What's your favorite doubling technique?! Use these time stamps to jump around. 0:25 -- The Faux Double 0:59 -- The Mono Double 1:37 -- The Stereo Double 2:25 -- The Choir Double 2:51 -- The SUPER Choir Double 3:21 -- The SUPER Choir Double + Time & Pitch Quantizing
@@curtisdale2791 stereo double banana split (basically two SM57s fitted into banana peels to the left and right of twin vocalists singing the same part). I usually do some panning adjustments afterward but it's not required
What I love about this video is how quickly you got to the point and similarly, how quickly you provided good examples that lasted *just* long enough. Great video and thank you
If I ever do sing, I usually mono double. I can barely hit a note but when I mono double it, the slightly out of tune-ness on both tracks cancel each other out a bit lmao
Definitely! If the vocal is just OK, a double can really help beef it up and smooth out some of those infrequencies. This is exactly why John Lennon liked doubling! It made him feel more confident in the final product.
I always appreciate people that can explain topic easily and super clear without all the confusion, while others really enjoys to have those super mysterious lectures when they sound like they are just explaining the discovery of Deathly Hallows to Dumbledore or something. Subscribed right away!
I’ve heard when doing the mono double to have one be the “main” and be at a higher volume and then add in the double to taste, but also to pan them very slightly like by 5/100 which effectively separates them by 10 and makes them even less phasy
This is the best tutorial on mixing I ever needed.! Sadly I use audacity but been I’ve come to make my vocals sound good but everyone kept saying my voice never set right in the song like it’s hard to hear, after apply the technique I needed from this video I sent a song to a few friends and they all said it’s the best mix I ever done and they can hear me clearly . I can’t afford a good program, mic, or studio sessions so this is a great feeling like a game changer. I feel confident in music but my mixing was what always gave me anxiety
Excellent. I’ve been recording in ProTools since 2005 and this was perfect advice. I do a lot of doubling. Sometimes the best second track for the situation is one that you listen to by itself and think, ‘nah’. But when you stack it with the main track, the parts, or mood, that seemed off really play into the feel and widening effect. They pop out just enough to catch someone’s attention.
Thanks. Very informative. I didn't realize there were so many techniques to this, but you can distinctly hear them now that you know what you're listening to.
Love using mono double Dbl Same technique that Ben Folds uses for a lot of his songs. It just adds that extra "punch" to vocals- especially when a track is really layered like in a Folds song.
I love your videos they are fantastic but if I were to make one suggestion it would be to include the raw undoubled vocal at the start as a reference point. But that's probably me being nitpicky! Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you! That’s a good idea. There should always be a neutral reference. I guess I assumed we know what an undoubled part sounded like, but it still would’ve been fun to compare.
Yoooooo. Stereo double is what I needed for this one track I wasn't even thinking about. And "ozzy osbourne vocal effects" but not wanting the 20th breakdown of crazy train is what got me here.
Love it ive done all these in some way shape or form, another trick is literally the same vocal recorded doubled and the double slid back a tad bit and panned which is basically a physical delay in timing of the original and double
Agreeing with others here, I SOOOOOOO appreciate both your clarity and your brevity! No B.S., not lots of extra words, just concise explanations, to the point, and out... Thank you! (In just a couple of minutes I got the intro info about double-tracking vocals I came for).
i use a pretty cool effect where i triple the vocals, keep one the same, pitch one down and pitch the other up. makes a pretty cool alien-sounding effect
if this isn’t already a song you should make it into one, it’s real catchy, but this video is a go to when i need a refreshing on how to etc, like someone said in another comment, he gets straight to point which is great.
You should try recording each double with a different tone or character. Like record 1 normal in the centre then a left and right. But the rest of the doubles are sung softer, shouted, or in a totally different voice.
Soooo I've been a huge fan of Type O Negative ever since I was old enough to own my own CD player. When October Rust came out it blew my mind and I stressed so hard to figure out how peter was able to get his characteristic tonal sound (timbre hes almost impossible to emulate but his tonal style was dope.) I later in my teen year learned a suuuuppper easy version of my fav personal style of this in which you mono double at 100% then repop same raws full stereo double at 50% or lower to taste. It doesnt give you the full choir effect just this weird full spacial effect that I cant quite describe. It's literally just like two clicks and two pans, unreasonably easy. You can do this with a gaming mic and audacity - I know bc I tried just to see what would happen. I highly suggest you try it. If Type O isnt a jam you're used to think MCR I'm Not Okay vocals - not a big emo fan but the concept is there. This can be used from modern pop, to 80s goth, to 90s shoegaze, to modern and oldschool sludge/doom metal. Give it a twirl, it's super easy and actually really fuckin fun to play with
Hey I tried to make this track my self at home on my phone,I don't know much about editing, so can u plz listen my track and tell me what are my mistake or what is missing? Love from india
when adding more layers should you lower the volume at all? specifically on the choir double since you have a true duplicate doesnt that make the double track louder than the main track or does it balance out since its 100% panned left/right?
