I have been producing music for 20+ years now, and I have contemplated making comprehensive and intuitive tutorials on various categories of mixing/ mastering techniques. This is by far, one of the most complete accounts of "Vocalogy 101"! All of the little niche side topics with DAW setup and layer composition are brilliant. You have renewed my desire to educate aspiring producers on the art of engineering. Great Job Man!
Paul, this was a tour de force. Thank you for sharing your process with us. It makes a lot of sense and the results are undeniable. I like your voice btw.,
Wow, that's exactly what I am looking for. Thank you so much. I struggled so much with recording vocals at home. Now I have an idea, what I did wrong. Much much love from Germany. ❤️
Truly love the voice man! Although it sounds like some more changes were made for the final product. This sounds Slightly different I prefer it over the released track. Great work thanks for the tips!
I was exactly the same, up until i recorded a verse drunk and showed it to others (also drunk lol) And since then, the cringe almost vanished (still kinda there, but like 1 or 2/10 cringe)
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Wel he did say B major while the song is actually in Ab minor (relative minor). You can literaly hear the song with a minor feel (it even starts and ends on a minor chord: Ab Minor) But thats not a big issue because while working with Autotune, a C Major or A Minor can be used wthether the song is in a major or minor key.
If you can't figure out the difference in notes and keys you're gonna have a real bad time trying to do anything other than copy other peoples samples and put drums on them (90% of modern "producers")
It’s so fascinating to see how much of effort goes into making a song that’s about 3 to 3 n a half mins long. I thank all the sound engineers from the bottom of my heart for giving this finished product to our ears. ✊🙌🏻
yep....thats how modern day mixing/music works...get with it or get left behind...this guy is just using the tools at his disposal to remain competitive in this industry and amassing a legitimate following while probably making a decent living and is still kind enough to give out knowledge hes gained through years of practice, dedication, and hardwork to a new generation of producers hoping to make their love lucrative...and hes doing that for free, solely for the love of the game.....while youre sittin here being pretentiously condescending about the fact that you arent utilizing anything/everything you can to improve your art...idk man, maybe thats why he has 240k+ subscribers and you have, well, 4. There's a difference between "Classic/Old Skool" and "Outdated"...just saying
Me: I would need the slate microphone to get the best sounding vocals Jonas: "So I sang into my iphone and it sounded trash but I still kept it because I was lazy to record it once again." Jonas gets his track signed by the label. Me on the other hand: I give up.
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This is one of the 'REALEST' tutorials you'll find, this shows how some professionals actually produce vocals for chart topping songs. There are no fixed rules. Thank you very much for making this tutorial and explaining your process from start to finish, I really picked up a few things from this.
A few things to add (especially interesting if you are on a budget): - The lower sensitivity of a dynamic mic is "global", so while the room noise is lower, your vocal - or any other signal you record - also is going to be lower. That being said, you will still find to have less room in your recording over a large diaphragm condenser (LDC) by a dynamic mic for following reasons: 1. Dynamic microphones respond a little less to higher frequencies, where usually a good amount of room reflections "live" in. 2. Dynamic microphones often have a little bit tighter Polar pattern than LDC's, meaning the sides are picked up less, and you'll again have reduced the reflections a little bit. Also, smaller diaphragms in general have a more "stable" polar pattern, meaning that while LDC's are almost omni mic's at lower frequencies (the lower the frequency the wider the pickup), smaller diaphragms will stay much more directional throughout the whole frequency range. 3. Often, people simply sing a bit closer into dynamic mics, as some like to use the proximity effect in dynamic mics to get a "grounded", dark tone. That difference in distance to a LDC's makes a huge difference in room sound. 4. I cannot confirm this, and I haven't really found any research in this, so I'm currently preparing research for my own video on this: Wether or not dynamic mics have something of a "threshhold" at which the heavier diaphragm construction just doesn't generate enough electricity / or just doesn't move enough to generate enough of a signal - meaning that below a certain level, sounds are not picked up, eliminating very low energy sounds like faint room reflections. I'm visiting the Lewitt Headquarters after the lockdown, and will try to make a nice video on this theory, for anyone interested in nerding out on this subject. - Instead of automating, you can also use a dynamic EQ to eliminate harsh frequencies and room resonance. Automating the EQ can provide more precise results though, so it depends on the situation. It's a good timesaver though, and in live engineering it's the best you'll get in many situations ;) - For the delay, you can also sidechain the delay by (in FL Studio) adding the peak controller, and linking the volume of the delay. Also W.A. Productions Mutant Delay has a built in sidechain aswell, even bigger timesaver. These options do once again reduce flexibillity though, so it always depends on situation aswell. - Too big of a topic to go into detail now, but also have a look at (Harmonic) Exciters and Saturation (tape and tube saturation to name two). This is especially interesting at the recording stage, working with real tube preamps and using their harmonic distortion to your advantage. (Generally, the right preamp to the right microphone does a LOT to your sound). If you want a real budget start at this, the Behringer Mic500 is a tube-pre for 50€, that actually does help getting rid of some cheap mic harshness, and add interesting color to your sound, if you replace the tubes with some better ones, it actually sounds quite good. It's definitely not pro-level gear, but a nice baby step into the world of analog sound. - For a VERY good budget alternative of his setup, have a look at the Lewitt LCT 440 or even 240 for an even more budget variant, and use the MOTU M2 interface, as that has very good preamps and A/D converters at a much lower price than the UAD. (You won't have the dsp of the UAD though). Another really good interface is the SSL 2(+) with -what I know of- the lowest EIN (noisefloor) in that pricerange. You still can get pretty good results at even much lower price with a cheap Behringer interface, and a Superlux E205 (this is actually a very, very decent microphone for 40€, that I'd recommend to anyone that doesn't already have a pro collection of mics, in some specific situations, I even prefered using this one over the Lewitts or even my C414's), but of course, you can't expect the same performance as a 2k setup with this.
