PRO Vocal Recordings in 4 Steps | The ULTIMATE GarageBand Beginner's Guide (Pt 18)

It's completely possible to get a PRO sounding vocal recording in GarageBand. These 4 steps will make a HUGE difference.

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This video is the 18th video in The Ultimate GarageBand Beginner's Guide series where I'm bringing you 30 bite sized videos showing you EVERYTHING you need to get started in GarageBand from the first time you open it until you are exporting out your final, mastered song.

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[Its_AM]

Your efforts on GarageBand education are greatly appreciated!

[terrykennedy-lares]

I love comping vocals. It takes so much of the pressure off trying to get a perfect take. That is one of the best tips I've got out of your videos.

[derekgreen]

Very helpful. I'm just dabbling in recording for the first time and several of these tips are going to be used immediately. Thanks!

[windsorqueensborough]

Watching the comping in practice was very useful. Thanks!

[boringgsusan]

This video helped me so much! I was searching through a couple videos but you explained it really well for me so thank you! Excited to use the plug in you recommended. I think it is my missing ingredient!

[ryanbailey]

This is outstanding content. Informative and professional, thank you.

[anthonycrothers_Photography]

Excellent! Great workflow for comping vocals, will definitely be using this approach. Thanks for sharing, really appreciated. 😎😎😎

[chrisbukowski]

Dude thank you for this and thank you for a simple to the point title

[Reaperthaartist]

very helpful I found the comp placement piece to be something I haven’t been using enough of and plan on taking advantage of a lot more to better takes. Great video

[hosseinderakhshandeh]

Thank you very much for this great toturial video. I am going to see from the Pt 1 now...

[Dunrap]

I hung up some blankets behind my microphone and it has made such a difference in my recordings! Thanks Colin! P.s. what do you think about the idea of having your mic in a padded box on a stand with one side open so you can sing into it? That's what I've done as a shortcut to treating the whole room. Works well with blankets behind.

[LA]

It was worth watching just to see you edit "maybe" getting rid of the glitch...Thanks

[garudasomanna]

Great one Colin. I haven't watched your earlier videos of this series because I was busy shooting video for my latest song and my time is now very occupied in reorganising my YouTube music channel. Thanks for the great labour you are putting into this very difficult to understand field of audio🙏.

[Dunrap]

Thanks so much for the VU meter recommendation! I just downloaded one and it has made such a difference! Before, I was only getting small waveforms and now my vocals are so much crisper and louder and the waveforms are bigger! Thanks Colin.

[michaelkoykka]

Comping trick I use: record all your takes on one track, split it into regions, then choose whichever take for that split region you want. No copy pasting or multiple tracks involved.

[billiontonrobot]

really cool to see Jason Sudeikis is making YouTube videos!

[scottschmittmusic]

Dig it.. can you explain how you elongated the line or blew it up so you could get a more surgical splice? Thanks

[thedeadxtras]

When I record my band mates or other musicians when they say to me they’re ready to try a first time practice along with the audio we have I always hit record without them realising m, cos more often than not that fist trial is the best take they play as it’s usually most natural, best feel, best feel. When they know they’re being recorded they’re thinking to much about playing it correctly and loses so much feel or becomes to static and rigid. Most of all the majority suffer from Red light fever and it can all go out of the window.

[billymoore]

Love the comping concept! I am definitely giving that a try. Great tutorial. Do you know if the trimming feature is available in GarageBand iOS?

[landongmcallister]

i thought my song sounded good until i went to record the vocals 💀 i sound absolutely horrible