Here's my favorite microphone for under $100. The Sure SM57. Check it out on Amazon: goo.gl/WZ6Wb1 The SM57 is an industry standard! I use it all of the time for vocals, recording guitar amps, and my drum kit.
Excellent choice of mic. I use one for my vocals. The 57 has always been my mic of choice Bob. I use one in my studio set up with the dedicated wind shield plus a pop shield. Gives a beautiful well rounded vocal. And I've always really dug the look of the mic too. I also use some sub bass in the mids on the Steinway grand sound in Logic. Gives the piano sound some more crunch. IMHO. Man, your videos are the most instructive I've found online! soundcloud.com/stemart/shes-always-a-woman-a-tribute-to-billy-joel-played-sung-by-steve-martin
Thanks Steve for the kudos on the tutorials! Hopefully, there's a few nuggets of knowledge in these videos to help you and others. BTW - I took a listen to the Billy Joel tune and it really sounds great! Good job with the piano and vocals!
For the stage at 5:20 there's also the scale quantise option on the left of the editor which I find speeds it up the process a little- as long as you select what key your in, just highlight the notes and hit the "Q" button next to it
Helo Bob, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for this tutorials, I'm a regular self-taught musician and I don't know much about music production but I'm currently learning... vocal harmonies was something I was particularly struggling with and this video has improved the quality of my songs a lot, so... thank you for this and many of your other tutorials on Logic Pro X.
Bob, Great tutorial-Thank you. You saved me hours of project time creating 3 part complex harmos. Used the splice tool for the complex in note harmonies and it divided up the notes for pitch changes. Can't thank you enough.
Stumbled across this video looking for a Harmonica plugin for Logic. But this video actually taught me something I'd been thinking of doing for a while and hadn't really experimented with. Thanks man! Very informative, results sound great!
TNice tutorials was honestly so helpful. I’ve been working around soft, whether it be church, singing in a band, or theatre for most of my life so tNice tutorials
Thank you so much, almost spent $250 on melodyne. Flex time and pitch always looked so intimidating but this will help me create harmonies for my songs.
Great video! Once again, you're one of the top videos under the topic I was researching. Keep up the good work and keep posting videos. Take care my friend.
Martin Kelly You can change the pitch of the vocal in GB but it applies to the entire track. That won't work for vocal harmonies. You'll need Logic Pro X. It's an easy transition if you are currently using GB 10. $199 for a professional DAW is a great deal you may want to consider. Good luck!
Great video. Another tip would be that if you find an out of key note during Flex Pitch you can click it on the piano and it will select all instances of that note.
Thank you! Very useful! I am going through a hard time trying to make my vocals decent (in terms of mixing). I have made a big effort in interpreting and reaching good vocal takes, but when it comes to mixing, instead of making them sound better, I make them sound worse. Thank you again!
Tracking a good performance is half of the battle. Keep working at it, you'll get it. Make sure you use reference tracks from pro mixes. Always helps to compare to get better. Good luck!
Super helpful video! I got logic about a month ago, and for the most part am pretty familiar with it now, but I've been struggling a lot with vocal production, but this helped a lot!
Great vid! A small thing that I don't agree with is the way you made the harmony, with just a third above. I would say instead think of the chord your using rather than strictly thirds or sixths (unless you're hitting the root or the third of the chord all the time, in which case it'll work) I use the vocal transformer and pitch shifter a lot too, automating it to give hte proper note, but that's a bit painstaking sometimes. I also often put a dip in the high mids to remove more of the crispness from the harmony vocals
Great! Thank for the tip! Hector, I think you missed my point. Sorry if I was not clear on this but I was not referring to the 3rd of the root note of a chord or the key of the song. I was referring to the specific note that the vocalist lands on. So the pitch shifting was a major 3rd up from a specific note (or 4 half steps). If this note falls outside of the key of the song then make your adjustment to a minor 3rd (3 half steps). Of course there are more than one way of harmonizing. I was just illustrating a simple harmony example for the video by pitching a specific NOTE up a major or minor 3rd. Please use whatever works for you. There no right or wrong way.
Cool. I've been considering doing something like this just to write harmonies, since I'm new to singing and have a hard time finding good harmony. This way I can find the harmony and then sing it myself since I'll have a reference.
yes. amazing. finally an informative video. i've been trying to figure out how to get that tight harmony sound that pros pull off without spending hundreds and taking hours.
