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Title: #7 - Vocal Mixing Techniques, McDSP Plug-Ins, and Corner Office Q+A
Added: Feb 25, 2011
Author: ThisWeekIn
Duration: 43:55
Description:
In the 7th Episode of Pensado's Place, Dave is joined by Colin McDowell of McDSP PlugIns to give a special offer to all Pensado's Place viewers! In this week's Into The Lair, Dave talks about all things vocals including his favorite effects. In this week's Corner Office segment, Dave and Herb field viewer questions from the live chat room and e-mail!3:08 Into The Lair - Vocals4:24 - Dealing with "S's" (Sibilance) in vocals.5:17 - Using EQ in vocals (Metric Halo Channel Strip)7:14 - Compressing before or after EQ?9:15 - Different methods of dealing with sibilance in a vocal10:10 - Determining starting levels for vocals11:46 - Using vocal effects and why you use them.Panning: Left to Right in the mix spaceReverb: Front to Rear in the mix space12:40 - Method to get more width in the mixWaves H-Delay plugin feeding Waves Center plugin.13:31 - Using the Eventide 949 Harmonizer plugin with different parameters on the Left and Right channels to help widen it. (unlinking the Left and Right channels)14:45 - Adding reverb to the vocal using Bricasti (Large Hall setting)19:02 - Colin McDowell of McDSP joins Dave via Skype w/ a special plug-in discount for Pensado's Place watchershttp://www.mcdsp.com24:12 - Corner Office 24:27 - Dave talks about the "Rule of 3rds" as it applies to mixing.26:45 - Dave talk's about the Empirical Labs EL-8 Distressor.http://www.empiricallabs.com/http://www.mbrauer.com/28:39 - With live drums, do you prefer to using room mics or prefer to create the fictional room sound with reverb?30:00 - Dave's take on replacing reverbs with short delays31:36 - What are the services that a manager could provide for a producer or mixer?33:48 - How do you go about getting a manager as an engineer/producer/mixer?34:58 - What percentage of a manager's responsibility is to get your client work vs. managing your client's work?36:27 - Herb's take on the trend of A&R people becoming managers.38:17 - What is Dave's average work week? How many songs do you mix a week? How long do you spend, on average, on an individual mix?("Lady Marmalade" was a 12 day mix!)40:25 - How do you handle vocal doubles in Rap?
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Youtube Comments: 133
undercoverdreams Says:
Apr 11, 2012 - hi!!! plz help me out!! can u tell me if it is absolutely necessary to use compression on a song? because when i use a compressor, the voice texture and overall dynamics suffer a lot...is there a better alternative? and is there a way to make the song sound good without using compression?
chrisraspante Says:
Apr 11, 2012 - I don't know if I'd call the mixing in Nashville "cutting edge", but yes it would be nice to hear another genre for examples.
MichaelRunningMusic Says:
Apr 11, 2012 - genuinely appreciate the timestamp guide in the description. Very helpful
BobiusBrown1 Says:
Apr 15, 2012 - Hell yeah...I can't believe he thinks its a good vocal to start with!It's Auto tuned to hell...I forced myself to watch this in it's entirety. Truth be told... you can't polish a turd, no matter how many plugins you want to add to it..
didubz Says:
Apr 16, 2012 - I mix a lot of songs, and I understand the video, you are explaining something that only makes sense to people that get it, if that makes sense.. haha... take care! I find myself using the dangerous bax eq on vocals, and using the high end cut it does a very interesting thing to the high end, then run it through a manley mu, and it is a wrap... usually eq, plug.. Dangerous bax, then manley.. great video..
MakeItJungle Says:
Apr 16, 2012 - I think your grammer speaks for itself. Once you manage to get a better grasp on the English language, I'll consider more seriously your opinion on the value of lyrics.Of course quality recording engineers are vital in making a good song sound it's best, but if you're trying to convince me that art is the ultimate goal, and "Shawty you's a weirdo" is the extent of your creativity, then I worry about the state of our "artists".
Deandre Virgil Says:
Apr 24, 2012 - THIS IS OK, BUT MY METHOD IS THE NEW METHOD AND THE ONLY METHOD LOL, IVE EVEN HAD A ENGINEER FROM BERKLY TELL ME THAT THE WAY I MIX VOCALS ARE UNORTHADOX, BUT THE RESULTS ARE A MILLION DOLLAR RECORDING---I USE RECORD, PROPELLER HEADS BETA VERSION FOR REASON 6 AND THERE ARE NO BUGS IT HAS A SSL MASTER COMP ON IT!!!!
Deandre Virgil Says:
Apr 24, 2012 - DONT WORRY I WILL DO A VIDEO ON HOW I TRACK AND RECORD, PLUS MIX DOWNS COMPRESSION, PRE-AMPS, AND EQ'ing
Deandre Virgil Says:
Apr 24, 2012 - its not auto tuned to hell bro....listen to Future, Tony Montana. and tell me i don't know what auto0tune you guys use, but Neptune is the realest
chad200387 Says:
Apr 25, 2012 - Great video. I am a self taught artist/engineer. Now I have tried many techniques for mastering learning as I go for over 10 years. What Ive learned is with an experienced artist and a good engineer mixed with the right equipment compression is sometimes unwarranted and electronic sounding depending on the person, Myself in particular. What do you people out there think? If it sounds perfect without one should I really bother adding one and risk destroying the vocals integrity?
chad200387 Says:
Apr 25, 2012 - P.S my comment refers to mixing an individual vocal track. I ALWAYS add compression to the master track. Advice would be great!
Pulse2AM Says:
Apr 26, 2012 - It's called the music "business" for a reason. Altruism is not a good business model.
Pulse2AM Says:
Apr 26, 2012 - If you're referring to mixing the vocal and adding compression some just ride the fader others compress the hell out of it. For rock compression can really help, for a singer song writer maybe just riding the fader would be best.
iigunzent Says:
Apr 26, 2012 - what I've learned in my years...compression is always useful...on each individual track. it's up to preference & the individual range you're going for as to how much you use. My chain is just an Avalon 737 into the board and I find that with the avalon I don't really have to use very much compression afterwards to get the sound I want. My advice, Start off light and adjust from there as necessary.
Liteboyiam Says:
Apr 27, 2012 - i couldn't really catch what was going on with the harmonizer...
baticaverna2 Says:
Apr 29, 2012 - toscooo
MrUniqueosmosis Says:
Apr 29, 2012 - People are crazy,in business you have to deal with all types of music you have to be professional.
entouchgraphics Says:
May 1, 2012 - Vocal Mixing Techniques:Step 1: Find ClientsStep 2: Get Audio FilesStep 3: Mix Audio Files no matter how bad they areStep 4: Deliver to ClientStep 5: GET PAIDStep 6: RepeatNo matter how bad a song may be, it brings in money and gets you paid.
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antoni7515 Says:
May 14, 2012 - man, I really dig Dave Pensado, he's one of the coolest and best mixers out there! great vid. loving the whole series of pensado's place! great to get this sort of insight. thanks.
antoni7515 Says:
May 14, 2012 - I just noticed after he EQ'ed the vocal he says, "Damn I'm Goooood"! What a guy! haha ;-)
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iknowmikemusic Says:
May 18, 2012 - Is it just me or is he mouthing the words at 8:59? #random
KuzcoIOY Says:
Apr 5, 2012 - "Damn, I'm Good."