Ableton Live Tutorial: Vocal Effect Techniques

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In this Ableton Live video tutorial, Professor Nalepa takes us through three music production techniques commonly used to spice up vocals. Using the lead vocal sample from Radiohead's song 'Reckoner,' Nalepa demonstrates a vocal effect that involves reversing a vocal sample, routing it out through reverb, resampling the reverb, reversing the resampled reverb, and then layering it underneath the original vocal to get a ghostly premonition-style effect heard in many popular dance tracks. Nalepa also deconstructs tracks from his friend Nosaj Thing and former Dubspot students It's Not Over Quebec, showing how they utilized sidechain compression and sidechain gating to achieve creative rhythmic vocal effects.
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@bridog6996 12 лет назад

A further step to your first example (with the Radiohead vocal) is that you can then throw a compressor on the reverse reverb track and sidechain it back to the original. The compressor will duck the reverb according to the original vocal, and that way the reverse effect will only poke through in the little spaces between the vocal lines (if that makes sense). Helpful if you want that backwards echo effect but also want more clarity in the vocals.

@hallermarcel 2 года назад

After more then 10 years still very usefull! Thanks for the clear explanation.

@mtjarrott 10 лет назад

This is super inspiring. Thank you.

@dubspot 10 лет назад

glad we could help :)

@DDaniels3000 12 лет назад

This exactly what ive been wanting to do for years but i nver new exactly how it was done. Thanx dub spot, this one video is gonna change my whole production

@gpeddino 7 лет назад

I actually used the reverse reverb effect in a track from my album. Thanks for the tip!

@malamute8257 9 лет назад

Damn. Even without anything, thom york's voice is absolutely incredible. Very usable information, as well. Thanks!

@BadTomorrow 12 лет назад

Always great good stuff. Finally getting to the point where with some vids, you just mention what you're going to do, and I can figure it mostly out, without watching the rest of the vid. Wouldn't have got this far without Dubspot tutorials.

@JasonCWaite 9 лет назад

WOOOW... The compressor part cutting out the drums was cool. I'd like to take some airy powerful pads and do this with ... GOLD. Thx you.

@BahFraz 8 лет назад

I just tried the first technique on piano. Works like a charm! Thanks Prof. Nalepa

@rickjames3411 10 лет назад

Everything i have ever picked up musically i learned on my own because my parents could never afford music lessons so i showed my self how do everything and now im happy that i am self taught mind you i did do some studying on mixing and mastering before i tried to send out anything for some people like my self music is just in the DNA and some people need teachers but at the end of the day it does not matter because really its just a passion i watch these videos to learn new things and try and think of way i can twist it and make it my own from the learning but i must say i would love to go to school for audio engineering and go professional with you know movie sounds and all that hollywood shit haha but my point is it really does not matter weather you have a teacher or you teach your self of course you can appreciate the music you make a bit more when you are self taught but it really does not matter your just doing what you love to do :)

@supplantermusic9413 5 лет назад

alright, we get it, you're Rick James

@CBAN_ 5 лет назад

Yea i agree if you got ears and the passion you can definitely teach yourself. Self-taught student here too 😁

@JasonBradbury 12 лет назад

Been wanting to try this for ages - u just cleared it up for me. Great

@charmister 9 лет назад

the third tip just changed my life. thx professor

@adehaan11 13 лет назад

that last effect is awesome

@djdede 11 лет назад

Man thanks for this great tutorial. some stuff is so easy you just dont see it. the technique with putting it backwards with reverb and record it again is totally awesome. thank you very much !

@mufcmusic8514 10 лет назад

Great vid mate thank you the reversed reverb vocal sounded great :) everyday is about learning so today after watching your video i achieved one of my daily goals :) 1 LOVE

@humanifree 11 лет назад

That just blew my mind, man. I love it. Thank you!

@caseynolan3946 11 лет назад

I've wanted to know how to make that ghost effect for years! Thank you!

@MeisterEck 12 лет назад

Never've seen such a good explanation and tutorial video!!

@walla134 9 лет назад

Reckoner. My god. Such godly. Also awesome tips!!!