Very perceptive! I guess I really like the 80s and I've embraced the technology of modern music. So there you go, a modern 80s popish sound! Thanks for the comment.
Here's my favorite microphone for under $100. The Sure SM57. Check it out on Amazon: goo.gl/WZ6Wb1
The SM57 is an industry standard! I use it all of the time for vocals, recording guitar amps, and my drum kit.
Excellent choice of mic. I use one for my vocals. The 57 has always been my mic of choice Bob. I use one in my studio set up with the dedicated wind shield plus a pop shield. Gives a beautiful well rounded vocal. And I've always really dug the look of the mic too. I also use some sub bass in the mids on the Steinway grand sound in Logic. Gives the piano sound some more crunch. IMHO. Man, your videos are the most instructive I've found online!
soundcloud.com/stemart/shes-always-a-woman-a-tribute-to-billy-joel-played-sung-by-steve-martin
Thanks Steve for the kudos on the tutorials! Hopefully, there's a few nuggets of knowledge in these videos to help you and others. BTW - I took a listen to the Billy Joel tune and it really sounds great! Good job with the piano and vocals!
Thanks a lot Bob. I appreciate that. It's great fun.
Sub-bass... in the _mids?_
Every producer has a deeper than the ocean voice
Amazing tutorial, very very thank you
Thank you Rodrigo!
For the stage at 5:20 there's also the scale quantise option on the left of the editor which I find speeds it up the process a little- as long as you select what key your in, just highlight the notes and hit the "Q" button next to it
Helo Bob, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for this tutorials, I'm a regular self-taught musician and I don't know much about music production but I'm currently learning... vocal harmonies was something I was particularly struggling with and this video has improved the quality of my songs a lot, so... thank you for this and many of your other tutorials on Logic Pro X.
gauchoaiz Thank you for a very nice and encouraging comment! All the best!
You are a living god among n, a legend worthy of praise. What you've uploaded here, will echo into eternity!
Bob, Great tutorial-Thank you. You saved me hours of project time creating 3 part complex harmos. Used the splice tool for the complex in note harmonies and it divided up the notes for pitch changes. Can't thank you enough.
Glad it worked well for you! Thanks for the great comment!
Stumbled across this video looking for a Harmonica plugin for Logic. But this video actually taught me something I'd been thinking of doing for a while and hadn't really experimented with. Thanks man! Very informative, results sound great!
Thank you for that great and inspiring comment!!
Blakey Don't stop making soft. I wished I started as early as you. You have a lot of years to learn!
I am brand new to DAW and soft soft - these tutorials are excellent an very helpful to get soone like up and running. Appreciate
So far the only tutorial I've seen that takes it slow and doesn't require prior experience to soft design.
TNice tutorials was honestly so helpful. I’ve been working around soft, whether it be church, singing in a band, or theatre for most of my life so tNice tutorials
That song is comedy gold!
It scared me 3 seconds in! DAMN!
Biffinn Bridge 😂😂😂🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Great video *Bob Sell* !
Thanks Steven!
year for all of us, for so- it's still ongoing. i respect you for being honest as that's what's been keeping a bit sane recently, just being
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to provide a free tutorial for all us fellow audio guys
Spencer Sherman Spencer, thank you for your thoughtful comment!
love the simplicity of your style -- great for beginners
Thanks Dean for the great comment!!
Good job , tnx. Supported as I could.
Thanks Kris!
Very useful. A clear and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you.
Thank you for that great comment!!
The most structured and detailed tutorial i ca across until now. Thank you very much!
This has been something ive been trying to figure out for a long time!!! Thank you so much!!! This helped a lot!!!
+Official Preston Great! Glad this helped you! Thanks for the comment!
Thank you so much, almost spent $250 on melodyne. Flex time and pitch always looked so intimidating but this will help me create harmonies for my songs.
Glad you found this helpful.
This is fantastic! Will definitely be coming back to this video once I start recording vocals!
Thanks Connor!
Great video! Once again, you're one of the top videos under the topic I was researching. Keep up the good work and keep posting videos. Take care my friend.
+AConstip8edCow Great! Thanks for the comment!! Cheers!
Bob, well done ! Im a beginner and this was great help! Simple and efficient !
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for a concise and easy to follow tip! Slightly offsetting the harmony vocal really helps give ir a lot more life! Thank you !
