Background Vocals - Tony Maserati 

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"I may have gone too far but we're just getting started" ; words you'll probably only hear in the creative industry...

Man that breathy double really makes it

I really enjoyed that part at 7:15 where it's just quiet. Feels like you're sitting next to him in a chair and watching him doing his daily work.

Love when mix engineers have a slow pace and a thoughtful process. Great video 👨🏽‍🌾

The vast majority of music listeners do not comprehend the contribution of Tony Maserati and how many long days he works without much recognition. Tony has a thankless job but his pride in his work keeps him motivated and employed.

Wow the effect the bv de-essing had on the lead vocal was instantly noticeable, great tip!

In few minutes, he made it sound better! We have many things to learn from that man!

One of my favourite mixers!

5:35 - "I may have gone too far...But we're just getting started." Words to live by

Awesome to see how Mr. Maserati works with Background vocals. Thanks for sharing Tony. =)

Thank you for helping me get better add this and distinguishing harmonies

One of the best engineers in the world. We love you Tony!

i feel good about myself when he says some things i already figured out from experience

"we really don't need more than one ass" (Maserati, Tony)

Trust me! So much cherishable information within this 9 min video. There is nothing to left out

Thanks Tony for your knowledge!!!

I think it's great that he used basic/free plugins for this considering everything he has at his fingertips.

rocking the classic Waves, love it...

thats pretty cool to see the professionals using the doubler and bf-76.

Thank you for the breath take edit! Imma use that on my lead whisper

Can we get a master class on how to navigate through THAT many plugins?

Good day sir,i always love your tutorials...God bless you

Outside voice: “let’s see what we can do” Inside voice: “delete”

Thank you Tony..Right on with everything.

This is why the D.A.W. doesn't matter. You must know what things are and what they do so you know how to use them regardless of the D.A.W. He literally did something with a vocal that we weren't evem thinking about and created a new vocal and an effect "at the same damn time!" 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Beautiful work.

Awesome mix advice, thanks!

Thanks for this. Actually really applicable to metal background vox.

Super informative, great detail thanks!

4:38 - Tony will teach you how to tame the temptation of cheating on your Girls!

His voice is amazing

Thank You Tony Maserati and Mix With the Masters 🙌🙌Very Helpful Video🔥🔥.

The rough vocals looks like my mine after 1 h of mixing. Oh my.

Tony: Talks about polishing vocals. Me: Looks at those massive plugins list and wonder, how many of those were torrented.

enjoying these videos

the best mixing asmr ever

Yeah that's some surgical level thinking you can recognize even at more a novice level... Tony M you surely make decisions with focus and purpose, but the years of experience stands out even more in your foresight.... what a great rounding off of vocal frequencies (HPF really did help produce that breathy layer that wasn't intelligible the same before)... Not my kind of music, but it's amazing how my ear wanted to listen to the boundaries you set once you were onto the next step... sweet stuff!

This song is so catchy

children alibs behind her chorus would have made this a billboards top 40 hit. nice mix TONY you really gave life to the song.

That has been recorded well

Great vid, appreciate it!

This looks like it was shot at La Fabrique in the south of France. Had the pleasure of recording there

It sounds great!

I was doing lead vocals only without backup singing and I did the classic choir from Ez Voice because I love singing.

With this guy i can win every award no lie

I'd like to see a session with a big "Journey" style chorus....

K Flay! Finally an album I know during a masterclass

That stick compressor is amazing inside it all the time

King maserati

That studio looks like a cross between a rich Italian home and "The Law Offices of Maserati & Maserati". Beautiful, nevertheless. I know I would love to have an opportunity to see the place myself someday! And this mix is FIRE! The song is SO catchy!!!

Thanks for sharing!

EXCELLENT!! Thanks ever so much!! :)

Tony is a legend

its really productive thanks

Super video.Thanks

This man really spred some charisma

Always artistic. Great!

"I don't think I need a third double,".... until Wendy's drive thru

thanks i will practice this

beautiful

im pretty sure dude has a deep, dark, disturbing secret

Tnx 4 tips...Great Sir

Brodie is mixing some shit that was already recorded damn near perfect

Andy Garcia mixing!!! WOW!

Very good, thank you

The voices reminded me of Lorde at some point, I believe she does that in her songs

Appreciate the tips.. 👌🏿

That is a great track. K. Flay's got a new fan

Learnt alot from your video, im an aspriring producer, you got any tips for me on what plug ins i might need to start with?

When are you releasing the whole series on RU-vid?? Or making it affordable for musicians!?? 😩😩

You guys need to get Serban Ghenea on here, the guy who mixed pretty much all the big radio pop records. The mix on the new Ariana Grande song is very nice!

I met you at the Hit Factory back in the day I was working as GA

good work

I Love him

Tony Maserati is a genius

The sheer number of eq plugins is astounding.... Damn...

i LOVE this :)

He’s more of a sculptor than a mixer. It always makes more sense to go off feeling than numbers and ratios

K. Flay is the shit. Very familiar with the song. Nice to know how it was done.

Tnx 4 tips Tony...

nice to hear them do a different kind of music

Nice! Simple and usefull

We just started our label last year but I've been mixing my own backgrounds and doing it for other artists for years. It's different with every artists voice but panning, eq, efx and timing is everything. If you've ever heard an A cappella of Michael Jackson's backgrounds it will make you work harder. LOL

Its official.The ''In your face'' effect is the official term.

I think one of the big problems today is artists use the best chorus and copy and paste it to all choruses. The shelf life of modern music is short because it is the flaws and differences that make things interesting.

With this prepared tracks i could easily be Tony Maserati

i have something that has been troubling me for years now,anytime iam mixing a song,i reduce individual tracks down to -10 db den imix my vocals with the c4 compressor,how will i avoid distortion during mastering @mix with the masters

Protools have to fix that ALT thing. You have to click alt first but not when in midi. Should be able to press alt mid click. The oldest pt bug.

de-essing (My Way 2 Do it), take the wave file cut and lower the hisss... replay 2 judgement , a lot quicker than playing with plugin

normally these tutorials have a terrible song as the template, but i am really digging this track (k flay: dreamers)

Buenísimo me gusta 👍. Me suscribo.

i love waves de aasser...

I got too excited when I seen it was K Flay 😍😍 this is my favorite song by her

I'm here like: "Tony. Hey Tony. You didn't copy that De-esser from the left track. You forgot the Alt-key. Hey. Tony. The left one doesn't have that de-esser. Alt-drag."

Dat BF-76 my fav..To see u use dat..Kudos my guy😂

Dope!

What's the deal with the stereo vocals on the hook? Is it recorded mono, then summed, and why is that useful? Thanks!

Can someone tell me when I put fx like spatial, chorus or doubler, trying to make the vocal wider on mono channel, I never hear any change (sometimes I hear phased voice). Any idea why and how can I get my mono vocal wider?

Simple et diablement éfficace !!!! exelent !!!

Cool!