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It sounded better in solo in the rough but that thin clean vocal wont translate in a dense loud mix. A vocal that sounds dense and low in solo often sounds like the cleaner version with the music on but the thinner vocal with the music on will like like crap unless you have it sitting on top of the mix in which case it will sound like the mix is crap and like the vocal isnt inside of the music. Its all an illusion and is exactly why you have to learn to mix with the music on. People tend to EQ out "the mud" of a vocal in solo and complete forget that mud is only relative to what the ear picks up in that range(and some of that "mud" is an essential range for thickness so the vocal cuts through a dense mix).
psymon I agree the dry vocals don't sound great to begin with, but of course slapping a reverb on anything will give it life and space that we humans really enjoy... that's why people like to sing in the shower! He needs to cut the low end first thing and not boost the highs so much (especially with plugins because soft EQ's sound good for cutting not over boosting), and why is he doing a parallel compression on vocals new york style with like 10db reduction? That's usually done to drums, not vocals. For vocals you use multiple compressions and just 1 or 2 db max in different stages. He is using vocal rider and the final result still sounds over processed. It just doesn't make any sense!
Maybe you are right buddy but it's 2015 unfortunatelly music is experiment-taste and lucky clicks you don't even know why from your laptop. Nobody really cares how it's done but how it sounds. Some pruducers have more knowledge than others and different taste.Some make music on their laptop all software and headphones and rock the dancefloors all over the world and others gave millions to have all the best equipment and engineers and suck lollypops. I hate dubstep it's not for me it sounds like scratches and explosions but skrillex made millions of fans all over the world and i can't say he is a bad producer maybe i'm a bad listener who knows!! Crazy planet give millions to Justin Bieber go figure...i produce music the last 5 years and made a small discovery.the tracks that had the worst sound and mistakes for me were the most selling tracks and i always have this guilt in me why the fuck did they like this horrible track there is too much bass the kick is not very fat the hats etc. can't explain it maybe it's my taste who knows!!
Hey, it's Luca Pretolesi from Studio DMI! I'll be responding to comments for the next few days so ask me your questions! Or what "The Alliance", our special community for music producers, is all about? Ciao!
Did you end up using additional distortion on this vocal track?
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Oooh, that vocal reverb trick. I'm having some of that. Cheers!
This is amazing!!!
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this simply superb lessons ! many thanks !
Great stuff - Cheers from Vegas - lol
Can't wait for this workshop 😁
Awesome video.
He use 2 PSP Echo on external bus, a rverb with delay integrated in the same chain and a tremolo on the parallel compression. Why 2 echo?
The vocal sounds by like Juanes.... Latin artist...
is Juanes
Where is the whole video???
Dope
Thank you !
Cedric Gervais - Este Amor ft. Juanes
@Tomer Kane, Logic??
Maybe it's just me... But the "rough mix" vocals sounded so much smoother, richer, and all around better to me...
Brad Anders It's just you dude haha
Lol only the vocal but listen everything !!! and see how the processing make it work
It sounded better in solo in the rough but that thin clean vocal wont translate in a dense loud mix. A vocal that sounds dense and low in solo often sounds like the cleaner version with the music on but the thinner vocal with the music on will like like crap unless you have it sitting on top of the mix in which case it will sound like the mix is crap and like the vocal isnt inside of the music.
Its all an illusion and is exactly why you have to learn to mix with the music on. People tend to EQ out "the mud" of a vocal in solo and complete forget that mud is only relative to what the ear picks up in that range(and some of that "mud" is an essential range for thickness so the vocal cuts through a dense mix).
The rough mix vocals *did* sound smoother. But they weren't cutting through the mix and also didn't fit in with this particular genre.
Sir which vst plugins can gives extra tone shap for polishing eq, Compressor or other?
Maag eq, or puig eq
This is good job. I'm from india.
What programm he is using??? Please someone respond
+Tomer Kane logic x
2:39 for the FART! Turn up the volume! 😂😂😂
The vocal sounds like Juanes! lol
Lmao can't be unheard now
cool thanx
Great tutorial!. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Luca Pretolesi. More videos like this please ;) @DJtechtools
// FLX
Logic x pro.
+kriss420 lol...I will never ever cooperate with any studio using Logic again :D
He’s on to Studio One now
Luca's voice sounds like it has been pitch processed Lol...
I hope you didn't use the headset laying underneath the keyboard as a microphone. Though something tells me you did. Shame.
🤣🤣🤣 at least it was EQ’d
Sounds artificial and overprocessed to me
It's electronic music not a musical :D
Sorry, but your processing made the vocals sound more awful than the dry.
+SPL i disagree he took a flat dead vocal and gave it life . If you like the actual vocal is another thing.
psymon I agree the dry vocals don't sound great to begin with, but of course slapping a reverb on anything will give it life and space that we humans really enjoy... that's why people like to sing in the shower!
He needs to cut the low end first thing and not boost the highs so much (especially with plugins because soft EQ's sound good for cutting not over boosting), and why is he doing a parallel compression on vocals new york style with like 10db reduction? That's usually done to drums, not vocals. For vocals you use multiple compressions and just 1 or 2 db max in different stages. He is using vocal rider and the final result still sounds over processed. It just doesn't make any sense!
Maybe you are right buddy but it's 2015 unfortunatelly music is experiment-taste and lucky clicks you don't even know why from your laptop. Nobody really cares how it's done but how it sounds. Some pruducers have more knowledge than others and different taste.Some make music on their laptop all software and headphones and rock the dancefloors all over the world and others gave millions to have all the best equipment and engineers and suck lollypops. I hate dubstep it's not for me it sounds like scratches and explosions but skrillex made millions of fans all over the world and i can't say he is a bad producer maybe i'm a bad listener who knows!! Crazy planet give millions to Justin Bieber go figure...i produce music the last 5 years and made a small discovery.the tracks that had the worst sound and mistakes for me were the most selling tracks and i always have this guilt in me why the fuck did they like this horrible track there is too much bass the kick is not very fat the hats etc. can't explain it maybe it's my taste who knows!!
+SPL yes, in fact you stay in your house and he is one of the greatest mixer engineer in the world. Idiot.
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