This is the best video on this topic in my opinion. So many others will tell you “turn the beat down” then the song ends up sounding extremely quiet when you export it, even after adding limiting. This is a game changer thanks Sean all the way from South Carolina ‼️🙌
I’ve been out for a while since my last album dropped June of 2023, but now that I’m back in album mode, these are things I already knew, but great to get refreshed on. Dope vid
really hope this finds you, 2 questions: 1. When it comes to master, do you master mixed vocals and the ‘mastered’ 2 track together? 2. What volume are you peaking at for vocals when recording to a 2track -10db as your usual?
1 - if all you have is the 2 track beat, yes. Otherwise, it’s best to mix the vocals and beat stems together. I usually track vocals at -25 lufs short term for best results and adjust the headphone mix of the beat for the artist
Dude, thank you for these vids. Finding music-making info you can trust and apply on TH-cam is a bit of a process, so coming across videos like this is so clutch. Peace Sean
Wow Divine! You’ve gained a fan man! You’re dropping so much knowledge! I purchased one of your vocal chains and been playing around with them. I appreciate what you’re doing! I will be purchasing some more of your chains soon!
I really appreciate your great customer service this video has help a lot. Thanks for answering all my questions when it came to the Session 2 mixing class I purchased from you. Angel.
Thank you for sorting out some of the issues I have when it comes to getting down vocals to a two track beat. Just have review the video again to make certain that I get comfortable with vocal mixing. In any case that has been my challenge throughout and was at a stage losing hope but now I definitely get the idea 💡. Again thanks, Sean..
Another useful video. A suggestion for the next one possibly: One common thing I'm finding in a lot of your production is that you're bass is continual and mixed well. I was wondering if you are using strictly VST's for your bass sounds by themselves or if you are side-chaining these to an oscillator? Maybe you can do a tutorial showing that process for you and how you do it. Thanks.
thanks for the suggestion Anthony! I'm generally using VSTs for sub bass and then sidechaining them with kick samples. Here are a couple videos that may be helpful - th-cam.com/video/pwBI2XDRehU/w-d-xo.html, th-cam.com/video/4TRhFE4E-Fc/w-d-xo.html
whenever im mixing vocals with a beat that's already mix/mastered I always tend to have some heavy compression on the vocals, turn the beat down, or both.
This was what I was looking for months for. Can you do this for non-rap vocals as well? Like for a song instead. Also you didn't show the processing on the vocal tracks themselves, like eq reverb etc. That would be helpful to see if you do a video on vocal mixing for a song. Thanks! Keep up the good work.
Gained a subscriber, great work my friend. Clear cut and straight forward. Only thing I would recommend, (unless you are being sponsored by the plugins) is telling viewers about some common alternative options to things like the vitamins or the F6. If anyone is curious here are alternatives you can use: Alt to F6 - Nectar 3 ( a lot of us younger guys will grab the izotpye pack) Alt to Vitamins - Ozone 9 has a stereo imager with comparable results. Thanks again!
Sean you have some of the best mixing tutorials on the net. I have a question on country vocal processing. seen an interview with mix engineer Justin Niebank where he explains having 3 vocal channels. 1 channel would be a pristine vocal,1 channel with effects and 1 channel with compression with some saturation plug or hardware on " spank". After this he would send to a sub mix. My question is if this is just parallel processing? I ask because he doesn't use the terminology " parallel processing" on a very well known mix engineer's site. I thought you would maybe be of some help. Thankyou for all you do.
Hey sean, Great Video as Always man! But I have a few questions. What is your vocals chain that you used for this particular song? What plugins did you use in the lead vocal especially because it sounds amazing! what are the plugin names? Please help a brother out, thanks and keep up the good work!
bro i have one more question please answer so after the mix into the limiter would you then gain the mix down and send it for mastering or would you release it as is once mixing is done ?
It depends. If you're sending off for professional mastering, I'd suggest creating some headroom although they'll be limited to what they can do on the instrumental if it was already maximized in your mix.
@@SeanDivine HFY! SD. ✅ I came across a weiss vid where he uses a transient shaper and i think an lfo for expansion on the two track. Its like instead of getting rid of furniture (carving out or ducking freq.) you rearranged the bedroom and made it more spacious if that makes sense. Thought maybe you were familiar with that process or since then have added to the two track arsenal. But yes new vid plz. Amazing job. Appreciate what you do.
