I cannot tell you how grateful I am for these videos about vocals. I am trying to Master the compositions of my late wife which had been recorded about 15 years ago with terrible mobile phones. I was able to separate her vocals from the melody via Bandlab. I am cleaning them up from clicks and noise with audacity I will play the Melodies again with my keyboard and try to remaster the songs in Logic Pro. . But being a mezzo soprano, her voice still sounds like a vinyl recording from 1900s. I will try to give her voice some body and presence with the help of this video. I want to thank you very very much for this, and I am open to any suggestions.
That is universally a very good baseline all mixes i am a MC i mix my own vocals and i realized i did not look at presence and air now it is like nite and day . PLus the Vintage tube EQ excellent idea. Many thanks.
Thanks for such a thorough explanation. Much appreciated. Have downloaded the guide to affix to my desk for a starting template! Have a Great Christmas! (Today being 24th Dec 24!) will check out any other of your vids but must first get the turkey out of the oven to baste it. I KNEW we should have killed it first!
This video has to be the best instructional video for vocals. I have experience that. goes back to the analog days. I say to this I was able understand Colin's video with his audio off. I'm currently online on a church service.. This video surpasses my. threshold. to share with my music community.
Great explanation of the main elements of vocal EQ. I pretty much always do the high pass and boost somewhere between 3k and 5k and do the rest as needed. I am finding myself using Pultec type EQ a lot, it does wonders to an incredibly wide range of tracks. I use Tunca's Rare-SE which I find great sounding. I'm sure you too use the Pultec magic trick of doing both boost and attenuation on the low frequencies resulting in amazingly useful curves.
The thing that Rare-SE has that I haven't seen in other Pultec emulation plugins which is really cool is the ability to do mid and sides instead of the normal left and right stereo.
Excellent video Boss! Thanks to you i have improved the whole mix in my music and yes Eq is such a powerful and important tool. And to clearify the steps for how to use it the way you do makes it easy to follow and that is gold worth. Great work as usual 💪👍
Muy buen trabajo Colin. I am about to change to Logic but I'm still having some issues mixing lead vocals in garageband for final work. this video is helping me to see better my work.thanx
I've been learning Logic over the past few months, & your great videos have been SO helpful. Your strength is in explaining technical stuff in way that makes total sense to a guy that just wants to play & record music. You are much appreciated, Colin.
Beyerdynamic DT770. Hands down my favorite headphones. There's a link in the description! And 100%. I've mixed dozens of rap songs with this exact approach
Great stuff! In different sections of the song, say the chorus for example where the instrumentation may change, do you automate EQ settings to compensate for music changes or is the EQ fixed throughout for the vocal track?
Great question! If it just needs slight changes in one section, I'll often automate. But if it needs changes regularly (like every chorus, for example), I'll often just split that section out and let the chorus vocals have their own EQ
thank you so much for ALL you videos! they’re amazing. i learned more in the past week watching them and taking notes than in the past 10 years messing around with logic on my own. i have a weird question: 04:38 you work on the presence zone using not the “blu dot” but a second “green dot”. how come? thank youuu
Thank you. Never hurts to freshen up. I have enjoyed all your tutorials. Hey, here's a question: how do EQ bands interact, i.e., when the high pass filter is up around 150 and the next on-board band definer (the orange shelf) is left of that (say, around 90), is the orange band obliterated by the "red" cutoff? I assume the high pass prevails. But am I wasting energy and head room by not turning the orange band off altogether?
Ever since I got the principles explained for EQ in the mixing course, it all clicked for me. It's fun to work with EQ now knowing what I am doing but also understanding in what frequency to boost or cut. Once again Colin, thank you for being able to explain all the technical theory in a language that is easy for us to understand.
You should make a video about distortion, what it is, how it works, how to use it on vocals . This would really help me so plzzz if you see this. This would really mean a lot!!!
When you’re on stage, you do not know what it sounds like out front, I’ve been putting up with this nonsense for decades when some dude comes in and he’s got his own effects
Actually i would say learn how to achieve a great recording first. That will make eqing way easier. Learn your gear, mic placement, room and whoever is your performer. If you do those first the next steps are way way easier.
Well I guess my ears are shot because I couldn’t hear one bit of difference. Then you said it was a woman, she should just quit singing all together there’s no eq that can help that voice
‼ Download the free Pro Vocal Checklist here: www.thebandguide.com/provocalslogic ‼
🎙 Mic used on these vocals: sweetwater.sjv.io/rQM2BB
By far one of the best eq tutorials
I cannot tell you how grateful I am for these videos about vocals.
I am trying to Master the compositions of my late wife which had been recorded about 15 years ago with terrible mobile phones.
I was able to separate her vocals from the melody via Bandlab.
I am cleaning them up from clicks and noise with audacity
I will play the Melodies again with my keyboard and try to remaster the songs in Logic Pro. .
But being a mezzo soprano, her voice still sounds like a vinyl recording from 1900s.
I will try to give her voice some body and presence with the help of this video.
I want to thank you very very much for this, and I am open to any suggestions.
That is universally a very good baseline all mixes i am a MC i mix my own vocals and i realized i did not look at presence and air now it is like nite and day . PLus the Vintage tube EQ excellent idea. Many thanks.
