KENNY BEATS - EXPLAINING HIS RECORDING / VOICE MIX PROCESS - LIVE (03/21/20) 

As someone that currently raps and mix and masters his own shi instead of hitting up producers, this video really hits home. LEARN TO MIX, whether you are a producer or an artist because it goes a long way in understanding what's going on with your music

At 22:44 he starts to break down the MAIN vocal plugin chain, this is more or less a timestamp for future me, but feel free to use it.

thank you so much, this video says a lot about you like a producer and like a person. Really, really thanks. This is a gift for everybody of us who are starting to produce and mix. No jealousy, no fear, only knowledge and generosity. Only for this you deserve all the respect of the world. Thanks you again, from Spain.

Young kids, this man jut translated Alex's template to a logical tutorial. If you have talent, this can make you money.

bro u are saving sooo many ppl years or trail and error...u a real one..payattention

To me, Mixing is a HUGE part of my sound. If things aren't moving and sitting in the right way - it's not finished and isn't telling the full story. Every Producer should at least get their sound 90% there with the Mix imop.

Keep uploading the lives broski! Thanks tons!

what kenny says about the analog button is huge do not forget that

As someone who really likes the whole DIY process with music this is a savior!

for a doubler w Ableton stock plugins u can take a simple delay and set the time to b like 1ms and ~20ms then take a utility and set the width to 0% and also put it in a rack

For anyone that doesn’t have the plugins, logics stock plugins can do the job of any of these plugins. Like the logic compressors are all emulated from comps like the LA-2A and the 1176

This Man's Explanations Are Perfect

Good googly moogly, as a complete noob to processing vocals I always thought my voice was garbage and i was only destined to make beats but after smackin this bad boy on my mic its like night and day. Kenny just opened up a whole new world for me. Thanks for this post from the bottom of my heart!

0:38 when the essay has to be a certain amount of words

the group has the chain

I bought all my waves G, and thank you for sharing! taking notes on all levels

I hate recording but he's right it's definitely worth learning cuz u will get asked

man this shit is so helpful. it's super helpful to have some guidance like this, learning a lot of super helpful

THE GROUP HAS THE CHAIN 💯

Don't stop uploading these! I don't watch twitch streams but watching Kenny has helped me a immensely 😄

Guys invest in a interface where u can bypass the preamps and buy a good external amp and a compressor.. maybe an eq in the future. I was never an analog person but when ur questioning why ur vocals arent warm and have so many artifacts/sibilance its because ur using 50 plugins to make it sound like an analog vocal chain. Atleast for me 🤷‍♂️ I used to use so many plugins, now I use like 2.. an eq for additional low cuts and softube cl1b compressor and it sounds craazy.

Couldn’t thank you enough for posting this

Thank u for this 🙏🏾 mine kept buffering yesterday

Thanks dude! This is so inspiring! love ya already

The gems we truly need. Thank you Kenny

Kenny a goat for this 🙏

Good shit keeping an archive. Subbed.

What a brilliant work flow, dragging to the group after tracking. Im a logic guy but I am going to build a similar set up. So inspiring

From the bottom of my heart. I thank you for the very well clear breakdown. I still have questions but alot were filled in. Thanks Kenny you a real one. Years later will look back on this when you and Alex have your version of Pensados Place. THANKS BRO

Thank you for recording these

kenny a legend for this one

I highly recommend turning monitoring from "on" or "auto" to "off" on your tracking track, otherwise you will probably get latency in your vocal. Use the direct monitor button on your audio interface instead.

its a blessing 🙇

I'm sure you're aware how awesome stuff like this is. Good on ya! Thanks, Officer Kenny.

thank god you're showing people to EQ their delay... even your reverb man that bottom low end is appropriate sometimes or that higher end sheen but sometimes cutting both sounds so much cleaner.

I need Kenny saying BOOM on a track

TEEJAY probably why Kenny kept repeating when someone is “SCREAMING” lmao used tf out of that CLA that session

This was very helpful damn!!

Every time I watch this video I learn more and more

waves horizon (huge pack of these plugins) is marked down to $300 right now (normally $4,000)

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thank you for the re upload

yo kenny dropping the SAUCE sauce!

Damn, wish this was for Live 9. Very cool indeed!

This is real gems

man he giving it out to subscribers, when he took it off of alex tumay, and alex tumay gave it out for free on a live, search for his video and copy the settings its exactly the same as kennys, all kenny did was create a 1/2 delay bus, and a gate in the tracking track

That’s a sly way to tell us he’s got a Smino x jid track

The group has the chain!

13:50 this guy is just a sweet wholesome teng

like for real kenny beat's tag is the coolest ever

I like the setup. My only hot take is that you could do the exact same thing but bounce the beat into four stem tracks and have a lot more control

🙏🏼🐐Kenny 4 da ppl

22:50 is the chain walkthrough for future reference

"smino here, jid here" baguetti (with JID and Kenny Beats) by Smino dropped 7/21/20

I need this video. Wooo

Early artists circles better have a understanding of music

Thanks for the upload!