@wannescuypers3109 10 лет назад

I was searching this for sooo long. Thank you!

@CLU4ever Год назад

Always come back to this

@lonelywolfy 13 лет назад

@blueandmax to get the full affect you have to push the wet/dry to 100%. if you do that with the reverb on the track itself you wont hear the original vocal clearly enough. plus to demonstrate this for us it was a lot easier for him to use the return track instead, especially since he showed multiple techniques and used different audio track to show us. it was a lot easier for him to just use the sends.

@tommisaarinen2394 8 лет назад

That "ghost vocal" thing is called backverb.

@matthewmcnab1125 8 лет назад

you the G.O.A.T

@samsote 7 лет назад

its called a reverse reverb, that's been the name for it ever since it was popularized in the 80's by poltergeist. And even before that when Jimmy Page used it in led zeppelin songs.

@P.Gillett 6 лет назад

its called brever.

@supplantermusic9413 5 лет назад

@@samsote backverb sounds better ;)

@Krashevil 12 лет назад

I love the sidechaining compression part! i use it on my hats on drum and bass and it sounds soooo good! :D

@c3sar0 13 лет назад

Professor Nalepa! You are a gentleman and a scholar!! Love the tips!

@lonelywolfy 13 лет назад

sweet. that first one was kinda new to me. i mean ive done techniques similar but hadnt thought of it exactly as you showed. thats pretty dope.

@AnOldString 12 лет назад

This is awesome! I've used it on a guitar and it sounds freaking awesome for an eerie effect!

@KelmoMusic 12 лет назад

oh man, I used that last effect on a piano clip and it sounds so cool. linked it to my bass and its pretty sweet :)

@themixingchefproductions521 11 лет назад

hey did you intend to keep yoer reverb send dry/wet at 50%? or did you forget to put it to 100%

@mehradmuse 9 лет назад

Cool. Tnx. One question. Did you leave the dry/wet of the send reverb channel unchanged on purpose or you forgot to adjust it or it's not important here in this case?

@lonelywolfy 13 лет назад

@chuckles1252 its not really playing it reverse exactly let me see if i can explain. because theres a decay tail on the reverb it elongates the vocal, and so when you reverse it back the parts of the vocal that were sang at one point on the original now start playing slightly before on the recorded reverb. so even thought its not playing backwards it kind of creates the effect that it is. its pretty ingenious. id always wondered how that kind of effect was produced, im so glad i know now!

@willmattwood 13 лет назад

@whinchacha If you activate High-Q you will actually introduce slight distortion. Only use this if you're planning on warping or altering the pitch of the file... you can prove this by dropping in a commercially mastered track that peaks at -0.01, and if you activate the High-Q the track will begin to peak over 0.00.

@RaheemD 13 лет назад

How come when I drag 'Reverb' it wont let me, but if I click one of the options in the reverb section it does?

@Uedukai 11 лет назад

Sends are a good habit to get in to if you want to run any other sounds through the same filter.

@THEH0WLER87 11 лет назад

i love gating, so useful whether it be writing or mixing :) nice tutorial

@JDubeta 9 лет назад

Brilliant tutorial for some great sounding techniques! Thanks a million!!! :D

@FonkyLynx 12 лет назад

Nice work Prof. I like the insights into your local scene too, gets the word out on whats up in your area...BR

@orlandocastill0 12 лет назад

every effect is awesome whit thom yorke s voice

@JimmyGr90 13 лет назад

Great video! "Let's just use the 'oohs' we have here" haha! I just want to ask a couple of things: On the Radiohead song, did you extract Thom York's original vocals from the song with some phase cancellation trick (if that's possible) or you already had the sample from before? Also on the second tip when you sidechained the vocals, did you mean to raise the knee or the ratio on the compressor? Thanks!

@jmotter92 12 лет назад

definitely trying side chained gating in my next track. thanks for the helpful info! :)

@soulgoodmusictube 13 лет назад

Wow, This was the best tutorial on this technique!......thx

@mutationx06 6 лет назад

ooooh my... GOD... dud you blew my mind!! frekkin amazing!!!..... more I need moreeee!