Hi there, @Sean. I've got an important question about the beat in this video: When you do mastering after mixing with vocals or before? At the begining of the video you said "the beat is already mixed and mastered". In this case you'll made mastering twice: when you made your beat after mixing it and when you mix your beat with vocals. What's the proper process?
the best case is to master ONCE after the beat and vocals are recorded. However, some beats are already "mastered" in the sense that that they have a limiter or maximization on the stereo bus - in that case, it's a bit more limited
sometimes while record a song it sounds amazing in the studio that sounds amazing in the car or wherever else but it sounds like s*** on the cell phone any suggestions
doesnt matter, transients are pushed and beat is mastered so all you would get is mastered beat at -6... The problem is within dynamics of the beat not the general loudness, the beat is pushed to the limits dynamics wise so its done deal, no more touching.. only thing you can do is blend vocals as good as you can and wrap it up
Could you please explain the sidechaining part. Do you have all the vox sending to a bus track with the sidechain on it, or have all the vox sidechain directly into the plugin? Are you putting Ozone 7 on the master bus or on the beat?
Hey sean, so you DON'T recommend turning down the volume of the 2 track when you start/before you start mixing the vocals to it? (to create headroom etc... before mastering the vocals with 2 track...)Thanks as always
Hey Michael, it depends on the state of the instrumental mix - if it's mixed well and already at commercial levels (possibly even maximized / limited), it just makes more sense to mix your vocals accordingly and only apply a brickwall limiter at 0dB. The dynamics of your mix will thank you :)
Yo Sean, I use trackspacer on my 2 track beats but when I play the song back on the radio, it sounds thin. Am I adding too much processing in the trackspacer plug-in?
Thanks a lot Sean As you talking about mixing......i have mixed vocal to a 2 track but now I want you to help me to know if I have to master the entire mix again as I adjust the vocals to 2 track whic was already mastered or just export it and I am done? Please help
A question. Should I send stems and my vocals to be mixed down if the beat I leased has already been mixed and mastered by the producer I leased the beat from or should I just send the 2 track or instrumental with the vocals?
a lot of 2 tracks are already processed with a limiter/mastering plugin. Do I use a limiter/mastering plugin again after I record my vocals to the beat?
Question I have a song I’ve done about 3 yrs or more yrs ago... !!! the song is mix and mastered, but I lost the wave files to the song.. so I wanted to remix the song with another producer who added a beat and alittle music to it..sounds good what he did.. he has his wave files that he created to the beat and music..I wanna get it mix right ,so his music and my vocals would line up correctly ..question is it possible for that to happen, because of my files missing. But he having his wave files can I get it right for radio to play it!!!
Sean Divine what do you mean by minor adjustments?? I’m just wondering what things might need adjusting after you’ve recorded and mixed the vocals. If you could clear that up for me I’d really appreciate it 🙏🏽
hey brotha so i know you don't use fl studio 12... but man everything works great but i cant figure out how to send the sidechain source..i see that you have a "sidechain" bus selection option at the top but in fl studio i dont see it anywhere.. not sure if you know someone that is familiar with fl studio 12 but i spent hours trying to figure it out with no luck lol
Sean Divine thanks alot sean! Realy like all your stuff. Do you have some songs of you enywhere?i realy like this song to with your vocal. You are a great rapper too!
It is good to see a sound engineer who does not see a 2 track beat as a problem but knows what to do with it.
🙌
This is the best video on this topic in my opinion. So many others will tell you “turn the beat down” then the song ends up sounding extremely quiet when you export it, even after adding limiting. This is a game changer thanks Sean all the way from South Carolina ‼️🙌
Glad it helped EB! Much love out to you in South Carolina 🙏
I come back to this video to correct my mistakes at least once a month
glad it's helping 🙌
Check it out , my skills show here
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I’ve been out for a while since my last album dropped June of 2023, but now that I’m back in album mode, these are things I already knew, but great to get refreshed on. Dope vid
Welcome back 🙏
really hope this finds you, 2 questions:
1. When it comes to master, do you master mixed vocals and the ‘mastered’ 2 track together?
2. What volume are you peaking at for vocals when recording to a 2track -10db as your usual?
1 - if all you have is the 2 track beat, yes. Otherwise, it’s best to mix the vocals and beat stems together. I usually track vocals at -25 lufs short term for best results and adjust the headphone mix of the beat for the artist
Dude, thank you for these vids. Finding music-making info you can trust and apply on TH-cam is a bit of a process, so coming across videos like this is so clutch. Peace Sean
Wow Divine! You’ve gained a fan man! You’re dropping so much knowledge! I purchased one of your vocal chains and been playing around with them. I appreciate what you’re doing! I will be purchasing some more of your chains soon!
thanks Mike!
