1. Vocal Processing Plugin By Waves For Sale

Dec 8, 2016 - In this 7th video of an 8 part free Mini Series, Marcus Huyskens demonstrates the vocal processing chain used on the vocals & vocal chops.

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Threads that do not conform will be removed without notice. Mods will not look at the content of the post before the removal.Make the title clear and concise.If you're new to prducing, read the. Search the subreddit and before making a post.Looking for subreddit resources?Check the dropdown menu above the posts!Post not showing up?If you believe your post or comment was removed in error, check the and include a link in a polite. I am right now on a new track and came to my most hated point of mixing: vocal processing.I've been producing for 1.5 years now and this is my second time, that I really have a lead/main vocal in my track, because I was always afraid of mixing vocals, due to the fact that it always sounded incredibly shitty.This time I am really motivated to dig into the jungle of vocal processing tutorials and I've encountered several plug-in lists of what to get. Obviously plug-ins don't make your mixer magically better but since I barely have any high end vocal processing tools (pitcher, saturator, vocal compressors), I was thinking to 'start' buying some of these.Sadly I am a student. Don't have much money and also don't know where to start. So I can't buy every plug-in that happens to exist.I have a list of plug-ins that caught my attention, though:.

Melodyne (which version tho). Nektar 2 (iZotope offers student discount).

Revoice 3. smth completely differentSo if I have to start somewhere which of these 3 will improve my mix the most (if I know how to use them obv)?I'd highly appreciate every help.Thanks in advance:)P.S.: I also don't own any good mixing/mastering tools.

So should I get good mixing/mastering tools before digging into the world of vocal plug-ins. Smth like Neutron 2 or Ozone 8?. I am using live 10. I've seen this bundle. It's out for 89$ dollars, but I've read that there are plug-ins with which you get better results since the waves audio plug-ins are outdated. And for a student nektar 2 would only cost 60$ more. But of course I come from a noob pov so I don't know if nectar 2 is really worth it nor if waves audio plug ins are really out dated.

Tbf i've used their h-delay but switched to ni's replika cause it seemed to me that the h-delay didn't sound as natural as ni's replika but i don't want to make any generalizations. You don't need the bundle. Just get the CLA Vocals as a single plugin. Waves plugins are not outdated, not sure who told you that.

Also you should never just listen to what people say without first demoing the plugin and forming your own opinions (Waves lets you demo every single one of their plugins from their website). They're still very widely used by producers to this day, for the sole reason that they give you results. I make a living solely from the music I make and I use the CLA Vocal plugin every fucking day. No one is going to care about what tools you use so fuck all of the negative stuff people tell you. People are only going to care whether you wrote a good track and whether your shit sounds good or not. Sure can:) normally it looks something like this:. autotune (sometimes also melodyne before at).

stock eq plugin (highpass at 80hz just removing rumble). Fabfilter DS (deesser). Waves RVox (not taking too much.

So I think like any practice or trade, your technique will change over time. My technique certainly has, but it usually revolves around a few things. I think understanding the technique will better help you understand the tools you need, especially what matters when you start out and then what you can add to your toolbox to sweeten the technique a little more.First, tuning (we can assume that we have comped the vocal and such so we are dealing with the best take of each performance). I like to use melodyne and only where I need to. Tuning can take forever if you get to critical of the performance and aren't listening to the vocal in the context of the song.

Melodyne is my go to for this, but again, I try to be hands off where I can. I usually will also add autotune on top of that, lightly retuning the vocal, just to add a bit more sweetness. Both are expensive and have a bit of learning curve to use (autotune a little less).

I've never really used Nektar so I can't comment on it, but I know it does have a function to tune the vocal. I think Waves Tune is a very affordable option too, but again, haven't had much experience with it.

Vocal Processing Plugin By Waves For Sale

I'll say this once more just because I think it bears repeating, develop your ear so that you can confidently say where retuning needs to take place. If you become good enough at this, you could use Ableton's audio warping functions to tune the vocal.

Again, the technique here is stronger than the tools used.Next, we move to compression. Since we are dealing with highly compressed sounds in EDM, we must apply similar processing to the vocal to make it cut through. Again, using the right techniques are going to yield the best results, as I have used stock plug ins on mixes to demonstrate to my students that applying serial compression and parallel compression will yield great results with even the simplest of plug ins. Some of my go to compressors for this include Waves RVox, UAD LA-2A, Fabfilter C-2, Waves RCompressor, and Vertigo VSC-2. For parallel compression, I like to use very aggressive compression on the compressor like the UAD 1176, Renaissance Axx (for guitars but works wonders slightly worked into a lead vocal in parallel), RVox, and Native Instruments Supercharger.Now we can talk EQ.

