Get PRO Vocal Mixes With These 5 Fundamental Steps! | Make Pop Music

In this video, Austin goes over 5 key principles and steps to getting professional vocal mixes, every time. Austin goes over how to get a good quality raw vocal, how to control frequencies with EQ and de-essers, controlling dynamics with compression, adding vibe and ambience with reverb and delay sends, and layering the vocal arrangement to fit the song at hand.

Vocal Chain:
Lewitt LCT 1040 (Saturated Setting, 60% Tube / 40% FET)
Heritage Audio HA81A (Preamp Only, No EQ engaged)
UAD Apollo Twin Duo USB

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My Gear:
DAW: Cubase 11 Pro
Desk: AZ Studio Workstations
Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6
Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB
MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61
Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute
Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus
Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800
Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59
Camera: Panasonic G7
Lens: Rokinon 12mm f2
Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels

Timestamps:
Preview 0:00
Intro 0:24
STEP 1 - Getting a Good Quality Vocal Take 1:35
My Vocal Chain 2:55
Raw Vocal 3:40
STEP 2 - Controlling Frequencies With EQ 5:00
Using a De-esser 8:03
STEP 3 - Handling Dynamics With Compression 9:37
My Main Vocal Compressors 10:32
Extra Compression 13:38
Dynamic EQ After Compression 15:00
STEP 4 - Spatial FX 17:21
Widening Send 18:27
Reverb Sends 19:30
Sidechaining Reverbs to a Vocal 23:03
Delay Sends 23:56
STEP 5 - Nailing the Vocal Arrangement 25:40
Adding Panned Doubles 26:35
Adding Panned Harmonies 27:37
Adding Artificial Harmonies 28:10
Final Examples 29:50
Outro 30:37

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