Thanks for such a thorough explanation. Much appreciated. Have downloaded the guide to affix to my desk for a starting template! Have a Great Christmas! (Today being 24th Dec 24!) will check out any other of your vids but must first get the turkey out of the oven to baste it. I KNEW we should have killed it first!
Great way of simplifying the vocal EQ zones to help learn as a beginner. Awesome job
This helped me understand the zone in which I need to get that natural sound...ty
Awesomeness!!!🤘🏼🔥 appreciate the lables in the EQ window.
Great way to describe eq ranges. Thanks for your simple and concise language.💥
you really are the gold brick champion of EQ tips!
This video has to be the best instructional video for vocals. I have experience that. goes back to the analog days. I say to this I was able understand Colin's video with his audio off. I'm currently online on a church service.. This video surpasses my. threshold. to share with my music community.
This could not have been posted at better time! Literally mixing vocals tomorrow!
Great help. Will be using these ideas. Thanks
This is all new to me. I'm just starting to record vocals so thank you for the great explanation on how to EQ them.
Glad it was helpful!
Great explanation of the main elements of vocal EQ. I pretty much always do the high pass and boost somewhere between 3k and 5k and do the rest as needed. I am finding myself using Pultec type EQ a lot, it does wonders to an incredibly wide range of tracks. I use Tunca's Rare-SE which I find great sounding. I'm sure you too use the Pultec magic trick of doing both boost and attenuation on the low frequencies resulting in amazingly useful curves.
Agreed! I love Rare. Tunca is pretty amazing and generous.
The thing that Rare-SE has that I haven't seen in other Pultec emulation plugins which is really cool is the ability to do mid and sides instead of the normal left and right stereo.
Excellent video Boss! Thanks to you i have improved the whole mix in my music and yes Eq is such a powerful and important tool. And to clearify the steps for how to use it the way you do makes it easy to follow and that is gold worth. Great work as usual 💪👍
Great video love the way you explain the eq process. Thank you again💯💯💯💯
Muy buen trabajo Colin. I am about to change to Logic but I'm still having some issues mixing lead vocals in garageband for final work. this video is helping me to see better my work.thanx
Thank you for the vids, you have helped me a lot with my music
can you make a video on how to EQ the whistle sound out your voice and music
Great video, Colin! Your explanations (and demonstrations) are so clear and helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
This was so much help brother thank you!
Great video with great information. Thanks for sharing the different frequencies and how it changes the track
Hey thanks! Glad it was helpful
thank you xD this is great
Very Useful!
BRAVO!
Nice one!
Thank you for this video, lots of help.
Thanks
I've been learning Logic over the past few months, & your great videos have been SO helpful. Your strength is in explaining technical stuff in way that makes total sense to a guy that just wants to play & record music. You are much appreciated, Colin.
Thanks for the information. What kind of headphones are you using? Last but not least is this type of EQ appropriate for the rap genre?
Beyerdynamic DT770. Hands down my favorite headphones. There's a link in the description! And 100%. I've mixed dozens of rap songs with this exact approach
@@TheBandGuide Thank You.
Loved your video Colin. Is there any equivalent of the vintage tube plugin you have used at the end for GargeBand users?
Great stuff! In different sections of the song, say the chorus for example where the instrumentation may change, do you automate EQ settings to compensate for music changes or is the EQ fixed throughout for the vocal track?
Great question! If it just needs slight changes in one section, I'll often automate. But if it needs changes regularly (like every chorus, for example), I'll often just split that section out and let the chorus vocals have their own EQ
thank you so much for ALL you videos! they’re amazing. i learned more in the past week watching them and taking notes than in the past 10 years messing around with logic on my own.
i have a weird question: 04:38 you work on the presence zone using not the “blu dot” but a second “green dot”. how come? thank youuu
Thank you. Never hurts to freshen up. I have enjoyed all your tutorials. Hey, here's a question: how do EQ bands interact, i.e., when the high pass filter is up around 150 and the next on-board band definer (the orange shelf) is left of that (say, around 90), is the orange band obliterated by the "red" cutoff? I assume the high pass prevails. But am I wasting energy and head room by not turning the orange band off altogether?
Ever since I got the principles explained for EQ in the mixing course, it all clicked for me.
It's fun to work with EQ now knowing what I am doing but also understanding in what frequency to boost or cut.
Once again Colin, thank you for being able to explain all the technical theory in a language that is easy for us to understand.
Q, during vocal chain EQ etc., do you have any bus(delay or reverb) added and what plugins are on your master track
You should make a video about distortion, what it is, how it works, how to use it on vocals . This would really help me so plzzz if you see this. This would really mean a lot!!!
Thank you for this video
Can you do a video using neoverb
Hey can you share the vocal presets?
whenever i try to give more air to my vocal my “S” s are out of control. any tips?
When you’re on stage, you do not know what it sounds like out front, I’ve been putting up with this nonsense for decades when some dude comes in and he’s got his own effects
It’s difficult to save poorly recorded vocals, for sure
It's fun practice
If the vox does not have an "air" about it, U can use an exciter.
His own video sound was noising. Hard to listen on headphones.
Actually i would say learn how to achieve a great recording first. That will make eqing way easier. Learn your gear, mic placement, room and whoever is your performer. If you do those first the next steps are way way easier.
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Well I guess my ears are shot because I couldn’t hear one bit of difference. Then you said it was a woman, she should just quit singing all together there’s no eq that can help that voice