You're welcome! Thanks for the great comment!!
Thanks Bob, this is what I need to be inspired by now that I work with to get to my vocal sound better
Thank you Robert! Glad this helped! All the best!
Martin Kelly You can change the pitch of the vocal in GB but it applies to the entire track. That won't work for vocal harmonies. You'll need Logic Pro X. It's an easy transition if you are currently using GB 10. $199 for a professional DAW is a great deal you may want to consider. Good luck!
This video made me learn to use stock plugins more and more and make it work you made this track sound really different keeping it simple!
James Mesidor Thank you James, appreciate the comment!!
As always, everything is super. Waiting for new soft from your team
Great video. Another tip would be that if you find an out of key note during Flex Pitch you can click it on the piano and it will select all instances of that note.
Thanks for the tip Blake!
great tip, Bob. much easier then all other examples.
Glad it was helpful!
PERFECT TECHNIQUE!! Congratz BOB!
Eddie Souza - E.S.P. Studios - Brazil
E.S.P. Studios Eddie, thank you for that comment! All the best to E.S.P. Studios in Brazil!!
Hi Bob,
Now, this is exactly what I needed right now. Thank you so much and best regards from Germany...
Dilofoniaful Glad you found it useful! Thanks for commenting!!
You can delay the harmony without a delay plugin. You can delay regions in that left top window that has the gain and transpose options as well.
Thanks Kris!
No problem
Thank you! Very useful!
I am going through a hard time trying to make my vocals decent (in terms of mixing). I have made a big effort in interpreting and reaching good vocal takes, but when it comes to mixing, instead of making them sound better, I make them sound worse. Thank you again!
Miguel Díaz Miguel, thank you for the comment! Glad you found this useful!!
Tracking a good performance is half of the battle. Keep working at it, you'll get it. Make sure you use reference tracks from pro mixes. Always helps to compare to get better. Good luck!
Super helpful video! I got logic about a month ago, and for the most part am pretty familiar with it now, but I've been struggling a lot with vocal production, but this helped a lot!
+Josh Hayes Glad you found it helpful! Logic is awesom! Good luck with your productions. Thanks for the comment Josh!
Dude, that was GREAT! Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I used these instructions successfully for the first time yesterday and was successful. 🙏🏻👍🏻
Great! Congrats!!
Great vid! A small thing that I don't agree with is the way you made the harmony, with just a third above. I would say instead think of the chord your using rather than strictly thirds or sixths (unless you're hitting the root or the third of the chord all the time, in which case it'll work) I use the vocal transformer and pitch shifter a lot too, automating it to give hte proper note, but that's a bit painstaking sometimes. I also often put a dip in the high mids to remove more of the crispness from the harmony vocals
Great! Thank for the tip! Hector, I think you missed my point. Sorry if I was not clear on this but I was not referring to the 3rd of the root note of a chord or the key of the song. I was referring to the specific note that the vocalist lands on. So the pitch shifting was a major 3rd up from a specific note (or 4 half steps). If this note falls outside of the key of the song then make your adjustment to a minor 3rd (3 half steps). Of course there are more than one way of harmonizing. I was just illustrating a simple harmony example for the video by pitching a specific NOTE up a major or minor 3rd. Please use whatever works for you. There no right or wrong way.
BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YO
Awesome work.....I still am learning this program!
Gieselle Baird Thank you!
The was terrific and well explained Logic X tip. I am subscribed!
Great Christopher! Thank you for being a subscriber!!
Cool. I've been considering doing something like this just to write harmonies, since I'm new to singing and have a hard time finding good harmony. This way I can find the harmony and then sing it myself since I'll have a reference.
Great idea! Thanks!!
yes. amazing. finally an informative video. i've been trying to figure out how to get that tight harmony sound that pros pull off without spending hundreds and taking hours.
Glad this helped Cody! Thanks for that great comment!
Short and to the point. Great tutorial - thanks! :)
+Britt Johansen Thank you Britt!
Thanks for the tip Bob. I'm going to try this sometime next week.
Great! Please share when you get R' done!
I will. I started following your soundcloud this morning.
Great! Thank you!
Thanks Bob. Some great tips there. Im brand new to logic pro so very useful stuff.
You are going to love Logic! Great stuff! Let me know if I can help with anything. Thanks for the comment!
+Bob Sell much appreciated.