Great video Kenny.

him taking a break to emotionally regulate after having his feelings hurt by a comment 🔥🔥🔥

What kinda eqing would be done in the tracking channel/bus. Just a high pass? or removing problem frequencies as well

thank you kenny🙏🏻

Anyone made a logic version of this template?

the group is on the chain yall remember.

gold

Can anyone tell me based on this where in the vocal groups doubles, stacks, and in & outs would go?

For using autotune while tracking & mixing with this: would you put it on first or would you apply that after the gate? I was tracking earlier & added the autotune after the gate & think that it sounds a bit off.

The Analog settings for H-Comp are actually really good and do add warmth and some cool analog distortion but other than that I would have to agree w you @10:25

Thank you

Does anyone know where to find a short reverb replacement instead of R-Verb? So maybe a short verb for a Valhalla or fabfilter plugin instead? A response would be appreciated!

Been using Ableton for few years always sent my files you to get mix in mastered I wanna start mixing my vocals and recording with effects. Subscribing now!

YO GUYS! I adapted this template a while back, here's the adaptation for anyone who might have missed it www.mediafire.com/file/hyy5wmumyx2dnm9/Vocals.flp/file Now I'm asking you all to do me a big favour - check out my latest single i just put out on all streaming platforms ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mgwai4Pv0g8.html I used the template above to track the vocals^ let me know how you think the song turned out! mixed/mastered myself Stay grinding everyone and keep learning new shit everyday! D.O.T.S. 🔥

Precious one here! Thanks for sharing the knowledge! Subbed! Is the template available somewhere?

i am having a problem with this setup, i have all those compressors on the group, and then i have multiple tracks in the verses, which overlap into eachother. the audio signal from the first verse now compresses the audio of the second verse and so the second one is way to quiet while overlapping. what can i do against this issue except for placing all the effects on the verses themselves and not the group?

This man dropping the sauce it's so fucking gooooooood

at around 7:30 when he starts talking about the gate, whats a gate? is it a gate in all programs, does FL studio have its own, ive never heard of it

honestly the part at 16:40 is kinda wrong, sometimes you record a track and the artist moves back from the mic so the vocals become a bit lower on one track, so balancing out the levels in the seperate track comes first and then later on you stop messing with them and raise them all from the group

Can someone upload an HD version of the video so I can see what settings he's using? Either that or screenshots of the HD version where it shows his plugins settings

thanks mahn.

I'm looking for the template but I cannot find it, has anyone?

damn adapting this method to fl studio took some thought lol

I use reaper but i know mostly this all applies. can someone tell me why should i record on a separate track and then drag it down?? i thought it doesnt make a difference. i mean i dont put my effects on my tracks i just make a bus or folder and on it have a gate, autotune, eq, compressor and de esser when i record u know just the basics. then when i start mixing i put the rest of my effects on that same bus apart from my reverb, delays, doublers, ozone imager or anything of that sort that creates space i just send them to the bus. i have separate busses for main vocals, background adlibs etc. sorry if it's a lot im still fairly new to this

What's the best way to download the waves plug-ins he's mentioning for Ableton?

this template is standard

fucking love u kenny

I love this so much. Its funny, cus its this simple and all you gotta do is build on it. Record yourself and dont put shit out if you need practice.

TYSM for this kenny beats.. also anyone know how to go live with mac? discord doesn't support audii during live..

sooo fye

The Real G.O.A.T's of Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Drumkits/comments/fmrjmx/kennybeats_2020_ableton_vocal_tracking_template/

the Group AKA the "AUX" if you On Pro Tools

Logic Template here: www.mediafire.com/file/otuwqd8d1oukk1n/KENNYBEATS_TRACKING_TEMPLATE_%255BVOX%255D_2020.zip/file

kenny you went to berklee and they didn't teach you how to record vocals?

does anybody have his session download available i can't find it

Kenny needs his own waves bundle

What if you don't want the same processing on the verse and hook, you're stuck if you're manipulating it on the main group which holds both the verse and hook or is that where the automation comes in ;)

Str8 fire

Wouldn’t it be better to leave the sends dry on the whole vocal Channel and just adjust the sends accordingly for each vocal track? Example: If I wanted the lead vocals to sound dry and the adlibs to sound wet with reverb, I can just adjust the main vocal track send to (no reverb) and for the adlib track, turn the reverb send higher? Wouldn’t that make more sense?O is there a better reason that I’m missing for turning the sends up on the entire vocal channel?

Entire video cold have been done in 5 minutes

For anyone looking for the template, you have to be a twitch sub, and then you have to have your discord and twitch linked and be apart of kenny's discord, he has the link in there for anyone looking.

Solid

look at kenny pause when he talks about early 30's, you know they're coming