Category Archives for Vocals

Mixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental (Chorus Vocals) [4 of 7]

We’ve already talked about how we mixed the Instrumental in Part 2 and how we mixed the Verse Vocals in Part 3.  Now in Part 4 of the series How to Mix a Hip Hip Vocal & Instrumental we are going to be discussing the processing of the Chorus Vocals. What are we trying to achieve? For the […]

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Mixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental (Verse Vocals) [3 of 7]

We are now moving into part 3 of  How to Mix a Hip Hip Vocal & Instrumental.  So now that we’ve covered the treatment of the Instrumental in this article here, we are going to move onto mixing the lead vocal. What are we trying to achieve? For the verse vocals we have a few […]

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Mixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental (The Instrumental) [2 of 7]

Welcome back to How to Mix a Hip Hop Vocal & Instrumental.   In this article we will be exploring what was done to the actual Instrumental while mixing this record. What are we trying to achieve? So there were a couple issues with the beat that we needed to address but we had to be careful because the goal was […]

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Mixing a Hip Hop Vocal Into an Instrumental (Intro) [1 of 7]

This is the introdution to the newest series I put together called How to Mix a Hip Hop Vocal & Instrumental.  In this series I use mostly stock plugins but I also feature the new Manny Marroquin Signature Series Plugin Bundle by Waves.  I tried to find a way to do the entire mix with […]

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Compressing Vocals PART 4 (Parallel Compression)

So lets sum it all up: PART 1 – We talked about using compression like sand paper PART 2 – We talked about how to use the compressor to push sounds behind the vocals PART 3 – We discussed how to use a limiter to keep a vocal part in check (Peak Limiting) So in […]

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Compressing Vocals PART 3 (Limiting)

The other 3 parts in this compression series: PART 1: Compressing Vocals PART 1 (Sand Paper Theory) PART 2: Compressing Vocals Part 2 (Ducking) PART 4: Compressing Vocals PART 4 (Parallel Compression) Welcome back!  So in Part 1 of this compression series we discussed the theory of using a compressor like sand paper and in […]

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Compressing Vocals Part 2 (Ducking)

The other 3 parts in this compression series: PART 1: Compressing Vocals PART 1 (Sand Paper Theory) PART 3: Compressing Vocals PART 3 (Limiting) PART 4: Compressing Vocals PART 4 (Parallel Compression) In Compressing Vocals PART 1 (Sand Paper Theory).  We discussed how to use the compressor as if it were sand paper, helping those […]

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Compressing Vocals PART 1 (Sandpaper Theory)

The other 3 parts in this compression series: PART 2: Compressing Vocals Part 2 (Ducking) PART 3: Compressing Vocals PART 3 (Limiting) PART 4: Compressing Vocals PART 4 (Parallel Compression) When I think about when I should use compression there’s four ways that come to mind.  Now at the time of this posting these are my go […]

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Using Reverb on Vocals PART 2

In Part 1 of “Using Reverb on Vocals” we discussed the importance of setting up and aux bus and using a pre-delay.  In this article I’m going to discuss why you should manipulate the return to create an interesting sound to your effects. So what do I mean when I say manipulate the return?  Well we are talking about […]

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Using Reverb on Vocals PART 1

I think I can confidently say that anyone reading this already knows what a reverb is.  Great, so I don’t have to explain it.  Plus I would probably ruin the explanation anyhow.  But if you are still not sure of what it is then check out the definition here. First we need to set up […]

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