Again, I try to only use EQ to correct, not to sweeten, I try to use my techniques with compression to build the right tone, and then use EQ to shape that tone a bit more. I love Fabfilter Pro Q-2, but also have used Ableton and Logic's stock EQ. If I want to add a bit of color to the sound, I'm almost always reaching to UAD Pultec Legacy model. I also love use the Waves SSL Channel Strip.

Another splendid Parametric EQ, similar to Pro Q-2, would be DMG Audio Equality.Saturation is also a huge part of a great vocal sound and I wouldn't want to leave that out. Again, saturation is something I use to sweeten the vocal sound, not necessary for creating great tone, but certainly can push it a bit further. For this, I love Vertigo's VSM 3.

In the past, Fabfilter Saturn was my go to, as well as Sountoy's Decapitator. I love the stock Saturator from Ableton, and also the great saturation units in Logic. The multiband Exciter units in both Neutron and Ozone from Izotope are also great on vocals used lightly on the Tape settings.

Some honorable mentions from Soundtoy's would be Radiator and Deviloc.Now, lets get to the fun spatial units like Delay and Reverb. My go to delay is Soundtoy's Echoboy. I've also been a huge fan of Waves H-Delay. For reverb, I really like Valhalla, very cheap.

The Vintage Verb is my go to, but Room is great, as well as their new Plate reverb. If you feel ambitious, Lexicon make incredible reverbs, from Plates, to Halls, and Room reverbs.As this post is out of control long at this point, I'm going to try and wrap this up quickly. A couple of other things you will need. De-esser: my go to is Fabfiliter DS, but Waves De-esser and RDe-esser are great. Don't forget to add some limiting to the end of your vocal groups to catch some peaks. I love Waves L2 for this, but you could also use Fabfilter Pro-L if you like or the stock limiter from Live or Logic. Lastly, some parallel chorus FX aren't bad either on vocals.

I like to use Waves Doubler, or Sountoy's Microshift, sometimes even the free TAL Chorus LX.Now, the tools are fun and all, but the technique is so much more important than the tools. If you can develop your ear for tuning, as well as your ear for building a great vocal tone, understanding of compression and EQ in the context of a vocal, you will be in great shape regardless of the tools you use. Hope I did't drap on or repeat too much that's been said here already. Feel free to hit me with any questions you may have.Cheers.Edit: grammer and typo's.

Good news, you don't actually need to buy anything.For pitching, you can use GSnap Use an OTT for a general mix on vox, but in general what I tend to do (obviously it varies per vox) is Put an EQ, Bump the 4-5.5k ish by 1-2db, take down 80-220 by around 2-3 db on a shelf, for male vox perhaps a bit more. From there, if I want the popish compression I'll do a high attack high release compression at a ratio about 4, mixing these parameters to taste.

From there I'll saturate. Stock plugins work great at low wet%'s, perhaps make a second channel that is a nice airy reverb and sidechain it to the original vox.

For de-essing, try a multiband compressor in the 7-8k territory. Its fun to put a transient changer on the vox too.Keep in mind the 'tone' of the acapella is largely based on the way the singer sings it.

If you want a airy aesthetic, it'll probably just be easier to have the vocalist sing it that way.For stereo width, you can use dimension expander by xfer (free), but largely the best way to do it is just to have the artist record it twice and push each vocal track 75-100 percent to L & R.From there, mixing with your synths will be based on your instrumentation. What frequencies are being occupied by the main melody/chords?

Do the vocals clash with that? What is the main theme/element of the track, prioritize, then mix accordingly. I have a lot of tracks with 10-15 vocal layers from a vocalist, I'll side chain his main vox to the eq range that his voice clashes on the main synth slightly. Another great trick is keeping your vocals in the center and using Mid/Side EQ on the clashing instrumentation - dip out the 250-400 range a bit in the mid channel and perhaps do a slight boost in the sides.There are lots of tricks out there and while a plugin will likely be a convenient shortcut, learning WHY these plugins help will not only make you less dependent on paid plugins, but it'll make you a better producer/engineer.Cheers and good luck!.