How to Mix Vocals with Plugins | Vocal Processing Tutorial

Learn how to mix vocals with FabFilter & iZotope Plugins in this vocal processing tutorial. Skip to somethin’ 0:00 Intro 2:24 Vocal Goals 2:41 Listening in Context 4:00 Low-end rumble clean up 5:30 FabFilter Pro-Q3 Spectrum Grab 7:10 Peak-chop compression 9:00 FabFilter Pro-DS 12:09 FabFilter Dynamic EQ 14:15 Pro-C 2 Vocal Style 17:30 Sweetening Vocals 17:45 Ozone Exciter 19:05 Ozone Vintage EQ 22:30 Ozone Imager 24:30 Ozone Vintage Limiter 25:40 Ableton Hybrid Reverb 27:30 De-breath Processing vocals is one of the most challenging aspects of modern music production. Since vocals are highly dynamic, harmonically rich, and intensely human (humans aren&machines), taming them takes patience and experience. Fitting them into a mix is often a daunting task. A couple of years ago, Ableton Certified Trainer Ian Gallagher made a popular video showing some tried-and-true methods for processing vocals using only Ableton&built-in effects. While Warp Academy still stands by those techniques, we wanted to update things a bit and reignite the conversation around vocal processing. In particular, many people have asked us to explain how to use popular 3rd party plug-ins, and we were happy to oblige. Of course, we can&cover all the 3rd party plug-ins suitable for processing vocals (at least not in one video). So in this video, Ian takes a deep dive into some of his current favorites, revealing his go-to tips, tricks, and general recommendations when using FabFilter and Izotope...