Dynamics
Using Dynamic EQ on Vocals
Once we have our vocal sounding good, we can often run into problems as our vocalists sing different songs as their intensity may be different song to song. Often we may hear a harshness in a certain frequency that we wouldn't in another song. Dynamic Eq is the perfect tool to remedy this, and Lee shows how to do it with the Waves F6 plugin.
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Podcast Post Processing
Jeff talks through the post-processing workflow for a podcast, and how he goes about editing the MxU podcast.
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Fighting Stage Bleed in Vocal Mics
Live stages are noisy and full of microphones. Guitar and drum bleed into vocal mics can be very hard to manage. We’ll use Waves PSE to help fight some of the stage bleed in our inputs.
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Setting Gain Before Using Plugins
Whether mixing analog or digital, having proper gain structure will give us the best starting point for getting a good clean starting place for mixing. This is especially important as we begin stacking plugins. Lee explains this in detail in this video.
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Vocal Compression with Plugins
Compressors are a great way to tame the dynamic range of a vocal. We'll learn what a compressor is and what all the different controls in a compressor are responsible for. Lee uses Waves Emo D5 to show this.
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Managing Vocal Sibilance
Some vocals can have a distracting “SSSSssss” sound once we've EQ'd and compressed them. To solve that, we have another form of a compressor called a De-esser. Jeff walks us through how to use the Waves Sibilance De-esser plugin.