@@theblackphoenix6498 Thank you for subscribing! :) It'll take a while, since I have a few projects and there's a whole bunch of live gigs coming up again this summer, but it's a question I've been burning to answer since a long while, so I hope I get to answer that question soon enough :P
The only thing I have to say ab this is that sometimes it’s good to not have “leveled” vocals that volume in your voice can add a punchy sound depending on what you’re going for it adds emotion as long as you don’t clip and the section that’s quieter isn’t too quiet you can add a limiter drop the ceiling and raise the gain… also if your having problems with sound reduction try adding a gate while recording although that can cut out what I said before it’s still a couple helpful things To fix a budget mic and home studio session (I’m not professional I haven’t been to classes or anything my dad grew up being in a band and he taught me a couple things he’s learned I just watch how he does things)
This is simply a masterclass in how to record and mix vocals. I've paid thousands of dollars for people to record vocals, who I now realize had no clue what they were doing. Thank you. In the next six months I hope to be able to share a few songs. The style is different (symphonic metal, with touches of Blind Guardian, Maiden, and early Priest). Your video will be a blueprint for how I'll approach recording and mixing my vocals. If we ever meet, I owe you a nice bottle of signle barrel whiskey.
This was great. Love the EQing before and after the compressor. Getting rid of those nasty boomy frequencies has been something I’ve been focusing on recently and this really helped.
Wtf jonas you're crazy.... you're giving away all i mean ALLLL the techniques used by almost all big producers for free.... you're freaking crazy thanks jonas😂😂❣️❣️ Edit of 2021: lol thanks guys for the likes i make music too so if you want go check it out🙂
Finally, someone that gives us a little more detail! I do a lot of these things too and it's very fun to see your vocals transform. This guy is a proper artist foreal!
I always thought music production takes a long time and is tons of hands on work. Seeing this video makes me realise that vocal production is equally as much work. Thanks a lot Jonas and Paul for these insights. So much substance and so effortlessly explained. You Guys rock
You did a lot of things that my college teacher would cringe at but I loved this tutorial. Never liked my teacher anyway lol. Also loved that it was in FL Studio so I can directly use these techniques the way you did. Definitely gotta watch this about a dozen more times lol.
And that's why teachers like yours who are obsessed with following rules and not breaking them haven't worked with the artists Paul had a pleasure to work with because Paul is good in what he does by following "one simple rule that your music teacher hates". It's that there is NO rules.
I'm amazed of how this QUALITY knowledge is given to us mortals for FREE. Can't find the ways to thank you as I'm starting to produce music and work with vocals. Hope you win the lottery of life, pal!
Really amazing video! This is the first video I've seen that really helped me understand how mixers were getting such clean/professional results. I've watched a ton of other videos, but I felt like I was still missing something important by the end. Thank you so much Jonas and Paul!
Brother this is king fabuloso the jamaican costa rican from brooklyn flatbush nyc.if u ever want some jamaican vocals,spanish vocals,or American vocals or all 3 in 1.am that individual.nice tutorial brother now am a fan.gracias a.ogo
Hi Jonas Aden ! My name is Daniel and I am a music producer and soung engineer from Romania. It's nice that you made a video about how to record and mix vocals but I don't agree with you, and I say this because you cannot mix every project,every song the same way all the time. It also depends on what studio equipment you have, what studio monitors you have, what interface and what pc and what software you use, what plugins you have, on. Where do you work from : a small room, a big room, a studio, in the attic,in the basement, is the room from where you work soundproofed ? On what quality is the instruments, what quality are the vocals? And so on...
this was THE most usefull video i have ever seen i have been struggling with my vocals for over 3 years now, this video didnt magically make me a pro but it made click alot on what to do and why and how
This is the best video on this topic Here on RU-vid But I'm not saying I understood and I'll be able to apply , its just too much I get confused easily but from viewing its definitely the best
wow im not even mixing vocal but this was one of the most interesting process videos ive ever seen. maybe itll be helpful for me in the future. big thanks for showing your process! :)
@@AlexStavi Piesa originala e in sol minor. Daca te uiti, el si zice ca a fost inregistrata cu 1 semiton mai sus. Deci devine sol diez minor. Cand isi cauta notele acolo in piano roll, el de fapt gaseste gama relativa a lui sol diez minor , adica Si Major. Ca a pus Si Major sau daca punea sol diez minor, era aceeasi chestie.
Man, so talented, I can just see the years of practice and learning, so jealous, ive been trying to make my own stuff for so long but its so difficult for me to learn for some reason D:
I really loved this video it's so professional and it teaches a lot. I'd suggest for the next ones to let on the description of the video the links where to find the plugins. Thank you very much for this amazing work :)
Its interesting to see the automated reverb and delay. All the tutorials Ive seen always pushes sidechaining the reverbs and delays the vocals. Theres something about automating that adds to the vibe
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