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The Pre-Delay Secret: How to Keep Vocals Dry and Present While Using Reverb

The Pre-Delay Secret: How to Keep Vocals Dry an...

The Pre-Delay Secret Preview Quick Answer TL;DR Pre-delay is the gap between your dry vocal and the moment the reverb arrives, and it is the single control that lets you...

The Pre-Delay Secret: How to Keep Vocals Dry an...

The Pre-Delay Secret Preview Quick Answer TL;DR Pre-delay is the gap between your dry vocal and the moment the reverb arrives, and it is the single control that lets you...

The Underground Pluggnb Vocal Chain: Delay, Reverb, and Pitch Tuning Secrets

The Underground Pluggnb Vocal Chain: Delay, Rev...

Quick Answer TL;DR A pluggnb vocal chain lives on three settings most producers rush past. Set pitch correction to a medium retune speed so the voice partly chases the note...

The Underground Pluggnb Vocal Chain: Delay, Rev...

Quick Answer TL;DR A pluggnb vocal chain lives on three settings most producers rush past. Set pitch correction to a medium retune speed so the voice partly chases the note...

How to Get the Yeat & Ken Carson Vocal Effect (Hyperpop / Rage Vocal Chain)

How to Get the Yeat & Ken Carson Vocal Effect (...

Quick Answer TL;DR A rage vocal chain is built on four moves: tune hard with retune speed at or near zero, drive the signal into clipping and distortion rather than...

How to Get the Yeat & Ken Carson Vocal Effect (...

Quick Answer TL;DR A rage vocal chain is built on four moves: tune hard with retune speed at or near zero, drive the signal into clipping and distortion rather than...

How to Mix Clean R&B Vocals Like SZA & Summer Walker

How to Mix Clean R&B Vocals Like SZA & Summer W...

Quick Answer TL;DR Clean R&B vocals come from restraint rather than processing. Ride clip gain before you compress so the compressor only handles what automation could not, split the work...

How to Mix Clean R&B Vocals Like SZA & Summer W...

Quick Answer TL;DR Clean R&B vocals come from restraint rather than processing. Ride clip gain before you compress so the compressor only handles what automation could not, split the work...

How to Get the Shoegaze / Dream Pop Distorted Vocal Sound

How to Get the Shoegaze / Dream Pop Distorted V...

Shoegaze and Dream Pop Distorted Vocal Sound Preview Quick Answer TL;DR The distorted, washed-out sound of shoegaze vocals usually comes from placement rather than a distortion plugin. Layer many full...

How to Get the Shoegaze / Dream Pop Distorted V...

Shoegaze and Dream Pop Distorted Vocal Sound Preview Quick Answer TL;DR The distorted, washed-out sound of shoegaze vocals usually comes from placement rather than a distortion plugin. Layer many full...

Reaper Vocal Chain Setup: 5 Essential Plugins for Clean Vocals

Reaper Vocal Chain Setup: 5 Essential Plugins f...

Quick Answer TL;DR A clean Reaper vocal chain needs five stock plugins and nothing else: ReaFir for noise, ReaEQ for cleanup and tone, ReaXcomp for sibilance and low-mid buildup, ReaComp...

Reaper Vocal Chain Setup: 5 Essential Plugins f...

Quick Answer TL;DR A clean Reaper vocal chain needs five stock plugins and nothing else: ReaFir for noise, ReaEQ for cleanup and tone, ReaXcomp for sibilance and low-mid buildup, ReaComp...