Great question, Jason! Depending on the pan law of you DAW, you can loose a few dB just by panning the tracks. The short answer is: it depends. Usually, I find doubles and harmonies can be anywhere 3-9 dB lower, sometimes more depending on the structure of the chord. Are you simply layering for a little more vibe and weight..or do you need to FEATURE some of the harmonies..experiment to find a blend that works for that song!
Great video. Lots of information with no dross. Quick and to the point. The vocal(s) I used on a song was by accident, but I liked it enough that I kept it. I was doing a cover song and did the vocal track. I wasn't super pleased with it, so I opened another track and did it again. By the time I was done, I had 5 or 6 of them, but I always soloed the last one I did. While I was trying to mix down, I accidentally unclicked the soloed track and heard all of the other ones too. I liked the way it came out and kept all of them on the final mix.
this was really helpful man, if im being honest, i feel like this is what eminem used to do in his earlier slim shady days to make each line and bar stick out!!
The fact that I didn’t have to watch a long 30 minute video and skip what I was there for in the first place
Bless
so true... simple, clear and direct to the point ! some youtubeur should inspire from him
Exactly
It’s exactly why I subbed.. most things in life can be explained in less than 2 minutes. I like this guy!
Foreal!
What's your favorite doubling technique?! Use these time stamps to jump around.
0:25 -- The Faux Double
0:59 -- The Mono Double
1:37 -- The Stereo Double
2:25 -- The Choir Double
2:51 -- The SUPER Choir Double
3:21 -- The SUPER Choir Double + Time & Pitch Quantizing
Your Faux Double but with an LFO or modulation changing the pitch of the second one so it isn't "square". ADT.
@@PureHoney_ASMR Maybe his vocal was doubled...
@@curtisdale2791 stereo double banana split (basically two SM57s fitted into banana peels to the left and right of twin vocalists singing the same part). I usually do some panning adjustments afterward but it's not required
Nice and to-the-point video. Good comparison.
Thank you, Joe! I really appreciate that.
What I love about this video is how quickly you got to the point and similarly, how quickly you provided good examples that lasted *just* long enough. Great video and thank you
Thank you!
you deserve more subs. may the algorithm bless your soul
Thank you!
If I ever do sing, I usually mono double. I can barely hit a note but when I mono double it, the slightly out of tune-ness on both tracks cancel each other out a bit lmao
Definitely! If the vocal is just OK, a double can really help beef it up and smooth out some of those infrequencies. This is exactly why John Lennon liked doubling! It made him feel more confident in the final product.
The Ringo affect ?
@@sejrec56 lmao yeah I usually use less reverb tho
I always appreciate people that can explain topic easily and super clear without all the confusion, while others really enjoys to have those super mysterious lectures when they sound like they are just explaining the discovery of Deathly Hallows to Dumbledore or something.
Subscribed right away!
Thanks Patrik!!
I’ve heard when doing the mono double to have one be the “main” and be at a higher volume and then add in the double to taste, but also to pan them very slightly like by 5/100 which effectively separates them by 10 and makes them even less phasy
You deserve to see heaven for the simplicity of this video 🙏🏾 Thank You!!
Glad you enjoyed!!
This is prolly one of the best music tutorials I’ve seen. Straight to the knowledge🙌🏽
Thank you! Glad you dug it!!
Man, do I ever love the conciseness ...yet thoroughness of this lesson. Thanks Roy.
This explains why I've always loved Great Balls of Fire. Jerry Lee Lewis voice has a slight echo feel, like its delayed by a few milliseconds.
Nice! It’s always fun to “figure out” how someone got their signature sound...and then steal it for your own productions 😂 thanks for the comment!
That’s actually direct tape delay switching the play head out of synch
This is the best tutorial on mixing I ever needed.! Sadly I use audacity but been I’ve come to make my vocals sound good but everyone kept saying my voice never set right in the song like it’s hard to hear, after apply the technique I needed from this video I sent a song to a few friends and they all said it’s the best mix I ever done and they can hear me clearly . I can’t afford a good program, mic, or studio sessions so this is a great feeling like a game changer. I feel confident in music but my mixing was what always gave me anxiety
A great little video glossary of Vocal Doubling. No frills, clear explanations, and the graphics really help. Thank you. Kudos.
Thanks for watching Mitchel!
Excellent. I’ve been recording in ProTools since 2005 and this was perfect advice. I do a lot of doubling. Sometimes the best second track for the situation is one that you listen to by itself and think, ‘nah’. But when you stack it with the main track, the parts, or mood, that seemed off really play into the feel and widening effect. They pop out just enough to catch someone’s attention.