Thanks for sharing your valuable experience.
you rock Bob!
+Lucas Audeo Thanks Lucas!
Your lead singer is a British dude! Great video man, good info! Thank you.
Thanks!
Nice. Thanks a lot actually. It worked, you explained it well.
Glad it helped!!
Thank you for this instructive tutorial! Best regards from Russia!
+Aleksej Tatarikow Good to hear from the east! Thank you for your comment! All the best!
works like a charm
Great! Thanks for the comment.
Great video exactly what I was looking for
+Kal M World Great! Glad this helped!
Amazing video!! This was exactly what I needed, I’ll try out this technique tonight :)
You got this! Have fun! Awesome comment! Thank you!!
Very good tutorial, Bob.
+Steven Cravis Thank you, Steven.
Love it!!! This video helps a lot!!! Thank you very much, I'm looking forward to your new tutorials! XD
Glad the video helped you! Thanks for the great comment!!
Thanks a lot from India. I benefitted from your clear explanation.
Glad it helped
cheers Bob!
+the inconsistent jukebox cheers mate!
Thank you for the aim feature
Thank you Mike! I'm just starting out and tNice tutorials video really helped get the basics down!
Thank you Bob... that was a pleasant tutorial...
Great! Thumbs up!~
Thanks Larry!
Pretty good BOB. It's got a little machine like feel to it but it's overall pretty good thank you Robert
Thank you! All the best to you and your music!
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much
You’re welcome!
This is an excellent tutorial. Well done! Thanks!
+zzzut Thank you for the comment!
Thanks for the direction. Helped me plenty!
Glad this helped you out!
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing !!💙❤️
My pleasure 😊
well done, Bob, thank you for this very informative video!
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment!!
Thanks bob your the best! Love the tutorials
You’re welcome!!
thanks for this tutorial! and the one for melodyne! it really helped. thank you.
+drstatic401 You're welcome. Glad it helped!
great tutorial-the man is professional !!!
+Yovav Shalit Thank you for the inspiring comment!!
your video was so helpful! thank you for the great and easy to follow tutorial!
You're welcome! Thanks for the great comment!!
this was a great video. i needed this info
+kj roberts I'm glad it helped!
great tutorial. really helpful and clear
Glad you found this helpful! Thanks.
Great Job. Short and professionell. You know David Sylvian....?
Thank you! Yes, I've heard of David Sylvian but I don't know his music.
Great tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
You’re welcome!
Awesome vid! Simple and effective!
Great comment! Thank you!!
This is 80s pop perfectly done.
Don't matter how long you take, long as you do it cause you love to
it isn´t always easy like in the video, but it works! great job, man! ;)
+SILENT SUNRISE Thank you!
2021 , still learning from this , thank you soo much ❤️
Happy to help!
Worked smoothly, tysm
Thanks
Great Video Thanks
Thank you!
TNice tutorials helped sooo much!
thank you very much for posting soft without viruses
This is great, thanks Bob.
You're welcome!!
This was great ! Definitely adopting the technique!
Great! Thank you. Enjoy!
Good choice!
Great Video Bob, Thanks
Thanks Bill!
try 'Scale quantize' beneath time quantize. It saves you time, instead of dragging each note at a time
Where is this setting exactly? Thanks in advance!
what are u doing here jesus???
Jesus would like to make EDM, got a problem human
lmao XD
i'm sorry
xD Jesus loves music. Heaven is boring without the Devil playing music~ you know, need to spice things up.
BROOO THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'R THE BEST!!!!!! I LEARNED EVERYTNice tutorialNG I NEEDED TO KNOW THAN YOU VERY
Awesome tutorial! very helpful.
+Gabriel Gomez Thanks Gabriel! Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you, Bob! You just made my day. :)
And you just made my day! Thank you!!
:)
good track, cool effect, great tutorial!
Thank you!
thanks bob - super concise!! ur good..
Thanks Paul!
Like a blend of 80s and modern pop
Very perceptive! I guess I really like the 80s and I've embraced the technology of modern music. So there you go, a modern 80s popish sound! Thanks for the comment.
Bob Sell it's really cool it's well blended to!
thx man! saved me a lot of time
+Lenny Bonapart Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the comment Lenny. All the best!
Thank you. It really works
ill use this in my videos...thanks very helpful
Glad this helped!
You are the boss bro!!! Thank you a lot!
Thank you!!