Oh man when i commented on your other video yesterday asking to do a vocal mixing vid, i didnt realise that you would get it done the next day! Thanks heaps this is great!!!!
Excellent use of Razor Editing. Been trying to wrap my head around the concept but this video, along with your Razor Edit explanation video made it crystal clear - thanks!👍
thank you, as someone that has played with this program with little to no experience- this video has helped me learn some things to pull my vocals together! thank you
Another great video. My biggest problem with doing vocals is panicking and throwing too much processing on them. And it always ends up thin and too loud.
Thank you so much for your videos. For me, learning Reaper is a daunting process and your teaching style and the pace is perfect. You are helping me learn something that I thought would not be possible. You are an inspiration.
A helpful tip for when you make your wide delay in the first portion; You can right click on the ReaDelay text itself and if you select FX Chain, Save Selected FX Chain name it and hit save, This will now be able to to quickly be pulled up as an FX in the same manner you looked for ReaDelay. Just makes finding and applying the FX chain easier without having to redo the whole process each time.
Kenny you are super awesome. People are overinflating plugins nowadays, but your basics are so clear, you can do it old school. Thanks a ton for this video Followed along for my song. It's sounding really cool. ❤
Thank you for these videos, man. I started with LMMS, then purchased FL Studio full bundle but when my engineering skills grew and a need for efficiency when processing vocals arose, I no longer found FL intuitive for vocal production. I bought the REAPER License and I so far love the vocal production workflow. While I think every DAW has its strengths and weaknesses, REAPER is a good investment for audio engineers, especially those in vocal production. Again, thank you for the tutorials, Kenny.
Never mind. It's "When Will Tomorrow Come?" by Ian Luxton. (Thanks, me) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pS94wn9qqqc.htmlsi=bxDd5jxJpAHhvbHX
Thanks so much Kenny, you'll never know how helpful you've been to me being able to release many songs. Just with what I learned from you, I think my stuff sounds really good. I sent one of my songs to a well-known mixing engineer and he really didn't have much to critique! On my next song, I'm working with my usual singer and she has a beautiful and sweet voice, sometimes though when I play something loud with her voice it breaks up, too many mids or something IDK. It's not super loud compared to everything else, I guess that frequency is just difficult for speaker mids to play loudly. I am doing everything on your list here, I'll try it out when I get the final isolated mix. You're the best!
Kenny, what about adding a second compressor with a slower attack to the chain to further smooth things out? Could you expand on that, perhaps in a part B to this tutorial? Thanks for all your great tutes! 💯
Wow - I didn't know that trick with razor edits on the envelope! I've been doing a time selection and double-clicking the envelope. Before that I was using the Insert 4 Points Action.
Thank you for your help! Great video, I discovered afterward, I could save the whole effect chain, which is no doubt very well known, but not to this novice! I've called it Vocs Kenny, it's a great starting point to have that I can work/mod as I learn a bit more. Thanks again!
I would suggest setting reverb times [RT60] to a note value and the same for pre-delays. I've found that 1/32 or 1/64 note value for pre-delay depending on tempo, 1/2 to whole for RT60. The method shown for sibilance works well for P-pops. Instead of boosting harsh frequencies into the compressor making the compressor work harder why not cut some of those frequencies? EQ can also be used in the sidechain of the compressor to reduce the compressor action at certain frequencies. That how many sibilance plugins work.
Basically when it's anything to do with Reaper you are the godfather, right now I have a splitting headache from sitting at the desk listening to the same song over and over and over, adding plugins one down on top of the next from reaper to uad fab filter, izotope and ending up in a complete mess, having the best but not getting the best, the fraze less is more is certainly a true fact, now that I will finally understand how to mix vocal, next is creating a drums template In Reaper 7 to work with ezd3 and my e drums e kit nux dm 210, If anyone can create this tutorial, Kenny your king!!
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. One thing for sure, this vocal track you're using is, maybe to good for this demonstrating? Maybe? When I use this compression on my vocal track, I have to set the threshold really aggressive to reduce the highs. If I do that, I hear the compressor working and the vocals sounds terrible. I think I need a compressor intervention. The other day I became aware of compressed vocals on the radio. I was listening to Peter Garbriel and all of the sudden, it was like my mind recognized it. It dawn on me that Peter Gabriel's voice sounded like and instrument. I'm I right about that? It seemed to me that his vocals were a flat line at the right level with almost no ups and downs. Anyway, frustrating.
Wondering why you inserted the reverb on the track instead of creating a send? Some people think it always has to be on a send. I am not one of those people. 😏
What microphone are you using? And are you panning a second track left and right? It sounds great and sounds so full so I was curious what mic you were using and what tricks you do to make the vocal track stand out more in regards to panning a dub left and right.