@sebbzyo 8 лет назад

Really good tutorial! But i have a problem, I follow your steps on second Vocal effect technique and it the reverb doesnt pop up synced with the kick. Its still works as the original sample. Is it some presetup i maybe got wrong? :o

@virginiaanton 7 лет назад

Thank you very much for this helpful video 🍀

@vStylerJohnG 13 лет назад

very well presented in an understandable way, and.. good 'radio voice' Thumbed.

@Pazaluz Год назад

4:28 you can hear this technique used by radiohead in their song "codex" at the very start.

@MustangSalley1969 9 лет назад

Do you have one of these for Paul Banks Vocals / Interpol. Ie. That doubling effect that is done somehow.

@klaptroprod 11 лет назад

I think that Ummet Ozcan and David Gravell uses it on their synths (The first effect). I was always wondering how they make those sweeps before every note. Great Tutorial.

@XplicitSymn 11 лет назад

Hi man, cheers for that tutorial. I didnt get the first tip, if you could make it clearer for me... If we revese then RE-reverse the reverb...what is the difference with actually just running it into the reverb?

@byzantinetimemachine 11 лет назад

Sure beats flipping the tape over where track 24 becomes track 1, the way we did this in the 80's!!! Currently looking into reverse effects for a live performance, (which obviously still play after the source) so far , Max for live's Buffer shuffler is the only device that can reverse signals in REAL TIME. Can anything else do this?

@saracorpse3278 12 лет назад

Super sorry to bother you, but I've been working mostly with arrangement view, and session view is somewhat confusing to me. I dont have the audio from/monitor/audio to areas in the session view panes like you do, so I'm not able to route my audio to effects. How do I get these to show up? Already asked google.. couldn't find anything. Thanks in advance.

@kreativtverksted 9 лет назад

Super cool! Anyway to be doing this in a live performance?

@thanasis_beatbox3555 7 лет назад

really good tutorial, a thousand thanks for this

@raptorekpl 12 лет назад

Use FF1 model when using compressor in sidechain. The default one lefts some unpleasant click on trigger hit.

@wayvves 8 лет назад

a field trip to low end??? where do I sign up damn

@blueandmax 13 лет назад

great video, but why do you send the original audio through a return track? Couldn't you just add a reverb to the original audio channel?

@TheFrontloader 8 лет назад

Great video. Thank you for those tips!

@wilmenls 8 лет назад

Thanks for the explanation moreover on side chainning process.

@triplayofficial3436 10 лет назад

I don't have the section in Ableton Live that reads "Audio From" or "MIDI From". The block is missing and the only thing that displays are the sends up to the "Stop Track" Section. Can anyone help me figure out how to get that? Why am i missing it?!

@dodge70chargerrt 13 лет назад

Sidechain note: Make sure you change the ratio (harder the ratio the harder it ducks), as well as the release (this is a big one). This vocal sidechain sounded (to me) compressed too long, needed a shorter release. Also in ableton try the different compressor types (adds slight variance).

@checkoutniandra 13 лет назад

i love this tip on thom yorke's vocals, though i always have to watch how to do it again... because it is just like twisting your mind doing it... i didnt get the logic yet behind it :D with all that reversing

@Tr0ll321 13 лет назад

THIS IS SO AWESOME THANKS DUBSPOT

@bluntpuffa666 12 лет назад

this taught me something useful, thanks

@rosserikt 12 лет назад

the reverb would happen after the sound, snare hit(e.g.) followed by reverb. if you reverse the snare then add a reverb the tail comes after the end of the reversed snare which is actually the start of it, so when you reverse this again the tail creeps in before the sound but the sound plays forward, make sense?

@technodance_me 5 лет назад

I just did it. Sweeet. Thanks brother.

@WilliamDWalls 11 лет назад

I want to come in this school.. Nice tutorials.. Thanks you for that DUBSPOT TEAM

@justinderoy 10 лет назад

for some reason in my arrangement view i cant get the "audio from:" "audio to:" and "monitor" to show up, for me it is almost an entirely blank space, how can i make those other options show up?

