Category Archives for Vocals
How to Mix Harmonies Around Lead Vocals
Subscribe to the Modern Mixing YouTube Channel Song in Video: am1r – Good Enough If you know me and my mixing style then you know that I like to keep things relatively simple and I follow that trend when I’m mixing harmonies or background vocals. In this video I show you how I was able […]
Continue readingVocal Automation Tip for Coming Out of Choruses
Subscribe to the Modern Mixing YouTube Channel Song in Video: am1r – Nothing But the Best Often times when you’re mixing vocals and you are coming from a high energy chorus into a low energy verse, the verse vocals get lost in the transitions. This is more apparent when the verse vocal starts even before […]
Continue readingA Minimalist Approach to Mixing Vocals
Subscribe to the Modern Mixing YouTube Channel Song in Video: Avril V – Looking My Way One of the hardest things to overcome in the mixing world is learning when not to do things – espeically when mixing vocals. Now since mixing music is very subjective so is the practice of minimal mixing. In this […]
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How to Fix Vocal Timing Issues the Tedious Way
Subscribe to the Modern Mixing YouTube Channel Song in Video: Avril – No More Yep, you read the title correctly – this is the long and tedious way to fix vocal timing issues. But when used correctly you can really fix and sometime save a performance. I understand that this method is not going to […]
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Simple Automation Technique for a More Musical Mix
Subscribe to the Modern Mixing YouTube Channel Song in Video: am1r – Formula I know that automation can be a very intimidating aspect of mixing music, especially when you are new to it. But in this video, I show you one simple technique that you can use and apply immediately to your mixes. Have you […]
Continue readingDeEssing the Low End?
DeEss the Low End? How is that even possible when there aren’t any S’s in the bottom end? Well truthfully it’s not possible but what I am trying to achieve with this post is to flip your thinking on dealing with the lower frequency problems and treat them like we would with the higher frequencies […]
Continue readingAutomating Harsh Frequencies out of Vocals
On almost every track that I get my hands on, there is some form of frequency control that has to be done. I’ve been doing this long enough to understand and accept that. Of course when then vocals are recorded really well there tends to be less of it but it’s usually always there. When […]
Continue readingMixing Vocals with Ghislain Brind’Amour (Part 2 of 2)
Okay so we are back in action for part 2 of Mixing Vocals with Ghislain Brind’Amour. If you haven’t checked out part 1 go do that now because it leads into what we will be talking about today. In part 1 we discussed all the processing that went in to getting the overall tone of […]
Continue readingMixing Vocals with Ghislain Brind’Amour (Part 1 of 2)
With the success of my last two articles with Ghislain “Gee” Brind’Amour, I decided to reach out to him again to see if he would be interested in doing something a little bit different . My idea was to do an interview/tutorial (all in one) where I would focus specifically on one part of a song […]
Continue reading5 Tips for Mixing Background Vocals
I’ve received a few requests to cover the topic of mixing background vocals. Below is a question I received from a member. HELLO !!! can you make a video talking more about Mixing Background Vocals (R&B). How to EQ them so that they sit good with the Lead Vocal, what Reverb I should use, technique about Panning […]
Continue readingMixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental [7 of 7]
This is the last article in the series How to Mix a Hip Hip Vocal & Instrumental. This article is going to discuss what went into mixing the master bus and all the automation that was used. If you are visiting for the first time or haven’t seen the other 6 articles, it might be best […]
Continue readingHow to Mix a Hip Hop Vocal & Instrumental (Track Effects) [6 of 7]
Moving right along. In this article we’ll be talking about the general track effects that we used in the series How to Mix a Hip Hip Vocal & Instrumental. Here is a breakdown of what we have already discussed in this series: Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Mixing the instrumental Part 3 – Mixing the lead […]
Continue readingMixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental (Specified Delays) [5 of 7]
At this point we are passed the half way point in this series and closing in on the finish line. To summarize, we talked about mixing the instrumental in Part 2, mixing the lead vocals in Part 3 and mixing the chorus vocals in Part 4. Now in Part 5 of the series How to Mix […]
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