Listen to an Example ➜ YouTube Link Utilize RMS Compression for Detail Let’s take a listen to how this subtly controls the high-frequency range. If your vocal has more sibilance, simply alter the threshold and range. I reduced the threshold but set the range to only 2dB since the vocal’s sibilance wasn’t too aggressive. Next, this vocal needed a little more control in the highs, so I used a de-esser and first switched it to absolute mode with a split range and high shelf filter. Listen to an Example ➜ YouTube Link Use Subtle De-essing Let’s listen and notice how the vocal sounds more balanced. Lastly, I attenuated sibilance slightly around 6.5kHz with a narrow bandwidth. I also observed excessive harmonics around 500Hz, and 1.5kHz, so I [pulled these back slightly. These cleaned up the lows and helped reduce masking in the highs, mainly around 2kHz. Listen to an Example ➜ YouTube Link Reduce Resonances with EQĮvery vocal will need to be equalized differently, but with this one, I reduce the lows with a high pass and then blended that filter in with a bell around the fundamental. I’ll take this tuner off for future demonstrations, but let’s take a listen regardless and compare slow and fast response times. For natural sounding tuning, use a slower response speed, for more obvious tuning do the opposite. Logic’s pitch corrector is a little behind the times, but if you need to tune vocals it works well enough - first isolate the notes you want the signal to be tuned to. Listen to an Example ➜ YouTube Link Introduce Pitch Correction if Needed Let’s take a listen to how it cuts out some background noise, and let me know if you use a gate when mixing vocals. With Logic’s gate, we can also isolate the gating to the high frequencies so let’s do that as well. A noise gate works well at the beginning of a vocal chain, with a moderate threshold, quick attack, and lookahead. Whether or not you use a gate is up to you, some engineers like them on vocals and some don’t - to cover all bases let’s take a look. The chapters in the video are in order - also, we’ll be listening to each step along the way. Get a FREE Mastered Sample of Your Song ➜ You can also utilize delay, their convolution and algorithmic reverbs, and modulation effects like a chorus. Logic Pro X offers enough stock plugins to create a full vocal chain - including a gate, vocal tuner, EQ, de-esser, compressor, and exciter, all of which can be used in order.
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