Andrew Scheps Vocal Mixing Trick | Get Your Vocals To Cut Through The Mix

In this video I go over one of Andrew Scheps parallel vocal mixing processes using 3rd party plugins, then teach you to achieve the same effect with stock plugins. This technique will help your vocals cut through even the densest of mixes.

Song - Jay Clifford - "Paralyze"

Explanation - 1:03
Raw Mix - 3:09
Scheps Process with 3rd Party Plugins - 3:49
Scheps Process with Stock Plugins - 6:07
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[Seanrayamusic]

Great tip - but just to clarify, the compressor is compressing the whole signal still but just reacting to the information above 1khz.

[artie]

This brought back the warmth that I was trying to get to along with that break through on my mixes. I had trouble with high end and this actually solved that issue for me. Thank you!

[kronk]

Its crazy that as you bring up that second channel of the same vocal you can hear it better. Who would have thought that more volume would make it easier to hear over the rest of the music? Thats some magic right there.

[GRILLARECORDS]

Organic & natural always better 🙏🏽✨

[CarlosGunX]

Pro tip: On the Pultec EQP-1A, the bandwidth control affects the "hi boost" control, NOT the "low band"....

[MrMatthewKerr]

This has worked perfectly on the mix i'm working on. Holy balls. What a neat trick. Thanks very much for sharing and replying to everyones questions in the comments. AND WHAT TIMING to find this video now just when i needed it . . . i'm proud of you, I'm proud of myself, proud of Andrew Scheps.

[burningmall]

works! althought the bandwidth knob on a pultec works in conjunction with the hight freq boost, not the low end.

[hakangurdol]

Used this trick, it's the best deal for your artist, thank you so much, i appreciate you, this was the most common problem for not comfortable hearing the artist in the mix, after your couse tip videos i start look much more diffrent to the mix stage.

[musiciana]

Thank you for this! It works really really well on the kind of music I usually mix and it's so fast! The great thing is that Studio One has both these devices inside the stock Fat Channel plug-in, including the frequency knob on the LA-2A emulation. For the adding of harmonics you need 3rd party though, but with the stock ones it already works really well!

[conanliquid]

Nice video and well explained. I have seen Andrew apply this technique on other sources as well as vocals. It’s very old school and I love it. Schepps is a legend.

[lalocura]

Attenuating on the pultec is good. It cuts so hard but in such a clean way. And it's curves are insane.

[mikaelsehlin]

These techniques are insane.. Thank you so much for extremely valuable content 👌

[MukeshRathore]

It really makes a difference! Thank you for sharing.

[canaan_perry]

Yeah -- really brings on a big 'FM radio vibe' when you dial the processing into the mix.

[schwanzkopf]

insane trick! I used t just parallel a high freq boost to my vocals but this is 10 times smoother and more elegant

[TheeRocker]

The pristine Presonus PulTec - The stock EQ and Compressor are very clean and transparent.

[assshakerstudios]

Gotta try this, have not find that before. Something new... Yay.. Love these little tricks. This is perfect! And I'm super impressed with the results. Wow! I would've remixed it to get that vocal to sit better, and that would've taken a day. This solved that in a minute! Genius!

[natejohnson]

Pultec example sounds SO much better than "stock" example though! :D

[Chaos-Dynamics]

Nice technique, works great 😊
No wonder that Andrew mixes in the box with so much parallel busses.

[lunarlabaudio]

I just found your channel today and I’ve watched like 5 videos. Love the short, straightforward demos and explanations. Keep it up. Subscribed!