Mixing Vocals - EQ, Compression, and The Truth (Pt. 1, The Basics)

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Mixing vocals is one of the most essential parts of getting a good sounding track. Today we start with EQ, Compression, and some honest comments about how good your vocal should be before even touch any processing. Sometimes you just need to hear the truth what can I say.

Plugin Used:

Ableton EQ Eight
Waves Audio C1 Compressor

DAW:

Ableton Live 10

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[grantgats]

I am the bringer of darkness




~watch the whole video to understand~
Thank you AudioHaze, this will be super helpful to me! I'll link you the cover I make this month mixed from some of your advice.

[dadsweatersmomjeans]

3 years after this post - I am the bringer of darkness >:) thank you for your indepth video, man! I was getting ready to give up on making at home music because I had a hard time locating the basics in a way I could understand so thank you again

[garrywindshield]

Finally, EQ tutorial I can try to use. Thank you!

[totaketheskyaway]

you are helping me understand this mixing stuff a little bit and that is so helpful. thank you

[luketaash]

Thank you so much. I personally didn't even know where to start.

[alexisse]

Oh hey, Ricky, I'm your 222nd subscriber:) Just wanted to thank you. I've watched a ton of your videos over the past few days and I've learned a lot. You're doing an amazing job explaining all the difficult stuff to noobs like myself. Keep up the great work!

[SykeThrone]

PART2DAngIT!!! (: haha excited to learn!!!

[Old_SnakeTwitch]

What if you're a low bass and have fundamentals down to 50 hertz? Should I still keep the fundamental in? Or should I just set the high pass to 80 and sacrifice my voice for extra clarity?

[kosmos__]

i bought a condenser for vocals for my apartment anyway and try to use a blanket instead because i found dynamic sounding so much worse than condenser

[seaquinn]

Thank you for this video!
For some reason, whenever I see others use the same microphone as me here on YT, somehow their 'fundamental frequencies' are around the 2k area, as if the mud has already been eliminated from the mic and the top-end has been boosted really tastefully, without any actual work, just from the plain recording. This really confuses me as I've never seen that happen while I'm recording. I really don't know what I'm doing wrong, if that...
We all are looking for that high end boost but I've never seen that in a dry recording.
Hopefully you'll get back!
thanks again
love your content

[hiltonlavish]

What about consinder mic with reflection shield and some acoustic panels as well?

[HoundTakeshi]

Yes! Everything you've said is a wise guideline!))) But i'm a pervert.))) I love to overload the compressor to strengthen those "breathy" moments. I wanted to comment on your video on compression that overloading the compressor is one of my favorite sounds ever. If you had the chance to listen to Benny Benassi's "Hypnotica" album(no matter how cheesy it is at this time), in terms of compression and sidechain compression - that album is a technical masterpiece(just as a most extreme example)!

Then again, i appreciate you sharing the knowledge you've mastered! You're doing a noble thing! It's only that i always love to challenge those "rules"/"guidelines". (Because in most cases what you've said is mostly useful and exactly how a producer would treat a vocal)

Again, thank you for your work!

[GuilloteRafael]

Shame who does not stick up to the end of your videos. Shame!