The Hidden Sauce
Vocal Tuning for Pop Hooks: Which Plugin for Which Job
Graphical and real-time tuners do different jobs. Which one belongs on the verse, which belongs on the hook, and why the hook should be tuned harder.
Vocal Tuning for Pop Hooks: Which Plugin for Which Job
Graphical and real-time tuners do different jobs. Which one belongs on the verse, which belongs on the hook, and why the hook should be tuned harder.
How to Get a Breathy Vocal Sound (Recording and Mixing)
Breathiness is mostly a recording decision, not a plugin. Move in to 10 cm, drop the gain, sing softer, then fix the low end the proximity effect gave you.
How to Get a Breathy Vocal Sound (Recording and Mixing)
Breathiness is mostly a recording decision, not a plugin. Move in to 10 cm, drop the gain, sing softer, then fix the low end the proximity effect gave you.
Vocal Compressor Attack and Release Settings That Actually Work
Attack and release are the two knobs that decide whether your vocal sounds controlled or squashed. Here are real starting points and the timing trick that makes a compressor breathe...
Vocal Compressor Attack and Release Settings That Actually Work
Attack and release are the two knobs that decide whether your vocal sounds controlled or squashed. Here are real starting points and the timing trick that makes a compressor breathe...
The Weeknd Vocal Chain: 80s Space on a Modern Voice
An approximation you can rebuild, based on public interviews and studio footage. Here is why the verse is made small on purpose, and the doubler trick that keeps the esses...
The Weeknd Vocal Chain: 80s Space on a Modern Voice
An approximation you can rebuild, based on public interviews and studio footage. Here is why the verse is made small on purpose, and the doubler trick that keeps the esses...
Brent Faiyaz Vocal Chain: Breathy, Intimate and Wide
An approximation you can rebuild, based on public interviews and on recreating the sound by ear. Here is what makes a breathy R&B vocal read as intimate rather than weak,...
Brent Faiyaz Vocal Chain: Breathy, Intimate and Wide
An approximation you can rebuild, based on public interviews and on recreating the sound by ear. Here is what makes a breathy R&B vocal read as intimate rather than weak,...
Travis Scott Vocal Chain: Autotune, Distortion and Space
An approximation you can rebuild, based on public interviews and studio footage. Here is why the tuner has to come before the distortion, how the layers are built, and how...
Travis Scott Vocal Chain: Autotune, Distortion and Space
An approximation you can rebuild, based on public interviews and studio footage. Here is why the tuner has to come before the distortion, how the layers are built, and how...