What are your favourite plugins for mixing vocals?

@reddotrecording

Жыл бұрын

Boz Digital Labs +10db compressor is step 1 for getting my vocals pinned in place. Quick question for you, Warren: Any updates on the prizes for the Feb 2023 Rate My Mix mix competition? I got 3rd place (you called my mix "dangerous") and the guy that was corresponding on it said "you'll hear from me this weekend" on May 1. Since then silence. Any updates?

@stevekudlacek

Жыл бұрын

A parallel MicroPitchSlap from the H3000 by Eventide allows me to musically thicken vocals. I adjust the tuning so it isn’t drastic (5-10 up and down) and decrease the delay slap to well under Haas (10-20ms) so the slap is unnoticeable…

@3dogrecordingstudio628

Жыл бұрын

Eq of choice is Cubase's stock Eq Frequency. It allows you to sidechain Frequencies out of the way of each other as well as being a dynamic eq. Then the lead vocal goes to my outboard gear, BLA Bluey Compressor into a BLA Seventeen compressor. They do something magical to a vocal. Then into a send chain of reverbs and delays.

@disappt

Жыл бұрын

Apogee’s EQP-1A emulation and Oeksound Soothe 2 for sure!

@adeofbass

Жыл бұрын

Not something a Pro would use but I really like the Chris Lord Alge plugin from Waves. Quick, easy and great sounding for a base line. Also use H Delay on two sends - one set to a regular delay, the other with a faster setting and pingpong.

Marc is such a class act. Thanks as always for featuring him!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

It's cool that you admit you discovered this by accident. It's actually quite similar to how the "Dolby A vocal trick" works - dynamically enhancing the top end to increase separation from the tape hiss.

I never miss a video from Marc. Always offers such great examples of his workflow.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Lovely guy. He has really transformed the way I mix my own music, especially - to work the plugins with more subtlety but in more steps, to enhance the final product in a more calibrated tasteful way. Thanks Marc!

Combining this with whispering tracks might be a great combo

Every single time, a practical, relatively easy to understand trick to get more from your mix. I'm so impressed with MDN. Thank you, again. I love the humbleness to admit "this was an accident that works". Can't wait for the next tip. 🦄

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

I love the reverse Jumper - mirroring the reverse expansion trick in fashion. MDN is just the most interesting Mixing Artist I know.

Love Marc's videos, I watch everyone! Marc always has such great in depth detailed explanation for what is doing, one of my favorite mixers, and I love all of the music he works on. Thanks PLP for putting the out!

Dan is the man- bought all of his courses. Elegant dude- he has a fabulous attention to detail and the headspace he taps into while he is mixing is really that of an artist at work. Lovely

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Yes, his courses on Pro Mix Academy are incredible

WOWW! That is exactly that airy pop sound! Definitely will be trying this out on bgv's, thank you Marc!

Funny you mention hearing “whispering” on certain vocal tracks. A friend of mine who’s done a lot of recording with some of the biggest names in blue grass, said they would sometimes actually record a track of whispered vocals to give the harmonies air. Great video.

@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n

Жыл бұрын

i double track whispers a lot and hard pan them under the lead vox - can be a nightmare on the sibilance but if you produce it right it's really cool.

@leopoldbluesky

Жыл бұрын

I started doing this a while back after I realised that's how Jim Morrison did the lead vocal on Riders on the Storm

@marylewis3311

11 ай бұрын

A whispering take and a shouting take.

Lovely video Marc with great tips. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge. Big thanks to the PLAP team

Marc's likely forgotten more about mixing than I know. Truly inspiring. Thank you sir.

You're a gold mine sir, no BS with you, just pure love of teaching and sharing, because you know that your experience and behaviour will always get you the gigs first anyway. Pure class, thank you!

Beautiful, subtle, genius. Marc, you are an inspiration, thanks man.

You're reading my mind Marc, this is perfect time for a song I'm finishing recording and mixing. Thank you....

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Great! Enjoy implementing the tip!

Marc is a musical treasure and should be protected at all cost

Thanks Mark and Warren. I am very grateful that they share different techniques and tricks with us to continue growing. Big hugs to all!

What a GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY! Thank you Marc, thank you Warren.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!

Wow what an amazing track and sound! Thank you Marc for your time and energy showing the real magic of music engineering.

Yes! Always tried to get that whispery background vocal sound and this looks like a great way to nail that. Absolutely gonna try it out, thank you Marc!

Thanks, Mark. Very timely. Very timely.

Great stuff Marc. I make it a point to listen when you speak. Thank you sir!

another good advice video share with Marc Daniel Nelson, highly respect his wisdom and experience, thank you to this channel for providing videos with Marc Daniel Nelson (this is the sole reason I subscribe to this channel)

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure! Be sure to join the Academy for exclusive Academy content and live streams with Marc each month too!

short but to the point

Thanks so much Marc to reveal and share your great approach in music

There are no mistakes, only happy accidents. 😊

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

:)

Love it! Great approach. Will be implementing this :)

Oh that is wonderful! Thankyou so much.

Great Stuff Marc! Your videos are always inspiring

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Thanks for the tips!

Great tip, and what an amazing song!!!!!! Great mix!

Wow! Everything sounds amazing. Congrats! 💙

@Producelikeapro

11 ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much!

This is why I love this man!! Thanks for another banger!!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Just wondering what the benefit of using an expander for the top-end is over just boosting those frequencies?

