ProAudioEXP Masterclass-Killer Vocals

If you’ve been looking to the absolutely BEST training on the planet for Producing, Arranging and Recording Killer Vocals…you’ve found it! Over 4 hours of Premium Training.

While there are many production tools that give you “plug and play” radio-quality sounds to your mixes, getting Killer Vocals is one of the last elements of your mix that can’t be cured by just using the “right microphone” or latest plugin.  David Wills takes you step by step through the industry best practices that are used in all major studios.  Look through all the subjects covered from caring for and warming up your voice, to arrangement, editing and mixing to get the kinds of vocals that you deserve but have not been able to get.

Don’t buy another microphone or preamp thinking that will fix your problems…get the training you need to get the vocal sounds of your dreams.

INTRODUCTION

YOUR VOCALS

• Physiology of your Voice
• Proper Breathing Technique
• Chest vs Belly Breathing
• Falsetto
• Warming Up Exercises
• Hydration
• Yawning
• Core Warmup
• Neck and Shoulders Warmup
• Mouth and Tongue Warmup
• Lip Trills
• Tongue Trills
• Breathing Warmup
• 1-3-5 Sirens
• 1-3-5-Octave Sirens
• The Big Three Enemies

VOCAL PARTS

• Benefits of Vocal Arrangements
• Types of Vocal Parts
• Harmony 101
  Using a Keyboard for Chord Shapes
  Becoming a Student of Harmony

TRACKING VOCALS

• Microphone Recommendations
• Phantom Power
• Addressing your Microphone
• Mounting your Microphone
• Proximity Effect
• Handling Plosives
• Using Pop Filters
• Setting Levels
• Preparing for Tracking Vocals
• Auditioning our Backing Tracks
• Tracking your Lead Vocal
• Punching In
• Comping Vocals
• Editing Comps
• Doubling Vocals
• Performance Tricks
• Doubling Example
• Double Levels
  Harmony Example 1 – “Echo parts”
  Importance of Preset Tracks
  Basic mix of 3 part Harmonies
  Plate Reverb on Harmonies
• Cleaning up Edit Points
  Harmony Example 2 – “Call and Response”
  Harmony Example 3 – “Pad or Wash”
  Confidence in Falsettos Parts
• “Flying” Vocals
  Harmony Example 4 – “Call and Response 2”
  “Flying” Vocals example 2
• Bridge Vocals

EDITING VOCALS

• Editing Lead vs. Backing Vocals
  Cleaning up Timeline
• Color Coding Tracks
• Time Correcting Doubled Vocals
• Correcting Hard Consonants
• Correcting Time Slices
• Pitch Correction Overview
• Correction Speed
• Formant Control
• Time Correcting Bridge Harmonies
• Sliding Releases
  Pitch Editing our Lead Vocal
  Chopping Parts
• 0Working with Drift
• Working with Transition Time
• Working with Glissando Parts

MIXING VOCALS

• Backing Tracks Mix
• Rhythm Section Mix
  Lead Vocal vs Double balance
  Lead Vocal vs Harmonies balance
  Compress before EQ
• Compressing the Lead Vocal
• Creating a Crush Channel
  Creating a Backing Vocal Crush Buss
  Cleaning up Backing Vocals with Noise Gates
  EQ Overview “Corrective vs Creative”
  EQing our Lead Vocal
• Using a HPF
  Adding “Air” to Lead Vocal
  Removing “Boxiness” from Lead Vocal
  Adding “Intelligibility” to Lead Vocal
  Creating EQ Presets
• Adding Time Based Effects
• Early Reflections vs Tail
• Delays with Feedback
  Adding a “Radio Effect” Echo
  Completing the Final Mix
• Automation

BONUS INTERVIEW
Andrew Scheps – Grammy Award winning Mix Engineer with Adele