Can you do another 2 track mixing session ?
He did recently
Also the 400hz ish is a great area for the dynamic eq.... good video man! 😏
I actually put the F6 on the 2 track beat and side chain the vocals through it right on the track. As far as I can tell it works the same.
Always Looking forward to your videos Sean.. Always loving the flow of information you feeding your students..
I really appreciate your great customer service this video has help a lot. Thanks for answering all my questions when it came to the Session 2 mixing class I purchased from you. Angel.
Thank you for sorting out some of the issues I have when it comes to getting down vocals to a two track beat. Just have review the video again to make certain that I get comfortable with vocal mixing. In any case that has been my challenge throughout and was at a stage losing hope but now I definitely get the idea 💡. Again thanks, Sean..
:)
Thanks for looking out in this area of mixing. I appreciate it.... I will definitely keep these tricks in mine for my next project.
When you started to engage the EQ, it looked like the EQ was lip syncing to the lyrics. Great video
Also a good free transient processor is Transpire by Sonic Anomaly.
Man I wish I had this video 10 years ago! Amazing info. Love the side chain tip. And the track featured in the vid is super dope!
Another useful video. A suggestion for the next one possibly: One common thing I'm finding in a lot of your production is that you're bass is continual and mixed well. I was wondering if you are using strictly VST's for your bass sounds by themselves or if you are side-chaining these to an oscillator? Maybe you can do a tutorial showing that process for you and how you do it. Thanks.
thanks for the suggestion Anthony! I'm generally using VSTs for sub bass and then sidechaining them with kick samples. Here are a couple videos that may be helpful - th-cam.com/video/pwBI2XDRehU/w-d-xo.html, th-cam.com/video/4TRhFE4E-Fc/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, I am watching both now.
I BELIEVE TRACKSPACER DOES THE SAME THING RIGHT
I leave a comment above, could you answer. Thank you.
Sean Divine .
Great video! I have songs that I want to mix to two tracks and this helped me out a lot!
genius tutorial, thank you for sharing your knowledge! pickin up that f6 and vitamin ASAP
Sean, it is like you always read my mind. Wow. Thank you.
:)
My brother, Sean - please create a podcast stock plugin template for Logic Pro X. It would massively appreciated.
whenever im mixing vocals with a beat that's already mix/mastered I always tend to have some heavy compression on the vocals, turn the beat down, or both.
This was what I was looking for months for. Can you do this for non-rap vocals as well? Like for a song instead. Also you didn't show the processing on the vocal tracks themselves, like eq reverb etc. That would be helpful to see if you do a video on vocal mixing for a song. Thanks! Keep up the good work.
SalmanMKC glad to hear it! There are a lot of vocal mixing videos on the channel. Will see if I can do more 2 track mixing for you :)
haha rap songs are songs.
Gained a subscriber, great work my friend. Clear cut and straight forward. Only thing I would recommend, (unless you are being sponsored by the plugins) is telling viewers about some common alternative options to things like the vitamins or the F6.
If anyone is curious here are alternatives you can use:
Alt to F6 - Nectar 3 ( a lot of us younger guys will grab the izotpye pack)
Alt to Vitamins - Ozone 9 has a stereo imager with comparable results.
Thanks again!
im not gone lie sean, that beat makes me want to rap on it
:) 🙌
Thank you once again Sean for this video. God bless you.
I love these tutorials ✊🏽
:)
I like that warm vocal chain, can you make a tutorial on that ?
Sean you have some of the best mixing tutorials on the net. I have a question on country vocal processing. seen an interview with mix engineer Justin Niebank where he explains having 3 vocal channels. 1 channel would be a pristine vocal,1 channel with effects and 1 channel with compression with some saturation plug or hardware on " spank". After this he would send to a sub mix. My question is if this is just parallel processing? I ask because he doesn't use the terminology " parallel processing" on a very well known mix engineer's site. I thought you would maybe be of some help. Thankyou for all you do.
thanks Diana! I'm not sure about his techniques specifically but yes, this sounds like parallel processing to me :)
i was so ready for the next vid lol
if you bypass so quickly I have no way to compare the signal with and without effect... :D
great tutorial
Great tutorial sean bro 💓💓
Good job
Fire lyrics 🔥
Thanks!
🫡
you are a fucking savior, not gonna lie, holy smokes also the comment below mine is genius.
