Mix Home Studio Vocals To Sound Pro In 3 Steps - RecordingRevolution.com
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If you record your vocals in a home studio, they're going to need a little help to sound professional in the mix.
No matter how good of a vocal performance you turn in, there is a difference in a raw home studio vocal and polished pro one. But it's not that hard to achieve!
When I'm mixing home studio vocals there are three distinct moves that I tend to make that can be stunning when implemented well.
You can do these moves with stock or free plugins (as I do in the video) and they are quick and easy to pull off.
Each one is relatively subtle and unimpressive, but the combination of all 3 is what takes an average bedroom vocal recording and turns it into a polished professional track!
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1. Simple, strategic EQ (roll off below ~120 Hz; scoop out -3dB ~350 Hz chest; +3dB shelf boost at 6,000 Hz) to clean it up and lift it
2. Strategic compression to bring the quieter parts up to be more consistent & up-front
3. Short slap delay mixed in to take it out of the bedroom and give it a sense of real space
Super helpful! Thank you so much. Notes for myself & others.
Do you know if the EQ curve is the same for low male vocals? I don’t know if it’s makes a difference that he used a female vocal with these settings?
Just remember everybody we all sound dry when singing, respect the engineer!
Exactly
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That delay sounded terrible solo, but when he played it with the mix, I was like "ooohhh" lol.
Yeah, it's pretty cool
Yeah that's why most of these pros suggest mixing the song as a whole (with the exception of super exact issues)
Exactly Sammmme!
This video helped me understand what EQ and Compression really looks like and I can't thank you enough. Everyone just talks about it or tells you their suggestions, but don't really ever show you what they do and how they work. I feel grateful to have come across this.
Just wanted to drop a comment and say that this is my go-to channel when I need guidance with mixing/mastering. Graham always gives simple, yet sound, advice. And I love the fact that most of what he teaches can be done with stock plug-ins! Awesome work, man.
Maaaan that guitar is panned so hard to the left, it’s gonna fall over 😂😂😂
Ye that's pretty far. I'm about to go through some of my own music and fix that too now lol
Hard left.lol
I’m a beginner at home recording and been tryna figure how to get this exact sound you did thanks for the help ! This video is gold 💯
I want to hear that song from beginning to end. Mixing rules
Me too.
Simple and to the point. I already do these things but the way it was delivered is going to help those starting out. Love how you deliver the content. Good job!
It's Friday and Graham posts a video. A great way to start the weekend!
This worked so damn well with my vocals for a song I did. Thank you!
3:09 EQ
5:11 Compression
8:20 Delay
I'm not a good singer but love recording as a hobby at home. Thanks for the advice.
Excellent video,straight to the point.Thank you.
can u tell me name of this software plz?
reza wee its Pro Tools
I never thought of using delay in place of reverb... cool!!!!!
Closet singer here - thanks for this help!
I really like that delay effect in place of reverb. I cant wait to try that out!
Love this tip man. I like to warm up vocals before any EQ with something like the slate VMR (Revival + Console collection) - makes things sound a little less digital IMO :)
I just want to take a moment to say thank you for all you do! I am cutting my first record and without your info I would have had the wool pulled over my eyes and lost a LOT of money and time with a studio who recently delivered me an extremely subpar product. If I had not been watching your videos I wouldn’t have known what to look for and would have assumed what was given back was as good as it was going to get. It would have been a terribly disappointing project and probably would have led to me quitting singing once and for all. Your wealth of information saved me that tragedy and has given me the strength to be politely honest and strict about what I want/need. Thank you for saving my tail!
whitney wickham maybe your product is crap though?
Sounds so good, brother! I've always appreciated your simplicity.
I think I know you 😅😂🤣
Exactly what I needed. Thanks, Graham.
Once again great upload thanks! One thing I've found is were you record vocals helps alot and the tone of the voice. Because I have a nasally voice the best results I got was using a cheap dynamic mic in a untreated room that had natural reverb compared to a treated room using a condenser mic.
That might be outside the norm but I've even had people notice the difference..
I'm glad you've found a combo that works for you! One size doesn't fit all for sure, and much of it is up to personal taste.
Dude. Thank you so much for this video. I can’t tell you how long I’ve been looking for that answer to get pro out of house.
I have a suggestion. Can You make a video how one singer can record great home studio cover? Using for example instrumental that all can sound decent for YT or IG.:)
came here for mixing knowledge.. but fell in love with that song...
Great performance to work with!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world!
You rock
It's a yes for me...thank you..
Was mixing vocals yesterday and wasn't sure if I was doing the right thing to get them to sound clear - got a new preamp (the Scarlet 2i2, it's great, thanks for the constent recommendations for it) so it's been a bit of a learning curve figuring out how to mix something new when I've mixed my old preamp for five years. Glad to see all the cuts and boosts I did were in this video, so I did the right thing :D always love your content, thanks for always giving us veteran mixers refresher courses on these concepts, always helps.
I gotta say..I'm kinda digging the raw version dry...maybe no delay...just eq and comp.
Andrew J Castaneda forsure I agree but it wouldn’t ever fly in industry radio.
The delay doesn't really work especially with the 'BACK'. Just sounds ridiculous
Awesome vocal made more awesome!
Excellent and clear information. Thank U.
Bro love your work
Love from India 😍
Thanks for sharing your expertise
God bless, brother. This is great stuff, even for experienced writers/producers. Much appreciated!
I have learned so much from watching these videos. It has really taken my recordings to a better level. Thanks for the wealth of knowledge Graham!!!
