Magazine | Vocals

Jan 05, 2021

Top 30 Audio Plugins & Bundles – Shopping Guide 2021

Choosing which plugins to add to your creative arsenal can feel overwhelming. We’ve compiled a “shopping guide” of all-time user favorites to help you find the essentials for your productions and mixes.

Dec 30, 2020

How to REALLY Clean Vocals in Your Mixes: 5 Tips

Hiss. Noise. Plosive thumps. Exaggerated Breathing. Sibilance. These common issues can ruin a great vocal take. Learn how to deal with them to get a super-clean vocal production.

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Dec 16, 2020

EPIC Female Vocals in Under 2 Min: CLA Epic

Watch lead female vocals go from dry to EPIC fast, with lush textures from the CLA Epic multi-reverb / multi-delay plugin, designed by Grammy-winning mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge.

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Nov 27, 2020

CLA EchoSphere – Slap Delay & Plate Reverb by Chris Lord-Alge

Designed with Grammy-winning mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Muse, Green Day), CLA EchoSphere combines Chris’s go-to slap delay and plate reverb for lead vocals. Watch Chris’s quick overview of the plugin.

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Nov 12, 2020

Essential Plugins for Singer Songwriters

In this video we suggest several essential singer-songwriter centric plugins to help you produce great-sounding acoustic-based music.

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Oct 22, 2020

Lead Vocal Color Palette: Mix and Match Plugins

Vocals are the most important part of any song, but sometimes getting a good sound can take forever—so call up Lead Vocal 101, incl. chain preset with the free StudioRack, and you’ll have a mixed vocal in seconds.

Oct 19, 2020

Young Guru: The Art of Subtractive EQ Part 1

In this Waves Premium Masterclass, hip hop legend Young Guru (Jay Z, Beyoncé, The Carters) shares with you his signature vocal mixing techniques, and explains how you can master “the art of subtractive EQ.”

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Oct 19, 2020

Young Guru: The Art of Subtractive EQ Part 2

In part 2 of his Waves Premium Masterclass, hip hop legend Young Guru (Jay Z, Beyoncé, The Carters) shares his signature vocal mixing techniques and show how to make multiple vocalists blend better.

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Oct 19, 2020

Young Guru: The Art of Subtractive EQ Part 3

In part 3 of the Waves Premium Masterclass, hip hop legend Young Guru (Jay Z, Beyoncé, The Carters) shares with you his signature vocal mixing techniques for melodic singing and shows how to carve out the beat to create vocal space.

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Oct 14, 2020

Recording Wide & Dreamy Vocal Adlibs: Chain + Presets

Using a great creative plugin chain early in the vocal production process can inspire and take your tracks to the next level. Producer/mixer Sean Divine shares his new chain for recording wide, dreamy vocal adlibs, and shares his presets for download.

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