How to Mix Big Metal Vocals – Including 14 Free Presets

Jun 28, 2018 | 22,448 Views

Join metal producer/mixer Adair Daufembach for a session in his studio and watch as he breaks down, step by step, his process of mixing powerful, huge vocals for Brazilian metal band Project46. Login to download his free presets for the plugins shown in this video:

Topics covered in this video include:

Bussing and routing
Splitting a vocal performance to different tracks
Adding distortion to a vocal
Using automation to create a sense of movement
Different ways to EQ and compress metal vocals
Parallel buss processing

Video in Portuguese with English subtitles.

Vocals

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