I like that slap delay technique. Really no need for a reverb in this scenario
This steps are revealed by Graham years ago. and i learnt this on this page :)
Simple and effective makes perfect since.
Great basic techniques to get a clean vocal at home!
Good stuff. Thanks for the simple steps. Like how you explained comp on vocals and why.
So mixing is about adding your own style ,a lot of producers would say adding that delay to the vocals would be wrong! But that sounds great.
Of course it's about what sounds good it's music
Great video. Thanks for little tips. Appreciate what you do to show all of us home studio user how to master better. Your the man my friend looking forward to learning more from you. God bless
Really great video! Thank you. Liked and subscribed!!!
Appreciate your hard bro love from indian
As a beginner it is hard to hear the differences with the EQ! Amazing insight nonetheless, really learned a thing or 2 from this video!
I've studied your videos for the last month's and listen to what you said I'm starting new a studio but it starts with better songs better recording performance and then these three easy steps
Great tips, and I wasn't sure about the slap delay until I heard it in the mix - then it really works (as is so often the case, solo can fool you).
Brilliant video Graham !!!
Nice, unique voice and freq shaping.
Thanks Graham! You're videos are helping me so much. Keep up the great work.
Hey Graham... Please make a video about RMS vs peak compression techniques in different situations
Adarsh Shrivastav this is a great idea
MAN, this is nuts. Just the EQ part alone, I have to admit, I could barely tell a difference between the vocals with and without the EQ tweaks. Undeniably, though, there was something different when you would switch between EQ'd and not. I'm sure thats why I don't mix professionally haha! (Or at all for that matter) thank you for the valuable resource!
You are helping me ..... thank you so much
//:: Perfect video. As I record more music, I was looking for a little help with vocal mixes and this great advice.
Hell yeah I felt that first part
Excellent - subtle moves to my ears - except that slap delay seems too crispy in the upper high end for me. What about rolling off - EQ'ing - a bit of the highs in the delay as well?
Totally
nice but I wouldn't say that the recording sounded particularly home studio. Sounded like a pretty clean recording, actually. No 60 cycle hum going on or high hiss noise, and no room echo that I could really perceive so these 3 steps are really just common to all vocal recordings. I'd do those same steps pretty much on any vocal, home or not. Also, do you ever add a de-esser to beat down the S sounds or do you just pull clips down to lower the volume manually? And what about multiband compression? Do you ever use that instead of eq? Maybe instead of limiting the volume statically around 350 Hz, use a compressor on that range to limit it instead of reducing it across the board? Same as how you adjust the overall volume with a compressor, you can adjust a range of freq so you don't lose them, just beat down the loud ones? Just wondering what you think. thx
My dude! 💪
Use multi band compressor.
Thanks recording revolution!!! I found it extremely helpful:)
It’s about time I find something that really helps thank you✊🏼
thank you so much for sharing the Mixing Checklist!
Great lesson! Thanks.
idk about the delay but all the advice is good thank you
Awesome! Thanks!
Great sound fam
Thank you very much! great work!
Awesome as usual! 👏 👏Thank you, Graham!
Thank you! I've been looking for this info, and you nailed it
Love this! Thanks!
thank u so much for those 3 steps that will improve my cover videos. thanks again
YES
Great content, thanks Graham!
Love your videos. Thanks so much for posting!
Super nice bro! Thanks so much..
so simple and effective, thank you
Love your videos, recordingrevolution!
Who is the band? Singer sounds awesome!
I could be wrong but it sounds like one of the singers from the Lack family
Soul Journer - Lack Family Band :)
Tarantino vibe ;)
I’m a SO on my way BAckUH
I have idea. Automate the compressor so the parts intended to be low in the mix stay low or automate the volume of the track that way. It's so much more exciting if none can tell there is compression. It's a lot of work but I think makes things so much more exiting.
Great video! Would the the EQ curve be the same for low male rock vocals?! Thanks!🤘
Good stuff as always.
muchas gracias! por más que no sepa inglés pude entender todo a la perfección.
Excellent video bro. Thank you!
Love it! Thanks!
cool! thanks
nice video!!!
Great Video man🤟🏻
In this video (and often in other tutorials throughout youtube) you demonstrate what you are doing in Solo.
But I also know that many experienced mixers will say to avoid mixing in solo.
So when you actually apply these tricks, do you do it in Solo? Are you only showing it in Solo here so that we can hear what these 3 tricks do? Or should I actually put my vocals in Solo when I do things like this?
Awesome.
hey man, great video, and that song sounds amazing
Super! Now, all I need now is to learn how to sing.
(Should be a doddle).
You just helped me SO much... Again! Thanx a damn lot, man!
Very nice..hmmm the “k” on the word “back” ..?
where is the full mixing course you mentioned in end? please make a full mixing course i will buy everything.
what about level automation on the vocals before processing, especially compression? would this sound smoother, as it requires less compression?
Thank you for this!
I think you just solved 3 problems for me LOL! I'm finding myself too heavy on the reverb never thought of using tje delay instead. And i always thought a compressor makes your music too quiet or something! Big misconception!
Disasta Da Villn it does at first, but that is what the make up gain is for.
Hey Graham, could you make a video about podcast recordings !? The recording you did on "how to get paid to do what you love" is just awesome !
Like on how to record? Or post production on the recording?
both would be great Graham ! how did you get that great sound so far ?!
Thank you very much.... ❤
It helped me very much.... ❤🤝🏻
Thank you.
thank you