If you use bussing when mixing, then you likely have a vocal bus which all of your individual vocals route into before going to the master bus. If you use my mixing template, then you get even more granular with dedicated busses for lead vocals, harmony vocals, and backing vocals, each of which then feeds […]
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Rap vocals are all about a strong fundamental in the low frequencies as well as strong overtones and presence and clarity in the higher frequencies. Let’s talk how to EQ rap vocals to achieve all of these things and get your vocals sounding like professional mixes. How to EQ Rap Vocals Speaking of professional mixes,
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Even after we’ve EQ’d our vocal, we may find that it’s feeling thin or empty. This is when I reach for vocal saturation to add overtones to those mids by way of some light distortion information to fill out the sound. Vocal saturation is a great way to add thickness and warmth to a thin,
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With it being one of the most commonly and practically used audio effects, I’ve talked A LOT about compression here on Music Guy Mixing. One of the most often misunderstood but impactful parameters in all of mixing is the music compression ratio on that compressor, so let’s talk about what this does and give a
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Chorus is a modulation based effect, meaning it introduces an LFO (low frequency oscillator) to shift the timing and pitch of the audio in real time. This gives the effect of more authentic duplicates of that source audio, giving the source more natural sounding width in the stereo field. You can the chorus effect on
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