Can You Make a $40 Microphone Sound Expensive With Plugins?

In this video, Bradley Denninston shows you how to build a vocal recording chain you can record live through using Waves plugins. Watch and see how a $40 microphone can be transformed it into a stellar studio sound you’d think was recorded with a much more expensive mic.
In this video:
0:00 Intro
1:23 Dialing in vocal chain for specific genres
2:25 Hearing the microphone before any processing
3:30 Setting the compression on CLA-76
5:02 Shaping vocal EQ with SSL EQ
7:15 Adding vocal effects with CLA vocals
8:52 Before and after vocal comparison

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[markchristopher]

Mixing/mastering engineer here, and this was surprisingly good and useful. A great reminder to know your frequencies, as these ideas won't work without that.

[MelissaLyric]

HIS ENERGY !!! Loved this video, he's incredible

[deamonghod]

Great tut! Thank you! Just good to for me to step up my vocal chain game! The Track with yur voice actually slapzzzz ded on this track! Keep flippin them gears brother!! Subbed

[twilightfilms]

Very good video man. You’re selling the product so well, unlike others from your channel. Congrats!

[garaiss]

Amaizing! Would love to get that chain! :)

[Vincent_Andrews_]

This is VERY helpful!!! Can you do one for lead vocal?

[Ekklesia]

This dude is awesome. And we want this song!

[longchank]

this is awesome man, , gotta try this for my next song hihi

[PowerOfDestruction]

Can we see you use the silk vocal plugin with the 40$ mic. Great video!

[Zeno]

Interested in what he's using on the master bus while being in the production and mixing stage. Looks like ssl comp, the mastering chain, L2

[GTSongwriter]

Is this in Studio Verse via StudioRack?

[darionjaikaran]

After recording, do we leave the processing such as the compression and EQ on The Vocal and exported for mixing?

[GTSongwriter]

The reason I'm afraid to buy another Waves plugin is I don't want it to require that I update every single plugin I have (and all the demo plugins I don't have) in order to buy another plugin to add to the plugins I have. It has done this in the past, every time.

I was going to get CLA-76 today, but this is why I'm not.

[rayrav__]

So glad y’all found a new person to do tutorial videos. I was getting so tired of Sean Divine😂 his videos suck, but this guy is the real deal🔥

[RonniePenko]

Certainly possible! I use a cheap Stagg for all my recordings/video and it sounds awesome.

[behappyaswell]

Is there a waves video called how to master your voiceover? How do I get the voice over sound such as you in the video?

[pianissimo]

Does anyone know where I can get a cheat sheat for approximate EQs? Im a total newbie...

[obagh]

I can see you my big brother, this man is like human AI

[Bradleybrookwood]

What audio interface are you using? There's no hiss at all. I'm going crazy trying to figure out how to get rid of that hiss from my recordings and it seems like no matter what setting I use there's always some hissing noises. I have the most expensive XLR cable that you could buy. I don't like using noise gates