Wow what a wonderful video ,thanks for the trick 😊

Excellent, MDN. Already checked it out on one of my mixes. Yep; it works. Thank you!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Save that preset! ha!

truly amazing and inspiring work.

@Producelikeapro

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Great trick Marc! Thanks so much for sharing.

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Thanks Marc! 😊

This works like magic. Thank you so much!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helps.

Love These Videos!

@Producelikeapro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much

Love it! Thanks Marc :)

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I'm doing a COVER rn and using this technique. I'm also looking for that SOUND :) Thx Marc

great trick thanks Marc

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Sei un king marc, grande grande grande

Brilliant

MDN fantastic as always!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

more Marc Daniel Nelson videos please!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

More coming! But be sure to check out the PLAP Academy too where we have exclusive content from Marc (including live streams with the community) each month :) Marc will live stream today!

@Nikogigineishvili

Жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Warren and Eric! you are amazing guys, thanks for this channel and Academy, but i have no free time to listen your live streams and others, because of my job, time zone difference and family :D but when i have some time to breathe, i always watch your small videos, reviews and other great youtuber`s content, so thanks again for your work and dedication to music!

Great information... please make mixing on pop lead vocals

Very Nice

Sheesh, this is awesome!

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! Thanks for watching!

Really cool

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

Marc Daniel Nelson is a genius !!!

@Producelikeapro

8 ай бұрын

He is rather wonderful!

What I wouldn’t give to be able to be Marc’s assistant for a year. Masterclass perhaps???

Super wicked 😀

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Very!

On Vocals I like to EQ it early with a UAD hitsville EQ or similar because it's non sergical and sounds great for just balencing it first. sometimes that fixes 70% of bandwidth problems if I went in with a surgical Pro Q3 and started making cuts and things mearly on, I find oftern I inadvetantly damage the natural timbre of vocal takes. thats my tip..don't jump in and start agressivly fixing things, sure you may get rid of unwanted frequenceys but you can very quickly kill the sound. also Marcs jumper seems to be inside out.

Pretty cool

🔥🔥🔥

@StrikerBAY

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Marc 👍

Hi, i loved the video. Could you tell us where is a good place to HIpass the background vocals? like 250hz would be good?

Thanks for a very interesting video and for your generosity by sharing this trick! However I’m not quite sure I got the whole trick? You’re saying that the MJUC compressor on the BGV bus is controlling some of the pokey parts on the bgv and that it is side chained, but from which signal? Is it from the lead vocal to make sure that the compressor creates room for the LV, by ducking the bgv, or is the side chain signal coming from the dry bgv signal, but only the part of the signal above 400 Hz will trigger the compressor to react? Thanks!

Jumper is inside out Marc :))

fire

great tips! thank you very much sir! ;-)

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

his charisma is coming out from my monitor.

Still can’t get a grasp on sidechain and bus.Shed any light on it for me?Need to step my mixing game up.

Wow. Thank you for this video and technique. I always wondered how people made the BGs tucked back but still being present. It is kind of contra intuitive for me though :-)

Brilliant! as usual BUT I dont get why the MJ is sidechained at such a low freq ie 400? EDIT: My mistake...after all the HF...the 400 is just the HP filter for the internal sidechain...quick look at the manual MJ

Juggler! I steal this! Thy Sir.

This shows how important that the tracking is done to a high standard. Don't think you can fix badly recorded tracks & get it sounding like Marc.

Nice. How were you EQing the vocal’s reverb?

When a mistake or accident becomes the biggest thing: In my circle, we call it the "Ooops... F***...WOAH!!! Factor".

@Producelikeapro

Жыл бұрын

hahaha! Indeed

I’m confused. Is this expansion or upward compression of the high end. I have always not been sure which one Pro-MB is doing?

Is your sweater inside out?

That expander is effectively acting as a wide eq boost with a very basic envelope controlling it... I cannot think of any reason that would work any better than just a conventional eq. If the band had a narrower q I could see the point, but as is I think this is very close to snake oil territory...

@marcdanielnelson317

Жыл бұрын

Not correct. At all. It sounds nothing like boosting the top band of an eq.

@lastboxofsparklers

Жыл бұрын

@@marcdanielnelson317 what I wrote is technically correct, if you're hearing something else it is some sort of bias, or possibly the attack and release time (but I doubt the envelope would make any major difference). If the whole idea is that you're using the attack and release to shape the vocals you should have probably explained how you did that.

@lastboxofsparklers

Жыл бұрын

@@marcdanielnelson317 another thing it could potentially be you're hearing is the "smearing" at the ends of the curve, but that is usually not a thing people like, and again something you should have explained. As is, this "trick" is just too random to be used as a general thing.

@iam-music

4 ай бұрын

Because its now time domain and the highest freq transients are proportionally louder so the tone memory of the brain 'sees' it differently. It is nothing like a static boost...its not the transmitter, its the receiver ;-)

@lastboxofsparklers

4 ай бұрын

@@iam-music did you miss the "envelope" part of my reply?

Hi, is Marc a son of Jude Law? 🤔

Marc, you're very talented and seem like one heck of a good guy, but no amount of work on this plastic, vanilla drivel of a song will restore my will to live. I'm concentrating hard to drop my razor blade. Wait, King Crimson video on the horizon. All good, now.

Aren't choruses supposed to be catchy?

great first impression of Marc

I'm flabbergasted. It is night and day and yet there is so little move. Amazing.