Very useful video man. You the best
🙏
Can you make this tutorial using the waves c6 side chain instead of the f6 ?
i use the c6..just change the internal to external and it works the same
That track is fire
thanks!
man fuckin thanks for this , love you . booom
Good shit
Great ass info fam, much appreciated!!!!
no problem!
Hey sean, Great Video as Always man! But I have a few questions. What is your vocals chain that you used for this particular song? What plugins did you use in the lead vocal especially because it sounds amazing! what are the plugin names? Please help a brother out, thanks and keep up the good work!
What are the equivalent stock plugins to the ones used in this vid? Thx
Great video - thank you!
Do you master the mix afterwards?
I was looking for an answer to this. I'm guessing just use your ears, and a loudness meter. I would compress both afterwards at a minimum
bro i have one more question please answer so after the mix into the limiter would you then gain the mix down and send it for mastering or would you release it as is once mixing is done ?
It depends. If you're sending off for professional mastering, I'd suggest creating some headroom although they'll be limited to what they can do on the instrumental if it was already maximized in your mix.
I still find side chaining so confusing idk how to do it….
How you get background vocals so perfect
is proq3 any good for this?
Here 2021. Any update on how you would deal with a 2 track. Or still the same!?
there may be some subtle differences... are you saying you would liked to see an update? :)
@@SeanDivine HFY! SD. ✅ I came across a weiss vid where he uses a transient shaper and i think an lfo for expansion on the two track. Its like instead of getting rid of furniture (carving out or ducking freq.) you rearranged the bedroom and made it more spacious if that makes sense. Thought maybe you were familiar with that process or since then have added to the two track arsenal. But yes new vid plz. Amazing job. Appreciate what you do.
Hi there, @Sean. I've got an important question about the beat in this video:
When you do mastering after mixing with vocals or before?
At the begining of the video you said "the beat is already mixed and mastered".
In this case you'll made mastering twice: when you made your beat after mixing it and when you mix your beat with vocals.
What's the proper process?
the best case is to master ONCE after the beat and vocals are recorded. However, some beats are already "mastered" in the sense that that they have a limiter or maximization on the stereo bus - in that case, it's a bit more limited
Thank you, Sean. You really clarified the situation.
sometimes while record a song it sounds amazing in the studio that sounds amazing in the car or wherever else but it sounds like s*** on the cell phone any suggestions
Try checking your mix in mono and try mixing it in mono.
agreed with Tom, referencing in mono will help the translation!
MrCheezybeats me to
Same problem with a beat I made. Have you found a solution?
MrCheezybeats Soundways Reveal, changed my mixing life
i don't understand : the fader of the beat is at 0db ?
Do you mixdown in your headphones ever ?
completely? no. I use them as a reference on every mix though.
Sir any alternative plugin for f6 from waves because i don't have f6
Fab filter eq
if i put the beat -6 db, to mix the vocals
doesnt matter, transients are pushed and beat is mastered so all you would get is mastered beat at -6...
The problem is within dynamics of the beat not the general loudness, the beat is pushed to the limits dynamics wise so its done deal, no more touching.. only thing you can do is blend vocals as good as you can and wrap it up
Could you please explain the sidechaining part. Do you have all the vox sending to a bus track with the sidechain on it, or have all the vox sidechain directly into the plugin? Are you putting Ozone 7 on the master bus or on the beat?
What other EQs can l side chain with besides f6
Hey sean, so you DON'T recommend turning down the volume of the 2 track when you start/before you start mixing the vocals to it? (to create headroom etc... before mastering the vocals with 2 track...)Thanks as always
Hey Michael, it depends on the state of the instrumental mix - if it's mixed well and already at commercial levels (possibly even maximized / limited), it just makes more sense to mix your vocals accordingly and only apply a brickwall limiter at 0dB. The dynamics of your mix will thank you :)
@@SeanDivine with no headroom does it still have to be mastered? How does this work with no headroom
@@NZ-ht4qb my question exactly
@@NZ-ht4qb I think it only works when your doing it in the same project not sending of to and engineer a bounced version
Yo Sean, I use trackspacer on my 2 track beats but when I play the song back on the radio, it sounds thin. Am I adding too much processing in the trackspacer plug-in?
That would be my guess! I like TS but you definitely can go too far with it in a hurry, if you’re not careful.
Aren't you supposed to Side chain the Beat to the Vocals? Wouldn't that mean you have to put a compressor on the beat?