I like your straight-to-the-point style
Thanks. Very informative. I didn't realize there were so many techniques to this, but you can distinctly hear them now that you know what you're listening to.
Love using mono double Dbl
Same technique that Ben Folds uses for a lot of his songs.
It just adds that extra "punch" to vocals- especially when a track is really layered like in a Folds song.
Very sweet. Learned about stacking more than 2-4 vocals.
This is fair and square the type of concise easy explanations and examples that all mixing and audio channels should stick to. You won a sub my man
Thank you!
This is sick, short, and informative. Thanks man
I think the best thing about these vocal samples, is your voice!
Very kind, thank you!
Straight to the point, no bullsh*t. Excellent video.
Thank you!
I love your videos they are fantastic but if I were to make one suggestion it would be to include the raw undoubled vocal at the start as a reference point.
But that's probably me being nitpicky! Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you! That’s a good idea. There should always be a neutral reference. I guess I assumed we know what an undoubled part sounded like, but it still would’ve been fun to compare.
I appreciate how concise and clear this video was
Thank you Andrew!
Dude. This is just what I needed. Thanks a ton!!
Awesome! Thanks for watching John!!
Amazing video, thanks you so much! 😃
This guy is great
I love the fact he is brief
Glad you enjoyed!
Thanks, very informative and brief. And clear pronunciation... I'm not a native speaker but can understand every word!
Thank you so much Layla! I hope it helps!
Excellent video. Straight to the point with no BS, just how I like my tutorials!
Much appreciated!! Thank you!
Yoooooo. Stereo double is what I needed for this one track I wasn't even thinking about. And "ozzy osbourne vocal effects" but not wanting the 20th breakdown of crazy train is what got me here.
Love videos like these:
Simple, easy to follow, engaging, short and straight forward!
Sub well-deserved!
Much appreciate! Thank you!
Bro, 2k subs? Why is that? This material is gold.
Thank you! I need to make more 🤣
Is it just me or is that double song just great..lol.👍🏻
Haha thank you! 😂
Awesome, great examples and a catchy lead vocal to demonstrate with. Thanks!
Please RUclips change your algorithm so we get more recommendations of videos like this! I'm sick of the 10-minute rule. This was great.
I appreciate this!
That Faux Double worked fine for me for a song I didn't have more than one take of the vox. thanks a lot 🤘😎
3 years later still one of the best. Thanks...😊m
Thank you again!
Where were you when I needed you when starting out mixing haha!! Excellent video and everything made sense!!
Hope it helps! Thanks for watching.
Love it ive done all these in some way shape or form, another trick is literally the same vocal recorded doubled and the double slid back a tad bit and panned which is basically a physical delay in timing of the original and double
Perfect explanation
Thank you for not making this video long. It was very helpful
Thank you for watching, Cian!
That vox has quite the Dynamics
Very well made! I was about to record vocals and was wondering how to do this, so perfect timing too :)
Wow! Amazing timing, haha. I hope it helps :) Thanks, Clifton!!
thats a great quick tutorial
Agreeing with others here, I SOOOOOOO appreciate both your clarity and your brevity! No B.S., not lots of extra words, just concise explanations, to the point, and out... Thank you! (In just a couple of minutes I got the intro info about double-tracking vocals I came for).
Thanks for saying that! Hope it helps in making some awesome music 🤘
Incredible bro, I always went by the mono double but you taught me something today!
Great video. There's not enough good voca recording vids like this.
A new subscriber.
Much appreciated! There’s always stuff to be learned!
I like the fact that you get straight to the point
Thank you for making all your videos short and to the point. Informative and time saving, I give it 3 thumbs up
👍👍👍😂😂 Thank you!
Wow this lesson is essential
Thank you for sharing your experience. Watching all the way from Vanuatu 😀😁👍🔥🔥🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺
My man gets to the point 🙌
Thanks man! This helps a lot for beginners like me.
Awesome! Thanks for watching B-man
Love that first technique. Sounds very Foo Fighters.👍
Mono double is always a go to. It’s just works!
i use a pretty cool effect where i triple the vocals, keep one the same, pitch one down and pitch the other up. makes a pretty cool alien-sounding effect
The best tactics on you tube
Awesome tutorial. What you missed is showing how the single track sounded right at the beginning.
Thank you! That is a funny oversight now you mentioned it! Good catch.
Thank you Roy. Much appreciated.
Hope it inspires!
Thanks for this info! Saved me a headache on a million click bait videos! lol
I’m glad it helped! Sorry if this seemed like another click bait package at first.
Awesome!!! Thank you! This was exactly what I needed. I love how you get straight to the point and are easy to understand. 💜🌙
This video style to the point is everything, thanks
if this isn’t already a song you should make it into one, it’s real catchy, but this video is a go to when i need a refreshing on how to etc, like someone said in another comment, he gets straight to point which is great.
