don't require treatment at all, including compression. This is also a testament to the thought put into the "front end." If you get it right at the source, then you don't have to "fix it in the mix."
@habeuscorpuscle 2 ай бұрын
That's not what the "chromatic" setting does on Tune Real-time. At all. And I'm listening to this on my mono phone backstage. Sure It's 2024, but when your voice disappears on someone's phone, you lose. It's CRAZY easy to do a mono check on your mix. Parallel comp is a good tool. Inserting reverb on the channel is also a good tool.
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
I’m well aware of what “chromatic” scales are… Thanks!
@habeuscorpuscle 2 ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood Yeah, sure, but the "Chromatic" setting doesn't give it a "less-locked feel bla bla." That's a "Speed' function. "Chromatic" is useful if you don't know and don't care what key it's in, and are singing less than a quarter step away from the intended note, or the melody doesn't adhere to a modal scale, and you just want to set it and forget it, not insert the plugin on the timeline per key center.
@RadiumRecordsHollywood 2 ай бұрын
@@habeuscorpuscle That's literally EXACTLY what it does... It makes it so the notes correct to a "chromatic scale" instead of a 7 note scale like a major/ minor scale. A chromatic scale is a 12 note scale, how many notes are in an octave? I don't see why this is hard to understand... I'm not trying to be rude at all, I just truly don't understand your comment.
@onwuchekwaferdinand9756 2 ай бұрын
Chromatic settings actually gives it a less locked feel, and it retains flexibility for the passing notes to excel. Nothing up for argument here bruh, it's ABC.
@multoc 2 ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood efinition. The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone, also known as a half-step, above or below its adjacent pitches. As a result, in 12-tone equal temperament (the most common tuning in Western music), the chromatic scale covers all 12 of the available pitches.- so you could've clicked any of the letters of the alphabet and it wouldnt have made an impact on the interaction with the key of the song because its just tuning for all 12 notes anyway - on an already pitch corrected vocal
@lar57jsy Ай бұрын
Too much and too fast to be useful for me. ...Is that a fake moustache?
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Sorry to disappoint you. I glued the mustache on myself. Appreciate your AMAZING comment, super helpful for everyone.
@lar57jsy Ай бұрын
@@RadiumRecordsHollywood Glad you haven't lost your sense of humour :D Maybe I'll be in your league someday and can come back to review this and it will be more useful by then ;-)
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
@@lar57jsy honestly, I make this content to help… I truly hope it does, there’s more beginner and intermediate stuff on my KZfaq if you need help
@bazrico9945 Ай бұрын
I put it on x.5 speed , easier to understand!
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
@@bazrico9945 good look!
@alovluqulle1347 Ай бұрын
wery bad 🤬 there were very bad phases
@BossNkeyXay Ай бұрын
Would you recomend to use a faster release in the parallel 1176 if you use it on rap vocals or would you still keep it that slow? 9:22
@RadiumRecordsHollywood Ай бұрын
Great question! I would set the release to the performance of the vocal 100% of the time... If you have a fast rap vocal, going faster on the release will allow it to pump to the vocal phrasing. There's no hard/ fast rule here, just hit the compressor hard to hear it, then set the release to where it sounds most musical to you.
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