how to record and edit quality NATURAL sounding vocals at home

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[buggintown]

Don't mind me, just commenting for the algorithm so my guy can get that coin.

[denquar]

I cannot even tell you how grateful I am for this! Your willingness to share useful information and give back to other artists/content creators is so humbling. Thank you thank you. You've inspired me, and I congratulate myself on understanding your processes, making me feel ready invest into my gear, especially for my home videos. So cool! Guess my question is, do you ever EQ your reverbs? Taking out some of the low ends especially for a tighter halo around your vocal tone?

I had a full mixing class at UCLA and this was way more informative and easier to understand! Blessings xx🧡

[axel.lessio]

Thank you so much for showing all the takes in your session, for the longest time I thought I sucked because it does take me an hour to get a 2-minute take I'm proud of. You know, warming up, figuring out the vowels and breath support, timing, getting into the zone essentially. Edit: also, you sound better without tuning, the result is more human and soulful!

[amCoffee]

He is a source of inspiration...not just in music but in general, in life.❤❤love and support from Mauritius❤

[vicshellyss]

To the tips about focusing on artistry over equipment: PREACH PREACHAAA!!
Thank you for sharing your journey, tips, and prices for everything you use in such a plain, conversational, and informative way <3 Love to see other people with a goal to make artistry more accessible and transparent.

[FefeBeats]

YOU SOUND INCREDIBLE DONT LET ANY "ENGINEER" TELL YOU IT DOESNT. PERIOD. LOVEU

[sethmonroe]

AMEN on the auto tune part. I can’t tell you how many mixes I’ve done for people that say “ can you turn down the auto tune and make sound more NaTuRaL “ NO BECAUSE YOU CANT SING. People think auto tune can make people sing, Wrong, you need to have talent and it just saves time in not having to record 100 takes to get it 100% perfect. It only has to be 90% perfect. Very well said my friend.

[chiefjay]

I went a music institute and u made understand all these buttons and what they “taught me” in 30 mins in more than a year good job explaining fr😊

[namashpandey]

It's so good to listen to his voice. It's classic and contemporary at the same time

[robarevalos]

Jo - I love your simple approach to recording! This is super helpful & valuable info and I look forward to applying this to my worship videos. Thank you so much & God bless!

[MegaZackRyder]

This soothed some misconceptions I had about Auto-tune, so thank you. I'm already a shy singer so when I heard what my voice sounded like on full auto-tune, I was like "oh god, I must be awful if it's working that hard to pull me on pitch" so I started making the settings on pitch correction less harsh. I liked the sound better, but still wondered if I was using incorrectly. Nice to see that more lenient settings on auto-tune is okay :)

[noahjon-darius]

never stop being this real and understanding. Thanks man. This video helped me out a lot.

[jayelaychmusic]

Thank you for the transparency and simple, yet detailed breakdown. I'm constantly trying to improve the quality of my content, so this will definitely come in handy!!

[derekgreen]

My boy can sang! I feel you on that "one note that nags" joint. The whole thing can be flawless but I'll remember and focus on that one note and it will haunt me.

Great Video!

[JonnyCastle]

That is a great sounding vocal sir! May I suggest making an aux channel for the reverb instead of putting it directly on the vocal channel? Plugins (much like hardware) react differently based on how much signal you feed through them. And every plugin has a sweet spot. If you need anymore explanation I'd be happy to help.

[rhongak]

I really like how honest you are and don't make your self sound super professional ...Im an engineer but i still watch videos like this to learn different workflows

[JoelIssacjvi]

I'm so glad I found this. Just in love with your approach! Simple yet delivers great results. I am sure your journey hasn't been easy, but you're doing a great job Joseph. God bless you! Looking forward to to listen to your music and more of such helpful videos.
- Joel Issac

[gretchennnn]

This was so useful and the algo suggested it to me at the perfect time! I just started learning how to use a DAW for vocals last month and was overwhelmed with the interface at first. Hearing your thought process is super helpful and I can't thank you enough for creating this video!

[borgesstd]

I really enjoyed this. I've been studying music production and every great producer I have the pleasure to talk to or watch some masterclass or course says that it's about removing the weird things and frequencies and not about trying to ad stuff to your mix, specially when it comes to bad recordings. great video!