That's what F6 is doing here in the video although it's a dynamic EQ, not a compressor :)
Thanks a lot Sean
As you talking about mixing......i have mixed vocal to a 2 track but now I want you to help me to know if I have to master the entire mix again as I adjust the vocals to 2 track whic was already mastered or just export it and I am done?
Please help
A question. Should I send stems and my vocals to be mixed down if the beat I leased has already been mixed and mastered by the producer I leased the beat from or should I just send the 2 track or instrumental with the vocals?
would you still do this the same way now
Yep
@@SeanDivinewould you turn this down at the output and send it for mastering
i have a question if i used two track beat how much my recording vocal level ??
How bout if you starting off with stock plugins on logic ?
I have waves gold but no level meter? Whats a good level meter plugin I can buy? Thanks
waves gold includes the PAZ analyzer which has rms / peak metering
Nice thanks dude!
Do you have a single course for mixing, mastering the instrumental beat and mixing, mastering the vocals using Logic Pro stock plugins only?
a lot of 2 tracks are already processed with a limiter/mastering plugin. Do I use a limiter/mastering plugin again after I record my vocals to the beat?
Lance Dillon yes
Are there any similar older plugins in waves that would essentially do what the f6 does?
What stock plug-ins in CUBASE can be used in place of the ones u used here for instead of Ozone and the other ones
Cubase Pro has Limiter, Maximizer, Imager and Multi-band Compressor - not certain if other versions have these. Hopefully this helps!
Question I have a song I’ve done about 3 yrs or more yrs ago... !!! the song is mix and mastered, but I lost the wave files to the song.. so I wanted to remix the song with another producer who added a beat and alittle music to it..sounds good what he did.. he has his wave files that he created to the beat and music..I wanna get it mix right ,so his music and my vocals would line up correctly ..question is it possible for that to happen, because of my files missing. But he having his wave files can I get it right for radio to play it!!!
How can we do the sidechain EQ with stock plug ins?
I want that beat.
so when you're done recording vocals to a two-track Beat you don't need a master the song If the Beats already been mastered
beyond very minor adjustments, that's correct
Sean Divine what do you mean by minor adjustments?? I’m just wondering what things might need adjusting after you’ve recorded and mixed the vocals.
If you could clear that up for me I’d really appreciate it 🙏🏽
How to use aux buses
th-cam.com/video/tHpBhdCRIUI/w-d-xo.html
What alternative can I use instead of ozone 7
Any good maximizer can work i.e. L3, IMPusher, Pro L-2
Hello sean Divine , please if i purchase ur course online can i translate what u teach to studio one or any other Daw aside logic??
which microphone is this? for rapping
can anyone tell me how i can do this in adobe audition 1.5?
Hello.
You dont gain stage it down so it doesnt hit 0db?
Thank god dude lol
Can someone tell me how to export a 2 track beat? My beats come out single track with wav stereo export settings clicked
Just to clarify, 2-track refers to the left and right channel of a (single) stereo audio file :)
Sean Divine thank you, is there no way to split your stereo track to left and right in fl? I can’t seem to figure it out
I may have missed it but where did you put the F6 on the vocal bus or the 2 track?
on the 2-track, the vocal bus is used as the sidechain input
Awesome thank you 🙏🏻
David Blaine?
hey brotha so i know you don't use fl studio 12... but man everything works great but i cant figure out how to send the sidechain source..i see that you have a "sidechain" bus selection option at the top but in fl studio i dont see it anywhere.. not sure if you know someone that is familiar with fl studio 12 but i spent hours trying to figure it out with no luck lol
hey Johnny, sorry I'm not familiar with fl studio 12 but I'm sure a quick google search would show you how to set it up the same way as I have here
no luck so far but thanks for taking the time to respond
Will you mix my vocal on mastered beat I will send you flstudio file
Love that sound. Can i found the track on soundcloud?
divinetracks.com/downloads/overtime/
Sean Divine thanks alot sean! Realy like all your stuff. Do you have some songs of you enywhere?i realy like this song to with your vocal. You are a great rapper too!
all i have is stock plugins how can i get good quality?
th-cam.com/video/W2-2a6VLS4g/w-d-xo.html
I don't have waves plugin. But i have fab filter bundle Can i achieve this.😐😐😐
yes, there is a sidechain option in ff plugins :)
@@SeanDivine thanku so much🙏♥️♥️
Thank you sean, what's the song on the end called
Moses Stone - Big City
Is he using plugins on the 2track everytime or the vocal as well? I cant tell
Im pretty sure just the vocals and master track
so mastering isn't always the way to make the song sound bigger?? its who ever made the beat,wow
yep!