You should try recording each double with a different tone or character. Like record 1 normal in the centre then a left and right. But the rest of the doubles are sung softer, shouted, or in a totally different voice.
Yes,this here is boring with no variation
Great video. Straight to the point with no faffing about, and the result was obvious even on my iPad. You have a new subscriber. 👍🏻
Haha thanks Andy! Looking forward to making more.
Great advice! I love your sense of humor injected into your videos, Roy.
I love your concise explanation, thanks so much! Grandma in training, lol!
One of the best videos about the subject that I've ever seen! Thanks bro, props from Portugal!
Thanks for saying that!
This is my best learning on RUclips ever. Simple, Short, and effective. Thanks, Roy
Hope it helps!
@@RoyThompsonAudio Thanks for the tips Roy
Good work. 10/10 would do again
Thank you
Soooo I've been a huge fan of Type O Negative ever since I was old enough to own my own CD player. When October Rust came out it blew my mind and I stressed so hard to figure out how peter was able to get his characteristic tonal sound (timbre hes almost impossible to emulate but his tonal style was dope.) I later in my teen year learned a suuuuppper easy version of my fav personal style of this in which you mono double at 100% then repop same raws full stereo double at 50% or lower to taste. It doesnt give you the full choir effect just this weird full spacial effect that I cant quite describe. It's literally just like two clicks and two pans, unreasonably easy. You can do this with a gaming mic and audacity - I know bc I tried just to see what would happen. I highly suggest you try it. If Type O isnt a jam you're used to think MCR I'm Not Okay vocals - not a big emo fan but the concept is there. This can be used from modern pop, to 80s goth, to 90s shoegaze, to modern and oldschool sludge/doom metal. Give it a twirl, it's super easy and actually really fuckin fun to play with
Thx, it really helped that ur video was short and simple, and tbh the mini lyrics was super catchy.
Thank you! Glad it helped!
So quick and so efficient !
Thank you legend
Watching your videos all over from Chandigarh,india
Hey I tried to make this track my self at home on my phone,I don't know much about editing, so can u plz listen my track and tell me what are my mistake or what is missing? Love from india
Super effective and clear explanation. Thank you very much Roy!
Thanks for the kind words! Hope it helps!
Loud and clear !!! -Thank you ! -Greetings from the the Land off Santa Claus !!! Have a good rockin day !
Such a quick and quality video.
Thanks much!
when adding more layers should you lower the volume at all? specifically on the choir double since you have a true duplicate doesnt that make the double track louder than the main track or does it balance out since its 100% panned left/right?
Great question, Jason! Depending on the pan law of you DAW, you can loose a few dB just by panning the tracks. The short answer is: it depends. Usually, I find doubles and harmonies can be anywhere 3-9 dB lower, sometimes more depending on the structure of the chord. Are you simply layering for a little more vibe and weight..or do you need to FEATURE some of the harmonies..experiment to find a blend that works for that song!
1:37 That is some amazingly precise singing!
That super choir double sounded great, but for my money, the simplest one you did with just the mono double, sounded the cleanest
They all have a “sound” - each usable in different scenarios for sure.
Thank you!
Great great video! Thank you for getting to the point fast and explaining clearly. Very helpful.
Thanks Scott! Hope it helped!
great video.... love the center image concept
will stack lead vocals now instead of panning
thx
The stereo double is great for back ups! Keep them out of the way of the lead vocal.
This explains with many artist including Finneas & Billie Ellish use & even rappers, absolutely spot on!
Great straight to the point video… +1 sub ❤
Amazing video🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great video. Lots of information with no dross. Quick and to the point. The vocal(s) I used on a song was by accident, but I liked it enough that I kept it. I was doing a cover song and did the vocal track. I wasn't super pleased with it, so I opened another track and did it again. By the time I was done, I had 5 or 6 of them, but I always soloed the last one I did. While I was trying to mix down, I accidentally unclicked the soloed track and heard all of the other ones too. I liked the way it came out and kept all of them on the final mix.
this was really helpful man, if im being honest, i feel like this is what eminem used to do in his earlier slim shady days to make each line and bar stick out!!
Thanks for this @Roy. . Straight to the point, concise and very helpful. . No long stories. . Tnx again bro
Short, clear and insightful. Perfect video!
Thank you resington!
Amazing tutorials bro. You deserve more subscribers!
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Thank you so so much Bro! Now i'm ready😂
Thank you
God-sent lesson. Thank you BROTHER!
Awesome! Thanks for the info!
Straight to the point and learned new techniques. You got my sub!
Thank you! I appreciate it.
That stereo double went stupid no cap 😭
I had no idea it's called a "faux-double" 🤩 great content man!
Me neither - I just made it up 😂 thank you for positive comments!!
Straight to the point! thankYOU!!
Hope it helps out!