@leonmanzanares9275 9 лет назад

Great, great and simple tutorial congratulations!

@Atlas65 8 лет назад

I didn´t watch the whole video, skiped the intro. Is it done like that on the album, in Rainbows, with the gohzt vocals?

@christiantorelli 12 лет назад

You guys should make a video, not on how to do something specific, but about the program itself. I can easily replicate what you do in your videos, but without my own understanding of the program i cannot recreate it in my own style. Could you please do that, it would be super awesome to actually learn this program instead of selective tools or VST's!! Regardless, awesome tuts, awesome tips, and awesome instructors. THANKS! :)

@deltron275 11 лет назад

whats the advantage of using sends and returns, rather than putting the reverb on the track itself? thanks!

@ashadedreflection4486 6 лет назад

Holy shit that ghost effect was dope as fuck

@zpurpz 8 лет назад

Low end is awesome

@matthewceiley1928 10 лет назад

thanks mate, your a genius. really helped some of my vocal effects

@FelupiReal 12 лет назад

thank you! this is very helpful... i can't thank dubspot enough.

@幽霊船-o4h 8 лет назад

Where can i get stems from remix contests if the contest isnt live anymore? Normally they disable the downloads :((

@FreddyFreeds 12 лет назад

I have a question. I applied that side chain compressor to 5 of my tracks in a song by running the compressor into return B and turning the sends to B on all the tracks I want compressed. Is this the way to do that? The only way to make it sound right is by changing all of those track's audio to "send only." If at a later point in the song I want that compressor from the kick to turn off, how should I wire it? Any suggestions will help, thanks! Awesome tutorial man!

@MSantosMusic 11 лет назад

Can I use that 1st instrumental? with the reverb and the drums. Sounded sick!

@lloydstarr1767 10 лет назад

this is an awesome technique! thank you.

@lloydstarr1767 10 лет назад

i meant the first one as i knew the others but truth be told they are all great techniques

@ginty019 11 лет назад

what does changing the quality of the reverb do? if it makes it better why isn't it just always on high?

@skyawry9606 2 года назад

If I want to record voice over my , should I do tNice tutorials in soft soft as well?

@PaulusLink 10 лет назад

Believe it or not, I was just looking for a way to create something like this. Thx for the tip! :)

@kanjimanji 12 лет назад

question: why not just do reverb and place the reverbed copy next to original? Why the double reverse?

@kinddmusic 5 лет назад

this is very useful, thanks for sharing!

@t0chique67 2 года назад

Does it have the repeat step sequencer in the step sequencer ??

@Goldee420 10 лет назад

thank you much for this technique man

@BUGHAKARASTA 7 лет назад

super cool, thanks, great explain!

@MrBoxxed 11 лет назад

Are the live vocals being processed using Ableton? I mean the original performances.

@Leon3th 13 лет назад

i enjoy your tutorial on youtube and thankyou god bless and keep up the good work

@bluba1lz144 5 лет назад

this is not what i wanted but it was dope and will deff have to use later on!

@nannue 12 лет назад

weird, watching through iPad the res is so low... can't seem to find anywhere that enable different res mode...

@asrah55 13 лет назад

Wow. Absolutely amazing!!

@chuckles1252 13 лет назад

i dont understand. how is the second audio track playing the audio forward, and the reverse reverb at the same time?

@WasAC 11 лет назад

When I Disable (Pressing the number or F1-12) the Sidechain Channel, the Compressor doesn't pick up any signal, any ideas?

@Vetne 11 лет назад

love nosaj thing!

@eningotv 11 лет назад

thank you so so much for sharing your knowledge!

@abstrCtbeatz 9 лет назад

Nosaj Thing is DOPE!!

@11dancingfish 11 лет назад

Fantastic tutorial! Thx alot

@ITAIGARY 5 лет назад

just wanted to ear the whole track in the end!

@shadowplay1976 11 лет назад

Great tutorial! And great artists! Could you make something about Apparat/Moderat? Bye!